The Centre for Population Health Studies draws together researchers, clinicians and practitioners from public health, primary care, biomedical and social sciences - with roots going back to the first Chair of Public Health, established in 1898, and subsequently the first Chair in General Practice, established in 1961. Both of these were the first Chairs of their kind in the world. The Centre for Population Health Sciences aims to bring together an interdisciplinary group of applied population health researchers and provide high quality research and teaching. This research and teaching covers a variety of themes, spanning from topics relating to clinical care to those relating to policy and practice. These topics include: Multi-morbidityRespiratory DiseaseStrokeDiabetesIntensive Care OutcomesAdvanced Care PlanningQuality of LifeDeprivationHealth InequalitiesBehavioural Interventions Research Groups Learn about the research groups based in the Centre for Population Health Sciences at the Usher Institute. Advanced Care Research Centre (ACRC) The ACRC is an interdisciplinary research collaboration, combining a complementary programme of research and development to deliver innovation and change to later life care. Research Projects Learn about the research projects based in the Centre for Population Health Sciences at the Usher Institute. Edinburgh Research Explorer Details of research activities across the Centre for Population Health Sciences can be found in the Edinburgh Research Explorer. Leadership Professor Linda BauldBruce and John Usher Professor of Public HealthCo-Head of Centre for Population Health Sciences Professor David WellerJames Mackenzie Professor of General PracticeCo-Head of Centre for Population Health Sciences Lynn Anderson Centre Administrator Contact details Email: lynn.anderson@ed.ac.uk Staff and Students Usher Institute Staff List Usher MD and PhD Students Listed by Programme Key Funders UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)Cancer Research UKChief Scientist’s Office (CSO)WellcomeEU HorizonDiabetes UKBritish Heart FoundationNational Institutes for Health (USA) Find UsThe Centre for Population Health Sciences is based within Neighbourhood G in the Usher Building at The University of Edinburgh's BioQuarter campus.Usher Building This article was published on 2025-09-12
