Warwick Medical School professor appointed to House of Lords
Professor Swaran Singh, Professor of Social and Community Psychiatry at the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, has been appointed as a life peer and will join the House of Lords as a Conservative peer.
The Warwick Centre for Global Health is a dynamic research and education network working with individuals, disciplines and organisations in health and social systems around the world. ​
Our mission is to co-develop transferable lessons, practical solutions and build capacity to address global health challenges and inequalities.
While our multi-disciplinary team of researchers, teachers, professional staff and students are drawn from departments and units across the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, the heartbeat of our Centre's activity lies in our broader global networks.
Our work spans four intersecting themes:
Leads:
Prof Sharifah Sekalala and Dr Brianne Wenning
Improving disease diagnosis and prediction
Leads:
Dr Sagar Jilka and Prof Meg Davis
Mental health, NCDs, ​multi-morbidity​
Leads:
Prof Ponnusamy Saravanan, Prof Paramjit Gill, and Prof Swaran Singh
Professor Swaran Singh, Professor of Social and Community Psychiatry at the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, has been appointed as a life peer and will join the House of Lords as a Conservative peer.
Warwick Centre for Global Health and Centre for Health Economics at Warwick held a joint seminar on the 21st May 2026 on the subject 'Hospital management practices to improve quality of care and reduce mortality for small and sick newborns in Malawi: the IMPRESS cluster randomised trial'.
Our Visiting Fellows recently held a PGR Seminar at the Medical School titled 'Research Beyond Boarders: Advancing Healthcare'.
Welcome to our 3 visiting PhD Fellows Abdul-Mumin Amankwa and Nicholas Appiagyei both from the University of Glasgow; and Nyeleti Chauke from the University of Pretoria.
Warwick welcomes visiting PhD Fellows in May and June from the African Hub
For more information on WCGH, please contact any of the theme leads, or the centre director: