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We address major 21st century health challenges such as health equity, obesity, tobacco and alcohol, ageing and the organisation of healthcare.
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📣 Announcement!

UCL’s MSc in Humanitarian Policy & Practice has been selected as one of 8 programmes for the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship for 2025/26.

The scholarship covers:
🏦 tuition fees
🏠 living costs
🚆 travel to the UK

Deadline: 9 December 2025 www.ucl.ac.uk/scholarships...
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People with signs of damage to their heart during middle age are more likely to develop dementia in later life, according to a new study led by @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social researchers.
Poorer heart health in middle age linked to increased dementia risk
People with signs of damage to their heart during middle age are more likely to develop dementia in later life, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Professor Lion Shahab comments on the growing popularity of vapes in the UK in this article. www.ft.com/content/79f4...
Vaping overtakes smoking in Britain for first time
Number of vapers aged 16 and over in Britain rose to 5.4mn in 2024 compared with 4.9mn smokers, according to ONS data
www.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Dr Megan Armstrong offers a solution to breaking the cycle of inequality by prioritising sustained investment, structural reform, and genuine community engagement 🔽 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
England's most deprived areas named - with Jaywick topping list
Jaywick, a seaside town in Essex, has been named the most deprived area for a fourth time in a row.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"Poor heart health in middle age puts people at increased risk of dementia in later life.

Damage to the brain seen in people with dementia accumulates slowly over the decades before symptoms develop." - Prof Eric Brunner (UCL IEHC). www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Biological signs of poor heart health linked to later dementia diagnosis – study
Researchers found the link is evident up to 25 years before a dementia diagnosis.
www.independent.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Come along to our in-person Postgraduate Open Evening next week!

🕔 Weds 19 November, 16:30–19:30
📍 UCL Institute of Education (IOE), Bloomsbury
🔗 Book now: www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-scie...

📹: Freddie Stoeck, Health Psychology MSc Alumna

#UCLMastersMatter #LondonStudy
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Great video to launch our I-Care DTC - introducing our first cohort of 6 students focusing on dementia care.

@claudiacooper.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @ucliehc.bsky.social @grait.bsky.social @i-care-dtc.bsky.social
Welcome the 6 early career researchers beginning their PhD projects in the Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care in dementia!

This Centre focuses on ways to provide better care and services for people living with dementia!

Find out more: sl1nk.com/JCEfC
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
📣 Announcement!

UCL’s MSc in Humanitarian Policy & Practice has been selected as one of 8 programmes for the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship for 2025/26.

The scholarship covers:
🏦 tuition fees
🏠 living costs
🚆 travel to the UK

Deadline: 9 December 2025 www.ucl.ac.uk/scholarships...
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
People with signs of damage to their heart during middle age are more likely to develop dementia in later life, according to a new study led by UCL researchers. @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/no...
Poorer heart health in middle age linked to increased dementia risk
People with signs of damage to their heart during middle age are more likely to develop dementia in later life, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
"Successive governments have failed to reinvest or repair the damage, instead pursuing policies of austerity and privatisation that have further deepened #inequality

- Dr Megan Armstrong (UCL IEHC) on the impact of de-industrialisation. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
England's most deprived areas named - with Jaywick topping list
Jaywick, a seaside town in Essex, has been named the most deprived area for a fourth time in a row.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Professor Maria Kett recently presented her work on access to assistive devices in humanitarian crises at the Symposium on ageing in crisis: Advancing the overlooked healthcare rights and needs of older people in humanitarian crises.

Find out more: speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/10/29/s... 🧑‍🦽
Symposium on ageing in crisis: Advancing the overlooked healthcare rights and needs of older people in humanitarian crises
To mark the International Day of the Older Person on 1 October 2025, Médecins sans Frontières (MSF), HelpAge International, University Medical Center Utrecht and Knowledge Center Global Health…
speakingofmedicine.plos.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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We had a wonderful and productive day yesterday at our Equalise inaugural Centre Day! 🎉 Thank you to all the colleagues and partners who got involved, shared their work, and continue supporting our vision towards health equity.
@yvonne-kelly.bsky.social @anne-mcmunn.bsky.social
#HealthEquity #ESRC
November 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“Rather than undermining academic rigour, lived experience enhances it.”

Read a new blog by Stacey Smith, whose research explores how integrating lived experience can transform mental health services, address moral injury, and enrich recovery frameworks. blogs.ucl.ac.uk/pcph-blog/20...
Who gets to research? | UCL Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health Blog
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blogs.ucl.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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People with poor heart health during middle age are more likely to develop dementia in later life, with signs of heart damage linked to dementia risk as much as 25 years later, finds a new study led by Dr @yuntaochen.bsky.social @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social & Prof Eric Brunner @ucliehc.bsky.social
Poorer heart health in middle age linked to increased dementia risk
People with signs of damage to their heart during middle age are more likely to develop dementia in later life, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Here our Director @michaelmarmot.bsky.social explains how pandemics reveal inequalities in society and amplify them.

www.bmj.com/content/391/...
We must break the inequality-pandemic cycle
Pandemic preparedness and response must be rooted in trust, cooperation, and commitment to greater health equity, says Michael Marmot The covid-19 pandemic brought to mind Albert Camus’s The Plague....
www.bmj.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Thank you to my co-chairs @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and the former First Lady of Namibia Monica Geingos, as well as UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima, for the last two years on the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics.
November 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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🧠 New Blog: "Who Gets to Research?" by Stacey Smith
MH-ALL Fellow at NIHR ARC North Thames and Professional Lead for Lived Experience at Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust — shares her reflections on inclusion in research. Read the full blog here: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/pcph-blog/20...
November 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Curious about #SocialPrescribing research? 🔎

Dr Karen Mak summarises our recent papers in a blog for @thementalelf.bsky.social 📊

Give it a read to learn about the patterns and predictors of social prescribing, and what they could mean for practice 👇
www.nationalelfservice.net/treatment/co...
From Pills to People: The Rise of Social Prescribing
Karen Mak brings you a bumper edition blog on social prescribing, finding that rates have steadily grown recently in the UK, though access remains unequal.
www.nationalelfservice.net
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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🎉 Big congrats to Tas Rookes for passing her PhD viva with flying colours!
🧠 Thesis: Improving engagement in health promotion for older adults with mild cognitive impairment
👏 Supervised by Professor Kate Walters, Louise Marston, Rachael Frost, Megan Armstrong & Yolanda Barrado-Martín
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ALT: a picture of a graduation cap and tassel with the words congrats you did it
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November 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Watch this short animation to learn about our study exploring the role of a city-wide #digitalinclusion programme in the North of England 💻 youtu.be/CYKBO6NMajg
Digital Health Inclusion project
This short animation is a summary of a study carried out by researchers at the UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care. The study explores the role of a city-wide digital inclusion programme in…
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November 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Come along to our open evening and find out about Postgraduate study at UCL!

📆 19 Nov 2025
⏰ 16:30 – 19:30
🗺️ UCL Institute of Education (IOE), 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL

www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-scie... #health #publicheath
Life and Medical Sciences Postgraduate Open Evening
Discover our Master’s degrees in Brain Sciences, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, Population Health Sciences and Medical Engineering.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Thinking about a Master’s in life or medical sciences?

Join us at our Postgraduate Open Evening on 19 November to meet academics and explore your options.

🕔 Wednesday 19 November, 16:30–19:30
📍 UCL Institute of Education (IOE), Bloomsbury Campus
🔗 Book your place:
Life and Medical Sciences Postgraduate Open Evening
Discover our Master’s degrees in Brain Sciences, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, Population Health Sciences and Medical Engineering.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
If you missed Prof Daisy Fancourt's conversations in "The Philip Leverhulme Prize Collection" you can catch up here 🔽

The Collection includes three new videos on "Social prescribing: rethinking health", "Engaging in the arts for health" and "The loneliness disease". sbbresearch.org/new-video-se...
New video series as part of The Philip Leverhulme Prize Collection - SBRG
Prof Daisy Fancourt features in The Philip Leverhulme Prize Collection, which interviews leading scholars from a wide range of disciplines.
sbbresearch.org
November 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“Slower cognitive decline is linked to lower dementia risk. These findings add to evidence suggesting that quitting smoking might be a preventative strategy for the disease. However, further research will be needed that specifically examines dementia to confirm this.” www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/oc...
Quitting smoking, even late in life, linked to slower cognitive decline
Quitting smoking in middle age or later is linked to slower age-related cognitive decline over the long term, according to a new study by UCL researchers.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Curious about the faces of the Social Biobehavioural Research Group?

We held our termly team meeting last week – and we’ve got a photo to prove it! 📸

To meet our team members, check out the SBB Spotlight series on our blog 👇
sbbresearch.org/news-events/...
October 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Applications open: Inequalities ECR Catalyst Grant 2025/26
Funding of up to £5,000 available for interdisciplinary projects led by early career researchers tackling inequalities in practice.
🗓 Deadline: Friday 28 Nov, 17.00
🔗 https://bit.ly/4oiv1yg
Inequalities Early Career Researcher (ECR) Catalyst Grant Call 2025/26
Funding of up to £5,000 is now available for impactful, interdisciplinary projects that specifically support early career researchers. Application deadline: Friday 28 November, 17.00 (GMT).
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 9:26 AM