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The Rapid Urbanisation and Population Health (RUPH) Research Group is led by Professor Xiaoqi Feng. Urban health and environmental challenges are context-specific and cannot be fully understood or addressed by any single research discipline. 

RUPH embraces diversity to generate evidence-based solutions to these wicked problems and supports the building of transdisciplinary research capacities among UNSW academics, students, and collaborators worldwide. RUPH harnesses scientific, clinical, and industry expertise and lived experiences of members of communities to shape healthier, more liveable cities for all. 

Research Strengths

• Urban health and environment
• Lonelygenic Environments theory
• Green space and health research
• Geographic Information Systems
• Health inequalities and inequities
• Linked health administrative data studies
• Cohort studies and longitudinal surveys
• Health services research
• Multilevel modelling and advanced statistical analyses
• Randomised trials of preventive health interventions