Grounded in our public and population health roots, we inform policy and practice to improve health outcomes. Snapshot: Leading Behavioural Research across the UK Professor Linda Bauld co-Directs the Behavioural Research UK (BR-UK) Leadership Hub - embedding, integrating and co-ordinating behavioural research across the UK. BR-UK seeks to enhance understanding including among decision-makers about the complex drivers of behaviour, and better prepare behavioural advice in volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous circumstances, such as novel and/or sudden large threats.In 2021 Professor Linda Bauld, Bruce and John Usher Professor of Public Health at the Usher Institute, was awarded an OBE by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for her services to guiding public health responses to, and public understanding of, Covid-19. Behavioural Research UK website Snapshot: Evidence synthesis to inform decision-making, reduce inequalities and identify future research needs NESSIE (NIHR Evidence Synthesis Scotland InitiativE) produces high quality evidence syntheses across a wide range of topics relevant to health care, public health and social care - providing best available evidence to support decision-making in all four nations of the UK. Recent activity has included "Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: an evidence map", "Mandatory drug and alcohol treatment orders for improving health outcomes for people involved with the justice system." and "Exercise for people with existing vascular disease as a tool for secondary prevention ". NESSIE website This article was published on 2025-06-17
