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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

1 October 2020

ScHARR Alumni Charles Hamilton delivers a speech at the UN to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations.

One of our ScHARR Alumni has delivered a speech at the United Nations High Level Meeting to Commemorate the 75th anniversary of the UN - which took place on September 21st.

23 October 2020

The University of Sheffield's Wellcome Doctoral Training Centre in Public Health Economics and Decision Science now taking applications for its 2021 intake

See here for the FindAPhD advert and here for the programme website.
Based in ScHARR, our Wellcome DTC now provides seven fully-funded PhD studentships each year.

22 October 2020

ScHARR Mini Master Class in Health Research #5

Question of WHO, not IF?: Achieving Real Impact through Qualitative Systematic Reviews - 1pm 3rd November

25 September 2020

Sheffield researchers help lead national scheme to improve health and tackle inequalities

Researchers from the University of Sheffield are part of a UK wide collaboration that will enable local authorities to rapidly evaluate work aiming to improve health and tackle inequalities in their areas.