The ºÚÁÏÈë¿Ú-Brawijaya Centre for Global Health, Population, and Policy (PB Centre) is a collaboration between the ºÚÁÏÈë¿Ú and the University of Brawijaya in Malang, Indonesia. The key mission of the PB Centre is to improve the health and well-being of people globally through research, teaching and training.

Established in 2015 with the assistance of an Institutional Link grant from the British Council’s Newton Fund, we conduct world-class, evidence-based and policy-led research, on both basic and applied bio-social determinants of health.

We also teach advanced research methods – to enable future scientists to undertake more complex data analysis challenges – and provide postgraduate training and continuing professional development programmes to enable practising researchers to update their knowledge of population health.

Researchers from the ºÚÁÏÈë¿Ú include:

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Professor Sasee Pallikadavath

Professor of Demography and Global Health

Sasee.Pallikadavath@port.ac.uk

School of Dental, Health and Care Professions

Faculty of Science and Health

PhD Supervisor

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Professor Tamsin Bradley

Professor of International Development Studies

Tamsin.Bradley@port.ac.uk

School of Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics, and Literature

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

PhD Supervisor

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Dr James Brown

Associate Head (Global Engagement and Education Partnerships)

James.Brown@port.ac.uk

School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

Faculty of Science and Health

PhD Supervisor

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Dr Lana Chikhungu

Senior Lecturer

UoA Coordinator (Area Studies)

Lana.Chikhungu@port.ac.uk

School of Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics, and Literature

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

PhD Supervisor

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Dr Amy Drahota-Towns

Associate Professor in Health and Social Care Evidence Evaluation

Amy.Drahota@port.ac.uk

School of Dental, Health and Care Professions

Faculty of Science and Health

PhD Supervisor

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Professor Dylan Jones

Professor of Operational Research

Dylan.Jones@port.ac.uk

School of Mathematics and Physics

Faculty of Technology

PhD Supervisor

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Dr Ngianga Ii Kandala

Senior Lecturer

Ngianga.Kandala@port.ac.uk

School of Dental, Health and Care Professions

Faculty of Science and Health

PhD Supervisor

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Dr Annabel Tremlett

Senior Lecturer

Annabel.Tremlett@port.ac.uk

School of Dental, Health and Care Professions

Faculty of Science and Health

PhD Supervisor

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Professor Joy Watts

Associate Dean (Research and Innovation)

Joy.Watts@port.ac.uk

School of the Environment and Life Sciences

Faculty of Science and Health

PhD Supervisor

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Dr Malcolm Whitworth

Associate Professor in Engineering Geomorphology and Natural Hazards

Malcolm.Whitworth@port.ac.uk

School of the Environment and Life Sciences

Faculty of Science and Health

PhD Supervisor

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Our partners

The PB Centre aims to generate maximum impact for its research findings on policy and programming at national, regional and local government levels. We work with:

  • The academic community
  • Federal governments
  • The third sector
  • International agencies
  • Inter-governmental organisations
  • International organisations such as the United Nations Population Fund

Research

The PB Centre has a unique team of interdisciplinary researchers, drawn from various faculties within both Universities.

Our geographic expertise covers most of the world’s low and middle income countries and our researchers have academic backgrounds in fields such as anthropology, public health, applied mathematics and human psychology.

Research areas of expertise include gender relations, family planning, food security, HIV transmission and domestic violence – and the range of methodological expertise within the centre includes impact evaluation, advanced statistical modelling and ethnographic methods.

Current and recent projects

  • Research funding award from the Medical Research Council: £510,577.00, effective start/end date 3/06/15 to 9/07/18.

  • Aminuddin, F, Pallikadavath, S, Kamanda, A, Sukesi, K, Rosalinda, H & Hatton, K 2019, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 97-114.

  • A flagship UK project, conducted in collaboration with ºÚÁÏÈë¿Ú Hospital NHS Trust and ºÚÁÏÈë¿Ú City Council – that aims to gather information on over 2,000 births in ºÚÁÏÈë¿Ú from 2016 and explore biological and social determinants of health and wellbeing in mothers and children.

The centre also recently completed a research project for the British Academy on the impact of low fertility on the health and well-being of women in developing countries, and concluded an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) seminar series on low fertility in developing countries, in collaboration with the University of Oxford and the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum.

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Health and Social Care

Our research deals with the most-pressing health and wellbeing issues facing society – from the challenges of caring for an ageing population, to the importance of delivering effective health and social care to the most under-represented, vulnerable or isolated groups in society.
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Health informatics

We're improving the design of computer systems and wellbeing services to make the delivery of healthcare more efficient and cost-effective, and we're exploring how technology can influence lifestyle choices and reduce health risks.
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Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Biomedical Sciences

We're growing our understanding of how the body functions in health, how it malfunctions in disease, and the genetic and molecular drivers of physical and mental illnesses to find new, more effective treatments for patients.
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