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Department for Health research centres

Our wide-reaching research covers areas like public health, pain, sporting performance and injury prevention, and nutrition and metabolism.

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Centre for 21st Century Public Health

Our research explores ground-breaking approaches to public health and sustainability to enable us to meet the unique challenges of the 21st century.

Centre for Health, and Injury & Illness Prevention in Sport (CHi2PS)

We deliver high-quality research that has real-world impact on the safety and welfare of athletes across all levels of sport.

Centre for Motivation and Behaviour Change

We research the psychological determinants of health, wellbeing and performance, spanning the development of theory and effective real-world interventions.

Centre for Nutrition, Exercise and Metabolism

We seek to understand the impact of nutrition and exercise on human physiology and metabolism.

Centre for Pain Research

We explore pain with the overall aim of finding new ways forward.

Centre for Sport, Physical Activity and Health Equality (SPHERE)

Our interdisciplinary research aims to enhance equality and social inclusion within and through sport, and in physical activity and health settings.

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