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Dex
@dexmd.bsky.social
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Academic, epidemiologist, curious and a cultured wannabe.
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Massive delays on the East Coast line this afternoon due to an incident. More than doubled travel time. Fortunately, staff on this @lner.co.uk train has been fab. Keeping us informed. And fed. 🤓
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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A spur of the moment visit to #GraingerMarket, stopping by to have prawns at Chirton Fisheries stall and Ethiopian Yirgacheffe at Pumphrey’s Coffee #prawns #localmarket #coffeeroaster #NewcastleuponTyne
November 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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What my neighbours are up to…… 👻
October 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Overheard young teens chatting on a tram…. “Correlation is not causation…” 😅
#epidemiology
October 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Broken corkscrew…. 🤭🤭🤭
Brokken corkscrew, embedded in a wine cork.
October 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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I could see from my train window the glorious full moon rising on the horizon. Tried taking a snapshot. The camera sees my reflection on the window instead. Silly me. 🤪
September 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
dexmd.bsky.social
Due to an incident, there’s rail travel ‘chaos’ affecting the north east of England today. But staff of @lner.co.uk on board 18:29 train towards London has been fab. When you typically just hear dead silence, we receive regular updates. And even if there was nothing update, you hear reassurance. 🤗
August 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Seen on a rail station in Northern England. ☺️
@samaritans.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Step this way for a whistle-stop tour of Curious Cures, with its curator Dr James Freeman!

Book your FREE Curious Cures exhibition tickets now: loom.ly/kVqsPRY

#CuriousCures #CambridgeUniversityLibrary
July 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Lost keys found #Bath #BathSkyline walk #BathwickFields @nationaltrust.org.uk
June 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
dexmd.bsky.social
What can happen on East Coast rail travel on a benign weather? Let me count the ways. First, a delayed train arrival at Newcastle due to an earlier ‘failure’.
@lner.co.uk
June 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Finally, after 6 months or so, there’s a new menu @lner.co.uk! 🙃😋
Menu offered by LNER.
June 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
dexmd.bsky.social
Many congratulations, Victoria! Recognition well deserved! 🤩👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
ai-multiply.bsky.social AI-MULTIPLY @ai-multiply.bsky.social · Jun 19
Congratulations to Victoria Bartle, PPIE member, for being awarded the Fuse Director Award.

In recognition of the significant contributions she's made to public engagement in @fuseonline.bsky.social and other research projects strengthening the representation of public voice in research.
June 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
dexmd.bsky.social
Great to see how arts meet science, especially when a research collaborator is involved in this engagement.
#NationalGallery @newcastleuni.bsky.social

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Do you see the same colours I see? | Stories in Colour Podcast S1 Ep1 | National Gallery
YouTube video by The National Gallery
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June 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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It’s been a long while since I’ve been to #PaddingtonStation. So I missed the great transformation around the Praed St main entrance.
June 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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I never tire of this view from the train. 😊

#DurhamCathedral
June 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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🚨Calling all UK-based researchers (of any discipline) and public engagement professionals!

Help us better understand the factors affecting public engagement by taking part in The Royal Society's survey👇

www.research.net/r/RS_public_...
Factors Affecting Public Engagement by UK Researchers 2025 Introduction About the study The Royal Society has commissioned Technopolis to conduct a study on the factors affecting public engagement by UK researchers in 2025. The primary objective is to understand… What public engagement means and entails in 2025 The value and significance of public engagement Enablers and barriers, and opportunities and risks of public engagement Effective implementation and support strategies How these elements have changed over time
May 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
dexmd.bsky.social
Finally, after much anticipated new trains servicing the local metro, I’ve finally boarded one! 😆
@my-metro.bsky.social
#NewcastleUponTyne
#Gateshead
May 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Preparing for the marathon….. #royalballetandopera #roh #CoventGarden #DieWalküre #Wagner
May 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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drtomfrieden.bsky.social
In the @thelancet.bsky.social, we explain why measuring blood pressure for all patients visiting primary care facilities is the best way to diagnose and control hypertension—and save millions of lives.
Improved hypertension care requires measurement and management in health facilities, not mass screening
Improved hypertension control can save millions of lives, but mass hypertension screening, a commonly used approach, is a barrier to progress. Although politically appealing, mass screening diverts re...
www.thelancet.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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ai-multiply.bsky.social
Co-l Prof Nick Reynolds @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social presented findings from @qmul.ac.uk collaborators on analysing #readmission using #burstydynamics: it's not just about events, it's about patterns too! #clinicians do this subliminally - can we define it informatically& #informpractice? #MLTC #AI
Nick Reynolds on stage presenting findings from the AI MULTIPLY project.
May 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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The message from the #MLTC #PPIE panel: 1) Better #health education, information & encourage self-advocacy for patients & carers, 2) Link all #data together, across health & #socialcare, #dentistry etc so health & social care professionals can make better informed decisions for individual patients
May 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Great flash talk from one of our PPIE contributors, Sue Mountain B.E.M., on AI MULTIPLY's research collaboration with #PPIE & #ECR members of the team - mutual benefits in terms of research education & public opinions included in the decisions being made about the data and AI models
May 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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socsocmed.bsky.social
Just over 1 week left for NHS/Local Authority colleagues to apply for a free/subsidised place to attend our 2025 Annual Conference in Bradford (10-12 Sept)!

Deadline: 6 May (23:59 BST)

To apply + for more details: bit.ly/3FTdhb7

@bihr.bsky.social @nihrsphr.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social
socsocmed.bsky.social Society for Social Medicine & Population Health @socsocmed.bsky.social · Mar 26
*Free/subsidised place opportunities for NHS and Local Authority colleagues to attend the 2025 Society for Social Medicine and Population Health Annual Conference in Bradford (10-12 Sept)*

10 to those in the Bradford district; 10 from elsewhere in the UK and Ireland.

Apply here: bit.ly/3FCh8JR
Picture of Bradford City Hall - taken from the end of Thornton Road by Betty Longbottom Picture of Market Street, Bradford by Tim Green
April 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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thelancet.com
💻 Join our Editor-in-Chief, Richard Horton, in a @researcheracad.bsky.social webinar on April 24.

The webinar will address skills & frameworks to present evidence clearly, including how to discuss funding sources, review status & scientific uncertainty. bit.ly/42mgqsX @senseaboutsci.bsky.social
Promotional card for the Elsevier Researcher Academy webinar, Talking about the quality and reliability of evidence. April 24 at 10 am ET, 2 pm UTC, 7.30 pm IST. In collaboration with Sense about Science. A woman leans on a bench with a pencil in hand, taking notes from a laptop.
April 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM