About IGHI

IGHI team

Who we are

IGHI is one of Imperial College London's global challenge institutes.

We exist to empower people to transform health and care.

Meet the team

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What we do

We unite people, disciplines and ideas to solve some of the biggest healthcare challenges of today. By building evidence and solutions, we are helping more people across the globe to experience good health and wellbeing and better, safer care.

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Our centres

Our work is made possible through our seven Centres of Excellence that innovate across medicine, policy, technology and design. Our Centres collaborate to share knowledge, skills and expertise so that we can solve bigger problems and accelerate progress in healthcare. Find out more about our Centres here.

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Centre for Health Policy

The Centre for Health Policy's vision is to catalyse the development, uptake and diffusion of innovative, evidence-based health policy globally.
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Climate Cares Centre

Climate Cares is a team of researchers, designers, policy experts and educators working to understand and support mental health in the current climate

Fleming Initiative

The Fleming Initiative works to control the spread of Antimicrobial Resistance and keep antibiotics working.
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Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery

The Hamlyn Centre works to develop safe, effective and accessible imaging, sensing and robotic technologies to shape the future of healthcare.
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Helix Centre

Helix focuses on transforming healthcare using design to make the UK a global hub for high-impact yet simple, cost-effective innovation.
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Centre of African Research and Engagement (ICCARE)

ICCARE assembles our research, education and policy engagement in Africa and synthesises within themes.
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NIHR North West London Patient Safety Research Collaboration

Working to improve patient safety and the quality of healthcare services.

Our highlights

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IGHI Annual Report 2024: Our year, our progress

Fourteen years after it was established, the Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI) remains committed to transforming health for all through evidence-based innovation.

In 2024, we worked on some of the most pressing global health challenges – from health inequities and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to cancer care, dementia research, and patient safety.

Read our report

Leadership Forum

Our Educational programmes

The Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) in Digital Health Leadership is the flagship programme of the NHS Digital Academy.

This world-class training programme is designed to nurture existing and aspiring leaders in the growing world of digital healthcare.

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The Julia Anderson Training Programme

Our paid internship programme gives students and graduates the opportunity to gain professional work experience and skills, while contributing to an impactful programme of work at IGHI.

The scheme is open to people who have no, or limited, prior work experience.

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Launch of the Fleming Initiative

The Fleming Initiative offers an innovative approach to the challenge of antimicrobial resistance – combining research, behaviour change, public engagement, and policy to provide real-world solutions that work to protect the health security of local populations around the world. The Centre is due to open in 2028, with Lord Ara Darzi serving as the Executive Chair of the Fleming Initiative.

Learn more about this initiative

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Future State of Health and Healthcare in 2035

Our white paper and four short reports for the Future State Programme describe a vision for a healthier future in 2035, powered by technological advances. The report identifies how implementation of seven technologies at scale will reshape the NHS and pave the way to a future of better healthcare.

Read the reports

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Career opportunities

Our Institute is made up of a multidisciplinary group of talented people with a common ambition to empower people to transform their health and that of others. It’s this drive, and the collaborative nature of everything that we do, which helps us tackle health challenges across the globe.

Join our team and help us transform health for all!

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