@vkatikireddi.bsky.social
Prof of Public Health & Health Inequalities at University of Glasgow. Honorary Consultant at Public Health Scotland.
UK Public Health Science Conference 🌱
📍 Newcastle | 📅 21 Apr 2026 (ECR event 20 Apr)
Abstracts welcome on any UK/Ireland public health research.
✅ Published in JECH | ⏳ Deadline: 17 Oct 2025
More info: jech.bmj.com/content/earl...
#PublicHealth #UKPHS2026 @socsocmed.bsky.social
🚨 After a brief hiatus, the UK Public Health Science conference returns in 2026 in collaboration with @socsocmed.bsky.social!
📅 Join us in Newcastle on 21 April, with dinner + ECR event on 20 April
📣 Call for abstracts coming soon
🏠 ukpublichealthscience.org
🤝 socsocmed.org.uk
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...
21.05.2025 11:42 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
New paper exploring linkages between socioeconomic inequalities, pro-environmental behaviours, climate change concerns, and wellbeing outcomes in England
Led by Jonathan Olsen @uofgshw.bsky.social @vkatikireddi.bsky.social @gergobaranyi.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
University of Essex campus
Understanding Society Scientific Conference 2025 - registration now open!
Join us 1-3 July at the University of Essex to hear the latest research using longitudinal household panel studies. Find the programme and book your place: understandingsocietyconference.co.uk
"New" Paper : Associations between different measures of SARS-CoV-2 infection status and subsequent economic inactivity: A pooled analysis of five longitudinal surveys linked to healthcare records.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Using @ukllc.bsky.social data
People walking down a busy street. Some are looking at their mobile phones.
A new framework for the conduct and use of natural experimental evaluations has been published to support health researchers and decision makers.
www.gla.ac.uk/schools/heal...
White woman wearing blonde colored beanie hat with blonde/purple hair, colorful scarf, and checked coat. The person is in the foreground. In the background is the palace of Westminster. It's early morning and cold.
Honored to spend yesterday discussing the evidence on drug consumption rooms with Scottish Affairs committee with brilliant Scottish experts @arjmcauley.bsky.social @catrionamath.bsky.social @vkatikireddi.bsky.social including our @drugscience.bsky.social review parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
13.02.2025 08:28 — 👍 24 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
🔊 Published today, our new Cochrane review on the impact of calorie labelling on people’s selection and consumption of food (including non-alcoholic drinks) and alcohol:
www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....
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Flyer advertising the next CIIG seminar. "Defining income as a causal exposure" with Erik Igelström at 3pm GMT on 20th January 2025.
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
Accurately measuring mortality helps quantify the impact of conflict but remains challenging.
⬇️ In a peer-reviewed study, authors from @lshtm.bsky.social draw on multiple data sources to estimate traumatic injury mortality in the Gaza Strip. 1/3
📣 New article just in time for Christmas! 🎁
Coming to terms with climate change: a glossary for climate change impacts on mental health and well-being
doi.org/10.1136/jech...
@vkatikireddi.bsky.social @ajwvictoriabc.bsky.social @hesterparr.bsky.social @richardshaw.bsky.social @uofgshw.bsky.social
Interested in a PhD studentship focused on how income policies can address dietary inequalities? Get in touch. Afraid, UK domestic students only eligible. www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
28.11.2024 00:10 — 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Two PhD studentship opportunities with me and others
@UofGMVLS
Interested in making trials more equity focused? 1) Ethnic inequalities: t.ly/m9PC0 2) Socioeconomic inequalities: t.ly/G6Pxo Do get in touch if interested.
Great article from @spidermaani.bsky.social, Mark Petticrew and @maizie333.bsky.social, highlighting the perils of the involvement of the alcohol trade group in public health campaigns
21.11.2024 10:01 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
This is the 1st article in what is my most difficult project: started during the covid19 pandemic, then I raised a baby (and his older brother), changed cities twice, and jobs, etc.
The article, of utmost importance, discusses the intimidations we face in our field
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
Two PhD studentship opportunities with me and others @UofGMVLS Interested in making trials more equity focused? 1) Ethnic inequalities: t.ly/m9PC0 2) Socioeconomic inequalities: t.ly/G6Pxo Do get in touch if interested. (Note two different links!)
25.10.2024 15:04 — 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
18.10.2024 06:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Excellent and important new paper looking at relationship between child poverty and health outcomes.
Underlines the importance of the government’s planned child poverty strategy making better health a success metric
Not sure which authors are on here so can’t tag them
jech.bmj.com/content/earl...
