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Improving societal health, wellbeing and life chances through interdisciplinary research and teaching at the University of Liverpool. #TeamLivUni

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1 in 5 people are experiencing pain, and in the UK over 34% of adults regularly experience chronic pain.

@benedictneuro.bsky.social and Prof. Michelle Briggs @lincneurosci.bsky.social discuss on the latest episode of Original Ideas 🧠💡🎙️▶️ liverpool.ac.uk/research/original-ideas/neuroscienceandpain/
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Dr Rebecca Wilson and Dr Olly Butters, Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems, have been awarded around £2.9 million in funding from the MRC and NIHR for a project that will transform the way NHS data is used for research.

🔗 bit.ly/47Gkwxp

#TeamLivUni | @liverpooluni.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Improving everyday health behaviours could transform the nation’s future health.

A new study by @liverpooluni.bsky.social & @healthfoundation.bsky.social found that small changes in diet, exercise & smoking could reduce chronic illness over the next 20 yrs⬇️

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/11/04/n...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Autistic people experience health inequalities in #cancercare. Dr Gemma Cherry and Dr Jennifer Kirton from the @livuni-iph.bsky.social are leading a collaborative study with Dr Lynda Appleton from @cccnhs.bsky.social to improve treatment outcomes bit.ly/47AvNAx #autismawareness
October 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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NEWS | New research from the University of Liverpool suggests that the way young people spend their free time may play a crucial role in supporting their wellbeing and social development.

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September 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Last week we were awarded ‘University of Sanctuary’ status and launched a new Refugee Hub, confirming our commitment to refugee communities, widening access to higher education and amplifying voices of people with lived experience of displacement.💙

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September 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Join Professor Sarah Rodgers for her inaugural lecture, 'Transforming Our Cities From the Ground Up:
Connecting the dots between communities, systems and data'.

Register your place: bit.ly/3HURIZe

🗓️Thursday 2 October
🕠17:30

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September 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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NEWS | Dr Clarissa Giebel and her team have developed a new board game to help children learn about dementia in a collaboration with local schools and the Lewy Body Society.

➡️ bit.ly/4mh1QcY

📽️: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Om...

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New Board Game Helps Children Understand Dementia
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September 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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1/ 🚨 Two fully funded #PhD studentships for UK students

❓ Are you passionate about making a difference for people’s health and wellbeing? Would you like to learn cutting edge data science skills for real impact?

🔗: www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/two-...

#AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #PublicHealth
Two fully funded studentships in the Department of Public Health, Policy & Systems. | Courses | University of Liverpool
Shape the future of public health with a fully funded PhD at the University of Liverpool. Join a world-leading team using cutting-edge data science and AI to tackle real-world challenges—like homeless...
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September 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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We are delighted to announce three new UKRI #FutureLeaderFellowships!

Congratulations Dr Alex Neale, Dr Nicola Power and Dr Elisabetta Arca.

These fellowships will support our outstanding researchers, helping them turn bold ideas into amazing innovations.

👉 news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/09/16/t...
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Three new Future Leaders Fellowships for Liverpool
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September 16, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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We are excited to welcome new students to the Department of Psychology today. We hope you have a brilliant first week on campus and we cannot wait to meet you. @liverpooluni.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social @livuni-iph.bsky.social
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September 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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NEWS | A large-scale study across schools in Rwanda and Kenya has found dangerously high levels of air pollution from biomass-fuelled cooking, raising serious health concerns for millions of children and staff across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Read more here ⬇️

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/09/09/s...
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September 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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NEWS | Hospital robots, AI-guided sleep support and a mobile hair salon are among a selection of innovative business ideas chosen to receive investment from a unique new Liverpool City Region programme ⬇️

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/09/04/i...

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September 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Have you caught up on Episode 10 of the Original Ideas podcast? 🎙️

In this episode, we explore the impact of junk food advertising on children, how our environment shapes what we eat, and the growing role of social media in our dietary health. 🍔🥗

🎧 Listen now: www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/ori...
August 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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We're hiring! We have permanent Gr8 (lecturer) and Gr9 (senior lecturer) Teaching & Research posts available @livunipsyc.bsky.social. See here for more info/to apply: shorturl.at/cFFsf

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August 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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NEWS | Professor Dan Pope from @livuni-phps.bsky.social and Dr Jonny Higham from the Department of Geography and Planning have developed a prototype low-cost air monitor, a new, affordable way to measure personal exposure to air pollution

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August 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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In this video Prof Rhiannon Corcoran and Prof Zara Quigg discuss the launch of the Liverpool City Region (LCR) adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) Research Alliance. It aims to help prevent adverse childhood experiences and support people who have been impacted.

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Launch of the Liverpool City Region (LCR) Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Research Alliance
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August 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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NEWS | New findings from @liverpooluni.bsky.social and @uofglasgow.bsky.social show socioeconomic inequalities in children’s mental health are already evident by age five and persist throughout childhood and adolescence.

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Dr Yu Wei Chua, lead author and Research Associate in the Health Inequalities and Policy Research Group at the University of Liverpool, and NIHR Researcher at the Oxford Health Biomedical Research Consortium said: “Our findings show that the mental health gap is already firmly in place by age five, regardless of whether we use income or maternal education to index socioeconomic disadvantage.”
August 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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"Mental health inequalities are already entrenched in early childhood", says lead author Dr Yu Wei Chua from the Department of Public Health, Policy & Systems, in a study co-authored by Glasgow's Dr Anna Pearce

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Socioeconomic inequalities in children’s mental health are already evident by age five and persist throughout childhood and adolescence.

New analysis co-authored by Dr Anna Pearce ➡️
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#HealthInequalities #MentalHealth @livuni-iph.bsky.social
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August 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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A call for participants! Colleagues at University of Liverpool seek participants with a diagnosis of #cancer and #dementia, #Parkinson's, #stroke, their relatives, health staff to explore experiences of #cancercare in #NorthWest #England supported by North West Cancer Research. More info on flyers ⤵️
August 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Explore the impact junk food advertising can have on our children, how our environment shapes what we eat, and the role social media plays on our dietary health.

@liverpooluni.bsky.social's Emma Boyland, Charlotte Hardman and Becky Evans discuss.

Listen now ▶️💡🎙️

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July 31, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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NEWS I Study findings published in @thelancet.com Public Health provide strongest evidence to date that salt warning labels on restaurant menus significantly reduce the amount of salt ordered. Read more ⬇️

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July 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Following a major research collaboration between the University and the UK’s National Crime Agency, a new national training programme to better yield information from suspect interviews in Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) investigations has been launched

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July 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Congratulations to the Class of 2025 on your graduation day @livuni-iph.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social #TeamLivUni
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July 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Dementia: are younger generations really less likely to develop the disorder? Featured in @uk.theconversation.com Dr Clarissa Giebel discusses the latest dementia research.

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July 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM