Main conference
The Public Health Science conference will be held on Tuesday 21 April 2026 at the Crowne Plaza hotel, Newcastle upon Tyne from 09.00 to approximately 17.00.
The theme of this year’s conference is Research to reality: Implementing public health science in practice and policy.
Programme
09:00 Ashley Adamson – Opening remarks
09:10 Alice Wiseman – Keynote
Why treat people and send them back to the conditions that made them sick?
09:45 A Mountain
Life’s a Beach! Or is it? An ethnographic exploration of the health and social needs of coastal communities in Redcar and Cleveland
09:55 L Loria-Rebolledo
Estimating the Value of the Health and Wellbeing Benefits of the NHS Scotland Outdoor Estate: a cross-sectional study
10:05 P Lee
Assessing the Impact of Childhood Adversities on a multidimensional index of Positive Adulthood Transition: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study
10:15 A Lake
A mixed method exploration of children and young people’s perception and consumption of energy drinks
10:25 I G N E Putra
The estimated impacts of the introduction of taxation and warning labelling on foods high in fat, sugar, or salt in England: A microsimulation study
10:35 Oral presenter panel discussion 1 and refreshments
11:10 Clare Bambra – Keynote
Getting Better: How we can reduce health inequalities
11:45 K Frazer
Qualitative study of Irish Travellers’ cancer awareness: impact of behaviour choices diminishes when compared to systemic racism across the life course
11:55 V Nunn
Co-designing an NHS–VCSE outcomes framework: a mixed-methods case study in North East and North Cumbria
12:05 K Jackson
Lessons from the process evaluation of a mobile health bus service offering primary care and relational peer support to people experiencing substance use related harms
12:15 A Burrows
From surplus to sustenance: a feasibility and follow-on study co-producing healthy food with underserved communities in the Tees Valley
12:25 Z Akhter
Food, Pregnancy & Me: Prevalence, sociodemographic factors, and maternal and infant health impact of food insecurity during pregnancy – a UK prospective cohort study
12:35 Oral presenter panel discussion 2
12:55 Poster session 1 and lunch
13:40 Poster session 2 and lunch
14:30 Nason Maani – Keynote
Commercial determinants of health Inequality: From evidence to action
15:25 E Widnall
How schools and youth organisations are supported in preventing and responding to self-harm and suicide: A qualitative study with frontline staff and external support providers
15:35 A M Cârstea
Exploring community care in an ethnographic study with South Asian families living with dementia in Newcastle upon Tyne
15:45 M Li
Socioeconomic inequalities in patient-provider communication: a cross-sectional NLP study of UK dental care reviews
15:55 G Groom
“We have to work twice as hard”: A qualitative study of barriers and enablers to local authority public health careers for people from minority ethnic backgrounds
16:05 K Todd
Nurse-led Telephone Outreach to Improve Influenza Vaccination Uptake in 2–3-Year-Olds: A Targeted Intervention in West Wales
16:15 Oral presenter panel discussion 3
16:30 Prize giving – Prizes for best oral and poster presentations across various categories
16:45 Mark Pearce – Closing remarks
Early career researcher event
The early career researcher event will be held on the afternoon of Monday 20 April 2026 at One Strawberry Lane. More information is available here.
Conference dinner
A pre-conference dinner will be organised for the evening of Monday 20 April 2026 at the Crowne Plaza. Attendance must be booked in advance and is available as an option on the conference registration form.