I'm delighted to receive an OBE & could never have imagined as a child that this would have been possible. I am very grateful for the opportunities I've had & I hope this will inspire children and young people across the country who find themselves in
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Come join us at rm 104 at 12 noon tomorrow (Friday) to enjoy the finest sandwiches that Colorado Convention Center has to offer, AND to hear about the world's largest cohort for genomics research - Our Future Health - and how it can enable your research #ASHG2024@ukfuturehealth
20% of our volunteers are from a ‘non-British White’ ethnic minority, making us the most ethnically diverse large-scale UK research programme. But as our Chief Executive @drraghibali shares, our work to fairly represent all kinds of people isn't over: https://t.co/zOCGrpJpcM
Join our webinar next Monday 24 June where our Chief Executive @drraghibali will share how #OurFutureHealth will revolutionise how we fight disease by collecting information from millions of volunteers. Book your place here: https://t.co/KO9un3afn9 @roysocmed
Many thanks to @BBCFergusWalsh & the other 999,999 people who have joined the study, completed the questionnaire & donated a blood sample - helping us to enable everyone to live longer healthier lives.
And if you haven't yet joined, you can sign up here: https://t.co/YGwjEPsc4C
Thank you - to my amazing team at @ukfuturehealth & colleagues across @NHSuk, @UKRI_News, @DHSCgovuk, @SciTechgovuk, universities, life sciences industry & medical charities for their support & helping us to achieve our vision of enabling everyone to live longer, healthier lives.
We're delighted to announce that @drraghibali has been appointed as Chief Executive of Our Future Health on a permanent basis. Learn more: https://t.co/OGvO0Q0wpN
'The establishment of the NHS 75 years ago is one of the UK’s greatest achievements.
By acting now and working together, we can help to ensure that our children and grandchildren still benefit from the National Health Service in the 75 years to come.'
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“Fixing health inequality is important, but it’s also about giving people the ability to make informed choices." Our Chief Medical Officer Dr Raghib Ali spoke to @MensHealthUK about how #OurFutureHealth can transform healthcare: https://t.co/cd8bfEUvHJ
Thanks @EasternEye for highlighting what we are doing at Our Future Health to help ensure that everyone can benefit from our new research programme and help us understand how we can improve everyone’s health and reduce inequalities.
It’s easy to join at https://t.co/lMA4K38Ms7
🌍 Our Future Health: Discover why ethnic minorities have been underrepresented in crucial health studies for far too long. @drraghibali reveals groundbreaking insights.
Read more- https://t.co/0ESWrjCD4d
#healthequity#BreakTheBarriers#Health#research
Very pleased to be working with my friend and mentor Prof @kamleshkhunti to bring Our Future Health to Leicester and looking forward to welcoming thousands of volunteers of all backgrounds to our clinics there and throughout the East Midlands.
Please do take part in this if you are a resident in the Leicester area
This is the UK’s largest health research programme
Its an opportunity to be among the first people involved in Our Future Health
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@Holly4KJ @kamleshkhunti@reachleicester@leicslive@uniofleicester@Leic_hospital Our Future Health will not only be the UKs largest ever health research programme but will also make sure that people of all backgrounds and ethnicities are well represented including all the home nations - we will be coming to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland next year.
Many thanks to @FPH & @ProfKevinFenton for a great ceremony & I am delighted to have been awarded the Honorary Fellowship, 'the highest accolade the Faculty can bestow, awarded to those who have given exceptional service to the science, literature or practice of public health.'
Great to have reached 500K volunteers - but we need millions more to help us tackle diseases like diabetes, cancer & heart disease.
Sign up today to have the chance to learn more about your health now & your risk of developing some diseases in the future.
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We're thrilled to announce we’ve hit a major milestone of 500,000 volunteers for #OurFutureHealth. With one person joining every minute, hear from our volunteers and learn how you can join our research programme to help prevent, detect and treat disease: https://t.co/hSrVwA9uQH
Thanks to the @nhsconfed for inviting me to speak to @ConfedMatthew about how we can prevent common chronic diseases in all the UK's communities and reduce health inequalities - and the role of Our Future Health will play in achieving that.
📣 New episode 📣
What will it take to 'crack the prevention nut?'
In this episode, @ConfedMatthew puts the question to @ukfuturehealth's @drraghibali. Get his take on preventative healthcare, the role of data and why a nuanced approach to health inequalities is key.
1/ A report published today by @DiabetesUK highlights the ‘rapidly escalating crisis’ of diabetes in the UK. Here’s a quick thread on the situation – and why I believe Our Future Health can help prevent Diabetes and so avert that crisis.
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