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School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)

We tackle some of the world’s biggest health challenges.

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Postgraduate taught courses

Postgraduate research courses

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Continuing Professional Development

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Short courses

Research, consultancy and knowledge exchange

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Our research

Our world-class research is influencing global health and policy. Find out more about the research taking place here in Sheffield at the School of Health and Related Research.

Research themes and centres

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Consultancy and KE

We apply our knowledge and skills in the real world of health and social care to support private industry, public and third sectors as well as policy, decision-making and academic collaborations in health.

Knowledge exchange

Healthy Lifespan Institute

We're uniting over 120 world-class researchers to tackle the global epidemic of multimorbidity in a bid to help everyone live healthier, independent lives for longer and reduce the cost of care.

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Institute for Sustainable Food

The Institute for Sustainable Food finds dynamic solutions to the challenges of food security and sustainability.

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News

7 January 2022

Faroe Islands superspreader event: why transmission among the triple-vaxxed shouldn’t alarm you

Andrew Lee has previously received research funding from the National Institute for Health Research. He is a member of the UK Faculty of Public Health and the Royal Society for Public Health.

The Conversation

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12 January 2022

New Publications from ScHARR for December 2021

ScHARR publishes over 400 new journal papers every year across our four sections - Public Health, Health Economics and Decision Science, Design, Trials and Statistics and Health Services Research.

11 January 2022

Omicron is likely to hit deprived areas the hardest – here’s why

A recurring theme of the pandemic has been how COVID’s impacts have not fallen equally across the UK population. The health and financial burden of the disease has been felt disproportionately by people living in deprived areas.

The Conversation