The Centre for History in Public Health (CHiPH) was established in 2003, with its origins in the AIDS Social History Programme at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in the late 1980s. Its location within a multidisciplinary public health institution is unique and keeps it firmly in the forefront of historical research into public health and health services. The Centre has a
core team of researchers who span the School Faculties and a wide ranging group of members together with PhD students and honorary staff from an international range of institutions. The Centre attracts research funding from a number of providers, with the Wellcome Trust preeminent among them. Our research covers both public health and health services with UK, European and African programmes currently under way. Our teaching is both to in-house Masters students and on the distance learning programme. We have an active programme of public engagement with variety of walks, films and seminars available to staff students and the general public. Policy engagement is part of this activity and we utilise our location in a leading School of public health to interact with policy makers. The Director of ChiPH is Professor Virginia Berridge. The Administrator is Ms Ingrid James
