Mark McCann
@mark-glasgow.bsky.social
Senior research fellow, Glasgow uni.
Methods fan. Complex systems, network analysis, systems thinking, co-production.
Social connection, mental health, behaviour, substance use, healthy situations and environments.
Foghlaimeoir
Methods fan. Complex systems, network analysis, systems thinking, co-production.
Social connection, mental health, behaviour, substance use, healthy situations and environments.
Foghlaimeoir
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PhD opportunity with @mark-glasgow.bsky.social, me and Mhairi Mackenzie looking at the Relational Determinants of Intersectional Health Inequalities.
Get in touch if you'd like to discuss.
tinyurl.com/RelateHealth
Get in touch if you'd like to discuss.
tinyurl.com/RelateHealth
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
PhD opportunity with @mark-glasgow.bsky.social, me and Mhairi Mackenzie looking at the Relational Determinants of Intersectional Health Inequalities.
Get in touch if you'd like to discuss.
tinyurl.com/RelateHealth
Get in touch if you'd like to discuss.
tinyurl.com/RelateHealth
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Relapse in psychosis is a term that is used a lot, but what does it mean?
A (fab) DClinPsy trainee I am co-supervising is conducting an online survey to find out people's views and perspectives. Please consider taking part or reposting this study invitation.
Relapse in psychosis is a term that is used a lot, but what does it mean?
A (fab) DClinPsy trainee I am co-supervising is conducting an online survey to find out people's views and perspectives. Please consider taking part or reposting this study invitation.
August 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Relapse in psychosis is a term that is used a lot, but what does it mean?
A (fab) DClinPsy trainee I am co-supervising is conducting an online survey to find out people's views and perspectives. Please consider taking part or reposting this study invitation.
Relapse in psychosis is a term that is used a lot, but what does it mean?
A (fab) DClinPsy trainee I am co-supervising is conducting an online survey to find out people's views and perspectives. Please consider taking part or reposting this study invitation.
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Loneliness can affect anyone, anywhere; it’s a public health issue. After year and half of work on the Technical Advisory Group of
@WHO’s Commission for Social Connection, couldn't be more pleased to see our report launch happening now! Tune in here:
tinyurl.com/WHOSocialCon... #PowerOfConnection
@WHO’s Commission for Social Connection, couldn't be more pleased to see our report launch happening now! Tune in here:
tinyurl.com/WHOSocialCon... #PowerOfConnection
WHO Commission on Social Connection – Register for the report launch
Join us to learn more about how we can harness the #PowerOfConnection together to transform communities and societies across the globe.
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June 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Loneliness can affect anyone, anywhere; it’s a public health issue. After year and half of work on the Technical Advisory Group of
@WHO’s Commission for Social Connection, couldn't be more pleased to see our report launch happening now! Tune in here:
tinyurl.com/WHOSocialCon... #PowerOfConnection
@WHO’s Commission for Social Connection, couldn't be more pleased to see our report launch happening now! Tune in here:
tinyurl.com/WHOSocialCon... #PowerOfConnection
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From the WHO report: "Globally, between 2014 and 2019, approximately 871 286 deaths were due to loneliness each year."
https://www.who.int/groups/commission-on-social-connection/report
For comparison, WHO estimates that more than 8 million people die prematurely yearly from tobacco use (one of […]
https://www.who.int/groups/commission-on-social-connection/report
For comparison, WHO estimates that more than 8 million people die prematurely yearly from tobacco use (one of […]
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fediscience.org
June 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
From the WHO report: "Globally, between 2014 and 2019, approximately 871 286 deaths were due to loneliness each year."
https://www.who.int/groups/commission-on-social-connection/report
For comparison, WHO estimates that more than 8 million people die prematurely yearly from tobacco use (one of […]
https://www.who.int/groups/commission-on-social-connection/report
For comparison, WHO estimates that more than 8 million people die prematurely yearly from tobacco use (one of […]
Wiley prioritising dubious copyright issues over #OpenScience principles is an awful decision.
NEW: Statement from the PCI RR Managing Board on the withdrawal of Infant and Child Development as a PCI RR-friendly journal, and the decision by Wiley to refuse preprints that have been peer-reviewed by @peercommunityin.bsky.social / @pci-regreports.bsky.social
Read here ➡️ osf.io/tn8mh
Read here ➡️ osf.io/tn8mh
June 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Wiley prioritising dubious copyright issues over #OpenScience principles is an awful decision.
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Risk prediction systems are a ubiquitous part of our lives. They present real risks of harm, partly because novices interpret them as "data-driven" and objective, while experts who know better are rarely asked to evaluate them. They simply aren't questioned nearly enough by people who know how to.
2/ The algorithm, called TIGER, focuses on immutable factors from a prisoner’s past — work history, age at first arrest, prior drug convictions — to assess risk of reoffending.
Yet it fails to take into account anything a prisoner has done to rehabilitate themselves.
Yet it fails to take into account anything a prisoner has done to rehabilitate themselves.
April 11, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Risk prediction systems are a ubiquitous part of our lives. They present real risks of harm, partly because novices interpret them as "data-driven" and objective, while experts who know better are rarely asked to evaluate them. They simply aren't questioned nearly enough by people who know how to.
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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.
Fantastic thread from Chloe on why systems science approaches are so important in population health. Well worth a read!
In 2023, Scotland saw 1,172 drug related deaths (DRDs). Approaches to death prevention are complex as solutions require coordinated action across different sectors. How can we explore how causes of DRDs interact in our health and social care system?
Let's use systems mapping!🧵 (1/17)
#systemscience
Let's use systems mapping!🧵 (1/17)
#systemscience
March 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Fantastic thread from Chloe on why systems science approaches are so important in population health. Well worth a read!
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New editorial: ‘Deaths of despair’: A term that needs to be retired
buff.ly
March 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
New editorial: ‘Deaths of despair’: A term that needs to be retired
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Do you or someone you know have lived or indirect experience of inequalities, mental health challenges, or marginalisation? @popmhuk.bsky.social are looking for people to join their Community Insights Panel to help shape their important work https://buff.ly/3PVe653 #phiukpmh
Population Mental Health looking for people to join Community Insights Panel
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January 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Do you or someone you know have lived or indirect experience of inequalities, mental health challenges, or marginalisation? @popmhuk.bsky.social are looking for people to join their Community Insights Panel to help shape their important work https://buff.ly/3PVe653 #phiukpmh
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DON'T MISS: "Defining income as a causal exposure" with @igelstorm.bsky.social at 3pm (GMT) on 20th Jan 2025.
The first in the 2025 Turing Causal Inference Interest Group Seminar Series!
Sign up: turing-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join mailing list: jiscmail.ac.uk/CIIG
#CIIG #EpiSky #CausalSky
The first in the 2025 Turing Causal Inference Interest Group Seminar Series!
Sign up: turing-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join mailing list: jiscmail.ac.uk/CIIG
#CIIG #EpiSky #CausalSky
January 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
DON'T MISS: "Defining income as a causal exposure" with @igelstorm.bsky.social at 3pm (GMT) on 20th Jan 2025.
The first in the 2025 Turing Causal Inference Interest Group Seminar Series!
Sign up: turing-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join mailing list: jiscmail.ac.uk/CIIG
#CIIG #EpiSky #CausalSky
The first in the 2025 Turing Causal Inference Interest Group Seminar Series!
Sign up: turing-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join mailing list: jiscmail.ac.uk/CIIG
#CIIG #EpiSky #CausalSky
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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
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Sometimes I think of the thousands of scambots on Instagram & FB stuck in an infinite loop of trying to get each other to click on a link, and how much energy and water that wastes.
December 4, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Sometimes I think of the thousands of scambots on Instagram & FB stuck in an infinite loop of trying to get each other to click on a link, and how much energy and water that wastes.
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Come and join us at the Centre for 21st Century Public Health at the University of Bath.
We're advertising two posts, both full time and permanent.
Deadline of 5 January for both.
Research fellow
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
Director of operations
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
We're advertising two posts, both full time and permanent.
Deadline of 5 January for both.
Research fellow
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
Director of operations
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
CH12227 Research Fellow - Jobs at Bath
Research Fellow
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December 4, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Come and join us at the Centre for 21st Century Public Health at the University of Bath.
We're advertising two posts, both full time and permanent.
Deadline of 5 January for both.
Research fellow
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
Director of operations
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
We're advertising two posts, both full time and permanent.
Deadline of 5 January for both.
Research fellow
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
Director of operations
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
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Interested in inequality research? Here is a starter pack containing research centers / institutes / organizations dedicated to the study of socioeconomic inequality.
Time seemed ripe as, finally, organizations are moving to Bluesky. Let me know if others should be added.
go.bsky.app/5daYr6v
Time seemed ripe as, finally, organizations are moving to Bluesky. Let me know if others should be added.
go.bsky.app/5daYr6v
November 26, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Interested in inequality research? Here is a starter pack containing research centers / institutes / organizations dedicated to the study of socioeconomic inequality.
Time seemed ripe as, finally, organizations are moving to Bluesky. Let me know if others should be added.
go.bsky.app/5daYr6v
Time seemed ripe as, finally, organizations are moving to Bluesky. Let me know if others should be added.
go.bsky.app/5daYr6v
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1.8 million people were referred to NHS talking therapies in 2023-24, however, only around 300,000 'reliably recovered'.
Great Sankey and blog exploring the numbers behind the service by @stutibagri.bsky.social for #QualityWatch www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/do...
Great Sankey and blog exploring the numbers behind the service by @stutibagri.bsky.social for #QualityWatch www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/do...
November 26, 2024 at 1:01 PM
1.8 million people were referred to NHS talking therapies in 2023-24, however, only around 300,000 'reliably recovered'.
Great Sankey and blog exploring the numbers behind the service by @stutibagri.bsky.social for #QualityWatch www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/do...
Great Sankey and blog exploring the numbers behind the service by @stutibagri.bsky.social for #QualityWatch www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/do...
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A list of bands in order of efficacy:
3. Placebo
2. The Cure
1. Prevention
3. Placebo
2. The Cure
1. Prevention
November 22, 2024 at 12:05 PM
A list of bands in order of efficacy:
3. Placebo
2. The Cure
1. Prevention
3. Placebo
2. The Cure
1. Prevention
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As a nerd who loves numbers I keep looking at the rising numbers of Bluesky users on their open source log.....over a million NEW users today 💙💙
Love it
bsky-users.theo.io
Love it
bsky-users.theo.io
Bluesky User Counter
bsky-users.theo.io
November 14, 2024 at 9:44 PM
As a nerd who loves numbers I keep looking at the rising numbers of Bluesky users on their open source log.....over a million NEW users today 💙💙
Love it
bsky-users.theo.io
Love it
bsky-users.theo.io