Kat Smith
@profkatsmith.bsky.social
Professor of Public Health Policy at the University of Strathclyde. Co-Director of the Centre for Health Policy & Co-Lead of SHERU (the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit). Interested in research, advocacy and policy to reduce inequalities.
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๐ Free research support for third sector & community orgs!
Launching the Centre for Health Policy's new Community Research Cafes!
First cafe: Wed 25 Feb, 2-4pm at Townhead Village Hall, 60 St Mungo Ave, G4 0PL.
Drop in for tea, cake & expert advice on your research & evaluation ideas โ ๐ฐ
Launching the Centre for Health Policy's new Community Research Cafes!
First cafe: Wed 25 Feb, 2-4pm at Townhead Village Hall, 60 St Mungo Ave, G4 0PL.
Drop in for tea, cake & expert advice on your research & evaluation ideas โ ๐ฐ
Our Community Research Cafe | University of Strathclyde
www.strath.ac.uk
February 5, 2026 at 1:43 PM
๐ Free research support for third sector & community orgs!
Launching the Centre for Health Policy's new Community Research Cafes!
First cafe: Wed 25 Feb, 2-4pm at Townhead Village Hall, 60 St Mungo Ave, G4 0PL.
Drop in for tea, cake & expert advice on your research & evaluation ideas โ ๐ฐ
Launching the Centre for Health Policy's new Community Research Cafes!
First cafe: Wed 25 Feb, 2-4pm at Townhead Village Hall, 60 St Mungo Ave, G4 0PL.
Drop in for tea, cake & expert advice on your research & evaluation ideas โ ๐ฐ
New @centrehealthpolicy.bsky.social blog by @lisagarnham.bsky.social @profellenstu.bsky.social & @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social & me summarises what lived experience insights show us that traditional research evidence misses about housing and health: www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/c...
Housing, Health, and What Lived Experience Shows Us that the Evidence-base Misses | University of Strathclyde
www.strath.ac.uk
February 5, 2026 at 8:44 AM
New @centrehealthpolicy.bsky.social blog by @lisagarnham.bsky.social @profellenstu.bsky.social & @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social & me summarises what lived experience insights show us that traditional research evidence misses about housing and health: www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/c...
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The incarceration of people for months and years without trial for offences that are in essence political has no place in a democracy like ours.
And in case it needed saying Greens oppose BOTH the increasing criminalisation of protest AND the removal of jury trials!
And in case it needed saying Greens oppose BOTH the increasing criminalisation of protest AND the removal of jury trials!
February 3, 2026 at 4:07 PM
The incarceration of people for months and years without trial for offences that are in essence political has no place in a democracy like ours.
And in case it needed saying Greens oppose BOTH the increasing criminalisation of protest AND the removal of jury trials!
And in case it needed saying Greens oppose BOTH the increasing criminalisation of protest AND the removal of jury trials!
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It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. ๐งต
February 2, 2026 at 8:20 AM
It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. ๐งต
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the Epstein files are revealing a lot about interest group influence and regulatory capture
because academics typically would never have access to this informal politics, itโs likely scholars working on business power have underestimated the extent to which public interests are being undermined
because academics typically would never have access to this informal politics, itโs likely scholars working on business power have underestimated the extent to which public interests are being undermined
Explosive from @faisalislam.bsky.social about that call that did take place with Dimon and Darling.
February 2, 2026 at 2:41 PM
the Epstein files are revealing a lot about interest group influence and regulatory capture
because academics typically would never have access to this informal politics, itโs likely scholars working on business power have underestimated the extent to which public interests are being undermined
because academics typically would never have access to this informal politics, itโs likely scholars working on business power have underestimated the extent to which public interests are being undermined
New @centrehealthpolicy.bsky.social blog by Jackie Stewart reflects on how global health research has been shaped and skewed by historical funding power dynamics, and how new work on Health Research Prioritisation seeks to change this: www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/c...
Global Health Just Got a Plot Twist! | University of Strathclyde
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January 30, 2026 at 1:45 PM
New @centrehealthpolicy.bsky.social blog by Jackie Stewart reflects on how global health research has been shaped and skewed by historical funding power dynamics, and how new work on Health Research Prioritisation seeks to change this: www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/c...
This blog captures so well the public sector challenge in Scotland - worth a read: "The language is impressive. The frameworks are sophisticated. The documents are polished. The conferences are busy. But beneath the rhetoric, the incentives tell a different story." www.enlighten.scot/scotlands-pu...
Scotlandโs public services are still โliving within the lieโ - Enlighten
Mark Carneyโs recent speech in Davos was framed as a geopolitical intervention. But its real power lay elsewhere. It was a warning about how systems persist not because they are effective, but because...
www.enlighten.scot
January 30, 2026 at 10:05 AM
This blog captures so well the public sector challenge in Scotland - worth a read: "The language is impressive. The frameworks are sophisticated. The documents are polished. The conferences are busy. But beneath the rhetoric, the incentives tell a different story." www.enlighten.scot/scotlands-pu...
Looking forward to reading this new (open access) book on public health approaches to violence reduction by my lovely colleagues @crmnlgy.bsky.social Fern Gillon and others: academic.oup.com/book/61855
The Public Health Approach to Violence Reduction: Stories, Movements, and Hope
Abstract. In recent years, the UK has seen the emergence of a new approach to violence reductionโthe public health approach. This method prioritizes early
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January 28, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Looking forward to reading this new (open access) book on public health approaches to violence reduction by my lovely colleagues @crmnlgy.bsky.social Fern Gillon and others: academic.oup.com/book/61855
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new paper in @thelancet.com estimating the global health burdens of plastics
I think this is one of the first analyses that quantifies the impacts of plastics across its entire lifecycle (from extraction to waste) and highlights the pretty staggering health effects of our current economic system
I think this is one of the first analyses that quantifies the impacts of plastics across its entire lifecycle (from extraction to waste) and highlights the pretty staggering health effects of our current economic system
Global health burdens of plastics: a lifecycle assessment model from 2016 to 2040
Adverse health effects are associated with emissions throughout plastics lifecycles,
particularly from production, though the non-disclosure of plastics chemical composition
is severely limiting LCA c...
www.thelancet.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:54 AM
new paper in @thelancet.com estimating the global health burdens of plastics
I think this is one of the first analyses that quantifies the impacts of plastics across its entire lifecycle (from extraction to waste) and highlights the pretty staggering health effects of our current economic system
I think this is one of the first analyses that quantifies the impacts of plastics across its entire lifecycle (from extraction to waste) and highlights the pretty staggering health effects of our current economic system
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Our January edition of Prevention Watch is out today.
In this edition, we look at prevention in the Scottish and UK budgets, a report on health and employment, links between wealth inequality and suicide, and Englandโs new youth strategy.
Check it out here: scothealthequity.org/prevention-w...
In this edition, we look at prevention in the Scottish and UK budgets, a report on health and employment, links between wealth inequality and suicide, and Englandโs new youth strategy.
Check it out here: scothealthequity.org/prevention-w...
Prevention Watch January 2026 - Scottish Health Equity Research Unit
Prevention Watch is a regular Scottish Health Equity Research Unit (SHERU) briefing that looks at prevention as a means of public service delivery to reduce health inequalities in Scotland.
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January 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Our January edition of Prevention Watch is out today.
In this edition, we look at prevention in the Scottish and UK budgets, a report on health and employment, links between wealth inequality and suicide, and Englandโs new youth strategy.
Check it out here: scothealthequity.org/prevention-w...
In this edition, we look at prevention in the Scottish and UK budgets, a report on health and employment, links between wealth inequality and suicide, and Englandโs new youth strategy.
Check it out here: scothealthequity.org/prevention-w...
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The Scottish Governmentโs new suicide prevention plan, "Creating Hope Together: Scotlandโs Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2026โ2029", is now out: www.gov.scot/publications...
Creating Hope Together: Scotland's Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2026-2029
The second three year action plan of Creating Hope Together: Scotlandโs Suicide Prevention Strategy (2022-2032)
www.gov.scot
January 26, 2026 at 1:07 PM
The Scottish Governmentโs new suicide prevention plan, "Creating Hope Together: Scotlandโs Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2026โ2029", is now out: www.gov.scot/publications...
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Great to be part of this. Michael Lambert and I contributed a paper called โArticulating place: towards a conjunctural analysis of public healthโ on renewed interest in โplaceโ as a โcommon senseโ policy solution to improve health, wealth and wellbeing. Read for free here: miniurl.com/k85lq8iu
New @cphjournal.bsky.social special issue on decentring health systems out: journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jcph featuring articles exploring how competing narratives, agency & resistance shape health policy & practice. Includes papers examining economic restructuring... 1/4
Journal of Critical Public Health
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January 23, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Great to be part of this. Michael Lambert and I contributed a paper called โArticulating place: towards a conjunctural analysis of public healthโ on renewed interest in โplaceโ as a โcommon senseโ policy solution to improve health, wealth and wellbeing. Read for free here: miniurl.com/k85lq8iu
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Now out! Special Issue 'Competing Narratives in Decentred Health Systems', guest edited by @profkatsmith.bsky.social, Justin Waring & Mark Bevir, and PACKED with great papers from leading authors applying decentred theory to key issues in #publichealth
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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2026)
| Journal of Critical Public Health
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January 23, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Now out! Special Issue 'Competing Narratives in Decentred Health Systems', guest edited by @profkatsmith.bsky.social, Justin Waring & Mark Bevir, and PACKED with great papers from leading authors applying decentred theory to key issues in #publichealth
journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...
journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...
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I have a paper on the post-politics of multistakeholder partnerships in a new special issue of @cphjournal.bsky.social on 'narratives, agency and resistance in critical public health'
great to be involved in an SI with so many brilliant colleagues and all papers are open access
great to be involved in an SI with so many brilliant colleagues and all papers are open access
New @cphjournal.bsky.social special issue on decentring health systems out: journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jcph featuring articles exploring how competing narratives, agency & resistance shape health policy & practice. Includes papers examining economic restructuring... 1/4
Journal of Critical Public Health
journalhosting.ucalgary.ca
January 23, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I have a paper on the post-politics of multistakeholder partnerships in a new special issue of @cphjournal.bsky.social on 'narratives, agency and resistance in critical public health'
great to be involved in an SI with so many brilliant colleagues and all papers are open access
great to be involved in an SI with so many brilliant colleagues and all papers are open access
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Understanding the Problems of Medical Student Exposure to Pharmaceutical Marketing
Marta Makowska
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
#COI #CDoH #Pharma #MedEd
Marta Makowska
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
#COI #CDoH #Pharma #MedEd
Understanding the Problems of Medical Student Exposure to Pharmaceutical Marketing
The chapter raises an important question regarding the motivation of the pharmaceutical industry to engage in the socialization process of future doctors during their academic education, even though t...
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January 23, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Understanding the Problems of Medical Student Exposure to Pharmaceutical Marketing
Marta Makowska
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
#COI #CDoH #Pharma #MedEd
Marta Makowska
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
#COI #CDoH #Pharma #MedEd
& @lisagarnham.bsky.social for working with us to develop a housing-health system map that layers lived experience perspectives on top of other evidence (we had to develop new mapping tool to enable this so it was no small feat): sipher_housingandhealth.layeredsystemsmaps.com/view/housing... 3/3
January 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
& @lisagarnham.bsky.social for working with us to develop a housing-health system map that layers lived experience perspectives on top of other evidence (we had to develop new mapping tool to enable this so it was no small feat): sipher_housingandhealth.layeredsystemsmaps.com/view/housing... 3/3
For me, this paper really underlines the value of good public engagement. Without this, there's so much researchers & policymakers can miss or (mis)assume. Huge thanks to @profellenstu.bsky.social for leading SIPHER's community engagement so well www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/... 2/3
University of Glasgow - Research - Research units A-Z - SIPHER - Community Panels
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January 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
For me, this paper really underlines the value of good public engagement. Without this, there's so much researchers & policymakers can miss or (mis)assume. Huge thanks to @profellenstu.bsky.social for leading SIPHER's community engagement so well www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/... 2/3
More on SI paper with @lisagarnham.bsky.social @profellenstu.bsky.social @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social: creating housing-health maps, we found alignment btwn policy & research but different views frm those with lived experience of housing struggles: journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc... 1/3
January 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
More on SI paper with @lisagarnham.bsky.social @profellenstu.bsky.social @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social: creating housing-health maps, we found alignment btwn policy & research but different views frm those with lived experience of housing struggles: journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc... 1/3
Charlotte Godziewski, Jenelle Clarke, Lisa Garnham, Tim Henrichsen, Michael Lambert, Simon Bishop, Bridget Roe, Lucy Wainwright, Sarah Senker, Paula Harriott, Krysia Canvin + Mark Bevir. 4/4
Journal of Critical Public Health
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January 23, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Charlotte Godziewski, Jenelle Clarke, Lisa Garnham, Tim Henrichsen, Michael Lambert, Simon Bishop, Bridget Roe, Lucy Wainwright, Sarah Senker, Paula Harriott, Krysia Canvin + Mark Bevir. 4/4
Includes contributions from @eleanorbrooks.bsky.social @policyrelevant.bsky.social @justin-waring.bsky.social @laurasheard.bsky.social, @profellenstu.bsky.social @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social + others I can't find on here... 3/4
January 23, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Includes contributions from @eleanorbrooks.bsky.social @policyrelevant.bsky.social @justin-waring.bsky.social @laurasheard.bsky.social, @profellenstu.bsky.social @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social + others I can't find on here... 3/4
'better regulation' & corporate influence all shape health policy, how NHS reform unfolds in practice, how place is articulated in local policy, how lived experience narratives of housing contrast with evidence & policy perspectives, & what happened to healthcare in prisons during covid pandemic 2/4
January 23, 2026 at 8:45 AM
'better regulation' & corporate influence all shape health policy, how NHS reform unfolds in practice, how place is articulated in local policy, how lived experience narratives of housing contrast with evidence & policy perspectives, & what happened to healthcare in prisons during covid pandemic 2/4
New @cphjournal.bsky.social special issue on decentring health systems out: journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jcph featuring articles exploring how competing narratives, agency & resistance shape health policy & practice. Includes papers examining economic restructuring... 1/4
Journal of Critical Public Health
journalhosting.ucalgary.ca
January 23, 2026 at 8:45 AM
New @cphjournal.bsky.social special issue on decentring health systems out: journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jcph featuring articles exploring how competing narratives, agency & resistance shape health policy & practice. Includes papers examining economic restructuring... 1/4
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To be clear richard Tice and Farageโs claim of mandatory vaccines in UK are false. We donโt have vaccine mandates. This line they take is wholly consistent with some of the anti vaccine and anti science opinions Reform leadership have stated not least inviting Malhotra to develop their health policy
Zahawi defection pushes Reformโs vaccine scepticism into spotlight
The views of the former Tory vaccines minister clash with those of high-profile members and the party faithful
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January 17, 2026 at 4:21 PM
To be clear richard Tice and Farageโs claim of mandatory vaccines in UK are false. We donโt have vaccine mandates. This line they take is wholly consistent with some of the anti vaccine and anti science opinions Reform leadership have stated not least inviting Malhotra to develop their health policy
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"If the price of keeping universities solvent is to tell whole national groups that their applications are unwelcome, then it is not the applicants who are undermining the reputation of UK higher education." New from me on @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social โฌ๏ธ blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Britainโs new border runs through its universities | British Politics and Policy at LSE
Britain's universities are pausing their recruitment of students from Pakistan and Bangladesh, citing tighter immigration policy. This amounts to discrimination.
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January 16, 2026 at 12:34 PM
"If the price of keeping universities solvent is to tell whole national groups that their applications are unwelcome, then it is not the applicants who are undermining the reputation of UK higher education." New from me on @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social โฌ๏ธ blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
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Had a great conversation about democracy and health and our new book GETTING BETTER: THE POLICY AND POLITICS OF REDUCING HEALTH INEQUALITIES (link in bio) for the Andrea Mitchell Center's podcast series. @profbambra.bsky.social @profkatsmith.bsky.social
Give it a listen!
Give it a listen!
The Andrea Mitchell Center Podcast: Episode 7.13: Democracy as a Public Health Intervention
Interviewer: JOSHUA ROSE. In this episode of the Andrea Mitchell Center podcast, Joshua Rose speaks with Penn Political Science Professor JULIA LYNCH about her book Getting Better: The Policy and Poli...
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January 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Had a great conversation about democracy and health and our new book GETTING BETTER: THE POLICY AND POLITICS OF REDUCING HEALTH INEQUALITIES (link in bio) for the Andrea Mitchell Center's podcast series. @profbambra.bsky.social @profkatsmith.bsky.social
Give it a listen!
Give it a listen!