Caroline Mitchell
@dclovesgp.bsky.social
#GPSky
GP & Research Professor
Keele University.
She/Her
Health Equity & Research Equity;
CBPR: community based participatory research
#inclusiveresearchSky
Deep End Research Alliance co-founder:
https://sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.uk/dera/ho
GP & Research Professor
Keele University.
She/Her
Health Equity & Research Equity;
CBPR: community based participatory research
#inclusiveresearchSky
Deep End Research Alliance co-founder:
https://sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.uk/dera/ho
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Pure evil.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Pure evil.
youtube.com/watch?v=lDj-...
Thank you Deep End Canada for inviting us to share experiences from Deep End Scotland, Deep End Ireland and the Deep End Research Alliance .
It’s good to see that these collaborations to tackle health are inequalities flourishing- activism and collaboration for change.
Thank you Deep End Canada for inviting us to share experiences from Deep End Scotland, Deep End Ireland and the Deep End Research Alliance .
It’s good to see that these collaborations to tackle health are inequalities flourishing- activism and collaboration for change.
One year of Deep End Canada: International lessons for tackling health inequities
YouTube video by Upstream Lab
youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
youtube.com/watch?v=lDj-...
Thank you Deep End Canada for inviting us to share experiences from Deep End Scotland, Deep End Ireland and the Deep End Research Alliance .
It’s good to see that these collaborations to tackle health are inequalities flourishing- activism and collaboration for change.
Thank you Deep End Canada for inviting us to share experiences from Deep End Scotland, Deep End Ireland and the Deep End Research Alliance .
It’s good to see that these collaborations to tackle health are inequalities flourishing- activism and collaboration for change.
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Utterly depressing whenever I see this.
It does also remind me that we should just be using Europe PMC (@europepmc.org) to look up the literature...
europepmc.org
It does also remind me that we should just be using Europe PMC (@europepmc.org) to look up the literature...
europepmc.org
europepmc.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Sad screenshot share - every time we look up a reference now on NIH we see a statement which states that the NIH is no longer able to guarantee up-to-date evidence sources #EvidenceBiasedMedicine #ResearchIntegrity
@bjgp.bsky.social @bjgpopen.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social
@bjgp.bsky.social @bjgpopen.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Sad screenshot share - every time we look up a reference now on NIH we see a statement which states that the NIH is no longer able to guarantee up-to-date evidence sources #EvidenceBiasedMedicine #ResearchIntegrity
@bjgp.bsky.social @bjgpopen.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social
@bjgp.bsky.social @bjgpopen.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social
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Interested in applying for our DPhil in Translational Health Sciences?
Dr Laiba Husain, our first ever student to complete the DPhil, shares her experiences on the programme, how the DPhil has contributed to her career so far, and about her journey pre-DPhil in her blog here: ow.ly/gOkg50Xj6aw
Dr Laiba Husain, our first ever student to complete the DPhil, shares her experiences on the programme, how the DPhil has contributed to her career so far, and about her journey pre-DPhil in her blog here: ow.ly/gOkg50Xj6aw
A DPhil is as much about developing yourself as a researcher as it is about your specific project: Laiba Husain, DPhil in Translational Health Sciences alumna shares her journey
Dr Laiba Husain, first ever student to complete the DPhil in Translational Health Sciences, researcher at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences and tutor in digital health on the MSc...
ow.ly
October 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Interested in applying for our DPhil in Translational Health Sciences?
Dr Laiba Husain, our first ever student to complete the DPhil, shares her experiences on the programme, how the DPhil has contributed to her career so far, and about her journey pre-DPhil in her blog here: ow.ly/gOkg50Xj6aw
Dr Laiba Husain, our first ever student to complete the DPhil, shares her experiences on the programme, how the DPhil has contributed to her career so far, and about her journey pre-DPhil in her blog here: ow.ly/gOkg50Xj6aw
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We are on the cusp of eradicating cervical cancer, and significantly reducing penile, anal and some head and neck cancers. These are cancers that kill young adults, and it’s a tragedy. Those who spread anti-vax disinformation are killing their children.
This is terrible
Vaccinations to prevent cervical cancer have plummeted in Britain
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Vaccinations to prevent cervical cancer have plummeted in Britain
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Vaccinations to prevent cervical cancer have plummeted in Britain
Blame declining confidence, a lack of convenience and rising complacency
www.economist.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
We are on the cusp of eradicating cervical cancer, and significantly reducing penile, anal and some head and neck cancers. These are cancers that kill young adults, and it’s a tragedy. Those who spread anti-vax disinformation are killing their children.
An excellent article - ‘lifestyle’ is an unhelpful , over-simplified practitioner-orientated and potentially pejorative term which ignores intersectionality of the causes of the causes of ill-health.
So Ryan’s concept of ‘victim-blaming’ as a thought for the day…
ppa.csp.org.uk/content/chro...
So Ryan’s concept of ‘victim-blaming’ as a thought for the day…
ppa.csp.org.uk/content/chro...
October 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
An excellent article - ‘lifestyle’ is an unhelpful , over-simplified practitioner-orientated and potentially pejorative term which ignores intersectionality of the causes of the causes of ill-health.
So Ryan’s concept of ‘victim-blaming’ as a thought for the day…
ppa.csp.org.uk/content/chro...
So Ryan’s concept of ‘victim-blaming’ as a thought for the day…
ppa.csp.org.uk/content/chro...
Everyone needs a break from clinical academia- I bring you snow monkeys protected in their own forest area & cycling the Shimanami Kaido. ❤️ Japan - everything works…
October 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Everyone needs a break from clinical academia- I bring you snow monkeys protected in their own forest area & cycling the Shimanami Kaido. ❤️ Japan - everything works…
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Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half
Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
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This is extremely troubling news for those of us who conduct human subjects research.
RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people.
Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
October 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is extremely troubling news for those of us who conduct human subjects research.
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This #Qualitative study explored how people with prediabetes interpret their diagnosis and navigate health-related practices doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @eleanorbarry.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social @sarashaw.bsky.social @harryrutter.bsky.social @oxprimarycare.bsky.social #PrimaryCare #Diabetes
October 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This #Qualitative study explored how people with prediabetes interpret their diagnosis and navigate health-related practices doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @eleanorbarry.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social @sarashaw.bsky.social @harryrutter.bsky.social @oxprimarycare.bsky.social #PrimaryCare #Diabetes
Superproud of this primary care inclusive methods paper led by Kate Fryer which reflects years of our reflective #DeepEnd research teamwork with communities over multiple research studies to address systemic academic neglect of underserved patients researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/articles/
Development of a community research link worker role to enable culturally tailored research and empower marginalised communities to participate: the IBISES model - Research Involvement and Engagement
Background People from ethnic minority and socioeconomically deprived backgrounds remain underrepresented in primary healthcare research despite experiencing worse health outcomes and healthcare exper...
researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Superproud of this primary care inclusive methods paper led by Kate Fryer which reflects years of our reflective #DeepEnd research teamwork with communities over multiple research studies to address systemic academic neglect of underserved patients researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/articles/
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Well done to everyone on the team!
Dept researchers win 2 of 3 RCGP Research Paper of the Year Awards 2025! 🏆
The work examines hybrid GP care models & training needs for remote consultations – practical research tackling real-world challenges in #primarycare.
Led by early career researchers 👏
cc. @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
The work examines hybrid GP care models & training needs for remote consultations – practical research tackling real-world challenges in #primarycare.
Led by early career researchers 👏
cc. @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
Oxford team wins two of three top RCGP Research Paper of the Year awards
Department researchers win two of three Royal College of General Practitioners Research Paper of the Year Awards 2025, recognising groundbreaking work on hybrid general practice models and remote care...
www.phc.ox.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Well done to everyone on the team!
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The Trump administration has stopped funding of PubMed, not considering a vital service.
Your doctor will not know the newest information that affects your health. This will cost lives.
Your doctor will not know the newest information that affects your health. This will cost lives.
October 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Absolutely! I recently fed-back on on a researcher-driven interpretation of a healthcare challenge for a vulnerable group-
which was that patients needed an intervention to help them develop coping strategies and resilience (said no patient or practitioner ever in a qualitative interview)
which was that patients needed an intervention to help them develop coping strategies and resilience (said no patient or practitioner ever in a qualitative interview)
How about approaching this from the other side- how do we incentivise employers to make the adjustments necessary to help people with disabilities into work. Rather than suggesting that if sick people just tried a bit harder they could not be sick, which is what this looks like
October 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Absolutely! I recently fed-back on on a researcher-driven interpretation of a healthcare challenge for a vulnerable group-
which was that patients needed an intervention to help them develop coping strategies and resilience (said no patient or practitioner ever in a qualitative interview)
which was that patients needed an intervention to help them develop coping strategies and resilience (said no patient or practitioner ever in a qualitative interview)
Congratulations and @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social - for your super-useful relevant primary care research
Delighted to receive the RCGP health services research paper of the year award today! Massive thanks to the whole RBD2 team and particularly all those who worked on this paper
Challenges to quality in contemporary hybrid general practice. Research paper of the year noted the context of: infrastructure not fit for purpose, technostress, workforce pressures with GPs seeing the most complex patients. There are unintended effects. presented by @oohgpwales.bsky.social #RCGPAC
October 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Congratulations and @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social - for your super-useful relevant primary care research
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Head hits desk.
RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
October 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Head hits desk.
Reposted by Caroline Mitchell
Excellent op Ed about the issues with single vaccines published in response to Trumps Statement about single shots for Measles, mumps and rubella as well as CDC call for single vaccine manufacturer 🧵🧪#HealthPolicy
CIDRAP Op-Ed: Why the CDC director is wrong about the MMR vaccine
www.cidrap.umn.edu
October 10, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Excellent op Ed about the issues with single vaccines published in response to Trumps Statement about single shots for Measles, mumps and rubella as well as CDC call for single vaccine manufacturer 🧵🧪#HealthPolicy
Reposted by Caroline Mitchell
I need a Tommy Flowers Was Robbed t-shirt. Great piece!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Move over, Alan Turing: meet the working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn’t see in the movies
The Oxbridge-educated boffin is feted as the codebreaking genius who helped Britain win the war. But should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers be seen as the real father of comput...
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I need a Tommy Flowers Was Robbed t-shirt. Great piece!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
A great video from our #DERA great research friends & colleagues at Sheffield African and Caribbean Health and Social care association #SACMHA
They are fantastic partners for co-creation of research & have trained over 20 community research link workers .
www.linkedin.com/posts/sacmha...
They are fantastic partners for co-creation of research & have trained over 20 community research link workers .
www.linkedin.com/posts/sacmha...
#sacmhahealthandsocailcare #sacmha #communitysupport #mentalhealthawareness #socialcare #africancaribbeancommunity | SACMHA Health & Social Care
💚 Empowering the African and Caribbean community through care, compassion, and connection.
"We are more than just a service - we are a LIFELINE!"
At SACMHA Health & Social Care, we’re dedicated to i...
www.linkedin.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
A great video from our #DERA great research friends & colleagues at Sheffield African and Caribbean Health and Social care association #SACMHA
They are fantastic partners for co-creation of research & have trained over 20 community research link workers .
www.linkedin.com/posts/sacmha...
They are fantastic partners for co-creation of research & have trained over 20 community research link workers .
www.linkedin.com/posts/sacmha...
Excellent presentation MBChB AnitaMcAuley - University of Sheffield & summer scholarship University of Oxford.
Role of play & public health outcomes for children & young people.
SR demonstrates key benefits: 15% drop in adventure playgrounds across UK -outstanding work @benjackson.com
Role of play & public health outcomes for children & young people.
SR demonstrates key benefits: 15% drop in adventure playgrounds across UK -outstanding work @benjackson.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Excellent presentation MBChB AnitaMcAuley - University of Sheffield & summer scholarship University of Oxford.
Role of play & public health outcomes for children & young people.
SR demonstrates key benefits: 15% drop in adventure playgrounds across UK -outstanding work @benjackson.com
Role of play & public health outcomes for children & young people.
SR demonstrates key benefits: 15% drop in adventure playgrounds across UK -outstanding work @benjackson.com
#RCGPAC25
I couldn’t agree more
Kindness in Healthcare
It is the role of leaders to systematically challenge unkindness in healthcare - step up rather than walk-by
I couldn’t agree more
Kindness in Healthcare
It is the role of leaders to systematically challenge unkindness in healthcare - step up rather than walk-by
October 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
#RCGPAC25
I couldn’t agree more
Kindness in Healthcare
It is the role of leaders to systematically challenge unkindness in healthcare - step up rather than walk-by
I couldn’t agree more
Kindness in Healthcare
It is the role of leaders to systematically challenge unkindness in healthcare - step up rather than walk-by
I have mastered I-cord edging whilst watching scandi-noir tonight :)
A lovely end to a busy week
A lovely end to a busy week
October 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I have mastered I-cord edging whilst watching scandi-noir tonight :)
A lovely end to a busy week
A lovely end to a busy week
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WHO statement on autism-related issues
The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy
Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI
The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy
Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI
September 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
WHO statement on autism-related issues
The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy
Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI
The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy
Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI
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Ooh - my new paper on case study is out! What’s a case study, how do you do one, how do you spot a good one? Includes niche examples like the REF impact case study (though it’s mainly about research case studies).
Calling all researchers and educators📣 This new RMR by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social on how to conduct effective case studies, offers guidance for using them for learning & decision-making.
Essential reading for robust research!
https://bit.ly/47PL01l
Essential reading for robust research!
https://bit.ly/47PL01l
September 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Ooh - my new paper on case study is out! What’s a case study, how do you do one, how do you spot a good one? Includes niche examples like the REF impact case study (though it’s mainly about research case studies).