The Global Primary & Community Care (GPACC) Research Group addresses global health challenges in a local context. We use systems-thinking and human-centred approaches to involve communities and community health workers in the design, implementation and evaluation of interventions and models of care that improve population health. Central to our work is reducing health inequity and improving access to high-quality healthcare, through community empowerment.
Our Team
Dr Shobhana Nagraj
Assistant Professor in Primary & Community Care and Group Lead
Members
Francesca Maraschin (Research Assistant)
James Cantwell (Systems Thinking Practitioner)
Gemma Whyatt (Academic Clinical Fellow)
Natasha O ‘Sullivan (Academic Clinical Fellow)
Ivo Espressivo (PhD Student)
Hanan Abukmail (PhD Student)
Collaborators
Dr Nagraj works in partnership with Dr Tom Bashford and their Team at the International Health Systems Group, Department of Engineering.
Dr Nagraj also collaborates with Professor Mike English and the Health Systems Collaborative group at the Centre for Global Health Research, University of Oxford.
Find out more about our team's work via the Publications under researcher ORCID profiles.
ELFT-Cambridge Implementation Research Hub
ELFT-Cambridge Implementation Research Hub was launched in 2024. The GPACC team as part of the Hub to create a reciprocal research environment between global and local partners, to design and evaluate novel models of care.
On September 27th 2024, the East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) - University of Cambridge Implementation research Hub in Luton, Bedfordshire was launched. The Hub is led by Dr Shobhana (Shobi) Nagraj, Assistant Professor in Primary & Community Care, Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health & Primary Care, in partnership with the team at ELFT.