Improving Health

The MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, @uofglasgow, studies how to improve health and wellbeing and reduce inequalities. Part of @UofGSHW.

[Improving Health @theSPHSU]

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[SIPHER Consortium @SipherC]

Our final lunchtime Webinar💻Evaluation of a complex systems science programme 📅 is this Wednesday 26 Feb with Dr Liz Such @UniofNottingham . Learn how SIPHER started, grew and developed to deliver on its ambitions over 5 years. Please join us! 📷https://t.co/UzLpCbuOFR

[Improving Health @theSPHSU]

🚀New resource alert!

Engaging Children with Health Data: A Toolkit

Designed for researchers, this toolkit offers interactive slides & hands-on activities to make #healthdata fun & accessible for young learners.

🔗Explore: https://t.co/EcTIXIkDWa

#STEMEducation

[SIPHER Consortium @SipherC]

SIPHER Webinar🏠 Housing as a Social Determinant of Health this Thursday 20 Feb, 12:30 PM. Join Dr Lisa Garnham for an overview of SIPHER’s qualitative and quantitative research on the relationship between housing and health. Secure your spot now! 👉https://t.co/UzLpCbuOFR

[Improving Health @theSPHSU]

New research in @BMC_GPH examines whether income has a direct impact on health outcomes.

Findings suggest higher income is linked to lower odds of depression, smoking, and mortality – plus a reduction in BMI. #PublicHealth #IncomeHealth

Read more➡️https://t.co/UEgIluB5oX

[NCRM @NCRMUK]

NCRM is inviting researchers to contribute to its unique new event, the Research Methods Rendezvous!

The two-day, online event will provide attendees with the opportunity to present research ideas and develop them with other researchers.

Read the call: https://t.co/3o7Qn0iBvC

[Improving Health @theSPHSU]

📣Join the @NIHRresearch OPTIMA project's webinar this Wednesday to explore how Scotland’s urban planning, policy and outcomes operate and intersect. A free and insightful discussion with Euan Leitch @SURFscot.
🗓 Feb 5 | 12:30 PM
🔗Register now: https://t.co/GRIKwVZNjV

[UofG School of Health & Wellbeing @UofGSHW]

Glasgow has been awarded £5m research funding from NIHR over the next 5 years to help improve the lives of citizens and tackle #healthinequalities

Prof Laurence Moore is the @UofGlasgow lead in the partnership with @GlasgowCC @NHSGGC @UniStrathclyde

➡️https://t.co/ukldPDhoEt

[UofG School of Health & Wellbeing @UofGSHW]

Developing and Evaluating Complex Interventions @NCRMUK training course
🗓️6th-8th May, Glasgow

This intermediate level course will provide participants with an understanding of the #ComplexIntervention research process.

@andybaxter @theSPHSU @UofGHEHTA
https://t.co/jIiAKldIRK

[Jonathan Stokes @DukeStokes]

Our first @NIHRresearch OPTIMA project's blogs are now live. We discuss the '20-minute neighbourhood' and health (inequalities), both potential benefits: https://t.co/bhPziul8Go ; and potential harms: https://t.co/D6uT6vWz7c @UofGSHW @theSPHSU

[SIPHER Consortium @SipherC]

📢 Out now! SIPHER Bulletin No. 17. All the latest on our work including reports on life expectancy & child poverty, new webinar dates plus a feedback request to Evidence & Gap Map users. Explore: https://t.co/qVjMHJ0p8H Want to get directly subscribe now: https://t.co/L7jX24V76S

[European Brain Council @EU_Brain]

The Mental Wealth Initiative, in partnership with EBC, @hjerneradet, @epc_eu, @WorldBank, @BakerInstitute & @EMEAorg, proudly announce the release of their report, “The Value of Social Production in Norway,” during @wef in #Davos.

🔎 Read more: https://t.co/rLQEpgQ781

[Improving Health @theSPHSU]

New #NaturePlay web tool developed by @theSPHSU

🧑‍🏫 For Early Years practitioners, nursery managers & providers
📌 Maps factors influencing outdoor play & their connections
🌱 Explores the benefits of nature-based learning in Scotland
🔗 https://t.co/RdlHxZPZB6

#OutdoorLearning

[UofG School of Health & Wellbeing @UofGSHW]

A new research project involving @vkatikireddi is aimed at improving policymakers’ understanding of the impact of smartphones and social media on young people📱

Led by @Cambridge_Uni, the work has been commissioned by @SciTechgovuk

More 👉https://t.co/bLoTVjm2IT

[Improving Health @theSPHSU]

Check this out — a photovoice exhibit exploring adolescent sleep by one of our PhD students, @CatrionaLEwart!

[Catriona Ewart @CatrionaLEwart]

The Eyes Wide Open exhibit is now on display @UofGByresHub showcasing adolescent experiences and understanding of their sleep through photography #sleep #adolescenthealth #photovoice #PhD

[SIPHER Consortium @SipherC]

New SIPHER Webinars
🏠 Housing as a Social Determinant of Health
📅20 Feb, 12:30 PM
👩‍⚕️Presenter: Dr Lisa Garnham
AND
📊 Evaluation of a complex systems science programme
📅26 Feb, 12:30 PM
👩‍🔬Presenter: Dr Liz Such
Secure your spot now! 👉https://t.co/UzLpCbvmvp

[UofG School of Health & Wellbeing @UofGSHW]

Free Glasgow Skeptics talk by Prof Kristin Mitchell – ‘Putting the sex into wellbeing’

🗓️21st January, 7.30-9pm
📍The Admiral Woods bar, Waterloo St, Glasgow
🔗https://t.co/ZDNmgA32Vm

@KMitchinGlasgow @GlasgowSkeptics @UofGPE @theSPHSU

[Improving Health @theSPHSU]

Not everyone has the same opportunities to lead a long and healthy life—so it's fantastic to see #HealthInequalities as a key theme of the MVLS #CollegeFutures PhD Programme. 🩺🎓

[UofG MVLS @UofGMVLS]

🚀 MVLS #CollegeFutures PhD Programme! 🎓

Starting Oct 2025, we're offering 12 funded PhD studentships in:

🔬 Fundamentals of Life
💊 Advanced Diagnostics & Therapeutics
🌍 Planetary Health
💉 Health Inequalities

Head of MVLS, Iain McInnes, explains our #MVLS2033 vision 📺

[Improving Health @theSPHSU]

Want to dive deeper? Christina's @UKRI_News case study explores why a youth advisory group was central to the development of the TRIUMPH network.

Read how their voices influenced change: https://t.co/AC6nPloXB3

#YouthInResearch #MentalHealthNetworks

[Improving Health @theSPHSU]

🎥 Involving Young People's Voices in Mental Health Research – TRIUMPH youth advisors & Christina McMellon share how co-production with young people and involving them from the start can widen the research agenda and influence the research Qs. Watch here: https://t.co/4lj7rmV2Ad