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1. Drugs

   Public Health Institute provides insight into drug use. We support evidence based drugs policy through epidemiology, monitoring, evidence review, intervention evalution and research.

2. Tobacco

   The Public Health Institute investigates interventions with the aim of reducing tobacco use. We look at the relationship between smoking behaviours and demographics, income, parental smoking, leisure activities and alcohol consumption.

3. Environment and sustainability

   At the Public Health Institute we provide advice to policymakers in consideration of the relationship between the environment and public health. Projects include: the use of parks, climate change, economic benefits of green infrastructure and evaluation of green projects for the community.

4. School of Sport and Exercise Sciences facilities

   The state-of-the-art laboratories, equipment and technologies within the School of Sport and Exercise Science are world-class. With a sleep research unit, respiratory clinic and acclimation chamber, eye tracking and motion capture, various image processing and microscopy suites and much more available to students and researchers.

5. Violence and unintentional injury

   As a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Violence Prevention, the Public Health Institute works to support effective violence prevention by helping partners understand the impacts of violence, identify risk groups, choose preventative measures and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.

6. Zaili Yang

   Department of Maritime and Mechanical Engineering

7. International public health

   The Public Health Institute's expertise into international public health includes: maternal and reproductive health, the promotion of health, refugee health, violence prevention, drug abuse, and more. Find out more about this aspect of research.

8. School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences

   The School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences provides excellent teaching and innovative research across biochemistry, forensic science, pharmacy, biomedical science, virology, drug discovery, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology.

9. Sexual and reproductive health

   HIV services and prevention work within the North West of England utilise the Public Health Institute's interactive tools, databases, and intelligence work. We offer assistance through evaluations and research into: contraception, teenage pregnancy, STDs, young people's health. Find out more about this aspect of research within the Public Health Institute.