Biography: Elizabeth Such

Liz has worked in research for over 20 years, both in the UK government and universities. She has a history of working at the boundary between evidence and policy and has worked in the field of public health for more than a decade. She is a long-term member of the England and Wales’s National Public Health and Police Consensus Delivery Group, supporting the on-going development of public health approaches in policing. Alongside the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and Devon and Cornwall Police, Liz and her colleague Ruth-Louise Shepherd developed guidance on how frontline policing can communicate public health approaches in their everyday work, supporting its implementation. Liz currently works with the UK’s Ministry of Justice, the College of Policing and allied professionals in Norway on projects that cut across health and justice.

She is known for developing research with decision-makers and communities to prevent human trafficking and exploitation, making meaningful impact with the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner on public health approaches to modern slavery. Liz has worked in evidence synthesis for policy, including a role at Public Health England. She currently leads a UK team that mobilises evidence with local government. Knowledge for Public Health (KNOW-PH) is funded by NIHR Public Health Research and makes evidence accessible, relatable and actionable. She has been an NIHR Knowledge Mobilisation Research Fellow, is a Visiting Professor at the University of Nottingham’s Rights Lab and is Chair of the Advisory Group for the Black and ethnic minority Anti-Slavery Network (BASNET).