Dan Bristow is a Professor of Practice, leading the Wales Centre for Public Policy’s innovation and engagement activities to synthesise and mobilise research evidence for Welsh Ministers and public service leaders.
As Co-Investigator and Director of Policy and Practice at the WCPP he has helped to establish an award-winning, demand-led approach to mobilising research evidence. This has involved designing and delivering a model that supports Welsh Government Ministers, and public sector leaders to access, understand and use the best available evidence.
He is also Joint Lead of the NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration Rhondda Cynon Taf – a £5million investment which will create new infrastructure to link research to policy and practice, and bring together individuals and organisations with the clear aim of improving the health outcomes of Rhondda Cynon Taf residents.
He started his career working in the UK civil service and third sector organisations. Over the last decade, he has worked at the interface between academic evidence and public policy / public sector decision-making.