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Claire Hill
@claire-hill.bsky.social
Senior Researh Fellow interested in healthy ageing and kidney health 》Bioinformatics 》Omics 》Working towards a healthy world 🌎

📍North Coast of N. Ireland
🔗 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2481-5162
Had an amazing day at the @vivensa.bsky.social Early Career Researcher Event! Incredible work on display and such a supportive environment. Honoured to share a bit about our journey toward sustainable science
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@aj-mcknight.bsky.social
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
Great talk by @claire-hill.bsky.social about environmental sustainability in research at our #ECREvent - sharing learning from The Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework.
November 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Delighted to be at the @vivensa.bsky.social Early Careers Researcher Event today in London. Looking forward to taking part in the panel event to share some of our experience of environmental sustainability in research!

@aj-mcknight.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Reposted by Claire Hill
library(ggplot2)
ggplot() +
geom_density(data=data.frame(x=rnorm(1e5)),aes(x))+
geom_line(data=data.frame(x =-5:5,y=cos(-5:5)/100),aes(x,y))+
annotate("point",x=c(-.3,0,.3),y=c(.3,.25,.3),size=3) +
ggtitle("Happy Halloween")+
theme_void(base_family="Rubik Wet Paint")

#RStats #ggplot2
October 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Covid in England is definitely on the way down, but Flu is on the way up - and over a month early.

My latest substack
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
England's Covid wave recedes but is replaced by flu
Making Sense explores how evidence and data can help us make sense of the world — from the NHS and Covid to science, democracy and politics. Christina Pagel is a Professor of Operational Research at...
open.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
🧬 PhD Opportunity | Using Molecular Biomarkers of Aging to Decode Health Inequalities 🧬

📅 Deadline - 8th December 2025

🔗 Apply now or learn more:
lnkd.in/eWhnyVQg

@vivensa.bsky.social @aj-mcknight.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Today is #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons, a day to reflect on the health challenges faced by older adults and the research that supports healthy aging.
October 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Great to be at the Kidney Research UK Driving Discoveries meeting in Bristol this week. Lots of wonderful research and work on show so far. Looking forward to the Early Careers Forum this afternoon!
September 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🎂 Data, but make it delicious 🍰

As a joke, I searched for a dataset about The Great British Bake Off… and guess what? There’s an R package called `bakeoff`.

So naturally, I baked up a quick analysis. Here’s what I found:

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#GBBO #GreatBritishBakeOff #DataScience
September 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Enjoying some downtime at the moment. Reading. Running between shade. Melting in the heat. All good stuff.
Here's a snap from our day trip to Castell de Santa Bàrbera.
August 22, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Reposted by Claire Hill
#RenalResearchNI opportunity to sign your name to an open letter highlighting the importance of #KidneyDisease to the UK government and NHS. Time for Action to support kidney disease! @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social www.ukkidney.org/prime-minist...
Add Your Name: Call on the Prime Minister to Tackle Kidney Disease
Kidney disease affects more than 7 million people in the UK, yet was largely overlooked in the Government’s new 10-year health plan for the NHS. Without action, it will place an unsustainable burden o...
www.ukkidney.org
July 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Beautiful spot for the summer solstice.
📍Portstewart Cliff Path
June 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Flight delayed back from UK Kidney Week but I picked up some excellent reading in the airport!!
June 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Congratulations to @aj-mcknight.bsky.social on her Osman Award at UK Kidney Week 2025! Her award lecture was a fantastic overview of her work explorong kidney disease determinants - including genetic, epigenetic and environmental - and her impacts on rare disease research/care in NI and beyond. 🎊 👏
June 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Reposted by Claire Hill
It was great to present our #multiomics work on #DKD at the #UKKW25! And wonderful to meet with the UK colleagues
June 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Landed at UK Kidney Week 2025 in Bournemouth! A great day 1. Looking forward to day 2 tomorrow.
I'll be co-chairing the session 'Beyond the Blueprint: Multiomics in Kidney Disease Research'
June 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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@ukkidney.org Trustees meeting tomorrow & then roll on #UKKW25 in Bournemouth. Looking forward to excellent conversations, catching up with colleagues, & exciting science! #KidneyDisease #RenalResearchNI
June 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Gilmore Girls
Fraiser
Friends
The Office (USA version)
Schitt's Creek

Close calls:
Dawson's Creek
Everybody Loves Raymond
Derry Girls
Seinfeld
May 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Hometime! We had a great time in Amsterdam. Coming home with a new friend.
May 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It was an honour to present at EDNSG 2025 and I was delighted to receive this award! 😀 such a great meeting! Thanks to all the wonderful scientists who contributed to the work 👏
Many congratulations to @claire-hill.bsky.social winning EDNSG conference Best Communication Award for 2025! #RenalResearchNI #diabetes #kidney @vivensa.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
May 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
A great Day 1 at EDNSG yesterday. So much wonderful research on diabetic kidney disease on display, topped off with a fab boat tour and dinner.
Lovely to meet and chat with collaborators and make some new friends! 😀
#diabetes #DKD #DiabeticKidneyDisease
May 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Reposted by Claire Hill
Well done @claire-hill.bsky.social presenting accelerated biological ageing with #diabetes and further diabetic #kidney disease in Amsterdam. #RenalResearchNI @finndiane.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Loving Amsterdam XXX

Time for the science tomorrow! Looking forward to presenting some of our work on epigenetic ageing in diabetic kidney disease.
May 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Exploring beautiful Amsterdam before EDNSG annual meeting this Friday-Saturday!

EDNSG -The European Diabetic Nephropathy Study Group
May 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Reposted by Claire Hill
🌍 Keen to make kidney care more sustainable? 🌍

Kidney care has the largest carbon footprint across our healthcare system but we can make a difference!

🌱The #SustainabilityKidneyChampion Information Pack has everything you need to get started.🌱

Be the change!💚

sustainablehealthcar...
March 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Duit!
A few snaps since last year. We are making more of an effort to explore this beautiful island we are lucky to call home ☘️💚
March 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM