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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute
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Interdisciplinary health research institute at the University of Bristol. We drive innovation in research to improve health for all.
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/blackwell/
Working with Jean Golding Institute, we've provided University of Bristol researchers with pump priming funding to pursue innovative AI in health or biomedical research.

Meet the new awardees and learn more: tinyurl.com/3d4s8eme

@jgibristol.bsky.social
#AI #Health #Biomedical #Research
November 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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📣Your voice matters in our research!

Whether you're a patient, carer, young person, community member - we're looking for new members of our Public Advisory Group. You'll help shape our research.

Register your interest:
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/PublicAdviso...
October 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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A brilliant example of why our #HealthIntegrationTeams are so effective!

Bringing organisations together to help people like Howard, who are affected by stroke, go back to work.

@sironacic.bsky.social @bristolafterstroke.bsky.social

www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/helping...
Pioneering group helping stroke survivors get back to work - Bristol Health Partners
A ground-breaking group in Bristol is helping stroke survivors prepare for returning to work. Sirona‘s Integrated Community Stroke Service piloted eight weekly group sessions as part of its rehabilita...
www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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GPs need training to spot perimenopause-related #MentalHealth issues - new research by Jo Burgin et al. published in @bjgp.bsky.social.

Both patients and doctors frequently miss the connection between mood changes & hormonal shifts during #perimenopause, the study found.

News: tinyurl.com/mpnv2j2d
2025: GPs need training to spot perimenopause-related mental health issues | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
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October 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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❓ What has ARC West achieved since it formed 6 years ago?
👉 Follow #6YearsOfARCWest to find out…

In the last 6 years, we have:
👨‍⚕️ Carried out 202 projects
📓 Published 596 papers

👉 Read more: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/six-years-of...
#ARCimpacts
October 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Webinar: Evaluating impact in Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE).

Join us for this FREE 90-minute session on the different approaches to evaluating PPIE in health research, led by PPIE experts.

📆Tues 21 Oct 2025, 1-2.30pm

Register: tinyurl.com/5xvmpdmw

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September 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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@bristoluni.bsky.social Applications are open for our RDICA Funding Scheme, which supports collaborative research development between UoB and international researchers. Deadline 1st November 2025. Find out more: www.bristol.ac.uk/internationa...
Research Development International Collaboration Awards | International Research Development | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk
September 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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🧠 Mental health literacy found to be a key factor in how CBT for depression works.

New research by @charlotte-archer.bsky.social & colleagues published in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.

📰Read the news: tinyurl.com/y5kmv6jj

#MentalHealth #CBT #Depression #HealthLiteracy

@nihrspcr.bsky.social
2025: Mental health literacy found to be a key factor in how CBT for depression works | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
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September 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Find out how Dr Emma Anderson's research is improving vaccine conversations between doctors and parents in Azerbaijan. She's now working with the WHO to create online training to reach health workers across many countries.
@emma-anderson.bsky.social #vaccines

Read about it: tinyurl.com/3r5b8c9v
September 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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💈Today on the BBC: Barbers and hairdressers in Bristol are encouraging people to talk about sexually transmitted diseases.

Keep up the great work Common Ambition Bristol🙌🏿

#Sexualhealthweek #SHW25
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shipsexhealth.bsky.social

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September 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Interested in exploring how climate change impacts our health? 🌍 🌡️

Don't miss this seminar on the effects of rising temperatures on the health of humans and other species on 17 September.

Open to all online, or in person for University of Bristol staff and students.

@cabot-institute.bsky.social
Join us for this online seminar on the effects of rising temperatures on the health of humans and other species. The event will be of particular interest to those working at the intersection of climate change and health.

More information: www.bristol.ac.uk/cabot/events...
August 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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🎨Join our webinar 'Building ideas: Using creative and inclusive techniques in research' on 6 Nov

🖍️Discover how creative methods, from LEGO to drawing, can transform research.

🤓Researchers will share practical examples, insights and ethical reflections

www.eventbrite.com/e/1691048394...
Building ideas: Using creative and inclusive techniques in research
Join us for a webinar exploring how creative methods can be used in research, with practical examples and reflections from researchers.
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September 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Experts urge the medical profession to confront the global arms industry.

In a new @bmj.com series uncovering the role of the arms trade in health, Mark Bellis, Gene Feder & colleagues call for greater scrutiny of its health-harming activities & relationship with governments.

tinyurl.com/yc5mu9xb
September 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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🚀 The University of Bristol has been named Research University of the Year 2026!

🎓 We’ve also jumped to 8th in the overall league table! Learn more about the Daily Mail University Guide 👉 brnw.ch/21wUUUA
August 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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🧑‍🦰Are you a member of the public working with health researchers?
🧑‍🦱Or who would you like to to learn about becoming involved in health research?

Join the People in Health West of England Public Contributors' Community Gathering 👇
24 September, 11am-3pm
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/people-in-he...
People in Health West of England Community Gathering - Bristol Biomedical Research Centre
This annual event is to thank our patient and public contributors for working with health researchers and clinicians to help improve health and access to healthcare for everyone across the West of Eng...
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August 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Interested in exploring how climate change impacts our health? 🌍 🌡️

Don't miss this seminar on the effects of rising temperatures on the health of humans and other species on 17 September.

Open to all online, or in person for University of Bristol staff and students.

@cabot-institute.bsky.social
Join us for this online seminar on the effects of rising temperatures on the health of humans and other species. The event will be of particular interest to those working at the intersection of climate change and health.

More information: www.bristol.ac.uk/cabot/events...
August 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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🙌🏽More REACT classes coming to Bristol, North Somerset and South Glos!

REACT is the evidence-based exercise programme which helps people to keep moving as they age. Thanks to @vivensa.bsky.social for funding this new @unibirmingham.bsky.social implementation study.

bit.ly/3HqQcxQ
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB joins national rollout of groundbreaking exercise programme REACT - Bristol Health Partners
Older people in and around Bristol will soon be able to benefit from REtirement in ACTion (REACT), a group-based exercise programme proven to support people to improve and maintain their mobility and ...
www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk
August 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Globalisation is causing profound changes in the health landscape in ways which are not yet fully understood. We funded research focussing on international research partnerships to tackle global health issues.

Read about the findings:
elizabethblackwellinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/07/09/g...
July 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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A whole year of impact summarised in 90 seconds? ✅

Thank you to everyone in our partnership and beyond who has helped us to achieve all this (and much more!) in 2024-25.

For even more about the impact we're making to health and care locally, go to bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/impact
July 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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📰News!📰 New research shows worldwide scale of HCV among babies & children.
“Given the availability of effective medicine & further progress in this field, it’s vital that testing & diagnosis rates improve so more people can be treated & cured.”
➡️ bit.ly/4oh4zFI #WorldHepatitisDay @nihr.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Read our latest guest blog to hear what @bristoluni.bsky.social Master’s student, Hasini De Silva, learnt at our recent AI in Health workshops: tinyurl.com/ux7da59f

▶️ You can watch all the talks from our #AI in #Health workshop series on our YouTube playlists: www.youtube.com/@EBIHealthRe...
July 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
In our latest Bulletin:
▶️AI & Health workshops - talk recordings & blog
🤝International research partnerships
🫀Heart failure & physical activity
⌚Smartwatch technology
🌧️Flood & drought risk
🌍Research voices from Zimbabwe
🧠Cognition & industry
🤖Explainable AI in healthcare

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July 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Technology Secretary Peter Kyle "flicked the switch" on Isambard-AI machine - UK's most powerful supercomputer, saying AI will enable 'huge, unimaginable advances in the cure of disease'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK's most powerful supercomputer Isambard-AI comes online
The Isambard-AI supercomputer is made fully operational as the government unveils fresh AI plans.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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📰In the news!📰
📢Continuing to #vaccinate for #mpox through a routine targeted programme for #gay & #bisexual men delivered by sexual health services will greatly reduce the number of cases & save the #NHS millions, new research has found.
More➡️ bit.ly/402nw4m @bristoluni.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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1/3 Coming up: Life in a Coastal Town - a new free exhibition exploring #MentalHealth and community, Weston Museum, Weston-super-Mare, 8-17 July 2025.

The exhibition shares original artwork by local people exploring their experiences during some of life's toughest times.

More info: bit.ly/4ltc4H8
July 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM