Meriel Flint-O’Kane

Working with LSHTM Environmental Health Group on research strategy, partnerships & policy in WASH 🌏💧💩. DrPH student. Mother of 2. Views my own.

[Max Eyre @maxeyre3]

Interested in an #epidemiology #OneHealth #PhD at @LSHTM_EHG @LSHTM starting Oct 2024?

Apply now for our @OneZooCDT project 'Identifying exposure pathways for environmentally transmitted zoonoses in climate-vulnerable urban settlements in Brazil'!

#EpiTwitter #phdlife #rstats

[APHRC @aphrc]

To accelerate progress towards attaining SDG 5 - gender equality and 6 - clean water & sanitation, @APHRC & @LSHTM are hosting a convening on gender, sanitation, & quality of life. Our ED, @CKyobutungi attended the opening session, giving an overview of our work.

#WeAreAfrica

[Meriel Flint-O’Kane @MerielFlint]

Using #LEGO to facilitate hygiene systems thinking=really fun+great way to visualize ideas 💡 These ones represent ideas for evidence needs to enable progress acceleration in hygiene systems for health @RGHIHygiene4All

#globalhealth #hygienesystems #funfacilitation

[Meriel Flint-O’Kane @MerielFlint]

Happy @LSHTM_EHG team after a brilliant retreat; catching up, discussing future #WASHresearch priorities and #partnerships, lots of great career development chats & most importantly, pausing to #celebratesuccess as a team💧💩🎉

[Meriel Flint-O’Kane @MerielFlint]

Everyone busy showing their #gratitude to colleagues in the @LSHTM_EHG wall of appreciation at our annual summer retreat. #KindnessMatters #TeamWork #WASHresearch

[Ian Ross. @ianrossuk.bsky.social @IanRossUK]

PLEASE SHARE THIS JOB W/ CLIMATE & HYGIENE PEOPLE

Assist. or Assoc. Prof (£50-70k) at @LSHTM_EHG
re: hygiene & climate / AMR / One Health

Are you a planetary health & hygiene expert?

👉 https://t.co/MYsiO4JJZz

- full-time, funded for 2yrs
- £150k to develop new research

[Ian Ross. @ianrossuk.bsky.social @IanRossUK]

*Senior* job klaxon at @LSHTM_EHG re: hygiene & climate / AMR / One Health!

We’re seeking a planetary health & hygiene expert at Assistant or Assoc Prof level (£50-70k)

👉 https://t.co/1s5EUeBCES

- full-time, funded for 2yrs
- £150k to develop new research

#WASHtwitter

[Felicity de Vere @felicitydevere]

Today 350 anaesthetists, trained purely in anaesthesia for the last 3 years, were turned down for the next stage of anaesthetics training in the UK. This is despite @RCoANews stating there is a "current shortage of 1400 anaesthetists in the UK"...🧵

[UCU @ucu]

🚨BREAKING: YOU DID IT! 

We have agreed a two week period of calm after breakthroughs in talks covering: 

- pensions
- ending zero hour contracts
- ending casualisation
- tackling workload
- pay 

Watch and RT

#ucuRISING

[Meriel Flint-O’Kane @MerielFlint]

@OBSevidence Thank you @OBSevidence enjoy cape town!

[Meriel Flint-O’Kane @MerielFlint]

@mandi_tembo rounding off the #menstrualhealth presentations @RGHIHygiene4All Fellows meeting. #Zimbabwe based participatory study to transform women's experience of menstruation in the TAURA (SPEAK UP) project ♀️ @ThruZim

[Meriel Flint-O’Kane @MerielFlint]

Great to hear @julie_hennegan @RGHIHygiene4All Fellows meeting virtually to share study plans for #MenstrualHygiene cohort study in #Bangladesh thanks to #hybrid enabled global research gathering 🌏

[Meriel Flint-O’Kane @MerielFlint]

Sitsofe Gbogbo @UHASGhana presenting on her work in adolescent #mentalhealth in relation to #menstrualhygiene for @RGHIHygiene4All Fellows meeting

[Ian Ross. @ianrossuk.bsky.social @IanRossUK]

Registration open for the (free!) WASH economics conference on 30-31 March at @LSHTM & on Zoom.

To stay updated about this year (& future) pls join the mailing list
https://t.co/d7fJxEtQVb

To register, in-person or online
https://t.co/XrPMkXG9S4               

#WASHecon

[Ian Ross. @ianrossuk.bsky.social @IanRossUK]

PhD opportunity!

I have a project advertised in @LSHTM / Nagasaki Uni joint PhD prog
https://t.co/xOyt3ppNBP
deadline *15 Jan*

the project aims to characterise uncertainty around (i) @JMPWASH estimates for water coverage; (ii) costs of piped water
https://t.co/xvgjGzAl3u

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[Meriel Flint-O’Kane @MerielFlint]

@OBSevidence @parkrunUK @parkrun @KateBramham Love this plan Andy! Keep us posted on how it goes 🙌

[Meriel Flint-O’Kane @MerielFlint]

📢We are hiring! Role for outstanding research Programme Manager to help us deliver+drive fwd our portfolio of global WASH research. Busy+dynamic team based in Ldn+working with our brilliant international collaborators. More info 👉https://t.co/grF9Wpiu8W Deadline: 4th Dec

[Meriel Flint-O’Kane @MerielFlint]

Great opportunity for #HealthEconomists to submit an abstract for this WASH Economics conference taking place in March 2023. Organised by @IanRossUK @AugsburgBritta

Hybrid and in person @LSHTM

Deadline for abstracts: 18th November

[Ian Ross. @ianrossuk.bsky.social @IanRossUK]

call for abstracts!
WASH Economics conference, 30-31 March 2023
Hybrid: London & Zoom

Full PDF call:
👉 https://t.co/FxpZ452u1b

- 300-400wd abstract by 18 Nov
- non-econs encouraged to submit
- funding for LMIC ECRs from @RoyalEconSoc
- free!
- @AugsburgBritta and I organising

[Meriel Flint-O’Kane @MerielFlint]

@LSHTM_EHG in action at #UNCwaterandhealth Robert Dreibelbis presents findings from #handwashing intervention in Cambodian labour & delivery facilities. Phase 2 of the study now in action building on learning from phase 1 #maternalhealth #newbornhealth #handhygiene