Research Driving Cleaner, Healthier Futures

Projects

UNderstanding the Scale, Sources, Fate and Effects of Pollution

Our vision is to comprehensively understand the UK threat of PFAS in water and their relative impacts on aquatic wildlife now and in the future.

MARAf Project

This project investigates how agricultural practices and green-waste recycling create environmental hotspots of resistance, using field and lab studies, spatially explicit Bayesian models, and systems network analysis to predict, understand, and mitigate fungal resistance within a One Health framework.

High Time Resolution Oxidative Potential Quantification

Exposure to air pollution is responsible for over 7 million premature deaths per year. Considering current World Health Organisation guideline limits, 99% of the world’s population are exposed to air that is damaging to their health. This project responds to this challenge by focusing on oxidative potential (OP).
Ultra Low Emission Zone sign in London

Investigating the impact of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone

We will evaluate the impact of a large scale traffic emission reduction intervention, the Ultra Low Emission Zone. The ULEZ is a non-NHS intervention. Its goal is to improve population health. It is the major component of London’s Air Quality Improvement Programme.

Molecular basis for transmission of Streptococcus pyogenes.

Group A streptococcus (Strep A) is a highly lethal bacterium that can cause not only simple sore throats and skin infections, but also more deadly infections such as bloodstream infection and toxic shock. It is a major cause of severe sepsis in people who are otherwise healthy, which is why its effects often seem so devastating

The Leverhulme Centre For Wildfires, Environment And Society

Wildfire has many faces. The record-setting blazes this summer in Canada, California and Greece have focused attention on its destructive power, but there are also positive features.

Impact on Urban Health

ERG and IoUH combine rigorous science with community insight to design equitable solutions, generate policy‑ready evidence, and support practical action for cleaner, healthier neighbourhoods.
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Understanding UK Airborne microplastics pollution

Microscopic plastic debris, known as microplastics, are a complex class of particulate pollutants. They originate from degraded plastic litter and human activity, such as washing synthetic clothes or driving with synthetic tyres, and are ubiquitous across habitats worldwide

UKRI funded Drivers Of Antifungal Resistance In SE Asia (DARSEA)

Fungicide usage is rapidly escalating in South-East Asia, but whilst composting has been identified as a major amplifier of azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus (ARAf) in Europe, composting is not routinely performed in South East Asia. However the higher temperatures in this region mean that amplification may occur independently of compost. Therefore understanding the agricultural drivers and hotspots for amplification of Aspergillus resistance and the impact on human health in South East Asia is urgently required.

Other Projects

Project Portfolio

Read more about some of our past projects

STEC Air Quality Network

Pathways to equitable health cities

Impact of the Environment and Pollution on Cognitive Health

Health and economic costs and benefits of a zero carbon UK

APEX: An air pollution exposure model

Integrated Research Observation System for Clean Air (OSCA)

DREAaM

CAPPA: Children's Air Pollution Profiles in Africa

UKRI SPF Clean Air Programme

Mitigating adverse health effects

MELONS

Public Health Impacts of UK's Clean Air Zones

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NExAir

Air Quality Network
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Transition to Zero Pollution

Zero Pollution
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