School of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education
We have an international reputation for multidisciplinary, high-impact research that improves the quality of primary care and public health services, as well as the lives of patients and the wider population. We lead the Faculty of Medicine’s undergraduate and postgraduate education offering.
Key facts
94%
of our research judged 'internationally excellent' or 'world leading'
Population Health Sciences: a research group exploring the prevention of disease, reduction of health inequalities, and the optimisation of health and wellbeing.
We also host the NIHR Research Support Centre (RSS) hub and specialist centre for public health, delivered by the University of Southampton and partners.
Our research is wide-ranging and multidisciplinary. We deliver high quality research to enhance prevention, early detection and management of health-related conditions.
We collaborate nationally and internationally with academics and clinicians to develop, deliver and implement research that has an impact on policy and clinical practice. Our active patient and public involvement members help ensure our research is inclusive and relevant to patients’ priorities.
We help develop the next generation of researchers and clinicians. We have active early researcher and postgraduate groups, and our staff lead and make major contributions to medical undergraduate teaching and postgraduate training.
Our Medical Education group drives pedagogical research and provides educational staff development which underpins educational programmes across the faculty.
Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI)
Our school EDI committee provides leadership on equality, diversity and inclusion, in line with University and faculty objectives, strategies and charters.
We aim to create a workplace that:
celebrates differences and the benefits they bring in diversity of thought, ideas and contributions to our community
ensures meaningful equality of opportunity by recognising and supporting each person’s individual circumstances and giving them what they need to succeed
has a culture where everyone feels they belong, and feels safe and valued for being themselves
To achieve these goals, we develop action plans based on:
action plans based on feedback from staff
data on issues such as pay gaps, promotion and protected characteristics
university and faculty priorities
current issues
We meet every few weeks to develop, monitor and evaluate our progress and establish further actions. Between meetings we work in sub-committees to carry out our actions.
We report to the School Executive Committee and liaise with other schools through the Faculty of Medicine's EDI School Leads Forum and the Athena Swan Self-Assessment Team.
Our departments
Learn more about the 3 departments that make up our school.
I am proud of the friendly, collaborative spirit our school is known for, and the world-class research and teaching that is improving lives and training the next generation.
I value the creative and collegial ways in which we develop high quality learning, teaching and assessment, working closely with colleagues across the faculty and nationally.
We are a thriving community of collaborative interdisciplinary researchers leading on a wide range of important primary care and public health research areas.
