⏳ Final day to get your abstracts in for this year's SSMPH EuroEpi conference! ⌛
Submit here: hg3.co.uk/ssm/
Deadline: 23:59 (GMT) tonight!
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⏳ Final day to get your abstracts in for this year's SSMPH EuroEpi conference! ⌛
Submit here: hg3.co.uk/ssm/
Deadline: 23:59 (GMT) tonight!
@qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social
2 months to go until the UK Public Health Science Conference 2026! 🎉
📅 Tuesday 21 April 2026
📍 Newcastle upon Tyne
Register now: ukpublichealthscience.org
#PublicHealth #UKPHS2026 @socsocmed.bsky.social
If you have time during the conference, visit the pump replica and the nearby John Snow pub at Broadwick Street, Soho.
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This was a radical idea back then as germ theory was not proven.
His cholera map convinced the local authorities to remove the pump handle. Without access to contaminated water, the outbreak subsided, supporting his hypothesis.
In a severe cholera outbreak in London, Snow mapped the cases & linked disease incidence to a single water pump on Broad Street. Snow challenged the dominant miasma (bad air) theory, compared exposed/unexposed populations, + used place-based data to argue that cholera was transmitted through water
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Broadwick street pump and John Snow pub Photo from Whispyhistory. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Broadwick_street_pump_and_pub.jpg
Do you know London is home to several renowned epidemiologists and defining moments in public health history?
Over the next six weeks, we’ll highlight some of these epidemiologists and events, starting with John Snow.
1 week left to submit your abstract for SSMPH EuroEpi 2026!!
➡️ hg3.co.uk/ssm/
Submission deadline: 23:59 (GMT), Monday 2nd March
📆 9-11 Sep 2026
Venue: Mile End Campus, QMUL, London
The Octagon, Queens' Building on our Mile End Campus. Picture from https://www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/materials50/venue/
This week, we’re introducing our 3rd SSMPH EuroEpi 2026 venue: The Octagon @qmul.bsky.social for our poster presentations.
Designed by a Victorian architect, built in 1887 as the library, restored in 2006, it has a beautiful high-domed ceiling.
Check out the virtual tour 📽️: bit.ly/4tIN3fU
Slide with a picture of Raquel Lucas. Text reads: "Introducing ... Raquel Lucas! "... Keep in mind the social contract of epidemiology with population health. This contract is the reason epidemiologists need to learn to do good science, which in our case means knowing how to reason about causes of disease and learning methods to achieve less biased causal inference." Dr Raquel Lucas University of Porto IEA European Councillor SSMPH/EuroEpi 2026 Joint Conference - IEA Representative"
With abstract deadline for the SSMPH/EuroEpi 2026 conference just TWO WEEKS away, we have a guest blog with Dr Raquel Lucas (Uni of Porto) who is supporting our joint meeting as the current IEA European Councillor.
📖https://bit.ly/46GSEcS
Abstract submission: bit.ly/3Opn3pL
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Conference updates: Free Place Schemes & Annual Research Summary Competition applications now open!
🎟️ Free Place Scheme 🎟️
Visit our conference website for details lnkd.in/eW-6j5Uz
🖋️ Annual Research Summary Competition 🖋️
Visit our main website for details bit.ly/468aC7T
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May be of interest to some of our members, particularly ECRs!
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Are you a highly capable analyst and communicator? Are you looking for a role that influences health policy? Then we could be looking for you. Join us @thekingsfund.bsky.social www.kingsfund.org.uk/about-us/job...
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Don't forget that abstract submission open is still open for our 70th Society for Social Medicine & Population Health Conference & European Congress of Epidemiology, 9-11 Sep 2026
Venue: Mile End Campus, QMUL, London
Submission deadline: 23:59 (GMT), Monday 2nd March
Website: bit.ly/4oyrifb
The front of the Graduate Centre, Queen Mary University of London. A large concrete and glass-fronted building. Picture from https://www.qmul.ac.uk/venues/ourvenues/mileend/graduatecentre/
Next up in our look at conference venues 👀
The Graduate Centre, @qmul.bsky.social: a modern, purpose-built academic space for research postgraduate students, with the views of Canary Wharf & London City from the 7th floor
bit.ly/4kcCnSo
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Slide with pictures of Prof Oyinlola Oyebode, Queen Mary University of London; Co-Chair of SSMPH 2026 Local Organising Committee Text reads: "Introducing... Oyinlola Oyebode! "Although I had attended the conference for years, I mainly joined the society for the chance to get a mentor. The first conversation I had with my mentor prompted me to apply for the job I have now at QMUL which was a really good move!"
With abstract submissions now ✨OPEN✨ for the joint SSMPH EuroEpi 2026 conference, we are delighted to introduce the other co-chair of this year's Local Organising Committee: Prof Oyinlola Oyebode from @qmul-wiph.bsky.social
Link to blog: bit.ly/4bmvXhr
Conference website: bit.ly/4oyrifb
Guidelines for abstracts & submission can be found here: hg3.co.uk/ssm/
Abstract deadline: 23:59 (GMT), Monday 2nd March
Full conference details: bit.ly/4oyrifb
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Highest scoring ECR abstract prize - @wpball.com Ball - 'Emergency Department Mental Health Attendances Among Adolescents – a Population-Based Analysis of Linked Electronic Health Records' bit.ly/4r4jGT8
22.01.2026 12:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Highest scoring non-ECR abstract prize: Esther Van Sluijs - ‘Who are we missing in school-based prevention research in the United Kingdom? A systematic snapshot of trials published in the National Institute for Health Research Journals Library (2004–2024)’ bit.ly/4rbq5MK
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Looking for some inspiration for your SSMPH EuroEpi abstract?
Why not check out last year's top scorers?
Highest scoring pre-PhD ECR abstract prize: Lucy Barrass - ‘Maternal social support and child health and developmental outcomes: an analysis of the Born in Bradford cohort’ bit.ly/4q2QxqU
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Exterior of The People's Palace building, Queen Mary University of London Mile End Campus. From https://www.qmul.ac.uk/venues/ourvenues/mileend/peoplespalace/
Tiered art-deco lecture theatre inside The People's Palace building, Queen Mary University of London Mile End Campus. From https://www.qmul.ac.uk/venues/ourvenues/mileend/peoplespalace/
The countdown to SSMPH & EuroEpi 2026 begins!
This year’s conference will be hosted at 3 venues all located at Queen Mary University of London Mile End Campus.
First up, hosting several lectures, is the People’s Palace, opened in 1887 by Queen Victoria for cultural activities to East London.
We're recruiting for research asst to work w/ multidisciplinary team on a series of projects aimed at understanding public health burden & impact of chronic conditions in Irl, as well as impact of integrated care programmes on long-term outcomes of chronic conditions.
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NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research. Applied Research Collaborations. Top 25 stories of 2025.
Happy New Year from all the NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) across the country!
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Slide with a picture of Rohini Mathur. Text reads: "SSM has provided tremendous opportunities to connect with researchers from across the UK and more widely to share ideas and plan collaborations for the future. I particularly value the vast multidisciplinary expertise across the SSM community which allows me to think about how to incorporate social science and qualitative methods, community and participatory approaches, and clinical expertise." Prof Rohini Mathur, Queen Mary University of London, Co-Chair of SSMPH 2026 Local Organising Committee
In a special conference-themed blog, co-chair of the 2026 Local Organising Committee Prof @rohinimathur.bsky.social from @qmul-wiph.bsky.social shares with us her career journey in population health + important advice for those early in their careers.
📜: bit.ly/4qxj9ZU
70th Society for Social Medicine & Population Health Conference & European Congress of Epidemiology 20269-11 September 2026, Queen Mary University of London Mile End Campus. Organised by the Society for Social Medicine & Population Health & the International Epidemiological Association
* Abstract submission open! *
70th Society for Social Medicine & Population Health Conference & European Congress of Epidemiology, 9-11 Sep 2026
Venue: Mile End Campus, QMUL, London
Submission deadline: 23:59 (GMT), Monday 2nd March
Website: bit.ly/4oyrifb
@qmul-wiph.bsky.social
70th Society for Social Medicine & Population Health Conference & European Congress of Epidemiology 20269-11 September 2026, Queen Mary University of London Mile End Campus. Organised by the Society for Social Medicine & Population Health & the International Epidemiological Association
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Want to know what to expect at SSM EuroEpi 2026?
See our blogs recapping Bradford's #SSM2025: bit.ly/452ATDW
Just 1 (scientifically) chosen quote from an attendee: "brilliant opportunity to meet colleagues working across public health, & hear inspiring + informative talks about important research"
Behaviour Change Conference 2026: the call for abstracts and workshop proposals has been extended to 7 January. Image of a woman presenting.
📢 Deadline extended!
You now have until 7 January to submit abstracts & workshop proposals for the 2026 Behaviour Change Conference.
A huge thank you to everyone who’s already submitted. We look forward to your submissions & to welcoming you to Lisbon for #BCConf2026!
👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-ch...
Delighted to share this paper I co-authored that reviewed approaches for health inequality-related research priority setting that involve the affected communities.
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Screenshot of title page including the following abstract: To minimise confounding bias and disentangle warranted from unwarranted disparities, researchers examining sentencing discrimination have traditionally sought to control for as many legal factors as possible. However, over the past decade, a growing number of scholars have questioned this strategy, noting that many legal factors are themselves subject to judicial discretion and that controlling for them can introduce post-treatment bias. Here, we use directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) to provide a formal and comprehensive assessment of the different types of bias that may arise from different choices of controls. In addition, we propose a new modelling framework to facilitate the selection of controls and reflect the model uncertainty created by the trade-off inherent in judicially-defined legal factors and other factors with a similar dual causal role. We apply this framework to examine race disparities in US federal courts and gender disparities in the England and Wales magistrates’ court. We find substantial model uncertainty for gender disparities and for race disparities affecting Hispanic offenders, rendering estimates of the latter inconclusive. Disparities against black offenders are more consistent and — under specific conditions — could be interpreted as evidence of direct discrimination.
Thrilled to share my latest paper entitled, "Estimating Discrimination in Sentencing: Distinguishing between Good and Bad Controls"
Led by @jpinasanchez.bsky.social, the paper introduces a framework for examining discrimination in criminal justice processes.
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