Our Current Work
Partnerships and Collaborations 2020-2021
The Institute is engaged in a number of ongoing research and review projects, with local, national or global reach, and we continue to advocate for health equity and action on the social determinants of health. We do this by presenting at external events, by teaching and delivering lectures at UCL, by working with influential network groups, and through our writings and publications for jounals and media outlets.
In summary, in 2020-21 UCL IHE will work in some capacity with the following organisations:
- Legal & General L&G IHE Places Fund - Legal and General and IHE have partnered to reduce health inequalities. The partnership will include a multi-million pound ‘Places Fund’. The Legal & General (L&G) IHE Places Fund will examine how improvements to the design and construction of our towns and cities can help address health inequities. The Fund will sit alongside a new health equity L&G IHE Network to bring business together with local government and the voluntary and community sector to make a real difference to the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, and to health equity.
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CUHK - UCL IHE is partnering with The Chinese University of Hong Kong Institute of Health Equity (CUHK IHE) for a 5 year collaboration. The CUHK IHE will examine and understand issues of health equity in Hong Kong, inform government policies and intervention programmes to improve health equity of Hong Kong, and establish a network for the Asian region.
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EMRO - WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region Commission on Social Determinants of Health - The UCL IHE is working to review Social Determinants of Health in the WHO EMR region.
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The Health Foundation - Build Back Fairer: The COVID-19 Marmot Review - published 2021. As the UK emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic ‘Build Back Better’ has become the mantra. Important, but we need to Build Back Fairer. The levels of social, environmental and economic inequality in society are damaging health and wellbeing. Health Equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 Years On - published in 2020. Read more about our collaborations with The Health Foundation.
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Greater Manchester collaboration and Evaluation - A Marmot City Region - IHE worked alongside the Mayor, local authority leaders and the Health and Social Care Partnership in GM, a Marmot City Region, to advise on strategies, practical implementation and monitoring. The collaboration informed a significant component of the Marmot Ten Years On analysis and report, launched in February 2020.
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Horizon 2020 (INHERIT) - INter-sectoral Health and Environment Research for InnovaTion
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Horizon 2020 (Cities for People) - Smart Cities and Communities
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Horizon 2020 (Lifepath) - Healthy Ageing for All
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Horizon 2020 - (ATHLOS) - Ageing Trajectories of Health: Longitudinal Opportunities and Synergies
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The UCL Marmot Prince Mahidol Fellowship - funds a number of research fellowships designed to help develop the next cadre of researchers working in the area of inequalities in health, whilst building strategic global links between UCL and other institutions worldwide.
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Public Health England - UK Health Forum country profiles developed, using Social Determiants indicators
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Peru - Bernard van Leer Foundation Commission - Maximising the impact of the Peruvian Breaking Barriers programme
To find out more about our contribution to a specific project, or how we could help you, please get in touch.