Joe Schofield
@joeschofield.bsky.social
PhD researcher and Senior Research Fellow at University of St Andrews focussing on the health of people who use drugs and reducing drug-related deaths. Protocol Officer for International Society of Addiction Medicine
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🌲 Join us next Wednesday 28th May at 11am for a webinar exploring Dr Wendy Masterton (& team)'s research on how nature-based programmes support mental health & substance use challenges.
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📝Learn from new research
📂Access practical guidance docs
Register now!
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Nature-based programmes for mental health and drug/alcohol problems
An online information sharing webinar exploring nature-based programmes for people with substance dependence and mental health challenges.
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May 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🌲 Join us next Wednesday 28th May at 11am for a webinar exploring Dr Wendy Masterton (& team)'s research on how nature-based programmes support mental health & substance use challenges.
📝Learn from new research
📂Access practical guidance docs
Register now!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-bas...
📝Learn from new research
📂Access practical guidance docs
Register now!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-bas...
@rsno.bsky.social *Wagner's Ring Symphony* in Glasgow tonight was just excellent. Shout-out to Nikita and all in the double bass section for their kinetic energy throughout.
May 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
@rsno.bsky.social *Wagner's Ring Symphony* in Glasgow tonight was just excellent. Shout-out to Nikita and all in the double bass section for their kinetic energy throughout.
Fully-funded #PhD studentship with a great team at Glasgow Caledonian Uni to explore risks of opioid use disorder #OUD in individuals prescribed #opioids for pain relief in Scotland. Analysis of electronic health records to define and identify risk factors for OUD.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Predicting the risk of opioid use disorder in non-cancer chronic pain (Reference: SHLS24133) at Glasgow Caledonian University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Predicting the risk of opioid use disorder in non-cancer chronic pain (Reference: SHLS24133) at Glasgow Caledonian University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Fully-funded #PhD studentship with a great team at Glasgow Caledonian Uni to explore risks of opioid use disorder #OUD in individuals prescribed #opioids for pain relief in Scotland. Analysis of electronic health records to define and identify risk factors for OUD.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Doctors working in Gaza have made urgent pleas, saying that they feel abandoned by the world amid renewed Israeli airstrikes.
Justice in healthcare means actively supporting the people of Gaza and helping to rebuild the health system, say
@mohammadrazai.bsky.social et al
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Justice in healthcare means actively supporting the people of Gaza and helping to rebuild the health system, say
@mohammadrazai.bsky.social et al
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
April 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Doctors working in Gaza have made urgent pleas, saying that they feel abandoned by the world amid renewed Israeli airstrikes.
Justice in healthcare means actively supporting the people of Gaza and helping to rebuild the health system, say
@mohammadrazai.bsky.social et al
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Justice in healthcare means actively supporting the people of Gaza and helping to rebuild the health system, say
@mohammadrazai.bsky.social et al
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
We are hosting a webinar on European responses to vicarious #trauma among people working in mental health and #addiction services. Including work from Ireland, Poland, Denmark & Ukraine. Thu 22 May, 1600-1800 BST. With ENTER European Mental Health Network.
medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/digitas/trau...
medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/digitas/trau...
Trauma-informed care, vicarious trauma, and resilience webinar
The Baldacchino Lab is organising the next European ENTER mental health network webinar titled: Supporting Others, Sustaining Ourselves: Trauma-Informed Care & Resilience. This event will focus on the...
medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk
April 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
We are hosting a webinar on European responses to vicarious #trauma among people working in mental health and #addiction services. Including work from Ireland, Poland, Denmark & Ukraine. Thu 22 May, 1600-1800 BST. With ENTER European Mental Health Network.
medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/digitas/trau...
medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/digitas/trau...
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We have a funded PhD Studentship at LJMU with an amazing supervisory team (incl. @markamericana.bsky.social ), deadline 30/03/25.
"How can UK services best support children and young people (0-18 years) who experience drug or alcohol related parental bereavement: a mixed methods study" FindAPhD.com
"How can UK services best support children and young people (0-18 years) who experience drug or alcohol related parental bereavement: a mixed methods study" FindAPhD.com
PhD Programmes, Research Projects & Studentships in the UK & Europe
FindAPhD is a comprehensive guide to PhD studentships and postgraduate research degrees
FindAPhD.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
We have a funded PhD Studentship at LJMU with an amazing supervisory team (incl. @markamericana.bsky.social ), deadline 30/03/25.
"How can UK services best support children and young people (0-18 years) who experience drug or alcohol related parental bereavement: a mixed methods study" FindAPhD.com
"How can UK services best support children and young people (0-18 years) who experience drug or alcohol related parental bereavement: a mixed methods study" FindAPhD.com
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"If I do not strive towards introspection with clarity and humility – and the discomfort that brings – my lived experience is meaningless."
C. C. da Cunha Lewin explores the implications of clinical researchers claiming LE without critically examining it.
www.nsun.org.uk/referring-to...
C. C. da Cunha Lewin explores the implications of clinical researchers claiming LE without critically examining it.
www.nsun.org.uk/referring-to...
Referring to your lived experience without self-reflection and accountability
C. C. da Cunha Lewin explores the implication of clinical researchers claiming a LE without critically acknowledging it as embedded within psychiatric positionality.
www.nsun.org.uk
March 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
"If I do not strive towards introspection with clarity and humility – and the discomfort that brings – my lived experience is meaningless."
C. C. da Cunha Lewin explores the implications of clinical researchers claiming LE without critically examining it.
www.nsun.org.uk/referring-to...
C. C. da Cunha Lewin explores the implications of clinical researchers claiming LE without critically examining it.
www.nsun.org.uk/referring-to...
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Latest opioid dependence prevalence estimates for Scotland published today.
publichealthscotland.scot/media/32049/...
publichealthscotland.scot/media/32049/...
publichealthscotland.scot
March 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Latest opioid dependence prevalence estimates for Scotland published today.
publichealthscotland.scot/media/32049/...
publichealthscotland.scot/media/32049/...
Exciting development. Congrats on securing funding and driving this forward. Looking forward to contributing and learning from this network 👍
Very excited to today have launched our @royalsoced.bsky.social funded Acute Responses to emergency Mental Health and Substance use (ARMHS) Research Network with @lizhughesdd.bsky.social and @gearoidbrennan.bsky.social! Lots more to come on this so stay tuned!
www.gcu.ac.uk/aboutgcu/uni...
www.gcu.ac.uk/aboutgcu/uni...
February 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Exciting development. Congrats on securing funding and driving this forward. Looking forward to contributing and learning from this network 👍
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ARE YOU A UK MEDICAL STUDENT OR DOCTOR?
Please take part in this short survey about medical education in the UK.
Thankyou!
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Please take part in this short survey about medical education in the UK.
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February 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
ARE YOU A UK MEDICAL STUDENT OR DOCTOR?
Please take part in this short survey about medical education in the UK.
Thankyou!
standrews.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Please take part in this short survey about medical education in the UK.
Thankyou!
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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Looking forward to giving evidence this week (Wed 0930) at UK Parliament Scottish Affairs Committee Inquiry into Glasgow's Safer Drug Consumption Facility. In good company with @catrionamath.bsky.social @gwshorter.bsky.social and @vkatikireddi.bsky.social
committees.parliament.uk/committee/13...
committees.parliament.uk/committee/13...
Committee examines the case for Glasgow’s pilot Safer Drug Consumption Facility - Committees - UK Parliament
The Scottish Affairs Commitee will begin its inquiry into Glasgow’s pilot Safer Drug Consumption Facility (SDCF) by hearing from public health and substance abuse specialists.
committees.parliament.uk
February 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Looking forward to giving evidence this week (Wed 0930) at UK Parliament Scottish Affairs Committee Inquiry into Glasgow's Safer Drug Consumption Facility. In good company with @catrionamath.bsky.social @gwshorter.bsky.social and @vkatikireddi.bsky.social
committees.parliament.uk/committee/13...
committees.parliament.uk/committee/13...
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Upcoming seminar from Queer Minds Scotland featuring @kirstyclarkphd.bsky.social on "Investigating How Societal Narratives and Social Networks Shape LGBTQ+ Youth Suicide Risk"
26th Feb 4-5pm GMT - online/free!
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26th Feb 4-5pm GMT - online/free!
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Dr Kirsty Clarke - Queer Minds Scotland Network - February Event
Investigating How Societal Narratives and Social Networks Shape LGBTQ+ Youth Suicide Risk
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February 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Upcoming seminar from Queer Minds Scotland featuring @kirstyclarkphd.bsky.social on "Investigating How Societal Narratives and Social Networks Shape LGBTQ+ Youth Suicide Risk"
26th Feb 4-5pm GMT - online/free!
events.bookitbee.com/university-o...
26th Feb 4-5pm GMT - online/free!
events.bookitbee.com/university-o...
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"I immediately encountered injuries far beyond what I had been exposed to at medical school: open chest wounds with the heart exposed, 100% body burns, eviscerated organs."
Hosam Shaikhkhalil writes on his experience as a medical intern in Gaza
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Hosam Shaikhkhalil writes on his experience as a medical intern in Gaza
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
February 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"I immediately encountered injuries far beyond what I had been exposed to at medical school: open chest wounds with the heart exposed, 100% body burns, eviscerated organs."
Hosam Shaikhkhalil writes on his experience as a medical intern in Gaza
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Hosam Shaikhkhalil writes on his experience as a medical intern in Gaza
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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"A law enforcement driven response to drug taking and overdoses is ineffective and exacerbates existing health and social inequities in minoritised communities."
Declining US drug overdose deaths show that public health approaches work, say Vincent Ramos and colleagues
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Declining US drug overdose deaths show that public health approaches work, say Vincent Ramos and colleagues
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
February 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"A law enforcement driven response to drug taking and overdoses is ineffective and exacerbates existing health and social inequities in minoritised communities."
Declining US drug overdose deaths show that public health approaches work, say Vincent Ramos and colleagues
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Declining US drug overdose deaths show that public health approaches work, say Vincent Ramos and colleagues
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Bye, #MarianneFaithfull. Thanks for the best interpretations of Weill & Brecht (wish I'd seen you in The Threepenny Opera), and some cracking torch songs on '20th Century Blues' - one of my absolute favourite albums. "Keep the memory, but keep your powder dry too..." youtu.be/jGzXddhIFCc?...
Don't forget me
YouTube video by Marianne Faithfull - Topic
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January 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Bye, #MarianneFaithfull. Thanks for the best interpretations of Weill & Brecht (wish I'd seen you in The Threepenny Opera), and some cracking torch songs on '20th Century Blues' - one of my absolute favourite albums. "Keep the memory, but keep your powder dry too..." youtu.be/jGzXddhIFCc?...
#ChildPoverty lower in Scotland 24% than England 30%, Wales 29%. Role of policy choices incl. Scottish Child Payment. @jrf-uk.bsky.social note +ve impact of scrapping 2-child limit & investing in social security & affordable housing. More to do, but encouraging news. www.jrf.org.uk/news/scottis...
January 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
#ChildPoverty lower in Scotland 24% than England 30%, Wales 29%. Role of policy choices incl. Scottish Child Payment. @jrf-uk.bsky.social note +ve impact of scrapping 2-child limit & investing in social security & affordable housing. More to do, but encouraging news. www.jrf.org.uk/news/scottis...
10% decrease in suspected #DrugDeaths and drug-related A&E attendances in Sep-Nov 2024 compared to previous quarter. Encouraging, but ongoing harms, incl. presence of #cocaine among decedents. publichealthscotland.scot/publications...
January 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
10% decrease in suspected #DrugDeaths and drug-related A&E attendances in Sep-Nov 2024 compared to previous quarter. Encouraging, but ongoing harms, incl. presence of #cocaine among decedents. publichealthscotland.scot/publications...
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📣 Abstract submission for our 2025 Annual Conference is now open!
📥 Email mcalnan@ed.ac.uk with your submissions by 7th March 2025
Abstract guidelines: https://buff.ly/4gf7c5G
Register for conference: https://buff.ly/41HrxN2
Details below⬇️
📥 Email mcalnan@ed.ac.uk with your submissions by 7th March 2025
Abstract guidelines: https://buff.ly/4gf7c5G
Register for conference: https://buff.ly/41HrxN2
Details below⬇️
January 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
📣 Abstract submission for our 2025 Annual Conference is now open!
📥 Email mcalnan@ed.ac.uk with your submissions by 7th March 2025
Abstract guidelines: https://buff.ly/4gf7c5G
Register for conference: https://buff.ly/41HrxN2
Details below⬇️
📥 Email mcalnan@ed.ac.uk with your submissions by 7th March 2025
Abstract guidelines: https://buff.ly/4gf7c5G
Register for conference: https://buff.ly/41HrxN2
Details below⬇️
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Please do come along to find out more on the campaign and be part of our continued efforts to help reduce stigma against people who have lost their lives to alcohol & drugs, and their affected loved ones. It's essential to keep these discussions going.
More dates & locations to be announced soon!
More dates & locations to be announced soon!
📣 Based in Forth Valley? Join us & @scottishfamilies.bsky.social at the See Beyond Roadshows at Stirling Libraries!
📆 Stirling Central Library: 17th Feb, 2-5pm
📆St Ninians Library: 21st Feb, 2-5pm
Be part of the discussion to help challenge stigma and inspire change.
💻 seebeyondscotland.com
📆 Stirling Central Library: 17th Feb, 2-5pm
📆St Ninians Library: 21st Feb, 2-5pm
Be part of the discussion to help challenge stigma and inspire change.
💻 seebeyondscotland.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Please do come along to find out more on the campaign and be part of our continued efforts to help reduce stigma against people who have lost their lives to alcohol & drugs, and their affected loved ones. It's essential to keep these discussions going.
More dates & locations to be announced soon!
More dates & locations to be announced soon!
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Encouraging start for Glasgow's new Safer Drug Consumption Facility with over 130 uses in its first week: www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2487264...
Number of times Glasgow's drugs consumption room used in first week
Staff at the new safer drug consumption facility in Glasgow have been praised following an encouraging first week.
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk
January 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Encouraging start for Glasgow's new Safer Drug Consumption Facility with over 130 uses in its first week: www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2487264...
The International Society of Addiction Medicine #ISAM has received over 300 symposia & abstracts from 50+ countries! 🌍 📍 Join us May 26-28 in Hamburg for #ISAM2025 global collaboration, networking, and the latest innovations in Addiction Medicine. 📅 Register now: isam-hamburg.com
December 14, 2024 at 1:36 PM
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A former UN high commissioner for human rights Louise Arbour tells The BMJ that the war on drugs has “completely failed” and that a public health focused approach is needed
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
December 9, 2024 at 3:07 PM
A former UN high commissioner for human rights Louise Arbour tells The BMJ that the war on drugs has “completely failed” and that a public health focused approach is needed
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
www.bmj.com/content/387/...