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Clare Bambra
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Professor of Public Health, Newcastle University, North East England. Personal account. https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=3cyGPHcAAAAJ&hl=en
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Clare Bambra is a British social scientist who is Professor of Public Health at Newcastle University. She is the Founding Director of Health Equity North, and has led the Wellcome Trust investigation into the north-south health divide. Bambra is a member of the World Health Organization Europe's Scientific Advisory Group on Health Equity. .. more

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Excited to be returning
Join us on 15 Dec in Manchester, for our annual lecture, this year to be delivered by @profbambra.bsky.social , Professor of Public Health at @newcastleuni.bsky.social , and a Co-Director of @healthequitynorth.bsky.social.

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Join us on 15 Dec in Manchester, for our annual lecture, this year to be delivered by @profbambra.bsky.social , Professor of Public Health at @newcastleuni.bsky.social , and a Co-Director of @healthequitynorth.bsky.social.
📣Published TODAY 📖
It means so much to me to share our paper on #PalliativeCare & #EoLC for people with pleural #Mesothelioma 🫁 in @palliativemedj.bsky.social

Thank you to @mesouk.bsky.social for funding this research

Please share 🔁
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Delighted to see @profbambra.bsky.social‬'s contributions recognised through Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship 👏Clare does brilliant, much needed research, helping maintain policy pressure to reduce health inequalities, & is a fantastic supporter, ally & advocate for other women in academia.
Congratulations to the 54 exceptional scientists who have been elected to the Academy Fellowship today in recognition of their remarkable contributions to biomedical and health sciences 🎉

👉 Discover more: ow.ly/Cf7K50VWSRi

#HealthResearch #HealthInnovation #AcademyFellows

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Parts of the country are becoming “ghost towns”, with banks, libraries, pharmacies and public toilets replaced by vape shops, bookies and takeaways, a hard-hitting report has revealed.
Vape shops surge 1,200% as Britain's high streets become 'ghost towns'
www.mirror.co.uk

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It's publication day for Getting Better!
policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/getting-better

It has been, once again, an absolute joy to work with @profkatsmith.bsky.social and @profbambra.bsky.social on this book.
New book policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/getting-better with @profbambra.bsky.social & @jlynch13.bsky.social out today takes atypical approach to exploring evidence for reducing health inequalities by focusing on learning from 4 international case studies: Brazil, England, Germany & USA 1/4
Getting Better
Getting Better - The Policy and Politics of Reducing Health Inequalities; Where someone lives can have devastating impact on the quality of care they receive. This book demonstrates that reducing heal...
policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
New podcast just dropped!

It was good fun to shoot the breeze with Joe Harris about my research on the political economy of public health for his Global Health podcast.

You can listen in at the link here, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Season 2, Episode 1: Julia Lynch on Political Science and the Political Economy of Health - The Global Health Politics Podcast
In this episode of the Global Health Politics Podcast, Joseph Harris sits down with University of Pennsylvania political scientist Julia Lynch to discuss her work on politics, pandemics, public health...
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At the @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social conference in York this week

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Through a Leverhulme Research Leadership Award, @profbambra.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social examined local health inequalities that had an impact on government policy.
Read more: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/cbam...

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Great day at @acmedsci.bsky.social today meeting the other fellows and checking out the digs :)

The brilliance and range of science being recognised today was truly inspiring (and intimidating)

And got to meet personal heroes like @profhelenward.bsky.social and @profbambra.bsky.social

@valhud.bsky.social one for you and Bob I think!
At the @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social conference in York this week

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🚨 INE's annual conference is right around the corner! Joining our academic panel, 'Changing direction: sharing knowledge and expertise to forge a new path', is @profbambra.bsky.social , Professor of Public Health at @newcastleuni.bsky.social‬.

📖 View the programme and register ➡️ lnkd.in/e9PRkVxw

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BMJ, @hannahdavies.bsky.social @lukemunford.bsky.social @nataliecbennett.bsky.social
and I outline how disability welfare cuts (PIP) will hit the most deprived areas and the north of England hardest (again!), with long term harms @healthequitynorth.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Unfair welfare: disability cuts will widen England’s north-south divide
Welfare cuts will hit the most deprived areas and the north of England hardest, with long term health and economic harms, write Clare Bambra and colleagues In her Spring Statement in March 2025, the ...
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Well done!

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However, this book 📕 gives case studies & explains how health #inequalities have previously been reduced through policies,it’s not impossible. We must believe that things can get better!

Available to read 🆓 online, but I am 40 so I am excited to be reading a real #book 📚😄
@profbambra.bsky.social

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✨New #book day 📚✨

When I proposed my #PhD on #inequalities, some were dismissive, saying it is an insurmountable problem….

And after reading the opening page (that in New Orleans there is a 2️⃣5️⃣ YEAR gap in life expectancy between richest & poorest areas 🏚️💰) I can see why people feel that way….1/2

Thank you so much

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Open access (free) digital version of new book with @profbambra.bsky.social & @jlynch13.bsky.social exploring successful examples of reducing health inequalities now available: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/monobook-oa/...

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This is a lovely and wide ranging interview with my great colleague @jlynch13.bsky.social
I recommend it for the #healthequity community

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Congratulations to @profbambra.bsky.social who has been elected as a new Fellow to the Academy 🎉

Prof Bambra has been recognised for her research on understanding and reducing health inequalities, helping to build fairer, healthier communities for all.

👉 ow.ly/6ehl50VXSlc

#AcademyFellows

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Happy to see so many people interested in #lung disease and #Inequalities - thanks for all the feedback and discussion #EAPC2025 🫁
We are hosting a book launch for “Getting Better” at the University of Strathclyde on 29th May. Debs Shipton joins award-winning authors @profbambra.bsky.social, @jlynch13.bsky.social, & @profkatsmith.bsky.social for discussion on health inequalities and Q&A 📚

Tickets: tinyurl.com/cp8bkxrv
"Getting Better: The policy and politics of reducing health inequalities"
Join CHP for the launch of the book "Getting Better: The policy and politics of reducing health inequalities" by award winning authors
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Excited for the book launch @centrehealthpolicy.bsky.social tomorrow too! Hope to se y’all there
It's publication day for Getting Better!
policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/getting-better

It has been, once again, an absolute joy to work with @profkatsmith.bsky.social and @profbambra.bsky.social on this book.
New book policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/getting-better with @profbambra.bsky.social & @jlynch13.bsky.social out today takes atypical approach to exploring evidence for reducing health inequalities by focusing on learning from 4 international case studies: Brazil, England, Germany & USA 1/4

Good feature covering our ghost owns report
Parts of the country are becoming “ghost towns”, with banks, libraries, pharmacies and public toilets replaced by vape shops, bookies and takeaways, a hard-hitting report has revealed.
Vape shops surge 1,200% as Britain's high streets become 'ghost towns'
www.mirror.co.uk