Public Research for Public Good: Closing the Health Gap

Important research often fails to shape the planning and delivery of public health services; not because the evidence isn’t valuable, but because organisations, processes, and resources are not always in place to turn knowledge into action. So how do we bridge this gap?

As part of the Festival of Debate, Andy Tattersall (the Sheffield lead for the NIHR-funded KNOW-PH project) is hosting a conversation chaired by Greg Fell, the Director of Public Health in Sheffield alongside some of the team behind the NIHR-funded project Knowledge for Public Health (KNOW-PH).

KNOW-PH is a specialist team based at the universities of Sheffield, Hallam and Nottingham and the AFRUCA charity who are dedicated to improving how research is used to tackle health inequalities at the local level. Through innovative, co-produced approaches, KNOW-PH is working with councils, policymakers, and communities to ensure public health decisions are based on the best available evidence.

On the panel will be Dr Liz Such (University of Nottingham), Dr Joe Langley (Sheffield Hallam University), Naeema Ahmed (AFRUCA), Dr Fiona Marshall (University of Nottingham) and Dr Greg Fell (Sheffield Council and President of the Association of Directors of Public Health)

Visit the KNOW-PH website