Dr Karl D. Ferguson

Public Health Scientist (Intelligence Adviser) @P_H_S_Official @scotpho. PhD from @UofGlasgow. Work on health inequalities, DAGs, alcohol harm. Views my own.

[Dr Karl D. Ferguson @Karl_D_Ferguson]

@GMAWyper @WillBall12 Doesn't technically matter in this case but it's possible that including it would reduce variance in the regression model without inducing bias.

[Dr Karl D. Ferguson @Karl_D_Ferguson]

@GMAWyper @WillBall12 Jeez put me on the spot @GMAWyper! B doesn't confound the effect of interest, yes? So don't include it.

[Colin Angus @VictimOfMaths]

In May 2018, Scotland introduced a Minimum Unit Price for alcohol, banning the sale of alcohol for less than 50p per unit of alcohol.

New data from @P_H_S_Official shows how this has changed the prices that people paid for alcohol in shops in Scotland compared to England & Wales

[Public Health Scotland @P_H_S_Official]

Today we publish analysis of the impact of #MUP on the price distribution of off-trade alcohol in Scotland.

Find out more here: https://t.co/0llQNjF1Wk

Watch Dr Karl Ferguson @Karl_D_Ferguson discuss the findings and see key points below⬇️

#MUPEvaluation #MESAS

[Dr Lauren Carters-White @LaurenElsie23]

New consultation from @GOVUK on a total ban for online advertising of HFSS products. Closes at 11.59pm on 22nd December 2020.

https://t.co/liUpAwbPo8

@SPECTRUMRes @OHA_updates @SOA_tweets @obesityactionsc @ismh_uos @theSPHSU

[Yale School of Public Health @YaleSPH]

Dr. Anthony Fauci lays out three ways future scientific communicators can build trust:

1) Always go by the data
2) Admit when you don't know something
3) The goal is not to show how smart you are. It's to get people to understand what you're talking about.

#FauciAtYale

[Prof Sir Gregor Smith @DrGregorSmith]

Ahead of a statement from @NicolaSturgeon in Parliament this afternoon, @jasonleitch @FionaCMcQueen and I have published an evidence paper outlining the current situation with #COVID19 in Scotland. https://t.co/DCUnl5JDJr

[Michele Hilton Boon @MHiltonBoon]

Our £0 paper on effect direction plots (data visualisation method for synthesis without meta-analysis) with accompanying spreadsheet tool is online now: https://t.co/ucqtPmNfMz With @HilThom123 and @theSPHSU, funded by @The_MRC and @CSO_Scotland #epitwitter

[Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph]

If you missed the final webinar in the #PHINS2020 series this morning, don't worry - the video is online now!

The webinar focused on how we can emerge from the pandemic and move forward into a sustainable and healthier future for everyone.

https://t.co/xLeIAV4Lz1

[Mark Robinson @MarkRobinson_Oz]

A response by @gerrymccartney1 @GrayLinsay @e_kibuchi & me to Rehm et al’s recent @APSAD_DAR article on the ‘elusiveness of representativeness in general population surveys for alcohol’.
https://t.co/YJzgHfSo4b

@MESAS_phs @IssrUq

[Michael Green @green_mjg]

What happened to specific psychological distress symptoms during lockdown? Check out our new paper:
https://t.co/DVxOU8QVFO

[Megan McMinn @MeganMcMinn]

New publication based on work from my PhD on inequalities in amenable mortality in Scotland, using the @SLS_DSU - now with added Fundamental Causes theory thanks to @rosie_seaman @RDundas0 @jill_p_pell and @AlastairLeyland

https://t.co/ksnIZAB4fY

[Theresa Marteau @MarteauTM]

Sign up https://t.co/vvS6PrCMQF for @petticrewmark October 1st 11:00 BST on #commercialdeterminantsofhealth - strategies some industries use to misinform us & how these can be combatted @CCDH_GWSPH @BennettInst @BehavChangeDsgn @CSciPol @harryrutter

[Improving Health @theSPHSU]

Would a #BasicIncome be the best response to the #COVID19 crisis?

Dr Marcia Gibson outlines what we know about the effects of unconditional cash payments in this @policyscotland blog https://t.co/sNqMtfuVf7

@scotgov @P_H_S_Official @cbinscot @BasicIncomeScot
@Citizensincome

[Max Roser @MaxCRoser]

Plotting the maximum life expectancy (achieved anywhere in the world) from 1840 until today gets you this surprising result. A straight line.

(The horizontal lines are assertions by various authors on the maximally possible life expectancy.)

→ In detail https://t.co/pRNbohV9yo

[Viki Male @VikiLovesFACS]

PhD candidates! Do you ever wonder what your thesis examiners actually *do* to prepare for your viva? Let me tell you what I have been up to for the last couple of days... 🧵

#PhDchat #ECRchat #AcademicChatter

[Dr Karl D. Ferguson @Karl_D_Ferguson]

@TalkTalk, any help after 40 mins?

[kent buse @kentbuse]

Congrats to @MIALONMelissa for review of Commercial Determinants of Health #CDoH. Fully concur that we need
👉greater understanding of how to address commercial drivers
👉researcher/activist/policy-maker coalitions to drive change
https://t.co/ft5d7eTjay

[Dr Karl D. Ferguson @Karl_D_Ferguson]

@TalkTalk I just moved house and arranged on 6 Aug for BB to start today. Have now been told that due to a 'delay', we won't get it until 1 Sep. How can that be? @SkyUK, BT, @Plusnet could set us up on 1/2 Sep. If you can't sort it ASAP, why would I not just pay to leave?