Research

A team science approach to solving local and global grand challenges.

Our research clusters

We are focussing on six interdisciplinary ‘Grand Challenge Research Clusters’ that will each address a major societal challenge in the health and life sciences:

  • Cancer
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Engineering Biology
  • Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
  • Mental Health
  • Planetary Harms

Our grand challenges

Understanding and preventing cancer

Understanding and preventing cardiovascular disease

Engineering Biology to create advanced therapeutics, diagnostics, food systems and biomaterials

Understanding and preventing infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

Understanding and transforming poor mental health outcomes

Understanding, preventing and reversing human harms to our planet's living systems

Team science in action: the COVID-19 pandemic

Key partners

University and Specialist Research Institutes

Bristol Health Partners

South West Life Sciences

UK Health Security Agency