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Health & Wellbeing at Glasgow

We have a strong community of postgraduate taught and research students working alongside world-renowned interdisciplinary scientists, social scientists, economists, statisticians and clinical investigators.

Our teaching is research-led and delivered by research-active staff. We offer flexible programme structures, allowing for breadth of course choice as well as specialisms that allow students to focus on their particular interests.

Our School of Health & Wellbeing is an interdisciplinary institute that crosses the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences and the College of Social Sciences.  It's mission is to prevent disease, improve health and wellbeing, and reduce inequalities: locally, nationally and globally.

We are a global leader in research into population health and health inequalities. Our research brings together academic leaders from public health, medicine, epidemiology, psychology and health data science to address some of the world's greatest health challenges.

World-changing research

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Tackling the spiral of multimorbidity

Healthcare resources internationally are increasingly strained by the demands of multimorbidity in areas of deprivation. Research at Glasgow has led the healthcare sector and policy-makers in Scotland towards a greater recognition of multimorbidity.

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New study reveals mental health impact of initial lockdown period

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 08:00:00 BST

The first six weeks of the pandemic and lockdown had a major impact on the UK population’s mental health and wellbeing, according to new research

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A greener path to equality

Research has shown that access to green space may significantly reduce the gap in mental health wellbeing and mortality between richer and poorer people.