The unit works in partnership with experts from across the University including academics from the Schools of Health and Social Care, Sport and Exercise Science, Computer Science and Social Sciences. The multi-disciplinary nature of our research also mandates effective collaboration with experts from national and international academic units. We currently work with colleagues based in a number of different units across more than 15 academic institutions. These include:

• the Institute of Psychiatry, Health Service and Population Research at King’s College London
• the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield
• the Institute of Neuroscience at the University of Nottingham
• the Health Economics Group at the University of East Anglia
• the Allied Health Services Department at the University of Connecticut
• the Department of Epidemiology & Preventative Medicine at Monash University
• the Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Centre at Harvard University
• the Department of Family Practice at the University of Ghent in Belgium.

Our robust and developing links with local, national and international clinicians and practitioners from health, social care and the third sector include a number of organisations and units such as those listed below: