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🎙️ Episode 1 Oral Health Matters, Series 2 🎙️

Series 2 opens with a powerful conversation on how political decisions, from WHO withdrawal to cuts in international aid, are affecting real communities, real services, and real lives.

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🎧 Watch the trailer for Oral Health Matters – Series 2, Episode 1

What happens to oral health when global politics become unstable?

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#OralHealthMatters #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #HealthEquity #OralHealth

🎙In the last of our ** PODCAST REWIND ** feautres, we're looking at the final episode of series 1 of Oral Health Matters, where Richard Watt is joined by Dr Benoit Varenne and Dr Dympna Kavanagh.

Link to full episode:
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🎙 In episode 5 of series 1 of Oral Health Matters, Richard Watt is joined by Professor Sharon Friel from the Australian National University, and Professor Delan Devakumar, from University College London.

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Oral Health Matters Series 2 Trailer

** PODCAST LAUNCH

🎧 Check out the trailer for the 2nd series of the Oral Health Matters podcast

🎙️ The series features conversations with leading researchers, clinicians and public health voices from around the globe.

✅ Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

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In episode 4 of the first series of Oral Health Matters, Richard Watt was in conversation with Dr Lisa Jamieson from the University of Adelaide, and Professor David Conway from the University of Glasgow.

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Graduate Open Events: Public Health and Epidemiology Explore Master’s degrees in Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Psychology. Join our virtual open events to meet Programme Directors and plan your next career step.

‼️ Come to study with us! UCL’s internationally renowned MSc in Dental Public Health is the longest-running course of its kind in the UK 👩🏻‍💻 📚

To find out more, book your place at our open event:
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In episode 3 of Oral Health Matters we discuss the meaning and value of community engagement in research and ways to promote meaningful partnership working with communities.

Series 2 launches on 3rd Feb

#OralHealth #AcademicPodcasting #OralHealthMatters

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In episode 2 of the first series of our podcast, Oral Health Matters, we discussed the challenges and opportunities for oral health research in the Global South.

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Series 2 launches on Tuesday 3 February.

#AcademicPodcasting #OralHealth #GlobalSouth

🎙️ PODCAST REWIND 🎙️

Series 2 of our podcast Oral Health Matters is coming soon!

So what better time to take a listen back to series 1, originally published in the Spring of 2024 🎧

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#DentalPublicHealth #Podcasting #AcademicPodcasting #OralHealth #Research

Upstream Interventions to Promote Oral Health and Reduce Oral Health Inequalities: A Scoping Review Objectives This scoping review aimed to map global evidence on upstream interventions which promote oral health and reduce socioeconomic inequalities in oral health. Methods A review was undertake.....

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🔍 Professor Richard Watt and Michelle Stennett are co-authors on a scoping review mapping global evidence on upstream interventions which promote oral health & reduce socioeconomic qualities in oral health ⬇

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#oralhealth #globaloralhealth #publichealth #inequalities

Meet Michelle Stennett, Lecturer (Teaching) in Dental Public Health and member of the Dental Public Health Group.

Michelle defines dental public health as preventing dental disease for populations rather than individuals.

She splits her time beween clincial work, research and teaching.

Most US cities have rings of isolation in suburban areas and segregated pockets of near the urban core, shaped by race, wealth, and proximity to downtown, finds a new study of 383 American cities, led by Andrew Renninger @casaucl.bsky.social @thebartlettucl.bsky.social

“These findings are deeply alarming. Earlier oral health gains have been reversed, and we are now back to the levels of untreated tooth decay last seen in 1998."

Professor Georgios Tsakos quoted in The Telegraph

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#AOHS #AdultOralHealthSurvey #oralhealth

English teeth are worse than they have been for 25 years Experts said the findings are ‘deeply alarming’

Professor George Tsakos @ucl-dph.bsky.social said: "These findings are deeply alarming. Earlier oral health gains have been reversed, and we are now back to the levels of untreated tooth decay last seen in 1998."

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Coverage from LBC for the Adult Oral Health Survey (AOHS), published earlier this week.

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Professor Georgios Tsakos and Dr Anja Heilmann from The UCL Dental Public Health Group are authors on the report.

#AOHS #AdultOralHealthSurvey #dentalhealth #publichealth #oralhealth

Professor Georgios Tsakos and @anjaheilmann.bsky.social from @ucl_dentalpublichealth are two of the authors of this landmark report on the the health of adults' teeth and mouths and the need and access of treatment in England.

#ucldentalpublichealth #oralhealth #adultoralhealthsurvey #AOHS

Causal inference interest group, supported by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies Seminar series 20th October 2025, 3pm BST (UTC+1) "Making rigorous causal inference more mainstream" Julia Rohrer, Leipzig University Sign up to attend at tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRohrer

Happy to announce that I'll give a talk on how we can make rigorous causal inference more mainstream 📈

You can sign up for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRo...

🎥 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