Jeremy Horwood is Professor of Social Sciences and Applied Health Research at the Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol Medical School. He is the Optimise Theme Lead for the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Evaluation and Behavioural Science and is co‑director of Bristol Health Partners Sexual Health Improvement Programme (SHIP) Health Integration Team. He is also a steering committe memember of Fast Track Cities Bristol. 

Jeremy is a social scientist with a background in psychology. His research focused on tackling health inequalities by developing and evaluating real world solutions that improve people’s experiences of healthcare. His research spans sexual health, public health, and primary care, with a focus on equity, co design, and making services work better for those who need them most.

He specialises in qualitative and mixed methods approaches, championing pragmatic and collaborative approaches that accelerate innovation and strengthen implementation in everyday practice.

Jeremy is Principal Investigator or qualitative lead on numerous applied health research projects.

• Emergency department opt-out HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing
• Accessing PrEP through pharmacies to improve HIV prevention
• Common Ambition Bristol: Addressing HIV stigma and testing in partnership with African and Caribbean communities
• Improving mpox advice, guidance and engagement (IMAGE)
• EPIToPe - Evaluating the Population Impact of Hepatitis C Direct Acting Antiviral Treatment as Prevention for People Who Inject Drugs
• ADEPT-2 - A randomised controlled trial of guided self-help for depression for autistic adults
• Improving HIV prevention and testing in GP practices
• Vending machines offering free sexual health testing kits
• The Bristol Evaluation of Advertising Restrictions Study (BEAR study)
• The ADViSE programme: Using sexual health services to support people who have experienced domestic violence and abuse

Jeremy has been involved in successful grant applications from the UK’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), including NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR); NIHR Health Technology Assessment, (HTA), NIHR School for Primary Care Research, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), NHS England, The Health Foundation, The Royal College of General Practitioners. 

Teaching leadership:

Joint Helical Theme Lead for Behavioural and Social Science in Medicine - MB21 Undergraduate Medical Curriculum.

Deputy Director - Bristol Medical School Short Course Programme in Population Health Sciences