Population Health Improvement UK

Abstract submission now open for #PreventionResearch26 4-5 March 2026
📄Abstracts invited from all corners of the prevention research community
🎤 Oral/poster presentations, Symposia and Workshops
📅 Deadline: 10 Sept 2025
👉 registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/hg3/frontend...

@healthyurbanplaces.bsky.social @lhgp.bsky.social @popmhuk.bsky.social

Abstract submission now open for #PreventionResearch26 4-5 March 2026
📄Abstracts invited from all corners of the prevention research community
🎤 Oral/poster presentations, Symposia and Workshops
📅 Deadline: 10 Sept 2025
👉 registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/hg3/frontend...

The Innovation Lab is a hands-on workshop & networking event, bringing together researchers, organisations & individuals with community insights to develop research ideas that will reduce suicide and self-harm by looking at the wider determinants of health rather than crisis support services.

Digital Innovations for Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention: Innovation Lab Expression of Interest form
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Population Mental Health Creating new opportunities for population-based improvements in mental health, focusing on young people, self-harm prevention, and long-term conditions.

You can read more about their work and subscribe to their newsletter via www.phiuk.org/population-m..., and follow them @popmhuk.bsky.social

They have been pioneering new data approaches to better understand the causes and consequences of poor mental health, and generating research that is useful, relevant and generalisable.

In the last year Population Mental Health have been building truly inclusive collaborations, creating a fundamental shift toward research that is genuinely community-led and responsive to real-world needs.

Mental health support can often be too little too late for too many people. But what if, through wider partnerships and smarter innovation, we could do more to prevent mental health challenges arising in the first place?

It's time for the last, but by no means least, of our Annual Review spotlight threads - today illuminating Population Mental Health @popmhuk.bsky.social ...

Prof Nick Wareham

We are delighted that this year's Pemberton Lecture is being delivered by Prof Nick Wareham!

Nick is Director of the @mrcepid.bsky.social at the University of Cambridge and co-Director of the Institute of Metabolic Science. He is also Director of the new national research network @phiuk.bsky.social

Policy Modelling for Health Developing computer models to show how policies might affect health, so that policymakers can better understand their impacts on people in their area.

Read more about all the work of Policy Modelling for Health at www.phiuk.org/policy-model...

Release 2024.09.28 · centreformicrosimulation/SimPaths This version of simpaths was used to undertake analysis for the paper "The Life Course Effects of Care"

A major technical milestone was the updated release of their SimPaths* model: github.com/centreformic... Improvements include a range of modelling innovations and a refreshed synthetic population.

This year they've been building the collaborative network in academia and policy, reviewing the literature, understanding the policy landscape, planning modelling work and making technical developments.

Policy Modelling for Health is developing advanced computational models that estimate health consequences of proposed and potential policies. In focus are policies that affect households’ economic wellbeing, for example through taxation, welfare, pensions, inheritance, or work.

There are many possible futures for population health. How can we use the latest in computer modelling and integrated policy partnerships to shape a healthier and more equitable way ahead?

Following the release of the PHI UK Annual Review last week, it's time for the third of four spotlight threads, today highlighting Policy Modelling for Health...

Local Health and Global Profits Understanding how the commercial sector impacts on local communities. Using that knowledge to support interventions most likely to improve health and equity.

And keep up with all their research and news at phiuk.org/local-health...

LHGP – a year in numbers - infographic 350 webinar attendees at two online events exploring the commercial determinants of health 76 Staff and stakeholders attending our two engagement events 37 interviews conducted with local authority professionals 33 presentations and speeches given at academic conferences 13 research papers contributing to advancing knowledge and discussions in the field 8 policy influences through media interviews, policy consultation responses and more

Here's their year in numbers.

This year, LHGP activities have included work to create an overarching 'system map' of factors that impact local health, publishing 13 research papers, holding and participating in events & seminars to engage a range of stakeholders, and contributing to national policy dialogue.

The aim of Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) is to develop, implement and evaluate population-level actions to tackle the negative effects of commercial activities, and drive improvements in health and reductions in health inequalities.

Today’s Annual Review spotlight falls on @lhgp.bsky.social Local Health and Global Profits.
Businesses help grow the economy and add to communities, but some also produce and promote unhealthy products. How do we make sure that we find a healthy balance between people and profit?

Proud to be part of @phiuk.bsky.social health research programme alongside @healthyurbanplaces.bsky.social @popmhuk.bsky.social and Policy Modelling for Health.

#CDoH #PublicHealth #PublicHealthResearch

@healthyurbanplaces.bsky.social

And you can read about a new Healthy Urban Places report "How to Make a Healthy City" originally developed to inform the Southern Gateway plans 👉https://www.phiuk.org/news/how-to-make-a-healthy-city

Southern Gateway

As well as building their team and developing their scientific approach, they've already started to support healthy urban change - for example in providing evidence and insight to support the Southern Gateway Regeneration in Bradford www.southerngateway.co.uk

Healthy Urban Places aims to understand how best to harness the power of local urban places as tools to improve population health and reduce inequalities. They're working primarily in Bradford and Liverpool.

Over one in eight of us live in cities, large and small. These environments present many risks to our health, but how can we seize the opportunities to create more healthy urban futures?

We published our Annual Review yesterday 👇 So today, a short thread on the work of Healthy Urban Places...

Great to see the Annual Report from PHIUK published yesterday. Really pleased to see this showcasing our work on Policy Modelling for Health www.phiuk.org/policy-model....