QUEEN’S University Professor Frank Kee had been appointed Chair of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Public Health Research Programme.
Prof Kee, Director of the Centre of Excellence for Public Health NI and Deputy Director of the Centre for Public Health at Queen’s University, joins Professor Martin White from Newcastle University, who is the newly appointed director of the programme.
The NIHR Public Health Research (PHR) Programme funds research to evaluate non-NHS interventions intended to improve the health of the public and reduce inequalities in health. Queen’s Vice-Chancellor
Prof Patrick Johnston said: “I would like to offer my congratulations to Prof Kee on this significant appointment. This role reflects the ongoing contribution to public health that Prof Kee makes through his leadership in the worldclass Centre of Excellence for Public Health at Queen’s.”
Prof Kee said:“I am delighted and honoured to have been appointed to chair of the NIHR PHR Programme over the next five years.The programme has become central to the public health landscape in the UK and has contributed to a major expansion of evaluation research. I look forward to bringing my experience from the Centre for Public Health at Queen’s to this role and continuing to make a meaningful impact on the health of the population.”
Prof Kee takes up his post in October 2014.