Public Health

Welcome to the Section of Public Health's pages

ScHARR is home to the Section of Public Health, a dynamic and expanding multi-disciplinary teaching and research group. The core interest of this group is in improving the health of the public at local, regional, national and international levels. The Section contains individuals with a range of public health skills, including clinical public health specialists, epidemiologists, psychologists, sociologists, information scientists and health services researchers. The Director of the Section is Dr Paul Bissell.

There are three integrated areas to the work of the Section:

Research

• Health Inequalities
• Obesity
• Alcohol Policy
• Patient Safety
• Geographical Information Sciences (GIS)
• Public Involvement in Research

Research Led Teaching at Undergraduate and Postgraduate Level

• MBChB including intercalated BSc study
• Master in Public Health
• Master in Public Health (Health Services Research)
• EuroPubHealth (an integrated 2 year European Master’s Programme in Public Health

Professional Development and Support for Staff Working in the NHS

• Public health training support and supervision including ScHARR secondments available to all public health trainees
• A programme of support for trainees taking Faculty of Public Health Part A examinations
• Training in research methods for Specialist Registrars and career grade doctors
  

Section of Public Health
ScHARR
The University of Sheffield
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA

Tel: 0114 222 0811
Fax: 0114 272 4095