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📅 Monday 22 September
🕧 11 to 11:30amÂ
Professor G.J. Melendez-Torres will take you through an introduction to RI, covering aspects such as equality, diversity, and how to address barriers to participation.Â
📅 Wednesday 24 September
🕧 1 to 2pmÂ
This webinar is for local authority colleagues involved in developing, updating, or managing, research governance processes within their organisation and/or anyone involved in the oversight of local authority research activities.
Hear from Edyta McCallum  from Kent County Council, Rachel Murphy from North Yorkshire Council, and Parmdip Dhillon from City of Wolverhampton Council, who have all developed processes to review and agree research activity within their organisation. This includes research activities devised and led internally and also activities where local authorities host research from external researchers.Â
Presenters will provide an overview of their process and what they have learned along the way. There will also be the opportunity to ask questions.Â
📅 Wednesday 1 October
🕧 1 to 2pmÂ
DToo often, knowledge mobilisation efforts run into the same obstacles: limited resources, unclear ownership, and short-term thinking. Crucial questions get overlooked, such as what happens when a project team moves on? Where do the outputs go when funding shifts? And why are so many valuable materials hidden away on platforms that limit access and visibility once a project ends?
In this webinar, we’ll share how the NIHR-funded KNOW-PH team has tried to approach things differently. From the way we collaborate internally to how we make our work more accessible and engaging externally. We’ll talk through our communications strategy, and how we have underpinned everything with in-house expertise with the support of external collaborators to produce materials that mobilise knowledge. We’ve taken a mixed-methods approach to sharing knowledge in an attempt to open up engagement and increase the chances of NIHR research being seen, understood, and used by those who need it most. It’s still a work in progress, and we’re keen to share what we’ve learned so far.
📅 Wednesday 8 October
🕧 10 to 11amÂ
Dr Francis MKkay will introduce the topic of how to use AI, specifically large language models (such as ChatGPT), in qualitative research, with the aim of building confidence so you might start to think about how you can use some of these tools yourself.Â
Francis is a medical anthropologist and lead researcher at Gateshead HDRC. Francis has a wide ranging background with key interests in digital technologies, including the social and ethical impacts of using AI in health and wellbeing research.Â
📅 Wednesday 15 October
🕧 10 to 11:15am Â
In this webinar, we'll explore how imagery, empathy, and curiosity become your tools for creating that crucial "way in" for your audience. All too often, audiences are left on the outside, unable to see the value or potential of your projects. After attending, you’ll be able to help them understand, access, and resonate with it instead. Duncan Yellowlees presents this session for those who want their work to land well with the people who need to hear it.
📅 Wednesday 22 October
🕧 10 to 11am Â
Zoe Lancelott and Rhianydd Davies from NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration Rhondda Cynon Taf introduce the 'evidence pie' as a way of demonstrating the different types of information, insight and data a local authority may have as categories of evidence for research. The evidence pie tool has helped staff and elected members understand why having a range of evidence is so important, and our speakers will take you through how this is helping to build a culture of evidence-informed decision-making in their council.
📅 Tuesday 4 November
🕧 1 to 2pmÂ
Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) are often required by Local Authorities (LAs) when submitting planning applications for new domestic housing developments. Developers often experience delays in securing planning approvals as the quality, depth and complexity of the HIAs are often variable. A plethora of HIA templates are available, the generic content of which may not meet the needs of key decision makers.
This webinar draws on recent workshops KNOW-PH hosted with three Local Authorities across England where NIHR research evidence, practice and policy evidence and experience of HIAs were discussed. Using an example of fast food outlets and the rise in home delivery services we discuss the potential impact and value which robust HIAs can bring to local communities.
Drawing on multiple forms of evidence we identified areas of practice which could align the process of using HIAs to support the need to consider the building blocks of health as key to long-term gains for developers, decision makers, local economies and communities beyond the completion of new developments.
We propose that there is a need for a shared language and dialogue of health impact assessments, understanding the commercial leverage which HIAs afford for developers, robust community intelligence and the pivotal role housing plays in determining individual and community health outcomes.
📅 Thursday 6 November
🕧 11am to 12 noonÂ
Dr Michael Johansen offers guidance and examples of how to make the research process interesting and how to tell a great story about it afterwards. Whether you're trying to engage community members to participate, or want to convince others that research has real-life benefits, Michael will talk through his methods of harnessing curiosity. Â
📅 Wednesday 26 November
🕧 10 to 11am
In this webinar, we will explore the benefits of creating a public and community involvement and engagement strategy for public health research in a local authority setting. Opened by Donna White, Senior Research Manager at NIHR, we will hear from two local authorities who have taken different approaches to creating their involvement and engagement strategy and what they learned through the process. Our speakers will share their top tips to getting started on creating an involvement and engagement strategy and there will be time to ask questions to the panel.Â
📅 Thursday 4 December
🕧 10 to 11amÂ
Dr Susan Hampshaw explains and give examples of the benefits of evidence informed decision making and how evidence can be used to create policies that work best for the residents of a local authority.Â
📅 Wednesday 14 January 2026
🕧 2 to 2:45pm
Dr Deborah Harrison will outline key principles of ethical research including informed consent, confidentiality and avoidance of harm. Deborah is a Research Design Methodologist based in the NIHR RSS Specialist Centre for Public Health. Her background is in applied public services research, and she has worked with local authorities, VCSE organisations, social care providers, NHS and emergency services.Â
📅 Wednesday 14 January 2026
🕧 2 to 2:45pm
Dr Deborah Harrison will provide an introduction to mixed methods research including different study designs, challenges and considerations. Deborah is a Research Design Methodologist based in the NIHR RSS Specialist Centre for Public Health. Her background is in applied public services research, and she has worked with local authorities, VCSE organisations, social care providers, NHS and emergency services.Â
Previously held each November as the Lancet UK Public Health Science Conference, this fantastic event returns in a new spring timeslot. The conference offers an excellent opportunity to share your work, connect across sectors, and be inspired by world-class public health research! Now working in collaboration with the Society for Social Medicine & Population Health (SSMPH), the conference will be held on Tuesday 21 April 2026 in Newcastle upon Tyne. A conference dinner and early career researcher event will take place on Monday 20 April.Â
We welcome submissions about any research relevant to public health science in the UK or Ireland. Submissions are invited from academics, practitioners, policymakers, NHS and local authority staff, charities, and all public health professionals.
Accepted abstracts will be published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH).
The full call for abstracts is now available in JECH. Details regarding abstract submission can be found on the conference website.
The submission deadline is Friday 17 October 2025.
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