Calling all public health speciality registrars. @lhgp.bsky.social are offering a Faculty of Public Health Nationally Available Training Placement (NATP). A unique opportunity for one or more public health registrars to contribute to a major research consortium. www.phiuk.org/news/lhgp-na...
A Healthier Profit: The cost of business as usual and the case for health. Nason Maani, Sandro Galea
The gap between what we know about commercial forces and health - and what we're doing about it - is large. LHGP's Nason Maani and Sandro Galea's new book, A Healthier Profit @oxunipress.bsky.social sets out to close it. Available for pre-order now ahead of its 2027 launch.
New funded PhD opportunity @healthmod.bsky.social / @sheffielduni.bsky.social to explore modelling methods of incorporating public preferences into public health policy.
Closes 11 May. Details: www.phiuk.org/news/pmfh-fu...
@publichealthjobs.bsky.social
Why are global NCD policies stalling? Writing for @medicusmundich.bsky.social, Dr Amber van den Akker examines how multistakeholder governance can enable undue corporate influence, and why stronger safeguards are needed to protect public health policy.
www.medicusmundi.ch/de/advocacy/...
We are offering a unique opportunity for #PublicHealth registrars to contribute to the @lhgp.bsky.social research consortium.
Full details here: www.phiuk.org/news/lhgp-na...
Deadline for applications: 9 am, Tuesday 28 April.
Anna on the panel, pictured with University of Bath Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost Professor Marcus Munafò and Cara Charles-Barks
Anna drew on lessons from tobacco control to address how regulatory loopholes and conflicts of interest must be tackled to build a genuinely preventative public health system.
👉 Watch here: lnkd.in/eH9V8qXV
Professor Phil Taylor Vice-Chancellor and President at Bath, Deputy Vice-Chancellor; Provost Professor Marcus Munafò; Cara Charles-Barks; Professor Anna Gilmore; Professor Millicent Stone.
LHGP Director Anna Gilmore joined the panel at the University of Bath's inaugural Adelard Lecture, following a keynote by Chief Medical Officer Prof Chris Whitty on shifting health systems from treatment to prevention.
The MRC Epidemiology Unit is now IMS Epidemiology, University of Cambridge. Under our new name our work continues to inform, develop and evaluate approaches that promote health and wellbeing.
Read more about this change: buff.ly/hTNlfYr
(Left) Monika Kosinska with Prof. Anna Gilmore presenting at the Prevention 2026 Conference. (Right) Members of the LHGP team at the Prevention 2026 Conference.
Our March newsletter is out! At #PreventionConference2026, Monika Kosinska from the @who.int called LHGP a trailblazer for translating commercial determinants of health into local action. This month: webinars on misinformation and active travel, new resources, and more.
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"The Politics and Profit of Disinformation in Public Health"Dr Kristina Kim (University of Edinburgh) with colleagues:Dr Marco Zenone (University of Ottawa) Dr Alessandro Marcon (University of Alberta Health Law Institute)
LHGP member Kristina Kimis presenting at Public Health 2026 ( #ph26sp ) in Montréal this week! She is joining an Insight Forum session tackling one of the most pressing challenges in public health today: "The Politics and Profit of Disinformation in Public Health".
Great to be at the Prevention Research Conference yesterday! ❤️
Lots of thoughtful discussions on the opportunities and challenges for preventing non-communicable diseases and reducing health inequalities in the UK.
#preventionresearch26
@nihr.bsky.social @phiuk.bsky.social
If you're up for creating more connections between research, policy and practice for health equity, please do link up with PHI UK and our consortia... 👉 www.phiuk.org/contact/foll...
Thank you to everyone for making it such a great event - full of stimulating presentations and discussions that ranged across systems, sectors and settings, from planetary health to the school gates, from AI-powered models to community-driven co-production - and everything in between.
Prof Nick Wareham and Prof Adam Briggs bring Prevention Research 2026 to a close, addressing how we can better join up the funding landscape to create a sustainable and agile research infrastructure for public health research. #preventionresearch26
As we move into the final afternoon at @phiuk.bsky.social, UKPRP, @nihr.bsky.social, #preventionresearch26 our team has three excellent presentations - AI and how modelling can transform policy decision-making - How we are harnessing systems modelling - New tools for policy analyses. Details 👇
New research; Developing guidance on assessing and managing conflicts of interest for a complex public health research consortium; Journal of research Management and Administration; PHI UK / Local Health and Global Profits
Cross-sector collaboration is increasing but how do you protect #research integrity? A new case study led by @ambervandenakker.bsky.social offers step-by-step guidance on designing and implementing conflicts of interest #COI policies for complex research consortiums.
Read more about the launch and Bradford’s Regeneration and Growth Plan
www.phiuk.org/news/place-h... 7/7
Brief 5 – 5 Steps to Inclusive and Sustainable Regeneration.
How can we ensure regeneration is sustainable and inclusive? See the five steps generated from our review. www.phiuk.org/images/conso... 6/7
Brief 4 – How to Make a Healthy City.
See the key considerations needed for a healthy city, drawing on world-leading research from the Born in Bradford programme. www.phiuk.org/images/conso... 5/7
Brief 3 – Breaking Down Silos to Maximise the Health and Economic Impacts of Transport and Urban Regeneration.
Working with multidisciplinary stakeholders to maximise the health and economic impacts of the new station and wider regeneration. www.phiuk.org/images/conso... 4/7
Brief 2 – Community Visions for the Bradford New Station
See local community members' desires for a new station, a station that puts nature first and is a cultural hub integrated into Bradford’s heritage. www.phiuk.org/images/conso... 3/7
Brief 1 – Route to Opportunities
Learn about Bradford’s young people's perspectives on how transport impacts their futures and the need for faster, affordable, well-connected and reliable journeys that help them feel safe and connected to everyday opportunities.
www.phiuk.org/images/conso... 2/7
PHI UK Healthy Urban Places have launched a five-part evidence series to coincide with the Bradford Built Different plan, highlighting how cities can maximise the health co-benefits of regeneration and growth strategies.
Watch an introductory video...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVqE...
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🔬 Our researchers are out in force at #PreventionResearch26 this week! Come and say hello — we'd love to see you there. Full schedule of presentations below 👇
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Good morning. It's the first day of Prevention Research 2026 - Connecting research, policy and practice for health equity
#preventionresearch26
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We're looking forward to seeing everyone - if you're here, come and see us at the PHI UK stand just past the reception desk...
Are you attending the Prevention Research Conference next week? Look out for SARG researchers @charlierosehead.bsky.social and Esther Chanakira who will be presenting advanced modelling work from the @lhgp.bsky.social @phiuk.bsky.social programme. Read more on the SARG website 👇 #PublicHealth
🗓️ Next week at Prevention Research 2026!
🐟 Healthy and Equitable Futures Fishbowl with @pmeierprof.bsky.social: an interactive listening, discussion and critical thinking session asking what a healthier and more equitable future could look like.
🔗 Register by 1st March: preventionresearch26.co.uk
Updated programme available here registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/hg3/frontend...
It's the last week to register for Prevention Research 2026 - closes 1 March! Join us...
🗓️ 4-5 March
📍 Vox, Birmingham preventionresearch26.co.uk
🪧 Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice for Health Equity
#preventionresearch26
Register: registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/hg3/frontend...
Join us on 23 March (15:30–17:00) for our upcoming webinar: The Business of Health Misinformation. We will explore how social media platforms are shaping health outcomes and spreading misinformation, and what this means for conflicts of interest between the social media industry and #PublicHealth.