Professor John Coggon, Chair in Law at the University of Bristol contributed to a Health Foundation project on different forms of evidence to inform public health decision-making.   John took park in a high-profile event entitled "X Factor for evidence for the public’s health" coordinated by Dr Sridhar Venkatapuram (King's College, London) and Dr Jo Bibby (Health Foundation, which sought to explain and shine a spotlight on the ways that evidence from different disciplines should be understood, and how it can help inform public health decision-makin

More details on the event can be found here:

• Videos from the event "X Factor for evidence for the public’s health"

• A collection of essays exploring why we need trans-disciplinary approaches to improve the public's health

• Review of the event by Dr Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of The Lancet