Academic clinical fellowships in public health
Academic public health at Sheffield is based in the Section of Public Health, in the Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research (SCHARR), and has links with NHS organisations throughout the East Midlands, and Yorkshire and the Humber regions, local authorities, the UK Health Security Agency an
About our fellowships
Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research (SCHARR)
Based in the School of Medicine and Population Health at the University of Sheffield, the Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research (SCHARR) brings together a wide range of health-related skills including health economics, operational research, management sciences, epidemiology and public health, medical statistics, and information science. SCHARR is comprised of the sections of Health Economics and Decision Science, Health Services Research, Design Trials and Statistics, and Public Health.
In the 2022 Research Excellence Framework (REF) 91% of SCHARR research was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent, and the SCHARR impact submission was rated 6th nationally. SCHARR employs about 200 multidisciplinary staff and attracts around £10 million per year in external research support. SCHARR is ideally placed to conduct applied and methodological health services research, and teaching programmes, having a great diversity of skills and experience and close contacts with the Department of Health and NHS organisations.
Section of Public Health
The post holder will be attached to the section of Public Health within SCHARR. The section leads a number of research themes and major research programmes. [
Public health research within SCHARR
Opportunities in Public Health research
Sheffield is a leading national and international centre for applied public health research and has particularly strong collaborative links across other academic faculties and disciplines. We lead a research theme in the university’s cross faculty Healthy Lifespan Institute (HELSI) on “Health & Place” and are a partner in the national NIHR School of Public Health Research, the NIHR PHIRST Fusion team and HDRC Doncaster led by the City of Doncaster Council.
Protected time
The post will be split so that 9 months (25%) are spent undertaking research-related activities and 27 months (75%) in clinical activities.
Research component
The research component will be based in SCHARR where the fellow will be supervised by one of the Professors in Public Health and will have access to methodological expertise in all aspects of public health research.
The fellow will have the opportunity to complete the SCHARR MPH (if they do not already have an MPH qualification or equivalent). This provides training in quantitative and qualitative research design and analysis, with opportunities for more advanced training in statistics, economic evaluation, and qualitative research.
The fellow will also undertake a research project aimed at achieving peer-reviewed publication and conference presentation, with the potential to form the basis of a funded doctoral fellowship application. Research projects typically involve analysis of routine data, collection of pilot data, or evidence synthesis.
SCHARR has an excellent track record of supporting doctoral fellowship applications and extensive support for ACFs intending to apply for a doctoral fellowship.
Service component
Alongside academic training, the fellow will be based on service training locations to complete their public health training including local authority and other public health organisations (DHSC/OHID, UKHSA, NHS England).
SPECIALTY POSTS
The Public Health Fellow would have the opportunities to work with other relevant specialty during their training, specifically Infection Diseases, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and/or Paediatrics.
Research
We study a wide range of issues in public health, including:
- Addictions and public health
- Epidemiology
- Evaluation, real-world evidence and knowledge into action
- SCHARR Public Health Evidence Review & Synthesis Team (SCHARR-PHERST)
- Food and nutrition
- Global health and environment
- Health equity and inclusion
