University of Cambridge, Department of Public Health and Primary Care (R&D Centres) ^{R&D Centre}

The Department of Public Health and Primary Care (DPHPC) is one of Europe’s leading academic departments of population health sciences. It has been headed by Professor John Danesh since 2001 and comprises over 350 staff and graduate students. Groups in the Department are underpinned by major programme grants, such as those from the UK Medical Research Council (MRC), the Wellcome Trust, the British Heart Foundation (BHF), Cancer Research UK, the UK National Institute of Health Research, the European Union, the US National Institutes of Health, industrial partnerships, and several other sources.