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Jess Renzella
@jessicarenzella.bsky.social
Postdoc in Sustainable Healthy Food Group, University of Oxford | She/Her
Excited to share that our research group is advertising 2 DPhil projects for 2026 entry. We’d love to hear from prospective applicants!

shorturl.at/I6SrW *FUNDED*

shorturl.at/lh4tB *Successful apps eligible for uni funding*

@hannahforde.bsky.social @ashakaur.bsky.social @petescarbs.bsky.social
Sustainability or Spin? The prevalence, impact, and regulation of 'Green claims' on foods in the UK
www.phc.ox.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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We ran deliberative forums in Glasgow & Bridlington all about food subsidies & taxes to make healthy & sustainable food more affordable.

Read our findings in our latest article!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@oxprimarycare.bsky.social
Public support for food subsidy and tax scenarios to promote healthy and sustainable diets: Evidence from deliberative forums in two UK locations
Governments can utilise fiscal measures, through subsidies and taxes, to promote healthy and environmentally sustainable food choices. Despite their p…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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New @jessicarenzella.bsky.social! Workshops w/Newham residents to identify ways to improve diets “…although the implementation of interventions in different areas may require tailoring, the focus of interventions to tackle the determinants of unhealthy diets could be similar across neighbourhoods.”
Identifying areas for action to create healthier diets in the London Borough of Newham: systems mapping with residents - BMC Public Health
Background Healthy diet is an essential component of good health, yet many areas of the UK struggle with high burdens of diet-related diseases. Efforts to address diet-related diseases in the London B...
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com
August 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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New study led by @jessicarenzella.bsky.social that used online Group Model Building workshops with Newham residents to map areas for action to create healthier diets

Full paper here: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Identifying areas for action to create healthier diets in the London Borough of Newham: systems mapping with residents - BMC Public Health
Background Healthy diet is an essential component of good health, yet many areas of the UK struggle with high burdens of diet-related diseases. Efforts to address diet-related diseases in the London B...
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Another new Research Associate post available working on our new UKRI research hub! This post is at Strathclyde with the excellent @profkatsmith.bsky.social and @e-c-hill.bsky.social
The other Research Associate post is part of the new UKRI THRIVING Food Futures Hub www.phc.ox.ac.uk/research/res... and has a particularly strong focus on community engagement and on citizens' juries: strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/... Feb 25-Nov 28. 3/3[End]
THRIVING Food Futures
The THRIVING Food Futures research hub will find policy solutions that reduce the carbon footprint of our diets whilst maximising health co-benefits.
www.phc.ox.ac.uk
December 17, 2024 at 9:13 AM
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Out just now, this is now explicit guidance in the National Planning Policy Framework!

This will be a huge help for councils wanting to create healthy places, reducing the scope for costly legal challenges from fast food companies. #HealthyPlaceShaping

www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 12, 2024 at 1:06 PM
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The CMO's annual report highlights health challenges & opportunities for people living in cities.

We need to:

▶️make eating healthily an option for all
▶️⬇️air pollution
▶️address mental health needs
▶️improve access to sexual health services

www.gov.uk/government/p...
Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2024: health in cities
Professor Whitty’s report outlines a broad range of health opportunities and challenges for city populations, and includes case studies from core cities in England.
www.gov.uk
December 12, 2024 at 9:00 AM
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I'm totally delighted about this news. Follow @hannahforde.bsky.social for excellent research on marketing policies for healthy sustainable diets over the next few years.
(1/4) I’m delighted to share that I’ve been awarded a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Early Career Award 🌞 Starting in April ’25, I’ll spend five years exploring the development of and public support for healthy and planet-friendly food marketing policies
December 12, 2024 at 1:45 PM
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Want to keep up with the latest on economics, politics, sociology, biodiversity, the environment, and much, much more from the University of Oxford?

Check out our starter pack of departments, programmes and research groups from across the Social Sciences Division.
go.bsky.app/E2yvAor
November 15, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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November 13, 2024 at 9:52 PM
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hello and welcome to the 1M people that have joined Bluesky in the last week!!!
November 12, 2024 at 7:39 PM
LEAP (Livestock, Environment and People) conference registration is live! Always a great day with great food.

To find out more about all things LEAP visit www.leap.ox.ac.uk/home.
LEAP conference 2024. Online registration by Cvent
web.cvent.com
February 16, 2024 at 4:49 PM
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For our next Bradford Hill Seminar Professor Sir Michael Marmot will join us to discuss social justice and health equity.

🗓️When: Wed 28 February, 1 PM (UK)
🌍Online

Free registration at events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e84894...
January 31, 2024 at 12:20 PM
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Come and join the teaching team for our MPhil in Population Health Sciences! We're looking for someone with knowledge of epidemiology, biostatistics or infectious disease modelling and experience of programming in R / R Studio. Closing date 15 Jan jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/44441/
January 9, 2024 at 2:53 PM
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I was an author on a paper in the BMJ that was retracted recently. We found an error in the original analysis, informed the journal, and then started a long (long) process to correct the scientific record. Here's a link to an excellent blog about that process.
Being part of the self-correction of science - MRC Epidemiology Unit
By Professor Jean Adams It’s a time of year when it’s nice think about the successes of the last twelve months, but sometimes things aren’t easy or straightforward in science, […]
www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
December 18, 2023 at 3:53 PM
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So many excellent colleagues here in the Sustainable Healthy Food Group moving to Bluesky (inspired by early adopter @petescarbs.bsky.social obvs) - welcome @ashakaur.bsky.social @jessicarenzella.bsky.social @elisabecker.bsky.social 👋 and I'm sure more to follow!
December 8, 2023 at 12:27 PM