Bren Collins

1/ 🚨 Two fully funded #PhD studentships for UK students

❓ Are you passionate about making a difference for people’s health and wellbeing? Would you like to learn cutting edge data science skills for real impact?

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I love Barry's music but one thing troubles me a bit. A lot of songs feature vocals but I don't think credit the singers. Maybe they come from sample libraries and don't know who they are. But it feels a bit like musical colonialism - using voices - often Africa/global South -& not crediting them.

JUST PUBLISHED: ACMD report on prevention of drug use by young people in the UK assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6835e4...

Shot inside fridge showing 5 jars of gherkins of various types.

Is it normal to have five different kinds of gherkins on the go in your fridge at the same time? Asking for a friend #gherkins

📣 Funded 3yr PhD opening for UK applicants in @hpruezi.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social. #PhDSky

🧪 On "Economic Evaluation of NPIs for the control of epidemics" #IDSky #EpiSky

👥 Supervised by our colleague @breconomics.bsky.social

⏳ Apply by 09 Jun 2025

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Economic Evaluation of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) for the control of epidemics at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Economic Evaluation of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) for the control of epidemics at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Did we think enough about the economic costs of NPIs in the covid-19 pandemic? What should we do differently in future epidemics/pandemics?

Really exciting fully funded PhD opportunity with me, combining policy, infectious diseases, and economic modelling. Please reach out to me if interested.

UNICEF's Julia Rees reports from one of the areas most impacted by the earthquake in #Myanmar. Families already surviving in fragile conditions now face even greater hardship, with limited access to safe water, health care and shelter.

UNICEF is on the ground mobilizing urgently needed supplies.

Toward an economy of wellbeing: The economic impact of the Welsh healthcare sector - World Health Organization Collaborating Centre On Investment for Health and Well-being In this paper, the economic importance of the healthcare sector to the Welsh economy is explored. We use a large number of data sources for the UK and Welsh economy to derive an economic model for 201...

They have also published this report with WHO on economic impact of the healthcare sector in Wales: phwwhocc.co.uk/resources/to...

The Social Return on Investment of Physical Activity and Nutrition Interventions - a Scoping Review - World Health Organization Collaborating Centre On Investment for Health and Well-being Scarcity of resources for public health and mounting pressures on health systems such as the Covid-19 pandemic, make it vital to evaluate public health interventions and move away from traditional eva...

My very talented colleagues at PHW have published lots of papers lately around SROI and social value for physical activity, mental health, and healthy ageing:

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Guest seminar in Liverpool Institute for Population Health next week:

Thanks so much for the thread Colin! It was great to work with you on this. You are a star

Looking at cider overall, the proportion of households buying cider fell, as you might expect given it was the most affected product under MUP. But this fall was *much* larger in younger (under 28) households.

We also look at changes in Wales in the proportion of households that buy wine or spirits ("penetration") and fine these rose relative to England in 2020, but had fallen below pre-pandemic levels by 2022.

We also find that 45-54 year olds were spending more on cider post-MUP.

But when we compare how that increase looked in Wales (in blue) to England (in red), we can see that purchase volume rose slightly less in Wales. We can also clearly see the effects of MUP on price, with average spend on alcohol per shopping trip and overall spend rising more in Wales.

The fact that MUP in Wales came in immediately before the first lockdown makes evaluating its impact challenging. Our data only covers alcohol bought in shops, so we see a rise in average weekly purchase (AWP) of alcohol in our data at the start of lockdown, when pubs closed.

Another day, another cool new paper, this time with Sonam Billan and @breconomics.bsky.social looking at the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing on alcohol sales in Wales.

We find alcohol sales fell, particularly among younger cider drinkers.

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What will the cardiovascular disease slowdown cost? Modelling the impact of CVD trends on dementia, disability, and economic costs in England and Wales from 2020–2029 Background There is uncertainty around the health impact and economic costs of the recent slowing of the historical decline in cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence and the future impact on dementia ...

Improvements in the UK have stalled. We had a study on the costs of the CVD slowdown, considering impacts on future dementia and disability as well. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Estimating the burden of underdiagnosis within England: A modelling study of linked primary care data Introduction Undiagnosed chronic disease has serious health consequences, and variation in rates of underdiagnosis between populations can contribute to health inequalities. We aimed to estimate the l...

Ever wondered which diseases are undiagnosed more than others, and whether this varies by area and by deprivation? New paper led by Olga Anosova

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It's a shame Paul Reubens died before they ever got to make 'Mr Bean meets Pee Wee Herman'

Congratulations Colin! Great news!

Enjoyed some Schlittenfahrenzeit with my kids this morning

They've got a great team around global health, health economics and social value! :) So well placed to work on social value of vaccines.

@pubhealthjobsuk.bsky.social

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Evidence Synthesis Officer (NHS Band 6) Public Health Wales.

Post in Public Health Economics and Value team in the WHOCC on Investment for Health and Well-being. One of the main responsibilities will be in joint project with PAHO on the social value of immunization.

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Come and work with me and my colleagues on an exciting project with the Health Foundation around modelling multimorbidity

Research Fellow (Epidemiology & Data Science)

Public Health, Policy & Systems

Grade 8 £46,485 - £58,596 pa

07-Jan-2025 23:30

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Measuring Value—The QALY Turns 50: What Has It Achieved and What Is Its Future?

Really interesting commentary on 50 years of QALYs. I wonder how we will be prioritising health interventions in 50 years time ?

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Hahaha! I see what you did there. Honestly - no I didn't!

I have been enjoying reading a bit of this by @kityates.bsky.social in the last few days - would recommend