Prof Stephen Hanney
Brunel University, United Kingdom,
Health Research Policy and Systems aims to provide a platform for the global research community to share their findings, insights and views about all aspects of the organisation of health research systems – including agenda setting, building health research capacity, and how research as a whole benefits decision makers and practitioners in health and related fields and society at large.
It is an exciting time for those of us who have been conducting research for many years into both how to assess the paybacks from health research (including improved health policies, better healthcare and increased health equity), and how to organise research systems to maximise such impacts. In many individual countries, and in key international organisations, there is currently a much greater appreciation of the benefits that can come from analysing the utilisation of health research and increasing understanding about each of the various activities that can contribute to achieving effective health research systems.
