James Egan is a Public Health Programme Manager and leads the work programme ‘Tackling inequality across the life course’. Some of the key areas being developed under this new programme of work include:

• Improving understanding of continuing welfare changes with a focus on the roll out of Universal Credit and associated developments around in-work conditionality
• Understanding and promoting equity of access to services by vulnerable population groups
• An early years focus that includes improving understanding of the causal pathways between Adverse Childhood Experiences and health outcomes and evaluation of childcare, early learning and interventions.
• Work to explore the potential of new forms of social protection in a 21^st century context

In his current role, James is leading and supporting the development of work on welfare changes and equity of access to services by vulnerable population groups. He is also working with partner agencies to explore the potential of new forms of social protection in a 21^st century context.