Professor Frances Mair

We are thrilled to welcome three outstanding keynote speakers to the Society for Academic Primary Care South East 2026 Conference:

⭐ Professor Frances Mair @francesmair.bsky.social

⭐ Professor Daksha Trivedi

⭐ Dr Charlotte Paddison

Read about our speakers: www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/sapc-se-2026...

Among speakers in Paris in October :
Sir Gregor Smith (CMO Scotland),
Iona Heath (former president of the RCGP), @vmontori.bsky.social - @mayoclinic.org ,
@francesmair.bsky.social - @uofglasgow.bsky.social ,
Carl May - @lshtm.bsky.social and many others
Register :
ce.mayo.edu/endocrinolog...

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We are an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal focussing on the pathophysiology, prevention, diagnosis and management of comorbidity and multimorbidity.

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If you are interested in #multimorbidity or #comorbidity then worth a look - open to a wide range of submissions

Hello 👋. We are the official BlueSky account of the Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity - part of Sage Journals @journals.sagepub.com

Validation and Feasibility of PETS-Stroke: A Patient-Reported Measure of Treatment Burden After Stroke | Stroke BACKGROUND: Treatment burden is the workload of health care for people with long-term conditions and the impact on wellbeing. A validated measure of treatment burden for use as an outcome measure in s...

www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/... - new measure of #treatmentburden for use in #clinicaltrials involving #stroke survivors. Just out and developed by team @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgshw.bsky.social - really useful tool ready for use!

Great new podcast on #Multimorbidity #PublicHealth #HealthInequalities for #EUPHW #EUPHW2025
For more podcasts in the series search Spotify for "15 minutes on health inequalities"

In this podcast on #PublicHealth #HealthInequalities for #EUPHW #EUPHW2025 we discuss some of the big questions about health inequalities.
For more podcasts in the series search Spotify for "15 minutes on health inequalities"

New paper (£0): Socio-economic inequalities in uptake and timing of childhood vaccination: Taking a life course approach in an administrative cohort in Scotland www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#MedSky #AcademicSky

Validation and Feasibility of PETS-Stroke: A Patient-Reported Measure of Treatment Burden After Stroke | Stroke BACKGROUND: Treatment burden is the workload of health care for people with long-term conditions and the impact on wellbeing. A validated measure of treatment burden for use as an outcome measure in s...

www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/... - new measure of #treatmentburden for use in #clinicaltrials involving #stroke survivors. Just out and developed by team @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgshw.bsky.social - really useful tool ready for use!

A study reveals the effects of Florida's new public university post-tenure review:

* higher rate of faculty departure
* younger star faculty were more likely to leave
* new hires were less likely to be stars
* low-performing faculty didn't increase their performance

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Benefit from learning within a research-intense environment with >95% of #Research submitted by the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally-excellent’ by the Research Excellence Framework in 2021. #MedSky #AcademicSky Specialisms available!

Interested in #Health #Inequality #SocialDeterminants of Health? #PublicHealth #HealthResearch -sadly some topics which seem to be taboo in USA at present. Then consider coming to do our #MPH @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Primary Care — From Common Good to Free-Market Commodity | NEJM Primary care physicians have been leaving traditional practices for concierge and direct primary care practices, in which patients are offered personalized and more accessible primary care in excha...

#PrimaryCare — From Common Good to Free-Market Commodity @nejm.org www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... - good reasons for investing heavily in #primarycare now in UK to prevent a similar trend. These new approaches also need #Evaluation #Research -perhaps less likely in USA due to funding cuts.

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Interested in #treatmentburden or #multimorbidity #MedSky #AcademicSky then this paper on burden of treatment theory may be of interest. A #systematicreview of the use of burden of treatment theory journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Not many courses on #Infant #MentalHealth. But we have one!
- Details here: gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Fully #Online - explores the journey of the infant from pre-birth to pre-school.
#MedSky #AcademicSky #HealthPolicy @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgshw.bsky.social #MSc

@uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgshw.bsky.social - a great place to study! Students across UK and internationally welcome ++. #MedSky #AcademicSky #Masters #Education #MentalHealth

Interested in #MentalHealth? Then explore our #Global mental health #Masters #MedSky #AcademicSky #MastersSky www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Gain the skills to develop and implement policies aimed at reducing the burden of mental health difficulties worldwide.

@drlucyhenshall.bsky.social @dnblane.bsky.social @annamarq.bsky.social @dclovesgp.bsky.social @francesmair.bsky.social @janetashby.bsky.social @victoriatb.bsky.social @anishkpatel.bsky.social @shahidmerali.bsky.social @dralig.bsky.social @euanlawson.social @milesmack.bsky.social

No NIH Grants for Colleges With DEI Programs or Israel Boycotts Colleges will have to comply with new certification requirements in order to receive any funding from the NIH, effective immediately.

No NIH Grants for Colleges With DEI Programs or Israel Boycotts

Colleges will have to comply with new certification requirements in order to receive any funding from the NIH, effective immediately. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3S0baoS

actual concrete action item! #AcademicSky. Help support the integrity of scientific inquiry at NIH.

#academicsky Such bad news.

Leading Autism Organizations Release Joint Statement on Upholding Scientific Integrity and Supporting the Autism Community - Autistic Self Advocacy Network April 17, 2025, Washington, D.C. – As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of Autistic individuals, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Autism Society of America, Autism Speaks...

Leading #Autism Organizations Release Joint Statement on Upholding Scientific Integrity and Supporting the Autism Community - autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/lead...

“Putting America First” — Undermining Health for Populations at Home and Abroad | NEJM The dismantling of foreign-assistance efforts has already had, and will continue to have, severe effects on vulnerable populations globally. But it also has implications for people in the United St...

“Putting America First” — Undermining #Health for Populations at Home and Abroad | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... - worth a read.

Save the Date: 2nd Global Conference on Person-Centred Care: Bridging Practice, Organisation and Governance! 5-7 May 2026 plus pre-conference workshops 4-5 May.
The conference will be an on-site event in Gothenburg, Sweden. Abstract submission will open soon.
More details: www.gu.se/sites/defaul...

YouTube video by SysteMatic Juggling multiple health conditions: Roberts story

Very powerful video shared by @francesmair.bsky.social in her #UKSBM2025 plenary on the challenges of managing multiple health conditions, particularly on the poverty line.
We have to tackle poverty&inequality to improve our public health.
youtu.be/uJiVUPFFXBw?...

Fantastic, wide-ranging keynote from @francesmair.bsky.social @uofgshw.bsky.social on the huge burden of multimorbidity, its implications for interventions, and the need for smarter, kinder and more accommodating healthcare systems #UKSBM2025

General Internal Medicine Join us for a comprehensive event addressing the growing challenge of multimorbidity in modern healthcare. Key sessions include insights into broadening the scope of Internal Medicine Group 1 specialt...

Really excited for this evening's @rcpedin.bsky.social Evening Medical Update we've put together on #Multimorbidity: Prof Chris Whitty, Dr David Marshall, & @francesmair.bsky.social on clinical, training, & research implications of multiple long term conditions: www.rcpe.ac.uk/events/gener...

Time alone will tell!