Healthier Futures
Addressing health inequalities at Manchester
Health inequalities span the globe, affecting individuals, communities and populations.
From gender to geography, economics to ethnicity, all of these factors and more affect the opportunities people have to lead healthy lives.
At The University of Manchester we are leading the way, bringing together some of the best academic minds from across our disciplines spanning primary care, medicine, business, law, policy, and health economics though to urban planning, data science, engineering and environmental health. We’re creating and sharing knowledge to understand our world and directly change it for the better.
Healthier Futures
Our research
We are mobilising research across disciplines at The University of Manchester to address health inequalities and ensure healthier futures for all.
Healthier Futures Research Fellowships
We are offering three, two-year fellowships for researchers in any field who want to pursue interdisciplinary research with the long-term goal of reducing health inequalities.
Challenges
Healthier Lives
Every person has the right to live a healthy life, yet this is sadly still far from a reality. For many people, age, race, and class are barriers to health and wellbeing.
Healthier Places
We're researching how a person's health can be impacted by where they live, the health of the environment, or their experience in the workplace.
Healthier Systems
Too many people still lack access to healthcare, resulting in preventable morbidity and mortality, and lower productivity in regions with higher rates of poor health.
Research and engagement
Policy@Manchester
Connecting researchers with policymakers and influencers, nurturing long-term policy engagement relationships, and enhancing stakeholder understanding of policy challenges.
ARC-GM
The Applied Research Collaboration Greater Manchester supports applied health and care research to meet the needs of local populations and health and care systems.
Better health
The University of Manchester is committed to promoting good health and wellbeing for our staff, students and communities, both locally and globally.
Videos and podcasts
Health inequalities: past, present and future
Professor Sir Chris Whitty discusses the importance of tackling health inequalities and why Manchester's so well-placed to do it.
Watch the lecture here
University of Manchester health inequality podcasts
Hear directly from our researchers on their current research and projects, on topics from digital health inequity to health and productivity in the workplace.
Listen here