Priority areas

• Reproduction, parenthood and families
• The mind and brain
• The environment and health

These areas represent some of today’s most urgent and important developments in biomedicine and health. They each raise critical ethical, social and policy issues on which we can offer a distinctive contribution.

Issues that cut across our work – such as health inequalities, use of health data, and commercial drivers in research – are considered in the context of each of these priority areas. And we retain the flexibility and capacity to respond to other developments, outside of our priority areas, as they emerge.