Were you up for the Macarena?

#SSM2025

Looking forward to presenting #HSE findings on childhood hypertension, at the Society for Social Medicine and Public Health today #SSM2025

Blood donor appeal There are spaces to donate blood at some of our city centre venues.

UK blood stocks are critically low, especially A- B- and O-.
If you are able to, please give blood:

www.blood.co.uk/news-and-cam...

Floating back to my desk after choir practice with UCL community choir.

Using data to understand and improve book borrowing for children in Leeds Working with Leeds City Council, we analysed library data to explore geographic and demographic differences in children's book borrowing and its correlation with NHS speech and language service referr...

Children’s centres, libraries, and family hubs can boost children’s development.

We worked with Leeds City Council to find areas with low book borrowing and high speech therapy referrals. Now, Story Buses visit 6 new spots bringing books, reading sessions and library memberships to more families 📚

Health Survey for England data and report users, you have until March 31st to sign up to have your voice heard on the future data collection. digital.nhs.uk/data-and-inf...

A taste of Population Health Sciences at UCL (UC17562) Come and experience a taste of Population Health Sciences at UCL, including a taster lecture, Q&A with current students, and a campus tour.

For A-level students interested in studying population health, we have a taster afternoon at UCL on April 4th. www.london.ac.uk/study/taster...

Call for papers: Health Studies User Conference 2025 — UK Data Service Do you use UK quantitative studies from the UK Data Service for health-related research, such as the Health Survey for England, Scottish...

Call for papers by 23rd March for this excellent (free and online) conference on health research using data on the UK Data Service. #UKDSHealth25
ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/02/24/c...

When applying for jobs, do you put your legal, or work name? (UK) #AcademicChatter

📢 Webinar: Stand Up for Science – A Global Necessity

Scientific integrity is under threat, we must act. Join us to discuss how to protect research & academic freedom.

📅 7 March, 13:00 CET
🎙 @charlottemar.bsky.social, @kityates.bsky.social, @martinmckee.bsky.social

🔗 Register: shorturl.at/Bsk3i

Our mental health and wellbeing may be better in the morning Generally, things really do seem better in the morning, with clear patterns across time of day in how we report our mental health and wellbeing, suggest the findings of a large study led by researcher...

Our mental health and wellbeing may be better in the morning and worst at midnight, suggests a large new study led by Dr Feifei Bu @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social. If replicated, the findings could inform future research and mental health support strategies www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

They do ronronronne, they do ronronne.

Leaving Rossaveel on a ferry to Inishmore, Co Galway.

Health Survey for England Seminar Come and hear the latest findings from the Health Survey for England (HSE) in-person or online.

Free seminar January 7th on the latest population health findings from the Health Survey for England:
www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology...