The Pandemic Institute (TPI) has unveiled eight research projects assessing the longer-term impact of the Covid pandemic on UK and global health which have been awarded funding following a £225,000 donation by Aviva.
The insurer said it was aiming to build strong, sustainable, resilient communities that are better prepared for future crisis events on the scale of Covid-19 pandemic.
One of the projects will provide a proof of concept to help forecast winter pressures at the level of individual NHS Hospital Trusts, while another will assess the long-term impacts of the pandemic on accessing health and social care for dementia.
The full list of research projects that will be supported by the funding is:
- Hierarchical forecasting models for Covid-19 bed occupancy and admissions for individual NHS Trusts.
- What are the long-term impacts and implications of the pandemic on accessing and using health and social care for dementia?
- Estimating excess mortality during the Covid-19 pandemic in Cheshire and Merseyside.
- Exploring the role of social and community trust in responses to the Covid-19 pandemic to inform future community pandemic preparedness and resilience in Malawi.
- Right to health: Tackling health inequalities and promoting resilience among migrant, refugee and asylum seeker communities affected by Covid-19 in Liverpool.
- Healthcare Communications and Information Distortion in Crisis Situations: The Case of Covid-19 in Merseyside.
- Supply chain risk management during a pandemic: a public / private-partnership insurance solution.
- Understanding the impact of the Covid-19 response on the health and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ people in Merseyside: A rapid assessment to inform support needs, strengthening of resilience, and inclusive responses to future pandemics.
Professor Tom Solomon CBE, director of The Pandemic Institute, said: “We are very proud to announce these eight research projects into differing strands of Covid-19, which have been made possible by Aviva’s generous grant.
“This will help us take further steps forward in continuing to tackle Covid-19 and also to be better prepared for the future.
“The work we do from Liverpool has national and international impact and being able to further expand our research through these eight submissions will help keep us at the fore of the challenges around and solutions to Covid-19 and how best to recover from a pandemic.”
David Schofield, group sustainability director at Aviva, added: “Part of Aviva’s sustainability ambition is to make 10 million people more resilient by 2025, as part of this we’re committed to help build health and wellbeing resilience by investing in the big challenges our customers and communities face.
“Funding research into how we can build stronger communities is so important. We are delighted to be able support The Pandemic Institute and look forward to the outcomes of this work.”