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Michelle Kelly-Irving
@mkellyirving.bsky.social
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Health equity, social inequalities, lifecourse, embodiment

Leads the Inserm #Equity team University of Toulouse, France

Social Epidemiologist, quantitative social scientist, interdisciplinary

Co-Author of Health Inequality, book, 3rd Ed
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On the topic of policy messaging inappropriately aimed at individuals, I often return to the Chief Medical Officer's 'Top Ten Tips for Health' and the... 'alternative version' written by Dave Gordon many moons ago ⬇️

the #snark is palpable
www.bristol.ac.uk/poverty/heal...
The Chief Medical Officer�s Ten Tips for Better Health Alternative Tips 1 Don�t smoke. If you can, stop. If you can�t, cut down. Don�t be poor. If you are poor, try not to be poor for too long. 2 Follow a balanced diet with plenty of fruit and vegetables. Don�t live in a deprived area. If you do, move. 3 Keep physically active Don�t be disabled or have a disabled child. 4 Manage stress by, for example, talking things through and making time to relax. Don�t work in a stressful low-paid manual job. 5 If you drink alcohol, do so in moderation. Don�t live in damp, low quality housing or be homeless. 6 Cover up in the sun, and protect children from sunburn. Be able to afford to pay for social activities and annual holidays. 7 Practise safer sex. Don�t be a lone parent. 8 Take up cancer screening opportunities. Claim all benefits to which you are entitled. 9 Be safe on the roads: follow the Highway Code. Be able to afford to own a car. 10 Learn the First Aid ABC: airways, breathing and circulation. Use education as an opportunity to improve your socio-economic position. Source: DoH (1999) Saving Lives: Our Healthier Nation. London: The Stationery Office Source: Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research, University of Bristol
November 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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I leave some artichokes go to flower just because the #bees love them so much 😊
June 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Beautiful morning at the old medical faculty in Toulouse with the swifts out hunting & their babies squeaking in their nests above my office
June 17, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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A few pics from the garden near #Toulouse where lots of pollinators are enjoying the flowering plants
#permaculture
#gardening
#flowers
May 31, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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If Americans had voted for Kamala Harris instead…

We’ll be considering this “sliding doors” moment with consequences worldwide for decades

#GlobalHealth
#Standup4science
Photo of Kamala Harris at a microphone looking wistfully off camera with out of focus USA flag in background
May 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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The richest man in the world swooped in, shut down #USAID annihilating health care systems & poverty reduction programs all over the world
And now walks away.

It will take a generation to repair the damage he’s done

#Musk
#USAID
#Globalhealth
May 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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5885 children
55 289 adults

are estimated to have already died due to #USAID & #PEPFAR cuts directly caused by Elon Musk & Donald Trump

This tracker counts the avoidable tragedy

#Globalhealth
#HealthInequality

pepfar.impactcounter.com
Photo showing 55289 estimated adult deaths and 5885 estimated child deaths due to PEPFAR cuts so far Photo showing 93638 estimated preventable adult deaths and 9968 estimated preventable child deaths due to PEPFAR cuts so far
May 31, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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A wee strawberry harvest from the garden this morning 😀
Photo of a basket with enough strawberries for a small bowlful in the background on green grass the shadow of a gardener wearing her sun hat
May 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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6k euro to publish a paper in Lancet Public Health

Let’s just sit & think about that

Students & post docs need these publications for their career

Our institutions, who don’t fund us properly, want us to publish in these journals

We raise the cash, do the research & reviewing for these journals
May 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Keep thinking about this poor carpenter bee who was exhausted & unwell after being stuck in a shed

I tried to leave it something to drink etc & after a while it was gone
Large carpenter bee on a garden table beside a spoon of water & some lavender flowers
May 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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📣Calling all billionnaires/ effective altruists!

If you want to invest in high quality research on a major public health problem impacting any pandemic preparedness & connected to climate issues

There's an international set of excellent health inequalities researchers in the starting blocks...
Swimmer in the starting blocks about to dive into a pool
May 13, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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A 1963 pamphlet about the Book of Daniel by someone called Georges Desplanches costing 4 Francs:

An intriguing discovery in our house left from the previous owners

🤔🤔
Photo of an old typewriter written pamphlet in French from 1963 about the Book of Daniel Photo of an old typewriter written pamphlet in French from 1963 about the Book of Daniel Photo of an old typewriter written pamphlet in French from 1963 about the Book of Daniel
May 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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I’ll be thinking about this question out loud on Zoom on Monday ⬇️
At the Turing institute Causal interest group seminar

Make yourself a cuppa ☕️ & join me!

www.turing.ac.uk/research/int...
May 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Any thoughts? 💭

#HealthInequality
Cartoon person thinking “why are social determinants so easily dismissed as not being true causes of health inequalities when there’s so much evidence that they are?”
May 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Spring burst onto the scene in #Toulouse whilst I was away in the Arctic for work! Quite a contrast
Photo of a purple iris A bush of pint peonies
April 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Another video up close !
March 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Any folks out there able to ID this animal on my land in SW France?
We think it’s a Genet

#nature
#mammal
#trapcam
March 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Hard to believe: US withdrawal of support at the UN General Assembly for the SDGs & Agenda 2030 ⬇️

Remarks at the UN 58th Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly
usun.usmission.gov/remarks-at-t...
Extract: We have, however, decided to call a vote on this resolution. We have a concern that this resolution is a reaffirmation of Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Although framed in neutral language, Agenda 2030 and the SDGs advance a program of soft global governance that is inconsistent with U.S. sovereignty and adverse to the rights and interests of Americans. In the last U.S. election, the mandate from the American people was clear: the government of the United States must refocus on the interests of Americans. We must care first and foremost for our own – that is our moral and civic duty. President Trump also set a clear and overdue course correction on “gender” and climate ideology, which pervade the SDGs.
March 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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My bird app is only picking up some of the lovely #spring action in the garden today near #Toulouse there are also greenfinch, short-toed tree creepers,blackcap, green woodpeckers etc

#birds
#birdsong
Screen capture from bird song identification app showing blackbird, serin, great tit, chiffchaff, wood pigeon Screen capture from bird song identification app showing buzzard, long tailed tits, robin, wren, nuthatch
February 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Did you know that anything written in English is attributable to the Anglo-Saxons?
Photo of a bookshelf in a French bookshop with a label reading “littérature Anglo-saxonne”
February 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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The sky at night, near #Toulouse
Photo of a tree lined sky at night with thin cirrostratus-like clouds
February 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Sigh…

“US and UK refuse to sign Paris summit declaration on ‘inclusive’ AI”

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Screenshot of guardian article headline “US and UK refuse to sign Paris summit declaration on ‘inclusive’ AI”
February 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Will you trust your searches on #pubmed while it’s still running?

When conducting or reviewing literature reviews on health equity, for example, will your keywords be flagged & results censored?
Screenshot of pubmed webpage
February 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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The #DHS program is on pause
This is bad for #GlobalHealth

DHS datasets have provided evidence for policy makers on poverty alleviation & healthcare access for decades using "accurate & representative data on population, health, HIV, & nutrition through more than 400 surveys in over 90 countries"
Photo from DHS program webpage stating "Due to the on-going review of US foreign assistance programs, The DHS Program is currently on pause. We are unable to respond to any data or other requests at this time. We ask for your patience"
February 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Happy Monday folks!

Photos of beautiful #Toulouse from my cycle into work this morning
Photo if dawn over the Garonne in Toulouse with yellow gold sunlight breaking through the clouds and chapelle de la grave & pont des Catalans in background river in foreground Photo if dawn over the Garonne in Toulouse with yellow gold sunlight breaking through the clouds and chapelle de la grave & pont des Catalans in background river in foreground Photo of Dawn in Toulouse with red clouds over a street scene by Palais de justice
January 27, 2025 at 7:36 AM