Professor Richard Fry

Professor Rich Fry is Professor of Environment and Health based at Population Data Science in Swansea University Medical School. Rich is a Geographer by training with a BSc (Hons) in Physical Geography and an MSc and PhD in Geographic Information Science. 

Rich is the Co-Director of HDR Wales, the Associate Director of the HDRUK Social and Environmental Determinants of Health Driver Programme, and the Principal Investigator on the Wellcome Trust-funded MAGENTA project, which examines the impacts of climate change on maternal health. 

In the past Rich has successfully secured several Health and Care Research Wales health and social care grant awards to support research on the wider-determinants of health including understanding the home and built environments and their impact on falls and understanding the spatial clustering of healthcare resource utilisation in Wales with the aim of driving evidence-based approaches to improving public health. 

Rich is also academic lead for Administrative Data Research (ADR) Wales in the areas of Health and Wellbeing, Climate Change and Social Justice. Rich also contributes his expertise to various scientific advisory panels, including the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation, Housing Spine Analytical Resource, Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) Social Care Working Group, and the Administrative Data Research Agricultural Research Collection. Rich sits on funding panels for several UK funders including ESRC, The Wellcome Trust and Medical Research Foundation.