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Conference 2027

The next UK & Ireland Public Health Science Conference will be hosted by the School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, with the generous support of Professor Emma McIntosh.

The main conference will take place on Tuesday 20 April 2027, with a half-day event for early career researchers on the afternoon of Monday 19 April 2027. All conference events will be held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow city centre.

The 2027 conference theme is Embedding evidence and enabling change: improving health and wellbeing through policy and practice. Successful abstracts will be published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

Abstract submission has closed.
Authors will be notified by Friday 29 January 2027.
The programme will be published soon.
Registration will open in early 2027.

Conference fees held at 2026 levels
Standard £199
Public Health speciality trainees (StR) £129
Students £99
Pre-conference early career researcher event £15

Three Glasgow landmarks: a building with the People Make Glasgow sign, the Duke of Wellington statue wearing a traffic cone, and the Radisson Blu Hotel

Dublin 2028

University College Dublin will host the 2028 edition of the conference. The conference will be chaired by Dr Celine Murrin, Associate Professor in Public Health Nutrition at the School of Public Health, Physiotherapy, and Sports Science.

About the conference

The UK & Ireland Public Health Science conference is an annual conference dedicated to science relevant to public health research, practice, and policy in the UK and Ireland. It aims to showcase the diversity, quality and impact of public health science, and to connect public health researchers, practitioners, and policy makers.

Delegates in a conference hall listening to a speaker at the 2026 UK & Ireland Public Health Science conference
Delegates passing an NIHR School for Public Health Research stand at the 2026 conference
Delegates talking during a break at the 2026 conference
A presenter discussing his research poster at the 2026 conference
Society for Social Medicine banner at the 2026 conference
Two people talking in front of an NIHR Research Support Service banner at the 2026 conference

More photographs from the 2026 event are available from TyneSight.