该计划是与巴斯大学，西英格兰大学和埃克塞特大学合作提供的五个西南博士培训合作关系跨学科途径之一。健康与福祉研究询问我们如何通过减少健康不平等，解决不良健康的社会决定因素，增加健康行为和改善公共健康来改善人类健康。要了解人们的“出生，成长，生活，工作和年龄”状况（世界卫生组织）如何保护或损害他们的健康，就需要在社会科学和生物医学科学的界面上采取跨学科方法。通过这门课程的学生将获得一系列技能，以制定和评估改善健康的策略。研究方法的核心培训支持来自不同领域的选修科目，包括公共卫生干预，公共卫生法，健康行为心理学
Health and wellbeing research asks how we can improve human health and wellbeing by reducing health inequalities, tackling the social determinants of poor health, increasing healthy behaviours and improving public health. Understanding how the conditions in which people are ''born, grow, live, work and age'' (World Health Organisation, Social Determinants of Health) act to protect or harm their health requires an interdisciplinary approach at the interface of social and biomedical sciences.This programme is one of five South West Doctoral Training Partnership interdisciplinary pathways that are delivered in partnership with the University of Bath, University of the West of England and University of Exeter.Students on this pathway acquire a range of skills to develop and evaluate strategies to improve health. Core training in research methods supports optional units drawn from a diverse field including public health interventions, public health law, psychology of health behaviours, disability studies, poverty and inequality, global health and gendered violence. We hope our students' work will make a major impact on our understanding of the social science that underpins health and wellbeing.