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Environment & Human Health

Aims and objectives

The programme aims to help improve the health of people, both in the UK and globally, by:

  • developing a community of researchers who can undertake multi- and inter-disciplinary work to help us understanding the links between the environment and human health,

  • improving our ability to identify and predict emerging issues of potential concern,

  • improve the evidence available to support risk assessments and regulation-setting by government departments, agencies, and other stakeholders.

The Science Advisory Committee identified several areas of interest which were the subject of the programme's initial funding opportunity (now closed).