John Wright

Director

John Wright is a doctor and epidemiologist with a background in hospital medicine and public health in the UK and in Africa. He established and leads the Bradford Institute for Health Research and Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research, working to speed up translation of medical research into practice and policy. He is the Director of Research for the City of Bradford. He has authored of over 300 papers and three textbooks and been awarded over £145 million in research award funding, £40 million as chief investigator.

John Wright's latest projects

10 Year Plan Healthy Families

BABI-RSV: Evaluating RSV Immunity Based on Prematurity and Maternal Vaccine Timing

BackgroundRespiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the leading causes of hospital admission in young infants. In September 2024, the UK introduced a maternal RSV vaccination programme to help protect...

John Wright's latest publications

Healthy Families

Birth Weight Percentiles and Infant and Child Growth Dynamics

Mental Health

Early-life pathways to inequalities in child mental health: evidence from eight birth cohorts

Healthy Families

Born and Bred in (BaBi): an efficient, place-based birth e-cohort network

Healthy Families

Childhood exposure to non-persistent endocrine disruptors, glucocorticosteroids, and attentional function: A cross-sectional study based on the parametric g-formula

Healthy Families

Promoting Positive Adolescent Mental Health (PPAMH!) for School Climate: protocol for a feasibility randomised control trial in secondary schools

Healthy Families

Integrating Multi-Omics with environmental data for precision health: A novel analytic framework and case study on prenatal mercury induced childhood fatty liver disease