Cath Lewis

Public health lecturer and researcher @OfficialUoM. All views and opinions are my own.

[Anna Coleman @DrAJColeman]

Its today! @FestivalofPH #IFPH2025
Schuster Building. Registration from 9am, followed by Plenaries inc Manchester HDRC, inclusive research etc parallel sessions & workshops, posters, prizes
See you there
@ManchesterBRC @AshtonInstitute @UoMPolicy @mwjtweet @UoM_COEH @CathLewis8

[Thomas Ashton Institute for Risk & Regulation @AshtonInstitute]

Discover key insights from the @PROTECT_NCS on the “Living with COVID” policy and its impact on workplace transmission, response, and resilience in Greater Manchester. Learn about the challenges, successes, and lessons for future health crises. https://t.co/LUY2zk9kvr

[Anna Coleman @DrAJColeman]

See our new paper from the @PROTECT_NCS project - https://t.co/wPDlzRbY8Q
Draws on PH and EH teams’ perspectives of managing COVID-19 transmission, in an area that was disproportionately affected by the pandemic 👇
@CathLewis8 @AshtonInstitute @AMBS_OrgPsych @UoM_COEH @Surin75

[Thomas Ashton Institute for Risk & Regulation @AshtonInstitute]

📢 New Research Alert! 📢Researchers from @PROTECT_NCS analysed infection risks at a large conference in Nov 2021 to inform prevention of future outbreaks of respiratory infections in conferences and similar settings.
📚Read the paper: https://t.co/f3gne80Ppc

[Thomas Ashton Institute for Risk & Regulation @AshtonInstitute]

In this paper from the @PROTECT_NCS, the team reports on a multidisciplinary investigation of a COVID-19 outbreak at a storage and distribution centre in the UK, with the aim of better understanding workplace related risk factors for viral transmission. https://t.co/yk1aKfpSGu

[The University of Manchester @OfficialUoM]

Last week Professor Sir Chris Whitty (@cmo_england) delivered the first lecture in our Talk 200 series, discussing why tackling health inequalities is of such importance and why Manchester's so well-placed to do it.

Watch the full lecture now: https://t.co/Z4z17hj2cZ

#UoM200

[Thomas Ashton Institute for Risk & Regulation @AshtonInstitute]

We are incredibly proud to be part of the team that worked on theme 3 of the @PROTECT_NCS, who were recently nominated as brilliant colleagues @FBMH_UoM

Watch the nomination here:
https://t.co/yv2Tfws9r1

[Anna Coleman @DrAJColeman]

"Sustained funding & effort required to protect people from communicable diseases & environmental threats to health on individual, group and population levels" 👇
@CathLewis8 @PROTECT_NCS @AshtonInstitute @AMBS_OrgPsych @martievt @meravkliner @dr_sakthi @stevensenior @BenWealthy1

[Thomas Ashton Institute for Risk & Regulation @AshtonInstitute]

In this paper from @PROTECT_NCS, researchers discuss their study which aimed to establish whether prevalence and severity of long-COVID symptoms vary by industry and occupation.
https://t.co/RYTmEWDRTq

[Anna Coleman @DrAJColeman]

Transfer "enabled PH to take advantage of councils’ role as stable place leaders, coordinating important partnerships across the NHS & other organisations, & with communities, developing the ethos that ‘health is everyone’s business’"👇
@dr_sakthi @ManchesterMPH @CathLewis8

[Vicky T (she/her) @VickyLBTurner]

We're all set for the delegates!
@UoM_COEH (& @AshtonInstitute) Lane Lecture 2023

[Anna Coleman @DrAJColeman]

Our new paper reflecting on the experience of the public transport sector through the pandemic period. We make recommendations for any future mitigations required for either new COVID-19 waves or a different public health emergency👇
@LlinosBrown @CathLewis8 @drsimonwilliams

[Anna Coleman @DrAJColeman]

2/ Read more about our work with different work places & sectors, & how things changed across the pandemic at:
https://t.co/hDb7Y1GW3c

@martievt @CathLewis8 @AMBS_OrgPsych @IOMworld @CSA_HSE @nicolakgartland @UoM_COEH

[Anna Coleman @DrAJColeman]

Looks v useful for researchers planning PPIE activity. Combines exercises & Qs with a stepwise plan to help plan well thought-out engagement activity.
@ManchesterBRC @letsgetvocal @bellastarling @ShobaDawson @DonnaBramwell @Atiya_K @CathLewis8 @beccimorris13 @CarolineSwarbr2

[Anna Coleman @DrAJColeman]

In our new paper we consider a large body of research in the UK across different work sectors & time points during the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://t.co/sFqAF1WRDw

@AshtonInstitute @AMBS_OrgPsych @PROTECT_NCS @IOMworld @martievt @CathLewis8 @CSA_HSE @drsimonwilliams @BenWealthy1

[Cath Lewis @CathLewis8]

Really enjoyed chatting with colleagues about the @PROTECT_NCS Greater Manchester Case Study project at the Society for Social Medicine Conference #SSM2023 @AllianceMBS @AshtonInstitute @DrAJColeman @Martievt @mwjtweet @CSA_HSE : https://t.co/JfSmr1H6jW

[Anna Coleman @DrAJColeman]

Evidence suggests transmission of airborne viruses can be mitigated by wearing face coverings but that face covering declines with removal of relevant legislation, partly due to low automatic motivation. Read more in our new paper 👇
@AMBS_OrgPsych @CathLewis8 @drsimonwilliams

[Anna Coleman @DrAJColeman]

Important new report from the
@RoyalSociety looks at evidence from round the world on the effectiveness of COVID measures.
@drsimonwilliams summarises in this great thread.

@PROTECT_NCS @martievt @AshtonInstitute @CathLewis8 @lohmir @mwjtweet @AMBS_OrgPsych @BenWealthy1

[Anna Coleman @DrAJColeman]

Some lessons for newly-forming large research consortia from @db_associates / @bates_g
https://t.co/FmhwFQWtDS

Reminds me of @PROTECT_NCS
@AshtonInstitute @CSA_HSE @CathLewis8 @CathNoakes @Sarah_Rhodes1 @AMBS_OrgPsych @UoM_COEH @IOMworld @martevt @TFarragher

[Sam Aston @manclibrarian]

Are you interested in a profession that protects communities and promotes healthy lives? Have you considered Public Health? @ManchesterMPH offers a super BSc. Read more here https://t.co/9eymQHyCIb #PublicHealth #Clearing #UCAS