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PCPH Seminar in September @bsmspcph.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social Join us for our next seminar on 24th September with Emma Adams NIHR Doctoral Fellow, Newcastle University. All welcome! Contact primarycareda@bsms.ac.uk

🔍 Introducing the ARC KSS Data Science Hub — an open-access online resource designed to help researchers navigate the complex process of accessing & using routinely collected health and social care data. @bsmspcph.bsky.social
📖 Learn more: bit.ly/40ogqaC
#DataScience #HealthResearch #ARCKSS

Congratulations Anjum, a fantastic achievement! 👏

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New study finds expert-led TikTok-style videos can bust vaping myths among young adults. BSMS researchers show that brief, evidence-based content significantly improves understanding of vaping vs smoking risks.
📲 bit.ly/45VAkxd
#PublicHealth #VapingFacts @katieeast.bsky.social
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Thank you very much to Luca Follis for a really interesting talk on 'Mobile Patients and Sedentary Health Systems'
This was the last seminar for this academic year. Please look out for the next one in September.

There is still time to join the Global Health MSc/ PGDip PGcert programme at @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social

PCPH Seminar @bsmspcph.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social
Join us for our next seminar on the 25th June with Dr Luca Follis from the Dept of Sociology and Criminology, University of Sussex. To join, contact primarycareda@bsms.ac.uk.

PCPH Seminar @bsmspcph.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social
A big thank you to Gail Butler who joined us from Just Life to discuss setting up a Peer Research Group. We really enjoyed hearing about this positive project involving people with lived experiences of homelessness.

We’re proud to feature in a new BBC Radio 4 piece on surgical training using donor bodies at BSMS.

🎙️Journalist Jenny Kleeman speaks with BSMS' Prof Claire Smith & Camilla Ingram, plus surgeons & educators, about the impact of #BodyDonation.

Listen 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

#MedicalEducation

🧠 Join us for our fifth Dementia Research Conference! Explore the latest in dementia research and care with leading experts.

📅 21-22 May 2025
📍 Online via Zoom
✍️Register now: bit.ly/43j6Ual

#DementiaResearch #DRC25

📢 Calling UK-based research-active clinicians: BSMS researchers are seeking to understand how research-active clinicians experience current research ethics governance processes. Please access the confidential online survey here 👉 universityofsussex.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

🧠 Just a couple of days to go until our fifth Dementia Research Conference!

📅 Join leading researchers & clinicians on 21–22 May for two days of insights, innovation and networking.

🔗 Secure your place now: bit.ly/43j6Ual

#DementiaResearch #DRC25

🧠Join us on 4 June at 6:30pm (BST) for a talk by Prof. Asllani on innovations enabling broader MRI access across clinical and research settings.

📍 Hosted online via Zoom
🔗 Details & registration: bit.ly/4k9z9Ou

#MRI #MedicalImaging #Neuroscience

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Our next seminar is with Gail Butler from Just Life: a charity which advocates for people who are homeless. Please come along with lunch provided. Further details below. Contact primarycareda@bsms.ac.uk if you would like to attend.

🧬 New results from MIROCALS trial (Modifying Immune Responses and Outcomes in ALS) co-led by BSMS' Professor P Nigel Leigh published in The Lancet.

This is the first study to test low-dose Interleukin 2 for ALS/MND.

More 🔗 bit.ly/43cM8bl

Senior Research Fellow in Public Health Ref: 40709 (Part Time, Fixed Term) - Job page - University of Sussex Job Search

New job opportunity - seeking a Senior Research Fellow at Brighton & Sussex Medical School. Come and work with a fab team in primary care & public health
jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/d5e1eb0d...

@bsmsmedschool.bsky.social @bsmspcph.bsky.social @arckss.bsky.social

Senior Research Fellow in Public Health Ref: 40709 (Part Time, Fixed Term) - Job page - University of Sussex Job Search

Come and work with us in #PrimaryCare and #PublicHealth. New post: Senior Research Fellow in Public Health. Contribute to the development & delivery of primary & community health research activities delivered by @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social and the NIHR. Pls share!
🩺 jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/d5e1eb0d...

YouTube video by Brighton and Sussex Medical School A “Handy” guide to hand hygiene and discouraging use of gloves

🧼✨The Green Healthcare Hub, led by BSMS' Prof Mood Bhutta, has launched a 'handy' guide to promote effective #handhygiene and reduce unnecessary glove use in healthcare—supporting a greener NHS🌍💚
🎥 Watch now: youtu.be/oShG-hehqkA
#CleanYourHands #WorldHandHygieneDay

Meet Sophia, Research Assistant at Sussex! She explores how AI and smart glasses can revolutionise personalised nutrition—beyond food diaries.

Hear her speak at Soapbox Science Brighton on May 24th by the i360!

#SoapboxScience #Brighton2025

PCPH would like to thank Dr Anna-Marie Bibby Jones, SPFT @sussexpartnership.bsky.social for her interesting talk on: Researching Mental Health in Minoritised Groups.
This was part of our monthly seminar programme. Please look out for our next one @bsmspcph.bsky.social

Book your tickets now for the next MQ & Datamind #DataScience meeting.

Hear from experts such as
🟡@mcintosh2001.bsky.social
🟡Professor Honghan Wu from @uofglasgow.bsky.social
🟡Dr Elizabeth Ford from @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social

#Mentalhealth #Research

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mq-and-dat...

🌱 Big win for sustainability at BSMS!
Our Tissue Culture Facility and the Microbiology Lab have earned Bronze LEAF Certification for eco-friendly lab practices 🧪🌍 The award recognises both teams’ commitment to sustainable, low-impact research.
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4jC8oCc

Last night we launched the BSMS Student Hardship fund - final year medical students face a massive drop in maximum loan/bursary of > £3500 compared with years 1-4. If we truly wish to widen participation in Medicine then we need to support these students. @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social

🧠 Meet Amber, a postgraduate researcher at Sussex!

She studies why exposure therapy for anxiety works for some but not others, using male and female animal models.

Hear her speak at Soapbox Science Brighton on May 24th by the i360!

#SoapboxScience #Brighton2025

📢 Exciting News!

Mel Newport, Professor of Infectious Diseases and Global Health at BSMS, has been awarded the prestigious NIHR Senior Investigator Award—the first recipient from BSMS or its partner universities! 🎉

👏 Huge congratulations on this incredible achievement!

We wanted to extend a big THANK YOU to Dr Elle Whitcroft for a fascinating and uplifting talk about using creative methods for LGBTQ+ public health - part of the monthly #PrimaryCare and #PublicHealth Lunchtime Seminar series by #BSMS. Follow us for more! www.linkedin.com/in/ellewhitcroft

🎓Graduation news! 🎓

Some of the HaemTeam were at @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social graduation this week celebrating new Drs. The @andreapepper.bsky.social @chrispepper68.bsky.social team were celebrating Eleni Ladikou and Kim Sharp PhD graduation, whilst @mitchell.science were toasting Arran Pack grad!

🔬✨ PhD Alert! ✨🔬

Passionate about One Health, microbiology & cutting-edge research? There are 2⃣ Wessex PhD studentships available at BSMS/@sussex.ac.uk:

🦠 Plasmids & Transmission Dynamics
www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
🧬 Mycobacterium Avium Complex
www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...

Apply now! 🚀

🚨 News for a healthier, greener future! 🌍

£42M is being invested in 7 new research hubs to ensure net-zero transition also boosts health! 🏥

BSMS' Prof Mood Bhutta is co-director of a hub focused on decarbonising healthcare commissioning and delivery.

Read the full story 🔗 bit.ly/3Xpvhjy

Delighted to have featured on this #adhd podcast featuring our @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social research on #hypermobility and #nd. Thanks @lisaquadt.bsky.social Prof Hugo Critchley youtu.be/iNeQm5atZjg?...