Group Management
The NIHR Research Unit on Health in Situations of Fragility (RUHF) at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, Edinburgh seeks to identify sources of resilience within formal health systems and local community processes.
This is done in order to facilitate effective provision for health priorities - particularly mental health and non-communicable disease (NCDs) - in situations of fragility.
Programme Management Group
The unit is directed by a Programme Management Group (PMG) comprising:
-Unit Director, Professor Alastair Ager
-Unit Deputy Director, Professor Sophie Witter
-Research Lead,
-Research Leads, Dr Haja Wurie and Dr Mohamad Samai
Strategy Advisory Group
We are advised by a Strategy Advisory Group (SAG), comprising senior academics, policymakers, providers and service users.
This has representation from global technical networks including:
- of the Global Mental Health Program (through Dr Kathy Pike, )
- (through Dr Margriet Blaauw)
-The UK-Africa Academic Partnership on Chronic Conditions in Africa (through Professor Ama
de-Graft Aikins, University of Ghana)
NIHR Research Unit on Health in Fragility (RUHF)
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