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This WiseGP map provides an overview of all the centres of scholarship in the British Isles. If you look at individual regions in the table below, you will find further details on each centre’s main areas of expertise. There are key points of contact for each centre, whilst you can find out more by following the links to the websites for each centre of scholarship.

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ORGANISATION	DEPARTMENT	SCHOLARSHIP FOCUS	POINT OF CONTACT
Brunel University London	Brunel Medical School https://www.brunel.ac.uk/brunel-medical-school/Meet-our-team	Medical Education	Dr Pritti Vaghani
Imperial College	Department of Primary Care and Public Health https://www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/	Chronic disease management Health policy, organisation and delivery Health care technology	Professor Azeem Majeed Email: a.majeed@imperial.ac.uk X: @Azeem_Majeed
King’s College London	Primary Care Research Group https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/primary-care	Multimorbidity and long term conditions Refugee Mental Health Medical Education	Professor Patrick White Email: mark.ashworth@kcl.ac.uk
London School of Hygiene and Topical Medicine	https://www.lshtm.ac.uk https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres-projects-groups/primary-health-care-interest-group#welcome	Health and climate change Non-communicable diseases in low-income settings	Professor Liam Smeeth Email: liam.smeeth@lshtm.ac.uk
Queen Mary University of London School of Medicine and Dentistry	Wolfson Institute of Population Health https://www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/	Multimorbidity, frailty & mental health Cancer screening prevention & detection Research methods using data science, applied social sciences in healthcare	Professor Fiona Walter Email: fiona.walter@qmul.ac.uk X: @fmw22
St George’s University of London	Institute for Medical and Biomedical Education https://www.sgul.ac.uk/about/our-institutes/institute-of-medical-and-biomedical-education	Interactions between infection and non-communicable disease Women's health: STI and medications in pregnancy Behaviour change	Professor Judith Ibison Email: jibison@sgul.ac.uk
University College London	Primary Care and Population Health https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/pcph	Ageing and multiple long-term conditions Mental health Development and evaluation of complex interventions in primary care/community settings including digital health	Professor Kate Walters Email: k.walters@ucl.ac.uk Professor Greta Rait Email: g.rait@ucl.ac.uk X: @UCL_PCPH

LONDON

ORGANISATION	DEPARTMENT	SCHOLARSHIP FOCUS	POINT OF CONTACT
University of Buckingham	School of undergraduate Medicine https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/medicine	Education	Professor Greg Simons
Kent and Medway Medical School	https://kmms.ac.uk/research/	Medical Assessment Work-place stress Palliative care	Dr Kate Neden Email: catherine.neden@kmms.ac.uk X: @caneden
University of Brighton	Division of Primary Care and Public Health, Brighton and Sussex Medical School https://www.bsms.ac.uk/research/primary-care-and-public-health/index.aspx	Frailty and multimorbidity Sexual health Use of GP electronic patient records for research	Dr Sangheetha Sornalingham Email: bsms3465@sussex.ac.uk
University of Oxford	Department of Primary Care Health Sciences https://www.phc.ox.ac.uk	Clinical care for long-term conditions Research methods, for example use of big data Healthcare design: digital healthcare	Professor Richard Hobbs Email: richard.hobbs@phc.ox.ac.uk
University of Southampton	Primary Care Research Centre https://www.southampton.ac.uk/primarycare/index.page	Supporting self-management Improving use of medicines Digital interventions	Professor Hazel Everitt Email h.a.everitt@soton.ac.uk X: @HazelEveritt
University of Surrey	School of Medicine	Medical assessment Continuity of Care Workforce retention	Dr Susan Bodgener Email s.bodgener@surrey.ac.uk X: @susanbodgener

SOUTH EAST

ORGANISATION	DEPARTMENT	SCHOLARSHIP FOCUS	POINT OF CONTACT
Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry	Community and Primary Care Research Group https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/primarycare	Digital access to care Mental health Ageing and Dementia	Professor Richard Byng Email: richard.byng@plymouth.ac.uk
University of Bristol	Centre for Academic Primary Care https://www.bristol.ac.uk/primaryhealthcare/	Complex conditions Organisation and delivery of care, including multimorbidity and long-term conditions	Professor John Macleod Email: John.MacLeod@bristol.ac.uk X: @ProfJohnMacleod Professor Katrina Turner Email: Katrina.Turner@bristol.ac.uk X: @DrKMTurner
University of Exeter Medical School	Primary Care/ Health and Community Sciences http://medicine.exeter.ac.uk/health-community/research/primarycare/	Long-term conditions COVID-19 Digital health	Professor John Campbell Email: john.campbell@exeter.ac.uk X: @profjcampbell Professor Richard Neal Email: R.Neal@exeter.ac.uk
WiseGP Dorset	WiseGP Dorset Community of Practice	Education and simulation Quality Improvement/Primary Care Research	Dr Emily Lyness X: @DrELyness Email: E.Lyness@southampton.ac.uk
GP PACT	Primary Care Academic Collabrative https://www.gppact.org	Care of housebound patients Use of laboratory investigations Hidden workload	Dr Jessica Watson Email: gppact@gmail.com X: @GPPACT

SOUTH WEST

ORGANISATION	DEPARTMENT	SCHOLARSHIP FOCUS	POINT OF CONTACT
Anglia Ruskin University	School of Medicine - ARU https://www.aru.ac.uk/health-medicine-and-social-care/research	Education	Dr Deepak Kumar Email: deepak.kumar@aru.ac.uk
University of Cambridge	Department of Public Health and Primary Care Primary Care Unit https://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/research/	Early disease detection, risk prediction and screening Behaviour and health Health services research	Professor Simon Griffin Email: ProfGP@medschl.cam.ac.uk X: @PCU_Cambridge
University of East Anglia	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/faculties-and-schools/faculty-of-medicine-and-health-sciences/research	Health Behaviour Obesity	Associate Clinical Professor Helen Parretti Email: H.Parretti@uea.ac.uk X: @helen_parretti

ANGLIA

ORGANISATION	DEPARTMENT	SCHOLARSHIP FOCUS	POINT OF CONTACT
Keele University	Primary Care and Musculoskeletal Research Centre https://www.keele.ac.uk/research/ourresearch/medicine/primarycareresearchthemes/	Mental Health Musculoskeletal problems	Professor Christian Mallen Email: c.d.mallen@keele.ac.uk
University of Worcester	The Three Counties Medical School https://www.worcester.ac.uk/about/academic-schools/medical-school/	Education	Professor Sandra Nicholson Email: s.nicholson@worc.ac.uk
University of Birmingham	Centre for Primary Care Improvement https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/primary-care-improvement/index.aspx	Chronic disease/multimorbidity Organisation and management of primary care (including access, continuity, underserved population, digital) Medical education	Professor Tom Marshall Email: t.p.marshall@bham.ac.uk X: @TomPMarshall
University of Warwick	Academic Primary Care https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/research/hscience/apc/	Quality and safety in primary care - interfaces between emergency, urgent and primary care Women and Families in primary care Life limiting conditions and dying in the community	Associate Clinical Professor Rachel Spencer Email: r.spencer.2@warwick.ac.uk

WEST MIDLANDS

ORGANISATION	DEPARTMENT	SCHOLARSHIP FOCUS	POINT OF CONTACT
University of Leicester	Division of primary care https://le.ac.uk/division-of-primary-care	Multimorbidity (including diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease) Mental health Healthcare management, policy, service design and delivery	Professor Kamlesh Khunti Email: kk22@le.ac.uk X: @kamleshkhunti
University of Lincoln	Community and Health Research Unit, School of Health and Social Care https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/shsc/research/cahru/	Identifying and addressing gaps in primary and prehospital healthcare provision (quality improvement and implementation science)	Professor Niro Siriwardena Email: nsiriwardena@lincoln.ac.uk X: @nsiriwardena
University of Nottingham	Division of Primary Care https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/medicine/research/research-areas/primary-care	Prescribing - safety and effectiveness Epidemiology of diseases and risk prediction tools; stratified medicine Injury epidemiology and prevention	Professor Tony Avery Email: anthony.avery@nottingham.ac.uk

EAST MIDLANDS

ORGANISATION	DEPARTMENT	SCHOLARSHIP FOCUS	POINT OF CONTACT
Bangor University	North Wales Centre for Primary Care Research https://www.bangor.ac.uk/nwcpcr/	Cancer Musculoskeletal and rehabilitation research	Dr Julia Hiscock X: @Juliah2003Julia
Cardiff University College of Medicine	Department of Primary Care and Public Health https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/explore	Shared decision-making Safety and quality of health care Self-management in long-term conditions	Professor Adrian Edwards Email: EdwardsAG@cardiff.ac.uk
Swansea University Medical School	https://www.swansea.ac.uk/medicine/	Medical education	Professor Ffion Williams X: @drffionwilliams

WALES

ORGANISATION	DEPARTMENT	SCHOLARSHIP FOCUS	POINT OF CONTACT
The Medical School Sheffield	Academic Unit of Primary Medical Care https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/smph/academic-unit-primary-medical-care	Underserved populations Persistent physical symptoms Healthcare service delivery	Professor Chris Burton Email: chris.burton@sheffield.ac.uk
Hull York Medical School	Academy of Primary Care https://www.hyms.ac.uk/research/research-centres-and-groups/academy-of-primary-care	Advanced Generalist Medicine Workforce and healthcare service delivery Education	Professor Joanne Reeve Email: Joanne.reeve@hyms.ac.uk X: @joannelreeve
University of Leeds	Leeds Institute of Health Sciences. Division of Primary Care, Palliative Care and Public Health https://medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/leeds-institute-health-sciences	Cancer Health and wellbeing of older people Implementation science	Professor Robbie Foy Email: R.Foy@leeds.ac.uk X: @Robbie_Foy

YORKSHIRE & HUMBER

ORGANISATION	DEPARTMENT	SCHOLARSHIP FOCUS	POINT OF CONTACT
University of Newcastle upon Tyne	Primary Care and Ageing Research https://research.ncl.ac.uk/napcr/	Multimorbidity and older age healthcare End of life care Shared-decision making	Professor Barbara Hanratty Email: barbara.hanratty@ncl.ac.uk X: @BarbaraHanratty
University of Sunderland	Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/about/faculties/health-sciences-wellbeing/	Reflective Practice Widening Participation Community Health	Dr Tom Fairfax Email: Thomas.fairfax@sunderland.ac.uk

NORTH EAST

ORGANISATION	DEPARTMENT	SCHOLARSHIP FOCUS	POINT OF CONTACT
Edge Hill University	Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/departments/academic/health/	Education Multimorbidity	Professor Greg Irving X: @gregjirving
Lancaster University	Faculty of Health and Medicine https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/health-and-medicine/	Education	Dr Euan Lawson Email: e.m.lawson@lancaster.ac.uk
University of Central Lancashire	MacKenzie Clinical Research Institute https://www.uclan.ac.uk/research/activity/mackenzie-clinical-research-institute	Remote consultations Learning disabilities Stroke prevention	Professor Umesh Chauhan X: @chauhan_nhs
University of Liverpool	Primary Care and Mental Health https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/population-health/about/primarycareandmentalhealth/	Mental health Complex interventions Chronic conditions and multimorbidity	Professor Fiona Rowe Email: Rowef@liverpool.ac.uk X: @orthopticbrain
University of Manchester	Centre for Primary Care and Health Services Research https://archive.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/primary-care/	Health organisation, policy and economics Multi-morbidity and Mental Health Health Technology Assessment	Professor Pete Bower Email: peter.bower@manchester.ac.uk X: @Bowercpcman

NORTH WEST

ORGANISATION	DEPARTMENT	SCHOLARSHIP FOCUS	POINT OF CONTACT
University of Aberdeen	Institute of Applied Health Sciences, Academic Primary Care https://www.abdn.ac.uk/iahs/research/primary-care/research.php	Cancer diagnosis and post-treatment support in the community	Professor Peter Murchie Email: p.murchie@abdn.ac.uk
University of Dundee	https://www.dundee.ac.uk/people-health-communities	COVID-19 Service delivery Risk prediction tools	Dr Daniel Morales Email: d.r.z.morales@dundee.ac.uk X: @DanMoralesEpi
University of Edinburgh	Usher Institute https://www.ed.ac.uk/usher	Multimorbidity, polypharmacy and care in later life Cancer Respiratory disease	Professor David Weller Email: David.weller@ed.ac.uk
University of Glasgow	Department of General Practice and Primary Care https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellbeing/research/generalpractice/	Multimorbidity, deprivation and complex care Organisation and delivery of primary care, including access and engagement issues and digital health Healthcare of marginalised groups	Professor Frances Mair Email: Frances.Mair@glasgow.ac.uk X: @francesmair
University of St Andrews	https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk	Health informatics and decision support tools Evaluation of complex interventions Long-term conditions	Professor Frank Sullivan Email: fms20@st-andrews.ac.uk

SCOTLAND

ORGANISATION	DEPARTMENT	SCHOLARSHIP FOCUS	POINT OF CONTACT
Ulster University	Ulster Medical School https://www.ulster.ac.uk/faculties/life-and-health-sciences/medicine/research Centre for Personalised Medicine https://www.ulster.ac.uk/cpm	Diabetes Learning disabilities GP education	Dr Sian-Lee Ewan Email: sl.ewan@ulster.ac.uk X: @SianLee_Ewan
Queen’s University Belfast	School of medicine, dentistry and biomedical sciences https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/mdbs/Research/	Medical education Quality improvement in healthcare	Professor Nigel Hart Email: n.hart@qub.ac.uk X: @nigelhart

NORTHERN IRELAND

ORGANISATION	DEPARTMENT	SCHOLARSHIP FOCUS	POINT OF CONTACT
Trinity College Dublin	Faculty of Health Sciences, Academic Primary Care Centre https://www.tcd.ie/healthsciences/events/apcc2122.php	Multimorbidity Medicines management Health inequality	Professor Susan Smith Email: susmith@tcd.ie @susanmsmith

Brunel University London

Queen Mary University of London School of Medicine and Dentistry