Giving vital health research a new home
Clarice Pears School of Health & Wellbeing - University of Glasgow Glasgow
At a glance
University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
Completed
Revolutionising health and wellbeing
The Clarice Pears Building is a multidisciplinary centre for health, bringing staff from 10 different sites together to produce world-leading research on health policy, practice and behaviours that will improve global health and reduce inequalities. The building is named after Clarice Pears, mother of the three founders of the Pears Foundation, which donated £5 million towards its construction.
The Clarice Pears building was designed to significantly enhance the School’s reputation and influence within the sector, increasing Post-Graduate teaching and research capacity, attracting and retaining high-calibre staff. The building provides a means for both collaboration and networking, hosting shared social spaces for a variety of disciplines. The building is also used for joint seminar series, workshops and knowledge exchange events, as well as developing new multi-disciplinary post-graduate courses.
The ground floor provides a welcoming and publicly accessible space dedicated to knowledge exchange and public engagement, which also supports the School’s widening participation goals.
The new building focuses on three multi-disciplinary research themes including Determinants of Health and Health Inequalities, Data Science and solutions-focused research.
"This will be a landmark building, revolutionising the study of health and wellbeing at Glasgow and positively influencing our impact on the city of Glasgow, Scotland and the world. It will bring academics and support staff together under one roof, supporting world-changing research, while allowing us to expand our knowledge exchange and stakeholder activities, maximising how our work translates into policy and practice.”
