Lisa Heinrich
@lisa-heinrich.bsky.social
Head of European Government Relations at Wellcome Trust and Head of Wellcome's Europe Office based in Berlin. I work on climate and health, infectious diseases and mental health
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I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
Ads like these are the reason that the mental load is still predominantly on women. Stop labeling mothers as the ones that ‘take care of everything’. Can we move on from this mom as superhero fetish that ‘does it all’? (Text in English: Finn is like mom. Takes care of everything)
October 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Ads like these are the reason that the mental load is still predominantly on women. Stop labeling mothers as the ones that ‘take care of everything’. Can we move on from this mom as superhero fetish that ‘does it all’? (Text in English: Finn is like mom. Takes care of everything)
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We want to transform early intervention for youth mental health.
Our new funding award will help achieve this.
We're supporting teams to accelerate the evaluation and roll out of effective social and psychological interventions.
Applications close 11 Nov ⤵️
wellcome.org/research-fun...
Our new funding award will help achieve this.
We're supporting teams to accelerate the evaluation and roll out of effective social and psychological interventions.
Applications close 11 Nov ⤵️
wellcome.org/research-fun...
October 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
We want to transform early intervention for youth mental health.
Our new funding award will help achieve this.
We're supporting teams to accelerate the evaluation and roll out of effective social and psychological interventions.
Applications close 11 Nov ⤵️
wellcome.org/research-fun...
Our new funding award will help achieve this.
We're supporting teams to accelerate the evaluation and roll out of effective social and psychological interventions.
Applications close 11 Nov ⤵️
wellcome.org/research-fun...
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Great article from Wellcome CEO @jarottingen.bsky.social in @politico.com on the need to reform global health and the great work @wellcometrust.bsky.social are doing to develop thinking in this area.
For sure a big role for R&D!
www.politico.eu/sponsored-co...
For sure a big role for R&D!
www.politico.eu/sponsored-co...
Why global health needs change – an interview with John-Arne Røttingen
Visit the post for more.
www.politico.eu
September 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Great article from Wellcome CEO @jarottingen.bsky.social in @politico.com on the need to reform global health and the great work @wellcometrust.bsky.social are doing to develop thinking in this area.
For sure a big role for R&D!
www.politico.eu/sponsored-co...
For sure a big role for R&D!
www.politico.eu/sponsored-co...
*Proud big sister*: Huge congrats to @lukasheinrich.com on receiving the ERC grant. What an achievement and so well deserved given your hard work on this. 🎉🥹
Congratulations to six of our #researchers, including Lukas Heinrich, who receive prestigious ERC #StartingGrants worth up to 1.5 million euros each for projects in #informatics, #medicine, #LifeSciences & #NaturalSciences: go.tum.de/682017 👏
#ERCStG @erc.europa.eu
📷A.Eckert
#ERCStG @erc.europa.eu
📷A.Eckert
Six ERC Starting Grants for researchers at TUM
Six further researchers at TUM are to receive the prestigious ERC Starting Grants for their projects.
go.tum.de
September 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
*Proud big sister*: Huge congrats to @lukasheinrich.com on receiving the ERC grant. What an achievement and so well deserved given your hard work on this. 🎉🥹
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Reposted by Lisa Heinrich
Healthcare professionals bring unique perspectives to discovery research.
That’s why we’re funding doctoral programmes for UK-registered healthcare professionals.
Applications open in October. Find out how you can prepare ⤵️
wellcome.org/research-fun...
That’s why we’re funding doctoral programmes for UK-registered healthcare professionals.
Applications open in October. Find out how you can prepare ⤵️
wellcome.org/research-fun...
Doctoral Programmes for Healthcare Professionals | Grant funding | Wellcome
Get guidance on applying to host and administer a Wellcome doctoral programme for healthcare professionals at your institution. Find out about eligibility and how to prepare for your application.
wellcome.org
August 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Healthcare professionals bring unique perspectives to discovery research.
That’s why we’re funding doctoral programmes for UK-registered healthcare professionals.
Applications open in October. Find out how you can prepare ⤵️
wellcome.org/research-fun...
That’s why we’re funding doctoral programmes for UK-registered healthcare professionals.
Applications open in October. Find out how you can prepare ⤵️
wellcome.org/research-fun...
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New mental health funding open for applications!
We’re supporting teams to accelerate the evaluation and roll out of social and psychological interventions for anxiety, depression and psychosis in young people.
Wellcome’s Kim Donoghue explains more ⤵️
wellcome.org/research-fun...
We’re supporting teams to accelerate the evaluation and roll out of social and psychological interventions for anxiety, depression and psychosis in young people.
Wellcome’s Kim Donoghue explains more ⤵️
wellcome.org/research-fun...
July 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
New mental health funding open for applications!
We’re supporting teams to accelerate the evaluation and roll out of social and psychological interventions for anxiety, depression and psychosis in young people.
Wellcome’s Kim Donoghue explains more ⤵️
wellcome.org/research-fun...
We’re supporting teams to accelerate the evaluation and roll out of social and psychological interventions for anxiety, depression and psychosis in young people.
Wellcome’s Kim Donoghue explains more ⤵️
wellcome.org/research-fun...
Sharing my colleagues post on Contract Opportunities at Wellcome Trust. We are looking for a service and delivery partner to bring together the Gram-negative antibiotic discovery innovator consortium. www.linkedin.com/posts/sumi-s...
📢 Contract Opportunity! | Sumi Subramaniam
📢 Contract Opportunity! Wellcome Trust are looking for a service and delivery partner to bring together the Gram-negative antibiotic discovery innovator consortium
Earlier this year Gates Foundation...
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July 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Sharing my colleagues post on Contract Opportunities at Wellcome Trust. We are looking for a service and delivery partner to bring together the Gram-negative antibiotic discovery innovator consortium. www.linkedin.com/posts/sumi-s...
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I manage a local suicide database. I knew that older men are at higher risk to die by suicide, but seeing data coming in case-wise makes a difference. Where's the outcry? Hardly any! Are older men (unconsciously) perceived as being expendable?
An overlooked demographic has the highest suicide risk — and it’s been rising
While prevention efforts focus on the young, men 75 and older are most at risk
www.statnews.com/2025/07/17/s...
While prevention efforts focus on the young, men 75 and older are most at risk
www.statnews.com/2025/07/17/s...
An overlooked demographic has the highest suicide risk — and it’s been rising
The people most at risk from suicide aren’t adolescents in angst or those experiencing a midlife lull, but men age 75 and older.
www.statnews.com
July 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I manage a local suicide database. I knew that older men are at higher risk to die by suicide, but seeing data coming in case-wise makes a difference. Where's the outcry? Hardly any! Are older men (unconsciously) perceived as being expendable?
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Cuts to the UK aid budget have led to the closure of the Fleming Fund, which has been tackling the growing global threat of antimicrobial resistance.
July 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Cuts to the UK aid budget have led to the closure of the Fleming Fund, which has been tackling the growing global threat of antimicrobial resistance.
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My team wrote a report on the UK's role in global R&D. Take a look!
The world is changing fast, with new threats — and new opportunities.
The UK Government faces a choice.
Will it retreat from the global stage — or step up to help solve the world’s most pressing shared problems? [1/3] 🧵
The UK Government faces a choice.
Will it retreat from the global stage — or step up to help solve the world’s most pressing shared problems? [1/3] 🧵
July 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
My team wrote a report on the UK's role in global R&D. Take a look!
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‘Huge advances in cancer and rare diseases’: 25 years of the human genome 🧬
Our Director, Matt Hurles, spoke to the Guardian @scienceweekly.bsky.social podcast about the Human Genome Project, and what could be in store over the next 25 years 🎧
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
Our Director, Matt Hurles, spoke to the Guardian @scienceweekly.bsky.social podcast about the Human Genome Project, and what could be in store over the next 25 years 🎧
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
‘Huge advances in cancer and rare diseases’: 25 years of the human genome – podcast
It’s been 25 years since Bill Clinton announced one of humanity’s most important scientific achievements: the first draft of the human genome. At the time, there was a great deal of excitement about t...
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June 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
‘Huge advances in cancer and rare diseases’: 25 years of the human genome 🧬
Our Director, Matt Hurles, spoke to the Guardian @scienceweekly.bsky.social podcast about the Human Genome Project, and what could be in store over the next 25 years 🎧
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
Our Director, Matt Hurles, spoke to the Guardian @scienceweekly.bsky.social podcast about the Human Genome Project, and what could be in store over the next 25 years 🎧
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
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Scientists are taking the first steps towards the first synthetic human genome.
We’re proud to announce £10 million funding for the SynHG project.
Learn more ⤵️
wellcome.org/news/researc...
We’re proud to announce £10 million funding for the SynHG project.
Learn more ⤵️
wellcome.org/news/researc...
Researchers take first steps to creating synthetic human genomes | Wellcome
Scientists are developing technology to create the first synthetic human chromosome. The ability to write large genomes could transform our understanding of health.
wellcome.org
June 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Scientists are taking the first steps towards the first synthetic human genome.
We’re proud to announce £10 million funding for the SynHG project.
Learn more ⤵️
wellcome.org/news/researc...
We’re proud to announce £10 million funding for the SynHG project.
Learn more ⤵️
wellcome.org/news/researc...
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We want to transform early intervention for youth mental health.
Our new funding award will help achieve this.
Across two phases, it aims to accelerate the development and roll out of effective psychological and social interventions. 🧵[1/4]
Our new funding award will help achieve this.
Across two phases, it aims to accelerate the development and roll out of effective psychological and social interventions. 🧵[1/4]
June 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
We want to transform early intervention for youth mental health.
Our new funding award will help achieve this.
Across two phases, it aims to accelerate the development and roll out of effective psychological and social interventions. 🧵[1/4]
Our new funding award will help achieve this.
Across two phases, it aims to accelerate the development and roll out of effective psychological and social interventions. 🧵[1/4]
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Increasing temperatures can seriously affect our health, wellbeing and work.
The good news? There are things we can do about it.
Tune in to our livestream at the World Health Assembly on 21 May to learn how we can prepare and protect against extreme heat: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4ff5ec...
The good news? There are things we can do about it.
Tune in to our livestream at the World Health Assembly on 21 May to learn how we can prepare and protect against extreme heat: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4ff5ec...
May 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Increasing temperatures can seriously affect our health, wellbeing and work.
The good news? There are things we can do about it.
Tune in to our livestream at the World Health Assembly on 21 May to learn how we can prepare and protect against extreme heat: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4ff5ec...
The good news? There are things we can do about it.
Tune in to our livestream at the World Health Assembly on 21 May to learn how we can prepare and protect against extreme heat: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4ff5ec...
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Important & timely article, with 78th World Health Assembly this week:
Australian Health Minister urged to prioritise investment and action on climate health
www.croakey.org/health-minis...
#WHA78
#AusPol
Australian Health Minister urged to prioritise investment and action on climate health
www.croakey.org/health-minis...
#WHA78
#AusPol
Health Minister urged to prioritise investment and action on climate health
Introduction by Croakey: A global health organisation has urged Australia and other member states of the World Health Organisation (WHO)
www.croakey.org
May 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Important & timely article, with 78th World Health Assembly this week:
Australian Health Minister urged to prioritise investment and action on climate health
www.croakey.org/health-minis...
#WHA78
#AusPol
Australian Health Minister urged to prioritise investment and action on climate health
www.croakey.org/health-minis...
#WHA78
#AusPol
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Fungi are everywhere.
They’re in the air, in the soil and inside our bodies.
And as climate change drives fungi to adapt, their impact on our health is changing.
www.ft.com/content/506f...
They’re in the air, in the soil and inside our bodies.
And as climate change drives fungi to adapt, their impact on our health is changing.
www.ft.com/content/506f...
Killer fungi to spread as climate heats up
[FREE TO READ] A warming world accelerates rise of infection-causing species in echo of television series ‘The Last of Us’
www.ft.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Fungi are everywhere.
They’re in the air, in the soil and inside our bodies.
And as climate change drives fungi to adapt, their impact on our health is changing.
www.ft.com/content/506f...
They’re in the air, in the soil and inside our bodies.
And as climate change drives fungi to adapt, their impact on our health is changing.
www.ft.com/content/506f...
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Could this be the first new TB vaccine in over a century?
The phase 3 clinical trial for the M72 vaccine just hit an important milestone – 11 months ahead of schedule.
The trial has now reached its target of recruiting 20,000 participants across 54 sites ⤵️
www.statnews.com/2025/04/28/m...
The phase 3 clinical trial for the M72 vaccine just hit an important milestone – 11 months ahead of schedule.
The trial has now reached its target of recruiting 20,000 participants across 54 sites ⤵️
www.statnews.com/2025/04/28/m...
Major tuberculosis vaccine trial completes enrollment faster than expected
A closely watched clinical trial testing what could be the world’s first new tuberculosis vaccine in a century has hit its enrollment target, ahead of expectations.
www.statnews.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Could this be the first new TB vaccine in over a century?
The phase 3 clinical trial for the M72 vaccine just hit an important milestone – 11 months ahead of schedule.
The trial has now reached its target of recruiting 20,000 participants across 54 sites ⤵️
www.statnews.com/2025/04/28/m...
The phase 3 clinical trial for the M72 vaccine just hit an important milestone – 11 months ahead of schedule.
The trial has now reached its target of recruiting 20,000 participants across 54 sites ⤵️
www.statnews.com/2025/04/28/m...
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🚨🚨New in: Study reveals tuberculosis granulomas contain hypoxic zones with dysfunctional immune cells, allowing bacteria to persist—explaining why TB is hard to cure and suggesting new therapeutic targets.
rrid.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/w5s17ka2...
rrid.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/w5s17ka2...
Reviews of
Reviewer(s): G Lugo-Villarino & T Lodhiya (Université de Toulouse) | 📘📘📘📘📘 • I Kramnik (Boston University) | 📗📗📗📗◻️ • H Hong (University of Pennsylvania) | 📘📘📘📘📘
rrid.mitpress.mit.edu
April 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🚨🚨New in: Study reveals tuberculosis granulomas contain hypoxic zones with dysfunctional immune cells, allowing bacteria to persist—explaining why TB is hard to cure and suggesting new therapeutic targets.
rrid.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/w5s17ka2...
rrid.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/w5s17ka2...
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🚨Hiring!
I’m recruiting two new Policy Advisers to join my team
💷 £61,400
⏰ 7 May
It’s an exciting time to join this growing and evolving team working on UK and global science policy
wellcome.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/Wellco...
I’m recruiting two new Policy Advisers to join my team
💷 £61,400
⏰ 7 May
It’s an exciting time to join this growing and evolving team working on UK and global science policy
wellcome.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/Wellco...
Policy Adviser
Salary: £ 61,400 Closing date: Wednesday, 7 May 2025 Contract type: Permanent The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science, leading policy a...
wellcome.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
🚨Hiring!
I’m recruiting two new Policy Advisers to join my team
💷 £61,400
⏰ 7 May
It’s an exciting time to join this growing and evolving team working on UK and global science policy
wellcome.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/Wellco...
I’m recruiting two new Policy Advisers to join my team
💷 £61,400
⏰ 7 May
It’s an exciting time to join this growing and evolving team working on UK and global science policy
wellcome.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/Wellco...
They went for 11 minutes … 11 f**in‘ minutes.
Today, Katy Perry became a space tourist, emitting as much carbon as someone does over their ENTIRE LIFETIME.
No scientific gains were sought through this flight. Just pandering to rich folks.
Don’t come at me saying this was for female equality. It was not. It is bullshit.
#blueorigin #ns31
No scientific gains were sought through this flight. Just pandering to rich folks.
Don’t come at me saying this was for female equality. It was not. It is bullshit.
#blueorigin #ns31
April 17, 2025 at 7:56 AM
They went for 11 minutes … 11 f**in‘ minutes.
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Are you looking for mental health research funding?
We’re offering up to £5 million per award to use longitudinal datasets to find early signs of anxiety, depression or psychosis.
Read on to find more about the call ⤵️ [1/4]
We’re offering up to £5 million per award to use longitudinal datasets to find early signs of anxiety, depression or psychosis.
Read on to find more about the call ⤵️ [1/4]
April 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Are you looking for mental health research funding?
We’re offering up to £5 million per award to use longitudinal datasets to find early signs of anxiety, depression or psychosis.
Read on to find more about the call ⤵️ [1/4]
We’re offering up to £5 million per award to use longitudinal datasets to find early signs of anxiety, depression or psychosis.
Read on to find more about the call ⤵️ [1/4]
Reposted by Lisa Heinrich
There’s so much we can learn from health data.
Our new partnership with the UK Government aims to unlock it.
By simplifying access to secure data for research, we can improve understanding of ill health and accelerate discoveries that improve health.
Read more ⤵️
wellcome.org/news/nationa...
Our new partnership with the UK Government aims to unlock it.
By simplifying access to secure data for research, we can improve understanding of ill health and accelerate discoveries that improve health.
Read more ⤵️
wellcome.org/news/nationa...
National data service will simplify access to health data for research | News | Wellcome
Wellcome is partnering with the UK Government to establish a £600 million health data research service. It will simplify secure access to health data for research.
wellcome.org
April 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
There’s so much we can learn from health data.
Our new partnership with the UK Government aims to unlock it.
By simplifying access to secure data for research, we can improve understanding of ill health and accelerate discoveries that improve health.
Read more ⤵️
wellcome.org/news/nationa...
Our new partnership with the UK Government aims to unlock it.
By simplifying access to secure data for research, we can improve understanding of ill health and accelerate discoveries that improve health.
Read more ⤵️
wellcome.org/news/nationa...
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.