Jennie Popay has been Professor of Sociology and Public Health in the Division of Health Research since January 2002.  She is currently director of the Centre for Health Inequalities and co-director of the Liverpool and Lancaster Universities Collaboration for Public Health Research (LiLaC – http://www.lilac-healthequity.org.uk) one of eight academic members of the NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR).  She is also Director of Engagement and Public Health Lead for the NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care for the NW Coast – a collaboration between 36 partners including universities, local authorities and NHS organisations.