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Liz Camacho

@lizcamacho-phd.bsky.social

Health economist at University of Liverpool. Interested in trials, mental health, maternal health, health inequalities, cats, and crisps.

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Courses and conferences funding call for early career researchers within the MH-TRC Mission The NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration Mission (MH-TRC Mission) Capacity Development workstream presents an exciting opportunity for early career researchers linked to the MH-TRC ...

Are you an early career mental health researcher looking for funding for courses and conferences? πŸ”οΈŽ

The NIHR MH-TRC Mission's rolling funding call for fees & travel expenses for relevant courses and conferences may be for you!

Find out eligibility & more belowπŸ‘‡
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

20.11.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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❓ Would you like to join a multi-disciplinary team to engage with communities & stakeholders to understand views on linking health & environmental data?

🚨 Hiring: Community Engagement & Participatory Researcher!

πŸ’° 0.6FTE to 31 Aug 2026

πŸ“… Deadline: 25 Nov 2025

πŸ”—: my.corehr.com/pls/ulivrecr...

18.11.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Are you aged 11 to 24 and curious about mental health research? Join our online taster session tomorrow to get a feel for what it’s like to be part of our upcoming young people's researcher group. Scan the QR code to learn more and sign up.

14.11.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Inequalities in neonatal unit mortality in England and Wales between 2012 and 2022: a retrospective cohort study There are stark socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities in babies admitted to and who die in neonatal units in England and Wales. Mortality inequalities are partly explained by case-mix on entry to the ...

Babies born to black mothers 81% more likely to die in neonatal care, NHS study shows
Read the full paper online: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

05.11.2025 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We’re very excited to welcome researchers from our GROW & PeCo programmes, writing retreats, internships & more to the 2025 MHR Incubator Gathering! Have a really great day everyone! 😁

04.11.2025 10:27 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸŽ‰ WriteFest 2025 is here!
Join us this November for a month-long celebration of academic writing, supported by The Academy:
πŸ’» Virtual β€œShut Up and Write” retreats
πŸ›οΈ In-person sessions for staff & PGRs
πŸ”— Explore the full programme & register: www.liverpool.ac.uk/researcher/d...

#WriteFest2025

30.10.2025 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Are you aged 11 to 24 and curious about mental health research? We're inviting you to an online taster session to get a feel for what it’s like to be part of our upcoming young people's researcher group. Scan the QR code to learn more and sign up.

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

03.11.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

❓ Interested in privacy-preserving spatial data science for environment-health research?

🚨 Hiring: Research Fellow in Secure Spatial Analytics with UCL, Uni of Liverpool & NHS England!

πŸ’° 0.5FTE to 31 Aug 2026 (full time short-term possible)

πŸ“… Deadline: 28 Oct 2025

#ResearchJobs #PublicHealth

23.10.2025 07:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“£We've just updated our Opportunities Update with a host of new opportunities! πŸ“£

Looking for the next step in your #mentalhealth or #addiction career? View our live listing of open & upcoming career development opportunities (funding, workshops & more)!

mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/opportunitie...

17.10.2025 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Β£20,000 to Β£30,000 question Is it time to recalibrate NICE’s threshold for decision making?

πŸ’¬ Should NICE increase the cost-effectiveness threshold for new NHS medicines?

@francisjruizhe.bsky.social & Andy Briggs discuss the history of NICE’s price threshold and arguments around its increase #healtheconomics #publichealth

Read more πŸ”½
occamresearch.substack.com/p/the-20000-...

16.10.2025 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can't decide if Duolingo sees me or trolling me

07.10.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ UoL researchers: do you need an Institutional Letter of Support for your funding application?

Our Best Practice Guide provides top tips on:

🧱structure

🎯strategic alignment

🧰 how to talk about institutional support

Visit staff.liverpool.ac.uk/research/res...

01.10.2025 08:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Journals having short deadlines for responding to reviewer comments is an unnecessary stressor. This didn't used to be a thing

30.09.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Health Data Decoded | Civic HealthTech Innovation Zone (CHI-Zone) – Annemarie Naylor [Ep. 7]

1/ 🎧 New 'Health Data Decoded' episode! #SciComm

❓ How can you build coalitions + drive impact at scale across public, private & third sectors?

πŸ‘€ Guest: Annemarie Naylor, Director of HealthTech & Innovation Growth at University of Liverpool!

πŸ“Ή YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Va...

πŸ“» SpotifyπŸ‘‡

26.09.2025 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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M-RIC is recruiting young people in the Liverpool City Region to join a new research group and be a voice for change in youth mental health.

The aim is to enable children and young people to be actively involved in shaping mental health research.

Find out more here: ow.ly/UGL750WwQS1

24.09.2025 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Don't forget - MQ Mental Health will be opening expressions of interest for 2026 Fellowship funding on 3 Nov!

The MQ Fellowships are aimed at researchers interested in launching their own independent research career, with grants of up to Β£250,000.

Learn more:
www.mqmentalhealth.org/research-pro...

23.09.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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⚠️TYLENOL & AUTISMβ€”RFK Jr & Trump are wrongβ€”the largest best study in the world in 2.5 MILLION KIDSβ€”found no increased autism risk with acetaminophen (aka paracetamol/Tylenol). A crude analysis found only a tiny 5% risk, but once you adjust via sibling controls, the even tiny 5% risk vaporizes to 0%πŸ“‰

22.09.2025 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1058    πŸ” 536    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 29
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 challengesβ€”like homeless...

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?

πŸ”—: www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/two-...

#AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #PublicHealth

16.09.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Allen emailed me out of the blue once because he'd seen one of my papers. He was so nice and positive, a proper gent.

14.09.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Research Associate in the evaluation of Community Wealth Building, Glasgow, Scotland From: Gerard McCartney https://www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research-associate-in-the-evaluation-of-community-wealth-building?source=gla.ac.uk The closing date for the vacancy is 14th September 2025.

Research Associate in the evaluation of Community Wealth Building, Glasgow, Scotland #healtheconomics

08.09.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🌟Work in Digital, Data & AI in mental health?
Join the MHP Industry Alliance!

ApplyπŸ‘‰ rebrand.ly/mhp-industry...

Some members may be invited to datamind.bsky.social’s November London event

Find out moreπŸ‘‰https://rebrand.ly/DATAMIND-industry-nov25

04.09.2025 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Upcoming NIHR RSS β€œAsk the Expert – brief one to one session in Mental Health Economics”

Date: Friday 19Β September 25
Choose a 15-minute time slot between 1 - 2pm
Register now to book your slot with one of our RSS experts here:Β forms.office.com/pages/respon...

04.09.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Service users’ experiences of maternity care in England informed by the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle Version 2: A reflexive thematic analysis Background In 2019, NHS England launched the second version of the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle (SBLCBv2), recommendations that maternity providers are expected to fully implement, in an ongoing e...

Our papers evaluating maternity care in England informed by the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle Version 2 are out today qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/earl... and bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/bmjq... The SBLCBv2 is being implemented, but areas for improvement especially #pretermbirth

03.09.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸŽ™οΈ New episode of Civic Health Innovation Labs (@livunichil.bsky.social) released today, co-hosted by PHPS's
@edmhill.bsky.social!

πŸ“£ Find out about how we are using civic data to improve public health. #SciComm

🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1kbSyvI...

πŸ“Ή YouTube: www.youtube.com/@HealthDataD...

29.08.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

Please share with your networks πŸ‘

26.08.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 Calling all mental health researchers! 🚨

Are you 3–7 years post-PhD and ready to take the next step in your research career?

Sign up for the free webinar on the 15th of September at 2pm BST to find out how you can apply for an MQ Fellowship.

Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2026-mq-fe...

08.08.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cats love cozy spaces

24.08.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 6888    πŸ” 1066    πŸ’¬ 161    πŸ“Œ 101
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M-RIC is recruiting young people in Liverpool City Region to join a new research group and be a voice for change in youth mental health.

The aim is to enable children and young people to be actively involved in shaping mental health research.

Find out more here: ow.ly/UGL750WwQS1

01.08.2025 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New paper - it is potentially cost effective to preserve independence in people with #dementia #livewellwithdementia

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

24.07.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This important research project is researching the impact of #stillbirth on fathers in the 1st 12 months. For more information visit this website bit.ly/fathersgrief...

21.07.2025 10:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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