SDG 3: Good health and wellbeing

Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being for all at all ages is essential to sustainable development

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Active school travel in Surrey: A behavioural systems approach

16 July 2026

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Black women need more help in accessing breast cancer screening

16 July 2026

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Secretary of State visits University of Surrey to discuss landmark reforms to veterinary regulation

14 July 2026

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High numbers of women diagnosed with ovarian cancer after emergency hospital admission

8 July 2026

Dr Birgit Altrichter, Lecturer in Digital Economy within the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Discipline at Surrey Business School (SBS), presenting at the International Conference on AI and the Digital Economy, held in Venice, Italy

Unintended consequences of AI and ethical considerations

6 July 2026

SDG 3 research projects

Active projects

Anthelmintic resistance in Southeast Asia (AHR-SEA): implications for control and elimination of intestinal helminths

Principal investigator: Dr Martha Betson

Start date: April 2025

End date: April 2028

The Together Project: supporting the delivery of good practice in maternity services for parents with learning disabilities

Principal investigator: Dr Anna Cox

Start date: September 2019

End date: Ongoing

GREENICON

Principal investigators: Professor Prashant Kumar, Professor H. Christopher Frey, Professor Fabiana L. Oliveira

Completed projects

AI-Enhanced Game Accessibility and Inclusive Support (AEGIS)

Principal investigator: Dr Yuan Zou

Start date: September 2024

End date: November 2025

Prescription of Nature-Based Solutions to Cities (UGPN-NBS)

Principal investigator: Professor Prashant Kumar

Start date: August 2024

End date: July 2025

The Creative Dementia Network: Digital Tools for Wellbeing with Dementia (DoWell)

Principal investigator: Dr Stephen Fay

Start date: September 2023

End date: July 2024

Campaigning to Improve the Quality of Food in Women's Prisons

Principal investigator: Dr Maria Adams

Start date: October 2022

End date: July 2024

MHealth4All: Development and implementation of a digital platform for the promotion of access to mental healthcare for low language proficient third-country nationals in Europe

Start date: January 2022

End date: June 2025