Cross-school and interdisciplinary initiatives

The University has established a number of  cross-School and Interdisciplinary centres, initiatives and networks.

They build on the University’s research strengths and aim to:

• tackle major multi-disciplinary challenges
• strengthen collaboration and share knowledge across fields
• grow research capacity and profile through large funding bids, recruitment, and international partnerships
• influence research, policy, and funding agendas nationally and internationally

Interdisciplinary Research Centres

• Cambridge Centre for Data-Driven Discovery
  (contact Ellen Ashmore Marsh, coordinator@c2d3.cam.ac.uk)
• Cancer
  (contact Ms Katie Edwards, katie.edwards@cruk.cam.ac.uk)
• Cardiovascular disease 
  (contact Dr Jane Sugars, jms80@medschl.cam.ac.uk)
• Cambridge Academy of Therapeutic Sciences 
  (contact Meghana Patel, meghana.patel@admin.cam.ac.uk)
• Conservation 
  (contact Dr Diane Lister, dll1000@cam.ac.uk)
• Energy
  (contact Dr Shafiq Ahmed, sa345@cam.ac.uk)
• Engineering Biology 
  (contact coordinator@engbio.cam.ac.uk)
• Global Challenges 
  (contact Dr Carol Ibe, coordinator@gci.cam.ac.uk)
• Global Food Security 
  (contact Francesca Re Manning, fr224@cam.ac.uk)
• Infectious Diseases 
  (contact Dr Maria Bargues-Ribera, mb2464@cam.ac.uk)
• Language Sciences 
  (contact Richard Arlett, ra664@cam.ac.uk)
• Neuroscience 
  (contact coordinator@neuroscience.cam.ac.uk)
• Public Health 
  (contact Dr Helen Watts, hw523@cam.ac.uk)
• Reproduction 
  (contact Ms Christina Rozeik, coordinator@repro.cam.ac.uk)
• Stem Cells 
  (contact Laura Puhl, lmp58@cam.ac.uk)

Strategic Research Initiatives

• Collections, Connections, Communities 
  (contact Dr Irene Galandra Cooper, mic25@cam.ac.uk)
• Precision Health 
  (contact Dr Nan Li, nl276@cam.ac.uk)
• Quantum and Advanced Materials technologies for a Sustainable Society (QAMSS) 
  (contact QAMSS Coordinator, coordinator@qamss.cam.ac.uk)

Strategic Research Networks

• Digital Humanities 
  (contact Dr Anne Alexander, raa43@cam.ac.uk)
• Immunology 
  (contact Laura Messer, enquiries@immunology.cam.ac.uk)
• Metabolism 
  (contact Angela Lumsdon, aml95@medschl.cam.ac.uk)

Other cross-school initiatives

In addition to the Interdisciplinary Research Centres, Strategic Research Initiatives and Networks, awarded and overseen by the Research Policy Committee, there are a small number of other cross-School research initiatives and activities within the University.

• AI@Cam (a strategic mission driving AI innovation)
• Cambridge Africa (supporting research on African priorities)
• Cambridge Digital Humanities (an interdisciplinary centre)
• Cambridge Zero (a strategic mission maximising University’s contribution towards a zero-carbon world)
• Centre for Physical Biology
• Global Humanities Network