The Centre for Health Policy works with a wide range of national and international partners. This includes organisations in the third sector, policy organisations and other research organisations. We partner on research and knowledge exchange activities and offer placement-based dissertations for our MSc Health and Social Policy students.

An important example of this is the University of Strathclyde and the UK Mental Health Foundation who have formalised a long-standing partnership to share expertise and collaborate on research and policy to address mental health issues – one of the major social challenges facing society. Both institutions aim to amplify their collective impact and to tackle complex challenges in this shared social mission. This partnership is the culmination of over a decade of joint research and knowledge exchange projects in the UK and internationally. See here for more details on the MoU signed by University Principal, Professor Sir Jim McDonald.

We have also led a long-standing partnership with New York University (NYU) one of the leading US universities working on health challenges.  As part of the overarching partnership between the two universities, CHP led the collaboration on health. Our primary partners have been the Silver School of Social Work and NYU Graduate School of Public Service. Our enduring partnership has included a major 4-year grant to support activists, academics and policy makers from the US and UK to have formal exchanges to share learning and undertake joint research.  We have also developed an important student exchange where every second year, Strathclyde students and staff travel to New York for a two or four-week study module comprising an exciting mix of classroom-based sessions, agency and cultural visits alongside social outings. In exchange, every alternate year, New York students and staff enjoy corresponding study and Scottish hospitality (see here for more details).   We have recently completed a joint special issue of the Journal of Public Mental Health, with 14 articles that aim to extend our understanding of health inequalities and mental health, and the potential to help reduce these inequalities. 

Beyond this, we work closely with an evolving set of policy partners in our research and knowledge exchange work. Current research partnerships and collaborations include:

• Africa Centre for Disease Control 
• Big Noise
• Carers Trust 
• City of Bradford Metropolitan Council 
• Community Justice Scotland 
• Community Renewal Trust 
• Disability Rights UK
• Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership
• Edinburgh Napier University 
• Glasgow City Council 
• Global Strategy Lab, Canada
• Greater Manchester Combined Authority 
• KNUST, Ghana
• Health Determinants Research Collaborations (HDRCs) in Glasgow and North Yorkshire
• Mental Health Foundation
• Mental Health Ireland
• NCD Alliance 
• Police Scotland 
• Public Health Scotland 
• Queens University 
• Race Equality Foundation
• Scottish Community Development Centre 
• Scottish Government 
• Scottish Violence Reduction Unit 
• Scottish Women's Budget Group 
• Stellenbosch University 
• Students Health & Welfare Centres Organisation, South Africa 
• Sustain 
• The Health Foundation 
• The Poverty Alliance 
• The Trauma Centre for Survivors of Violence and Torture 
• UK Department for Education 
• UK Department for Work and Pensions 
• UK Office for Health Improvements and Disparities 
• University College London
• University of Bath 
• University of Cape Town 
• University of Glasgow 
• University of Oxford 
• Vodacom Change The World Foundation 
• Voluntary Health Scotland 
• West Midlands Combined Authority 
• Women's Budget Group

We have Associate Members from Public Health Scotland, NHS Education for Scotland as well as a range of other universities.