David Taylor-Robinson: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- W.H. Duncan Professor of Health Inequalities; Professor of Public Health and Policy; NIHR Research Professor; Honorary Consultant in Child Public Health
- Organisation based in
- Liverpool Riverside
- Quoted on
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
Who David Taylor-Robinson is
Professor David Taylor-Robinson holds the W.H. Duncan Chair in Health Inequalities and is Professor of Public Health and Policy in the Institute of Population Health at the University of Liverpool, where he also serves as an NIHR Research Professor (2022–27). He co-leads the Health Inequalities Policy Research Group (HIP-R), whose work focuses on the determinants of health and wellbeing and the policies that affect them. He works clinically as Honorary Consultant in Child Public Health at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, and holds an affiliate professorship in Child Public Health at the University of Copenhagen. He is an Academic Co-Director of Health Equity North, a virtual institute focused on place-based solutions to health inequalities across the North of England. Taylor-Robinson is known for arguing that child poverty is a modifiable cause of health inequality and has given expert evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry and to parliamentary select committees on child poverty and disability benefits.
“Our findings reveal, in stark detail that, even in 2025, too many children face significant challenges from birth – and for some, even before they are born”
References for this biography
- 1.Professor David Taylor-Robinson | Our people | University of Liverpool — Full role titles, institute, research group leadership, NIHR Research Professorship, clinical role, and links to select committee and COVID Inquiry evidence
- 2.Professor David Taylor-Robinson – NIHR PHIRST — Confirms role at University of Liverpool and University of Copenhagen, clinical role at Alder Hey, co-leadership of HIPR, and Child of the North initiative
- 3.David Taylor-Robinson – European Innovation Partnership — Confirms NIHR Research Professorship 2022–27, Health Equity North Academic Co-Director role, and Child of the North report leadership
- 4.Evidence given by University of Liverpool team at Covid inquiry – University of Liverpool News — Confirms presentation of expert report on child health inequalities to UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 2 on 6 October 2023
- 5.Liverpool experts warn government reforms will deepen poverty and worsen health inequalities – University of Liverpool News — Confirms 2025 select committee evidence on child poverty, disability benefits, and two-child cap; recent press quotes
- 6.Contact us | Institute of Population Health | University of Liverpool — Confirms head-office address and postcode: Waterhouse Building Block B, Brownlow Street, Liverpool L69 3GF
Notable achievements
- Led the child health component of the Due North Inquiry on Health Equity for the North (2014) Source ↗
- Presented expert report on child health inequalities to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry (Module 2) on 6 October 2023 Source ↗
- Gave oral evidence to the Work and Pensions and Child Poverty Taskforce Select Committees in 2025 on disability benefits reform and the two-child benefit cap Source ↗
- Awarded NIHR Research Professorship (2022–27) for project 'Tackling child health inequality: an interventional epidemiology platform to inform policy' Source ↗
- Co-led the N8/NHSA Child of the North initiative, focused on post-COVID levelling up for child health and wellbeing in the North of England Source ↗
Where David Taylor-Robinson has been quoted
- Babies born to black mothers 81% more likely to die in neonatal care, NHS study showstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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