UCL Dental Public Health

🎥 Missed UCL’s Health Equity Event 2025?
The recording is now available!
Experts from UCL & beyond explored progress, challenges & next steps in tackling health inequalities.

Watch here 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/grand-challe...

#HealthEquity #UCL

YouTube video by The CORE Programme Brazil Webinar 1 - The Importance of Critical Racial Literacy in Advancing Health Equity

Webinar 1 produced by our Brazilian team titled 'The Importance of Critical Racial Literacy in Advancing Health Equity' featuring discussions with Professor Márcia Alves and Professor Alexandro de Jesus is now available on the CORE YouTube channel - youtu.be/ikoIJJ7Qkp0

Many congratulations to our MSc Course Rep Hussain Alali, for making the Roll of Honour for the Academic Rep of the Year Award!

A great acknowledgement of all the support Hussain has given to the students he represents 👏 👏👏

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@ucliehc.bsky.social

UCL Epidemiology and Health Care Information Sessions Join us online to learn more about studying a Master's degree at the UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care.

Want to study a Master's degree with us?

Book your place on our upcoming online information sessions!

Participating programmes:
Population Health MSc
Social Epidemiology MSc
Master of Public Health MPH (online)
Health Psychology MSc
Dental Public Health MSc

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Graph summarising Health Foundation / Ipsos polling data. It shows levels of public support across a range of population-level public health policies, some of which are summarised in the thread.

Today, we've published new @healthfoundation.bsky.social / @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social showing the public supports bolder policy approaches to tackle alcohol, tobacco and unhealthy food. 1/n

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YouTube video by The CORE Programme Colombia Webinar 3 - Commercial Determinants of Health in Colombia

Webinar 3 produced by our Colombian team titled 'Commercial Determinants of Health in Colombia' is now out on the CORE YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxo8... - Please like, comment and subscribe!

📣 Paper accepted! Our research on media framing of calorie labelling shows one way "lifestyle drift" occurs in obesity policy.

Analysis of 177 articles reveals how approaches get reframed as individual responsibility in public discourse.

#PublicHealth #PolicyResearch

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👏 Huge congratulations to our brilliant Yanela Aravena Rivas @yanelaaravena.bsky.social who this week passed her PhD with no corrections! 🎓🥳🎉

Her thesis examined the impact of the Chilean governance system on sugar consumption in the country, and her examiners were extremely impressed by her work.

Responsive Research Fund call launched in Colombia. $25,000,000 pesos available to fund 3 research projects in Colombia. Click on the link below to learn more.
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Responsive Research Fund call launched in India. Up to £30,000 available for early career researchers to support exploratory research focused on oral health inequalities, commercial determinants, and oral health system reform. Click on the link below to learn more.
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In 2024, we partnered with @ucl-dph.bsky.social, a WHO Collaborating Centre led by Prof. Richard Watt. 🎙️

This podcast series features global experts discussing oral health inequalities & policy solutions. Listen now: 🔗 buff.ly/3AzVnb7

Physical punishment harms children’s wellbeing – the time to act is now Physical punishment is the most common form of violence against children and a major concern from both children’s rights and public health perspectives. The United Nations Committee on the Ri…

The threat of violence to children should no longer be given legal cover. The time for change is now! childofourtimeblog.org.uk/2025/03/phys... @anjaheilmann.bsky.social @yvonne-kelly.bsky.social @nspcc.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social @ucl-dph.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @jessasatomp.bsky.social

Happy 20th to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control! 🎉 Over the past two decades, this landmark treaty has transformed public health—saving lives, strengthening policies, and empowering countries to stand up to Big Tobacco. Its global impact is undeniable.

Newsletter CORE is a four-year research programme funded by the UK National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to address the neglect of oral diseases in four middle-income countries:  Colombia, Kenya

The third newsletter for the CORE Programme is now out and can be accessed here - sway.cloud.microsoft/7F8Ov1FnXEdz...

A Theoretically Informed Process Evaluation in Parallel to a Feasibility Study of a Complex Oral Health Intervention Using NICE Guidelines in a Care Home Setting Background A theoretically informed process evaluation was undertaken in parallel to a study examining the feasibility of an oral health intervention based on an existing guideline for care homes. T...

1. A Theoretically Informed Process Evaluation in Parallel to a Feasibility Study of a Complex Oral Health Intervention Using NICE Guidelines in a Care Home Setting

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Discover five facts about WHO and its global impact ⬇️

Black text on white background. It reads: With you, for you. WHO remains committed to health for all.

#HealthForAll

For everyone. Everywhere.

Don't forget about it, one month left. There is a lot that can be learned from cross-country studies on global health

Changes in household purchasing of soft drinks following the UK soft drinks industry levy by household income and composition: controlled interrupted time series analysis, March 2014 to November 2019 Background The WHO recommends taxes on sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) to improve population health. We examined changes in volume of and amount of sugar in purchases of soft drinks according to hous...

📣New Paper:19 months after the UK soft drinks industry levy (SDIL; sugar tax) was enforced we find a 7.5g weekly household sugar reduction from soft drinks. Weekly sugar reductions were highest in houses with lowest incomes(70g/week) / with children(56g/week).
📄: nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl...

Oral Health Matters Welcome to Oral Health Matters, a brand new podcast from the Dental Public Health Group at University College London and presented by eminent dental public health expert Professor Richard Watt. In th...

In Episode 6 of #OralHealthMatters, Richard Watt, Dympna Kavanagh and Benoit Varenne discuss global health policy, and oral health as a public health priority around the world

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#oralhealth
#globalhealth
#Episky
#PublicHealth

Study finds fluoride in water does not affect brain development A University of Queensland study has found no link between exposure to water fluoridation as a young child and negative cognitive development.

www.uq.edu.au/news/article... Important #JDR paper from the UQ group bringing more evidence about safety of community water fluoridation.

Commercial influences on patient and public involvement: a renewed call for research and action Abstract. Patient and public involvement is increasingly advocated in health policy, research and practice. Patients and people with lived experience, care

💰 Commercial influences on patient and public involvement in health policy, research and practice

#ConflictsofInterest
#CommercialDeterminantsOfHealth
#CDoH

By @maritahennessy.bsky.social Tom Fahey
@jameslarkin13.bsky.social in @healthpromint.bsky.social

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Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky

1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research

Open Access
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I'm sure many have said this before but I'm reading a student-facing document about how students might use AI in the classroom (if allowed) and one of the recs is: use AI to make an outline of your reading! But ISN'T MAKING THE OUTLINE how one actually learns?

In October 2025 the UK will finally introduce restrictions on unhealthy food and drink advertising.

Restricting advertisements is an essential step towards a healthier food environment, writes Katharine Jenner @oha-updates.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Brazil 🇧🇷

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Kenya 🇰🇪

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India 🇮🇳

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Colombia 🇨🇴

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The trainee studentships are fully funded for 1 year and comprise the following benefits.
·Tuition fees (for 1 year) for the duration of the Master’s programme.
·1 x return flights from home to the UK
·Visa application expenses
·A stipend for accommodation and subsistence