Real change for childhoods: Reflections from the Better Start Conference On the 5th of March I had the opportunity to attend the Better Start Conference […]
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HPHP programme day
Research teams from the Healthy Places Healthy Planet Programme met on 22 September in London to share updates on the development of their projects. As well as […]
Success all round!
We are pleased to announce that Camilla Forbes has been awarded (with no corrections) a PhD by publication which explores Healthy lifestyle promotion in secondary schools. Camilla currently […]
All change and new faces
At the end of September we said goodbye to Professor Judy Green as she left both SPHERE and the wider University for a much-deserved retirement. We are […]
SPHERE colleagues have their say on EDI
Two members of SPHERE – Prof Antoinetta Medina-Lara and Dr Rachel Proctor – have joined SPHR’s EDI Committee as Exeter Reps. In the next quarterly meeting, the Committee will discuss the future […]
Major new programme to be evaluated by VoySES team
The Voluntary Sector Evaluation Scheme (VoySES) is set to evaluate a major new programme just launched by the People’s Health Trust. The new programme aims to help […]
Young People’s Advisory Group steal the show!
A final project meeting, for the Healthy Places, Healthy Planet project ‘Evaluating mandatory calorie labelling in out-of-home food environments’, was held in Jul 2025 in London. Laura Cornelsen, the project […]
SPHERE Annual Conference 2025
We welcomed over 100 colleagues from local authorities, service providers, third sector and community organisations plus public health research academics to our third annual conference […]
SPHR Annual Scientific Meeting & ResNet Day 2025
The SPHERE Team was fortunate to attend the NIHR School for Public Health Research annual event, this year hosted by the University of Bristol. Two days were […]