Public Research for Public Good: Closing the Health Gap

Important research often fails to shape the planning and delivery of public health services - not because the evidence isn’t valuable, but because organisations, processes, and resources are not always in place to turn knowledge into action. So how do we bridge this gap?

Join us for a conversation chaired by Greg Fell, who is the Director of Public Health in Sheffield alongside some of the team behind the NIHR funded project Knowledge for Public Health (KNOW-PH). KNOW-PH is a specialist team based at the universities of Sheffield, Hallam and Nottingham and the AFRUCA charity who are dedicated to improving how research is used to tackle health inequalities at the local level. Through innovative, co-produced approaches, KNOW-PH is working with councils, policymakers, and communities to ensure public health decisions are based on the best available evidence. 

On the panel will be Dr Liz Such (University of Nottingham), Dr Joe Langley (Sheffield Hallam University), Naeema Ahmed (AFRUCA), Dr Fiona Marshall (University of Nottingham) and Greg Fell (Sheffield Council and President of the Association of Directors of Public Health)

Event Format & Information

• Doors open 4:30pm, start time 5pm
• Welcome talk from the front of the room. Audience expected to sit and listen and preferred not to move around
• Opening pitch from the chair of the panel who will open the conversation and direct questions to various panel members. Audience expected to sit and listen, preferably without moving around.
• At some point during the debate the chair and host will open the conversation up to take questions from the audience. Audience members will be invited to raise their hands if they have a question for the panel, and wait to be invited to ask their questions (with a microphone). Audience members will be expected to sit and listen (preferably not moving around) unless they are asked to ask their question.
• At the end of the session, the panel, chair and host will summarise and close the session.
• End time 6:30pm

Accessibility

Accessibility information for Cantor Lecture Theatre is available on AccessAble. 

• Seating: Unreserved seating is available at this event, but if you’d like us to reserve a seat for you or you have specific requirements eg. front row seat, end of aisle, please get in touch.
• Masks: FFP2 masks will be available for free.
• Audio: Microphones will be used at this event.
• Quiet space: A dedicated quiet space is not available at this event. 

To reserve seats or if you have any other questions about the accessibility of this event or venue, please email us at [email protected]