Our partnerships and infrastructure

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Maternity Disparities Consortium (MDC) unites leading NHS and academic institutions in two of the UK’s biggest and most diverse cities outside of London.

Our regional partners

Our Consortium is part of the NIHR and hosted by University of Birmingham and Newcastle University.

Our associate partners bring additional expertise, increase our research capacity and add regional capability. They include:

University of Warwick
Keele University
Birmingham City Council
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen City Council
Cardiff University
Cardiff and Vale University LHB
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Newcastle City Council
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sheffield Hallam University
Bournemouth University
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Queen’s University of Belfast
University of Ulster
Northern Ireland Community Development Health Network LTD
The Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland)
University of Bedfordshire
Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Pre-School Learning Alliance
Groundwork London
The University of Manchester
Caribbean & African Health Network CIC
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
AHSN – Health Innovation Manchester
University of Southampton
University College London
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board
NHS Hampshire and Ilse of Wight Integrated Care Board
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
University of Sheffield
Institute of Fiscal Studies

Our role within the NIHR infrastructure

We are the first of a series of NIHR Inequality challenge focused fundings calls which includes Cardiovascular disease (CVD) with future topics being announced in due course.

We are linked with the NIHR Inequalities Challenge: Cardiovascular Disease.