Dan Bristow is a Professor of Practice at Cardiff University, and Director of the Wales Centre for Public Policy.
As Co-Investigator at the WCPP, he has helped to establish the Centre’s award-winning, demand-led approach to mobilising research evidence. He has led the design and delivery of 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.