TARG Bristol
@bristoltarg.bsky.social
The Translational and Applied Research Group (TARG) at the University of Bristol conducts research into the psychological and biological factors that drive health-related behaviours (nicotine, alcohol, other drugs, mental health, and neurodiversity).
TARG researchers @oliviamaynard.bsky.social, Angela Attwood, @c-stone.bsky.social, Oliver Bastiani and @clairevgarnett.bsky.social were in Newcastle last week for the Society for the Study of Addiction annual conference.
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
TARG researchers @oliviamaynard.bsky.social, Angela Attwood, @c-stone.bsky.social, Oliver Bastiani and @clairevgarnett.bsky.social were in Newcastle last week for the Society for the Study of Addiction annual conference.
Great news that the Society for the Study of Addiction @addiction-ssa.org are offering fully-funded PhD studentships and fellowships. Get in contact if you're interested in applying and working with us in TARG:
www.addiction-ssa.org/news/advance...
www.addiction-ssa.org/news/advance...
Advance your career with a PhD studentship or fellowship
The SSA is offering fully-funded PhD studentships and fellowships through [...]
www.addiction-ssa.org
November 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Great news that the Society for the Study of Addiction @addiction-ssa.org are offering fully-funded PhD studentships and fellowships. Get in contact if you're interested in applying and working with us in TARG:
www.addiction-ssa.org/news/advance...
www.addiction-ssa.org/news/advance...
We now have a new logo and new group name! We're still TARG, but this now stands for the Translational and Applied Research Group. This is to reflect the broader scope of our group since TARG was established in 2007.
October 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
We now have a new logo and new group name! We're still TARG, but this now stands for the Translational and Applied Research Group. This is to reflect the broader scope of our group since TARG was established in 2007.
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The @addiction-ssa.org will soon begin advertising new PhD and Fellowship opportunities. The SSA’s Early Career Research Network has organised two webinars to support and provide tips for potential applicants...
www.addiction-ssa.org/news/webinar...
www.addiction-ssa.org/news/webinar...
October 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The @addiction-ssa.org will soon begin advertising new PhD and Fellowship opportunities. The SSA’s Early Career Research Network has organised two webinars to support and provide tips for potential applicants...
www.addiction-ssa.org/news/webinar...
www.addiction-ssa.org/news/webinar...
🔊Did you read our latest blog yet? It’s about what happened after one of our field trials introducing a draught non-alcoholic beer in venues around the Bristol area. See quotes from venues and read the blog here: bit.ly/4mzFi7C
October 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🔊Did you read our latest blog yet? It’s about what happened after one of our field trials introducing a draught non-alcoholic beer in venues around the Bristol area. See quotes from venues and read the blog here: bit.ly/4mzFi7C
TARG researcher @c-stone.bsky.social interviewed by BBC Radio Coventry and Warwickshire for an item about alcohol units.
Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Vic Minett - 30/09/2025 - BBC Sounds
Vic has great stories, great guests and The Rewind.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
TARG researcher @c-stone.bsky.social interviewed by BBC Radio Coventry and Warwickshire for an item about alcohol units.
Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
🔊Blog out today: How a simple swap led to lasting changes in pub and bars across South West England - What happened after the alcohol-free draught beer introduction study?
bit.ly/4mzFi7C
bit.ly/4mzFi7C
September 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🔊Blog out today: How a simple swap led to lasting changes in pub and bars across South West England - What happened after the alcohol-free draught beer introduction study?
bit.ly/4mzFi7C
bit.ly/4mzFi7C
Looking for a MRC-funded PhD opportunity with TARG? We have four projects being advertised with @gw4biomeddtp.bsky.social (who have up to 17 4-year PhD studentships available for home & international students).
Applications close on 20 Oct 2025 at 5pm: gw4biomed.ac.uk
Applications close on 20 Oct 2025 at 5pm: gw4biomed.ac.uk
GW4 BioMed MRC DTP - GW4 BioMed MRC DTP
The GW4 BioMed MRC Doctoral Training Partnership is a collaboration between Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter Universities.
gw4biomed.ac.uk
September 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Looking for a MRC-funded PhD opportunity with TARG? We have four projects being advertised with @gw4biomeddtp.bsky.social (who have up to 17 4-year PhD studentships available for home & international students).
Applications close on 20 Oct 2025 at 5pm: gw4biomed.ac.uk
Applications close on 20 Oct 2025 at 5pm: gw4biomed.ac.uk
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New paper! We used focus groups and arts-based methods to explore whether people ‘other’ when making judgements about harmful drinking and the drinking contexts and features of drinking contexts perceived as being indicative of harmful drinking. bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>British Journal of Health Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
Objectives
To explore whether people ‘other’ when making judgements about ‘harmful’ drinking and the drinking contexts (e.g., pub with friends) and features of drinking contexts (e.g., location, com.....
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
New paper! We used focus groups and arts-based methods to explore whether people ‘other’ when making judgements about harmful drinking and the drinking contexts and features of drinking contexts perceived as being indicative of harmful drinking. bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Read the full research paper by Alice Porter, Elin Cawley,
@laura-ann-chapman.bsky.social, Charlotte Crisp, Ruth Wadman, Sally Barber, Ian Penton-Voak, Angela Attwood, Russ Jago and Helen Bould in @bmj.com Open:
bit.ly/4nUUuhd
@laura-ann-chapman.bsky.social, Charlotte Crisp, Ruth Wadman, Sally Barber, Ian Penton-Voak, Angela Attwood, Russ Jago and Helen Bould in @bmj.com Open:
bit.ly/4nUUuhd
A qualitative study in UK secondary schools exploring how PE uniform policies influence body image attitudes and PE engagement among adolescent girls
Background Many adolescent girls experience body dissatisfaction and have low levels of physical activity. Secondary school physical education (PE) offers opportunities for girls to build self-confide...
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July 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Read the full research paper by Alice Porter, Elin Cawley,
@laura-ann-chapman.bsky.social, Charlotte Crisp, Ruth Wadman, Sally Barber, Ian Penton-Voak, Angela Attwood, Russ Jago and Helen Bould in @bmj.com Open:
bit.ly/4nUUuhd
@laura-ann-chapman.bsky.social, Charlotte Crisp, Ruth Wadman, Sally Barber, Ian Penton-Voak, Angela Attwood, Russ Jago and Helen Bould in @bmj.com Open:
bit.ly/4nUUuhd
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🏆Top researchers have joined @teamgbofficial.bsky.social hockey player and #SportsInclusivity trailblazer Tess Howard to help teenage girls feel more comfortable in their school PE uniforms – and own bodies
bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/university-e...
#PhysicalActivity #PEkit #InclusiveSportswear
bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/university-e...
#PhysicalActivity #PEkit #InclusiveSportswear
University experts team up with Team GB hockey Olympian to make school PE kits fitter for purpose and put ball in pupils’ court - Bristol Biomedical Research Centre
Top researchers have united with Team GB hockey player and sports inclusivity trailblazer Tess Howard MBE on a mission to help teenage girls feel more comfortable in their school PE uniforms – and own...
bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk
July 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🏆Top researchers have joined @teamgbofficial.bsky.social hockey player and #SportsInclusivity trailblazer Tess Howard to help teenage girls feel more comfortable in their school PE uniforms – and own bodies
bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/university-e...
#PhysicalActivity #PEkit #InclusiveSportswear
bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/university-e...
#PhysicalActivity #PEkit #InclusiveSportswear
Check out a new publication by TARG members @jasminekhouja.bsky.social and Benji Woolf that came out yesterday, exploring the impact of caffeine on sleep using Mendelian randomisation: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>Journal of Sleep Research</em> | ESRS Journal | Wiley Online Library
Higher consumption of caffeinated beverages is associated with disturbed sleep patterns. Using genetic variants as proxies for caffeine consumption, caffeine metabolism, and sleep traits, we investig...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Check out a new publication by TARG members @jasminekhouja.bsky.social and Benji Woolf that came out yesterday, exploring the impact of caffeine on sleep using Mendelian randomisation: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New blog post by @holla-adam.bsky.social and Lucille Seppi on taking care in stigma reduction...
www.antistigmanetwork.org.uk/blog/taking-...
www.antistigmanetwork.org.uk/blog/taking-...
Taking care in stigma reduction: Guest Blog by Adam Holland and Lucille Seppi — Anti-Stigma Network
Stigma can affect anyone who uses alcohol or other drugs, negatively impacting their health and wellbeing, and increasing the likelihood they experience drug-related harm. Fear of judgement or unkind ...
www.antistigmanetwork.org.uk
July 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
New blog post by @holla-adam.bsky.social and Lucille Seppi on taking care in stigma reduction...
www.antistigmanetwork.org.uk/blog/taking-...
www.antistigmanetwork.org.uk/blog/taking-...
Some TARG members contributed to a new study led by @paniblanca.bsky.social investigating how public risk perceptions of nine hazards are interlinked and how these connections change with recent events @jasminekhouja.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Exploring public risk perception of multiple hazards through network analysis
How do people perceive multiple hazards simultaneously, and how do these perceptions
change over time? This study uses network analysis to examine public risk perception
of nine hazards across three t...
www.cell.com
July 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Some TARG members contributed to a new study led by @paniblanca.bsky.social investigating how public risk perceptions of nine hazards are interlinked and how these connections change with recent events @jasminekhouja.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
TARG’s @laura-ann-chapman.bsky.social recently gave a brilliant interview on the Bodywhys podcast on her research on the experiences and support needs of mothers with eating disorders - well worth a listen!
open.spotify.com/episode/0htT...
open.spotify.com/episode/0htT...
Episode 57: The experiences and support needs of mothers with eating disorders
Bodywhys Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
TARG’s @laura-ann-chapman.bsky.social recently gave a brilliant interview on the Bodywhys podcast on her research on the experiences and support needs of mothers with eating disorders - well worth a listen!
open.spotify.com/episode/0htT...
open.spotify.com/episode/0htT...
Looking for people aged 18-30 in the UK to take part in research about attitudes towards people who use drugs. For more information, and to sign up please see here: bristolexppsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
March 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Looking for people aged 18-30 in the UK to take part in research about attitudes towards people who use drugs. For more information, and to sign up please see here: bristolexppsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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January 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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We've got another new study out. This one uses new modelling to estimate how two alternative approaches to increasing the uptake of the Drink Less app (a mass media campaign and promotion through primary care) might affect alcohol consumption, health and health inequalities in the longer term
January 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
We've got another new study out. This one uses new modelling to estimate how two alternative approaches to increasing the uptake of the Drink Less app (a mass media campaign and promotion through primary care) might affect alcohol consumption, health and health inequalities in the longer term
TARG researchers have been working with teenagers in South West England to co-create a series of videos that provide young people with information about vaping and how to stop vaping. Check them out here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Vaping Facts and Tips - YouTube
Some teenagers vape when they feel stressed, to fit in and are unsure of key facts around vaping. Explore the following 5 videos to learn key information aro...
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
TARG researchers have been working with teenagers in South West England to co-create a series of videos that provide young people with information about vaping and how to stop vaping. Check them out here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Read some exciting news about StopWatch and its recent media success :
January 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Read some exciting news about StopWatch and its recent media success :
A lovely way to end the year with a 3-day research group retreat to Cumberland Lodge! Alongside the work part of things, there was lots of walks, mushroom hunting, games and karaoke!
December 20, 2024 at 3:35 PM
A lovely way to end the year with a 3-day research group retreat to Cumberland Lodge! Alongside the work part of things, there was lots of walks, mushroom hunting, games and karaoke!
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Dr Jasmine Khouja outlines findings of an e-cigarette policy decision aid.
On balance, banning flavours is likely to have a negative overall impact on public health.
Same for banning disposables.
#EcigSummit @jasminekhouja.bsky.social
On balance, banning flavours is likely to have a negative overall impact on public health.
Same for banning disposables.
#EcigSummit @jasminekhouja.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Dr Jasmine Khouja outlines findings of an e-cigarette policy decision aid.
On balance, banning flavours is likely to have a negative overall impact on public health.
Same for banning disposables.
#EcigSummit @jasminekhouja.bsky.social
On balance, banning flavours is likely to have a negative overall impact on public health.
Same for banning disposables.
#EcigSummit @jasminekhouja.bsky.social
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Great to see this published the first of the outputs from the iHOST Project. Great collaborative work with colleagues across the UK incl. @jscottuob.bsky.social @niamhrelease.bsky.social @danlewer.bsky.social
Improving hospital care for people who use drugs: deliberative process development of a clinical guideline for opioid withdrawal management - Harm Reduction Journal
Background Management of opioid withdrawal in hospital settings is crucial to improve treatment completion and health outcomes among patients who use opioids, such as heroin. Evidence-based clinical g...
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November 18, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Great to see this published the first of the outputs from the iHOST Project. Great collaborative work with colleagues across the UK incl. @jscottuob.bsky.social @niamhrelease.bsky.social @danlewer.bsky.social