Population Health Improvement UK
@phiuk.bsky.social
Bringing together diverse expertise and insight to find innovative and inclusive ways to improve the health of people, places and communities. www.phiuk.org https://linktr.ee/phi_uk
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Innovating with people, places and communities - the PHI UK Annual Review 2024-25 is now available.
This Review captures the foundations being laid in our first year, and the ways in which our research is already making a difference.
Watch a short intro. Links in the reply.
This Review captures the foundations being laid in our first year, and the ways in which our research is already making a difference.
Watch a short intro. Links in the reply.
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Review of the UK's significant health-related labour market challenges by Sir Charlies Mayfield show how we can build a healthier, more inclusive working life for millions. Key message: keeping Britain working is good for people, good for employers, and good for the country.
This morning's reading: "Employers join forces with government to tackle ill-health and keep Britain working" from Department of Health and Social Care www.gov.uk/government/n...
Employers join forces with government to tackle ill-health and keep Britain working
More than 60 major and many small employers are joining forces with government to tackle the rising tide of ill-health that is pushing people out of work and holding back growth.
www.gov.uk
November 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Review of the UK's significant health-related labour market challenges by Sir Charlies Mayfield show how we can build a healthier, more inclusive working life for millions. Key message: keeping Britain working is good for people, good for employers, and good for the country.
This morning's reading: "Employers join forces with government to tackle ill-health and keep Britain working" from Department of Health and Social Care www.gov.uk/government/n...
Employers join forces with government to tackle ill-health and keep Britain working
More than 60 major and many small employers are joining forces with government to tackle the rising tide of ill-health that is pushing people out of work and holding back growth.
www.gov.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This morning's reading: "Employers join forces with government to tackle ill-health and keep Britain working" from Department of Health and Social Care www.gov.uk/government/n...
We're very happy to be joining the ADPH Conference 2025 as a sponsor on 21 November. Come and visit our stand if you're there! www.adph.org.uk/events/adph-...
November 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We're very happy to be joining the ADPH Conference 2025 as a sponsor on 21 November. Come and visit our stand if you're there! www.adph.org.uk/events/adph-...
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Researchers from the @lhgp.bsky.social research consortium will present work on local responses to commercial determinants of health at the 18th European Public Health Conference in Helsinki, 11-14 November 2025. #EHP2025
👉 Read more: www.phiuk.org/news/local-h...
👉 Read more: www.phiuk.org/news/local-h...
October 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Researchers from the @lhgp.bsky.social research consortium will present work on local responses to commercial determinants of health at the 18th European Public Health Conference in Helsinki, 11-14 November 2025. #EHP2025
👉 Read more: www.phiuk.org/news/local-h...
👉 Read more: www.phiuk.org/news/local-h...
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How playing a game can help spread awareness of #dementia inequalities
With @wellcometrust.bsky.social funding, & supported by @arcnwc.bsky.social, an innovative & creative board game has been designed to improve knowledge about dementia inequalities
www.nihr.ac.uk/blog/how-pla...
💫 #ARCimpacts
With @wellcometrust.bsky.social funding, & supported by @arcnwc.bsky.social, an innovative & creative board game has been designed to improve knowledge about dementia inequalities
www.nihr.ac.uk/blog/how-pla...
💫 #ARCimpacts
October 24, 2025 at 7:35 AM
How playing a game can help spread awareness of #dementia inequalities
With @wellcometrust.bsky.social funding, & supported by @arcnwc.bsky.social, an innovative & creative board game has been designed to improve knowledge about dementia inequalities
www.nihr.ac.uk/blog/how-pla...
💫 #ARCimpacts
With @wellcometrust.bsky.social funding, & supported by @arcnwc.bsky.social, an innovative & creative board game has been designed to improve knowledge about dementia inequalities
www.nihr.ac.uk/blog/how-pla...
💫 #ARCimpacts
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🍰 Happy birthday to NIHR ARCs across the country who turn 6 this month!
ARCs tackle challenges facing health & social care, making a real-world impact
👉 Follow #ARCimpacts this October to find out more
👉🏿 Browse our national roundup here: mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar...
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ARCs tackle challenges facing health & social care, making a real-world impact
👉 Follow #ARCimpacts this October to find out more
👉🏿 Browse our national roundup here: mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar...
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October 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🍰 Happy birthday to NIHR ARCs across the country who turn 6 this month!
ARCs tackle challenges facing health & social care, making a real-world impact
👉 Follow #ARCimpacts this October to find out more
👉🏿 Browse our national roundup here: mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar...
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ARCs tackle challenges facing health & social care, making a real-world impact
👉 Follow #ARCimpacts this October to find out more
👉🏿 Browse our national roundup here: mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar...
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👏 Exciting news! Our team members @celsenbroich.bsky.social and Prof Alison Heppenstall contributed some agent-based modelling to uncover the true market dynamics behind housing affordability in this @uk.theconversation.com article
Compared to a deposit, stamp duty is often a small cost – but axing it would cost the government billions a year.
The real reason abolishing stamp duty won’t help first-time buyers
Compared to a deposit, stamp duty is often a small cost – but axing it would cost the government billions a year.
tcnv.link
October 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
👏 Exciting news! Our team members @celsenbroich.bsky.social and Prof Alison Heppenstall contributed some agent-based modelling to uncover the true market dynamics behind housing affordability in this @uk.theconversation.com article
🗞️Our next newsletter is out this week... Want a round up of the latest from PHI UK, @healthyurbanplaces.bsky.social, @lhgp.bsky.social, @healthmod.bsky.social, and @popmhuk.bsky.social in your inbox? Sign up 🖊️ www.phiuk.org/contact
October 21, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🗞️Our next newsletter is out this week... Want a round up of the latest from PHI UK, @healthyurbanplaces.bsky.social, @lhgp.bsky.social, @healthmod.bsky.social, and @popmhuk.bsky.social in your inbox? Sign up 🖊️ www.phiuk.org/contact
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Interested in Latent Class Analysis? 📊
Join Dr Rebecca Rhead's intro seminar on this powerful method for uncovering hidden subgroups in populations.
📆 22 Oct, 14:30-15:30
Register: bit.ly/3IYtlua
@rebeccarhead.bsky.social @phiuk.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Join Dr Rebecca Rhead's intro seminar on this powerful method for uncovering hidden subgroups in populations.
📆 22 Oct, 14:30-15:30
Register: bit.ly/3IYtlua
@rebeccarhead.bsky.social @phiuk.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Introduction to Latent Class Analysis | King's College London
Latent Class Analysis is a powerful statistical method for uncovering hidden subgroups in populations, widely used across social and health sciences.
www.kcl.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Interested in Latent Class Analysis? 📊
Join Dr Rebecca Rhead's intro seminar on this powerful method for uncovering hidden subgroups in populations.
📆 22 Oct, 14:30-15:30
Register: bit.ly/3IYtlua
@rebeccarhead.bsky.social @phiuk.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Join Dr Rebecca Rhead's intro seminar on this powerful method for uncovering hidden subgroups in populations.
📆 22 Oct, 14:30-15:30
Register: bit.ly/3IYtlua
@rebeccarhead.bsky.social @phiuk.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
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📆 Upcoming event 22 Oct 4pm: Supporting the mental health & wellbeing of forcibly displaced populations. The Refugee Mental Health in Place Network are hosting a seminar with Dr Ross White to discuss his research. Register: bit.ly/3K4fm6m @phiuk.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
📆 Upcoming event 22 Oct 4pm: Supporting the mental health & wellbeing of forcibly displaced populations. The Refugee Mental Health in Place Network are hosting a seminar with Dr Ross White to discuss his research. Register: bit.ly/3K4fm6m @phiuk.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Vacancy: Research Assistant in development of data and model assets for Policy Modelling for Health @healthmod.bsky.social and associated projects @uofglasgow.bsky.social www.phiuk.org/news/vacancy...
Vacancy: Research Assistant - development of data and model assets
Policy Modelling for Health is recruiting for a Research Assistant to support the development of data and model assets.
www.phiuk.org
October 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Vacancy: Research Assistant in development of data and model assets for Policy Modelling for Health @healthmod.bsky.social and associated projects @uofglasgow.bsky.social www.phiuk.org/news/vacancy...
Upcoming lunchtime webinar from Policy Modelling for Health @healthmod.bsky.social on 23 October, midday: What Makes a ‘Good’ Policy Simulation Model? www.phiuk.org/news/events/...
Policy Modelling for Health lunchtime webinar: What Makes a ‘Good’ Policy Simulation Model?
www.phiuk.org
October 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Upcoming lunchtime webinar from Policy Modelling for Health @healthmod.bsky.social on 23 October, midday: What Makes a ‘Good’ Policy Simulation Model? www.phiuk.org/news/events/...
New from @healthyurbanplaces.bsky.social Making Children-Friendly Streets - Lessons learnt from Bradford District’s School Street Schemes 🏃♂️🚲 www.phiuk.org/news/making-...
Making Children-Friendly Streets Lessons learnt from Bradford District’s School Street Schemes
Healthy Urban places have created an evidence briefing showing what we can learn from the experience of implementing Bradford District’s School Street Schemes.
www.phiuk.org
October 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
New from @healthyurbanplaces.bsky.social Making Children-Friendly Streets - Lessons learnt from Bradford District’s School Street Schemes 🏃♂️🚲 www.phiuk.org/news/making-...
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Family affluence shields children from the risks of obesity and unhealthy eating habits, even when they're surrounded by unhealthy food options, according to a study co-led by Dr @andreadsmith.bsky.social and Prof Clare Llewellyn @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social
UCL blog buff.ly/NYr0V0x
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UCL blog buff.ly/NYr0V0x
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October 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Family affluence shields children from the risks of obesity and unhealthy eating habits, even when they're surrounded by unhealthy food options, according to a study co-led by Dr @andreadsmith.bsky.social and Prof Clare Llewellyn @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social
UCL blog buff.ly/NYr0V0x
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UCL blog buff.ly/NYr0V0x
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At the 3rd Hearing of the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health today, Professor Anna Gilmore, Director of Local Health Global Profits (LHGP), emphasised that #ClimateChange, #NCDs, and widening inequalities share common commercial drivers.
@phiuk.bsky.social
@phiuk.bsky.social
Prof Anna Gilmore spoke today at WHO's #PECC hearing on #climate & #health, urging Ministries to tackle commercial determinants & conflicts of interest.
Read more: www.bath.ac.uk/announcement... #PECC
@uniofbath.bsky.social @who.int #greensky
Read more: www.bath.ac.uk/announcement... #PECC
@uniofbath.bsky.social @who.int #greensky
October 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
At the 3rd Hearing of the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health today, Professor Anna Gilmore, Director of Local Health Global Profits (LHGP), emphasised that #ClimateChange, #NCDs, and widening inequalities share common commercial drivers.
@phiuk.bsky.social
@phiuk.bsky.social
⏳ Just one day left. Make sure you don't miss out...
Just over a week left to submit abstracts for #PreventionResearch26 4-5 March 2026
📄Abstracts invited from all corners of the prevention research community
🎤 Oral/poster presentations, Symposia and Workshops
📅 Deadline: 1 October 2025
👉 registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/hg3/frontend...
📄Abstracts invited from all corners of the prevention research community
🎤 Oral/poster presentations, Symposia and Workshops
📅 Deadline: 1 October 2025
👉 registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/hg3/frontend...
September 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
⏳ Just one day left. Make sure you don't miss out...
🎓Funded PhD Opportunity with @healthmod.bsky.social at @universityofleeds.bsky.social Dynamic Microsimulation for Health - more info and apply 👉 phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2063...
Dynamic microsimulation for health
Project opportunity - Dynamic microsimulation for health at the University of Leeds
phd.leeds.ac.uk
September 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🎓Funded PhD Opportunity with @healthmod.bsky.social at @universityofleeds.bsky.social Dynamic Microsimulation for Health - more info and apply 👉 phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2063...
Just over a week left to submit abstracts for #PreventionResearch26 4-5 March 2026
📄Abstracts invited from all corners of the prevention research community
🎤 Oral/poster presentations, Symposia and Workshops
📅 Deadline: 1 October 2025
👉 registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/hg3/frontend...
📄Abstracts invited from all corners of the prevention research community
🎤 Oral/poster presentations, Symposia and Workshops
📅 Deadline: 1 October 2025
👉 registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/hg3/frontend...
September 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Just over a week left to submit abstracts for #PreventionResearch26 4-5 March 2026
📄Abstracts invited from all corners of the prevention research community
🎤 Oral/poster presentations, Symposia and Workshops
📅 Deadline: 1 October 2025
👉 registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/hg3/frontend...
📄Abstracts invited from all corners of the prevention research community
🎤 Oral/poster presentations, Symposia and Workshops
📅 Deadline: 1 October 2025
👉 registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/hg3/frontend...
🎓 New: Policy Modelling for Health @healthmod.bsky.social PhD studentship in microsimulation modelling. Apply by 30 October. Full details 👉 www.microsimulation.ac.uk/about/news/2...
PhD Scholarship in microsimulation modelling - Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis
We are opening a 3-year fully funded PhD studentship on microsimulation modelling on the socio-economic determinants of health and health inequalities, in the context of the Policy Modelling for Healt...
www.microsimulation.ac.uk
September 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🎓 New: Policy Modelling for Health @healthmod.bsky.social PhD studentship in microsimulation modelling. Apply by 30 October. Full details 👉 www.microsimulation.ac.uk/about/news/2...
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Some great seminars coming up from @healthyurbanplaces.bsky.social on the impact of urban environments on health 👇
#PublicHealth #HealthyPlaces
#PublicHealth #HealthyPlaces
Announcing new dates for the @healthyurbanplaces.bsky.social series of online seminars. These talks exploring a variety of research topics relating to the impact of urban environments on health... 🧵
September 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Some great seminars coming up from @healthyurbanplaces.bsky.social on the impact of urban environments on health 👇
#PublicHealth #HealthyPlaces
#PublicHealth #HealthyPlaces
Announcing new dates for the @healthyurbanplaces.bsky.social series of online seminars. These talks exploring a variety of research topics relating to the impact of urban environments on health... 🧵
September 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Announcing new dates for the @healthyurbanplaces.bsky.social series of online seminars. These talks exploring a variety of research topics relating to the impact of urban environments on health... 🧵
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Prof Nick Wareham from @mrcepid.bsky.social & @phiuk.bsky.social delivering his invited Pemberton lecture on Translating epidemiology into public health action
#SSM2025
#SSM2025
September 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Prof Nick Wareham from @mrcepid.bsky.social & @phiuk.bsky.social delivering his invited Pemberton lecture on Translating epidemiology into public health action
#SSM2025
#SSM2025
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Alongside 2 oral & 1 poster sessions of the latest research in public health, we have Prof Nick Wareham delivering the Pemberton Lecture: Translating epidemiology into public health action
September 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Alongside 2 oral & 1 poster sessions of the latest research in public health, we have Prof Nick Wareham delivering the Pemberton Lecture: Translating epidemiology into public health action
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UK gov's 10 year health plan sets out a focus on prevention to improve health.
New research in @springernature.com Health Research Policy and Systems by @geoffbates.bsky.social demonstrates how to integrate health into urban policy decision making.
Research conducted through TRUUD truud.ac.uk.
New research in @springernature.com Health Research Policy and Systems by @geoffbates.bsky.social demonstrates how to integrate health into urban policy decision making.
Research conducted through TRUUD truud.ac.uk.
August 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
UK gov's 10 year health plan sets out a focus on prevention to improve health.
New research in @springernature.com Health Research Policy and Systems by @geoffbates.bsky.social demonstrates how to integrate health into urban policy decision making.
Research conducted through TRUUD truud.ac.uk.
New research in @springernature.com Health Research Policy and Systems by @geoffbates.bsky.social demonstrates how to integrate health into urban policy decision making.
Research conducted through TRUUD truud.ac.uk.
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Join us and speakers from @rcphysicians.bsky.social, @lb-southwark.bsky.social, @uniofbath.bsky.social and @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social to explore latest evidence of #airpollution effects on climate and health, and practice sharing with public health colleagues. Register at zoom.us/webinar/regi...
August 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Join us and speakers from @rcphysicians.bsky.social, @lb-southwark.bsky.social, @uniofbath.bsky.social and @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social to explore latest evidence of #airpollution effects on climate and health, and practice sharing with public health colleagues. Register at zoom.us/webinar/regi...