Yu Fu

Dr Yu Fu is a Senior Lecturer and NIHR Advanced Fellow at the Department of Primary Care and Mental Health, University of Liverpool. With clinical and academic backgrounds in medicine, public health, and applied health research, Dr Fu specializes in physical and mental multimorbidity and health inequalities, particularly for underserved populations. Their work focuses on real-world evaluations to improve service provision and impact health policy through mixed methods approaches.

Research centers on two core themes: optimizing physical health management for mental health patients among marginalized groups, and reducing mental health service disparities in access, experience, and outcomes. Methodologies include qualitative studies, systematic reviews, natural experiments using electronic health records, and clinical trials addressing critical gaps in mental health provision for ethnic minorities and vulnerable populations.

Recent publications demonstrate consistent focus on pandemic impacts across mental health services, workforce wellbeing, and health inequalities. Articles employ mixed methods to analyze ethnic minority experiences, antipsychotic care fragmentation, and integrated physical-mental health service models, reflecting Dr Fu's commitment to equity-focused translational research.

• NIHR Advanced Fellow
• HEA Fellow

Dr Fu supervises 4 PhD students and accepts new applications in health inequalities and physical-mental multimorbidity. Secured over £4 million in research funding as Principal Investigator for projects including EVOLVE (culturally competent mental health services) and stroke outcome studies in ethnic minorities. Current grants span digital opioid reduction interventions, palliative care partnerships, and mental health service evaluations for marginalized populations.

Active in national research infrastructure as NIHR RfPB funding committee member and NIHR Mental Health Research Incubator contributor. Serves as Department EDI Lead (2023-present), driving equity initiatives within the Department of Primary Care and Mental Health while collaborating with clinicians, commissioners, and patient advisory groups.