Petition: Make Addressing the Climate Emergency a Statutory duty for Councils We want the UK government to introduce legislation that makes addressing the climate emergency a statutory duty for all local authorities. By legally requiring councils to prioritise climate action, w...

📣 UK climate concerned folk: a petition that needs signing
✍️: Make Addressing the Climate Emergency a Statutory duty for Councils
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

I've commented on this before. There's been a lot of interest in the rising incidence of colo-rectal cancer in young adults in many countries. This figure is a plot of incidence and mortality rates in England over time relative to a baseline rate in 1974. I last showed it with data to 2021. 1/n

Genes, money, status... and comics This week we published a big paper about nature and nurture, genes and socio-economic status. We think it’s important and deserves a broad audience, so here it is in graphic novel format.

Genes, money, status... and comics

New substack: I helped write @dr-appie.bsky.social's new paper about nature and nurture, genes and socio-economic status. We think it’s important and deserves a broad audience, so here it is in graphic novel format.

arutherford.substack.com/p/genes-mone...

Very sad. So many good doctors driven to either leaving the NHS or taking their own lives.

Want to hear a great #Virology opportunity? We have an amazing opportunity for a new PI/#Lecturer/group leader in virology/viral immunology as part of a new @researchwales.bsky.social Virology unit headed by myself, @richstanton.bsky.social @davidgillespie.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2c2jkerd

I’ve seen a number of trial applications in development over recent weeks with lots of discussion about appropriate sample size calculations. A good time to remind everyone about the perils of the “sample size samba” 1/8
#MethodologyMonday #111

Beautiful photos- thank you

😂

opportunity costs associated with NICE recommendations.

Defo the most important h economics paper you will read today, maybe this week, maybe the year so far

This is where the primary care budget gets spent

A

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

I’ve created a hereditary GI cancer starter pack #LynchSyndrome #Polyposis #CDH1

go.bsky.app/RLV4R1Q

Analysis of 1000s of proteins in blood samples provided by UK Biobank participants demonstrates that they can predict the onset of many different diseases.

University of Cambridge, Queen Mary University of London, GSK & Berlin Institute of Health at Charité.

Read - https://buff.ly/3B1MYO5

Deputy Director of Modelling - Civil Service Jobs - GOV.UKGOV.UK Search and apply for jobs in the UK Civil Service

UKHSA hiring a Deputy Director of Modelling: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

Jessica Morley ‪Yale University‬ - ‪‪Cited by 5,150‬‬ - ‪Digital Health‬ - ‪Machine Learning‬ - ‪Ethics‬ - ‪Philosophy‬

Since everyone's new, thought I'd post my main AI resources:

- AI in the NHS: ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
- Thinking critically about AI for health: drive.google.com/drive/home
- Ethics of AI in health: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Everything else: scholar.google.com/citations?us...

Across all age groups, a dose-response of physical activity association with reduced all-cause mortality in >2 million individuals with 11-year follow-up
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Around two-thirds of a UK adolescent’s diet is #ultraprocessedfoods (UPFs).

Research from the University of Cambridge and Bristol University found highest consumption among younger adolescents, especially from deprived backgrounds and those of white ethnicity.

Read - https://buff.ly/4cJMwlh