Health and wellbeing

Children at the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture

Through our community-focused health research, we listen to, collaborate with and support local residents.

We believe that health research should be carried out ‘by’ or ‘with’ and not ‘to’ the public and patients, so that we can all work together to improve people’s health at a local and wider level. 

There are several ways in which you can make a difference.  

Programmes and projects

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The CHARIOT Register

The CHARIOT Register has been organised by the School of Public Health at Imperial College London. It is a list of healthy volunteers aged 50-85 who are interested in taking part in research studies into healthy ageing and the prevention of dementia.

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Global Health Student Placements

MSc Global Health students complete placements in local charities and complete a public health research project that supports the charity’s objectives.

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Hearing Birdsong – Hearing loss community collaboration

Past project: A diverse group of members of the public, patients and practitioners co-designed novel ideas to improve communication between adults with hearing loss and healthcare staff.

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Let’s talk about tuberculosis

Past project: Local residents were instrumental in raising awareness of latent tuberculosis. They worked with Imperial researchers to translate an animated film on the topic, using their diverse linguistic talents. The film is now being shown in medical centres around the country.

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