Recruitment poster from the University of Sheffield and the Sheffield Addictions Research Group (SARG). The headline asks: "DO YOU WORK FOR AN ALCOHOL TREATMENT OR RECOVERY SERVICE?" The sub-header reads: "Share your expertise to help the Sheffield Addictions Research Group (SARG) understand the advice given to service users about alcohol-free drinks." Eligibility criteria are listed with icons: 1. Must be aged 18 or over. 2. In a client-facing role now or in the last two years. 3. Based in a non-NHS service in the UK. A "PARTICIPATE NOW" section includes three bullet points: 15-20 minutes, 100% anonymous, and "Help shape national guidance" There is a large QR code and the link https://sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/survey to take the survey. Footer text notes: "This project is funded by the National Institute for Health and Social Care Research (NIHR) Mental Health Incubator. Reference: NIHR200172. University of Sheffield ethics approval has been obtained. Reference: 072040. The sub-header reads: "Share your expertise to help the Sheffield Addictions Research Group (SARG) understand the advice given to service users about alcohol-free drinks." Eligibility criteria are listed with icons: 1. Must be aged 18 or over. 2. In a client-facing role now or in the last two years. 3. Based in a non-NHS service in the UK. A "PARTICIPATE NOW" section includes three bullet points: 15-20 minutes, 100% anonymous, and "Help shape national guidance" There is a large QR code and the link bit.ly/4cFKyFh to take the survey. Footer text notes: "This project is funded by the National Institute for Health and Social Care Research (NIHR) Mental Health Incubator. Reference: NIHR200172. University of Sheffield ethics approval has been obtained. Reference: 072040.

We're looking for people who work in alcohol treatment or recovery services to complete a survey about what advice is given to service users about alcohol-free drinks: sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/survey Please share to help us reach as many people as possible! #AlcoholRecovery #MentalHealth

One in four adults in England do not drink alcohol, survey finds Questionnaire completed by 10,000 people finds sobriety on rise, with women slightly more abstemious than men

This is encouraging news. But deaths from alcohol remain unnacceptably and stubbornly high.

Our economy and productivity, our NHS and public services, our communities and loved ones are still reeling from the impacts of alcohol harm.

Government cannot see this as job done.

Any postdocs outside the UK interested in applying for a Marie Curie fellowship with me (sensory processing, decision making, vision), get in touch! Our school of psychology @unibirmingham.bsky.social is offering costs towards a campus visit to give a talk, develop a proposal and attend training!

Impacted wisdom tooth removal: ouch 🥴

Public health impacts of increasing the minimum unit price for alcohol in Scotland: A model-based appraisal In this modeling paper, John Holmes and colleagues analyzed the effects on public health of changing the minimum unit price of alcohol in Scotland.

We've got another cool new modelling paper out today in @plosmedicine.org estimating the public health impacts of increasing the Minimum Unit Price for alcohol in Scotland to 65p and the alternative impacts of different decisions.

doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Rethinking drug use and addiction A philosopher advocates for a more humane and context-informed approach

Rethinking drug use and addiction 😍

A philosopher advocates for a more humane and context-informed approach

Superb review by Cassandra Boness of Hanna Pickard's important book, provocatively titled: "What would you do alone in a cage with nothing but cocaine?"

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

He says thank you 🤭💖

Brilliant to present an overview of my Fellowship in the @sarg-scharr.bsky.social monthly meeting earlier today — feeling very grateful for how everything has worked out!

One hungry Ragdoll x Siamese cat making intense eye contact with blue eyes

Fluff ball begging for his dinner 2 hours early

Our experimental alcohol administration study on the tension reduction hypothesis has been published in Addiction! 🎉 See preprint thread below for a summary :)

Https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70213

Woke up to one of those a couple of days ago - can only assume the cat tortured and played with it during the night. Poor thing 🕷️

Really recommend applying to this @addiction-ssa.org scheme!

I was able to visit @james-g-murphy.bsky.social and @katiew.bsky.social earlier this year and it was brilliant both professionally and personally 🇺🇸

Heading there too! 😎🌞

Heading into Sheffield for #ESCOP25

I'm taking part in a symposium on using drift diffusion models for between group comparisons,organised by @ambercopeland.bsky.social

W/ @cmanning.bsky.social
Craig Hedge and Alekhya Mandali also speaking.

Lot to discuss,should be a great session!

Leon, you are amazing! Seeing this @addiction-ssa.org award has made my day 😊👏🏻 congratulations!

We are delighted to announce our 2025 prize winners, Leon Xiao and Gemma Taylor. Find out more about the SSA's prizes and funding schemes: tinyurl.com/7m5d8yyn

This sounds super interesting!

Computational postdoc ad for KCL funded by the Wellcome Trust on the NEPTUNE project

🧠 We're hiring a computational postdoc!

3+ years with me & @mitulamehta.bsky.social on @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded social cognition/paranoia research at the IoPPN.

Lead & develop computational work, collaborate with experimentalists on psychosis/THC data.

DM for details! lnkd.in/eCMy9Jf5

Presenting my talk at #ESCOP2025 today at 4pm in the symposium "Cognitive Mastery in Play: From Board to Digital Games as Models of Expertise" in LT2 🎮🎲 Hope you see you there!

So cute! Mine is waiting by his treat cupboard in the hopes that when I get up to make a new coffee he will get something too 😂

My love language is a Yorkshire teabag.

#ESCOP2025 delivering the goods!

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With less than week until #ESCOP2025, we're super excited to kick-off our conference with something truly special - an Algorave! 🤩 (1/12 👀)

Perfect day for a long walk in the Peaks

Thank you Parnian! 🫶

Thanks so much Suzi! 🥰 I saw you are back in academia - hope our paths cross soon!

SARG researcher secures major Wellcome funding to model how context influences alcohol consumption - Sheffield Addictions Research Group Dr Amber Copeland from the Sheffield Addictions Research Group (SARG) has been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Trust fellowship worth £591,755 over five years. The funding will support a new project to...

'SARG researcher @ambercopeland.bsky.social secures major Wellcome funding to model how context influences alcohol consumption' | | @sarg-scharr.bsky.social sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/news-media/s...

Thank you Jenni! So excited to start this project, in line with Open Research practices of course 😉 Hope all is well with you!

Delighted to share that this October, I will be starting a 5-year Early Career Fellowship funded by the @wellcometrust.bsky.social 🥳

You can read more about my project 👇

Thank you Paul!