Amy O'Donnell

@fuseonline.bsky.social

We’re really proud to win the Fuse award #FuseAwards25 for ‘Outstanding Translational Research Initiative’ for our mobile health bus offering primary care and relational support for people struggling with alcohol and drug related harms in Sunderland. #SunderlandPLUS @fuseonline.bsky.social

Couldn’t be more delighted for this team of superstars - Fuse Outstanding Translational Research Initiative winners 2025 🙌🏅

Screenshot of the first page of the DADR paper "Association of substance use with suicide mortality: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis"

Substance use significantly raises suicide risk, with higher impacts on women. Alcohol, opioids, tobacco, and more are linked to increased mortality. Read the latest meta-analysis in DADR for more details: https://buff.ly/4j78GBi

Happy new year! ✨We're diving into 2025 by sharing all of the latest and upcoming funding and career development opportunities for #mentalhealth #researchers!

👇Check it out here:
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/mid-week-rou...

Featuring funding from @nihr.bsky.social @mhrincubator.bsky.social & more.

Excellent and incredibly useful article on qualitative researchers’ experiences of inappropriate peer review - psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202... - currently grappling with precisely this issue 🫤

Amazing and well deserved!!! Congrats 🥳

NHS ‘will be overwhelmed unless patients look after themselves’ The public must be motivated to take charge of their own health, a Labour adviser has said

I’m getting tired of all of this narrative. You look after yourself when you’re looked after by others & when you’re not struggling with poverty, social isolation & discrimination. The state has a pivotal role in preparing the soil. Whether that’s NHS or beyond.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

@stephscott.bsky.social

Indeed - Daisy is autistic and ADD and has severe anxiety - has been out of school (or training or anything) for over 4 years now. It’s been quite the ride…😬

In our new #OpenAccess paper we look into the process of integrating #VirtualWards within the NHS in England as a new way of delivering care to patients who would otherwise be hospitalized from the perspective of ICS commissioners.

www.jmir.org/2024/1/e56494/

@nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social

Extremely isolating - my (trans) daughter is also 19 - feel we’ve had a decade of inadequate support from mental health and education services - managed to get an EHCP last year but given she’s been out of school/training etc since lockdown, it was too little too late tbh

But we are both so utterly exhausted 😫

Absolutely- it is quite frankly miraculous that I’ve managed not just to sustain but progress my career over the past few years - and thanks to a powerhouse of a husband and incredibly supportive colleagues.

The updated website for the Drink Less app has just been launched - drinklessalcohol.com 💻🥳

*challenge singular 🤦‍♀️

Great paper - so important to challenges ourselves to move beyond the simplistic and predictable in qualitative research - recommended read 👇

🔔 Round 2 of NIHR Team Science now open for applications 🔔

Round 2 aims to bring together researchers interested in Applied Health & Social Care Research Methodology.

Deadline: 05 Feb 2025

For more info: www.nihr.ac.uk/career-devel...

@nihr.bsky.social retweets welcomed 🙏

Could you add me please? 🙏

If space could you add me please? 😊

Multiple conflicting deadlines? Terrible insomnia? Adult offspring still living at home and wearing at least 3000 T-shirts a day? Can I recommend one of these…works every time 🥰

Job Vacancy at the University of Hull: TSS Research Assistant We are seeking up to two temporary Research Assistants to join the ProACTIVE research team, which is examining the impact and effectiveness of Alcohol Care Teams in England. This is an exciting opport...

Academic friends - we're looking to recruit a couple of temporary research posts working at Doncaster Royal Infirmary for a project to evaluate the impact of dedicated Alcohol Care Teams in hospitals

Would suit a PhD student looking for clinical research experience

jobs.hull.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

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