Healthier Futures at the University of Manchester

Devo Manc led to significant improvements across health system, study finds The devolution deals which granted Greater Manchester increased control over a range of public services enabled them to make significant improvements in many parts of the health system, a unique study...

We are at @thekingsfund.bsky.social #KFPrevention meeting today. Next up: Can Devolution be good for your health? The evidence suggests yes... @warrenheppolette.bsky.social will convince you :)
You can also see a @manchester.ac.uk evaluation on this here: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/d...

Image of the UoM campus, showing an autumn scene in front of the Whitworth Building

A new blood test can detect ovarian cancer in symptomatic women with high accuracy.

Study from Manchester and Colorado, with UoM findings led by Professor Emma Crosbie @fbmh-uom.bsky.social.

Paper: @aacrjournals.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1158/2767...

As part of the Greater Manchester Research Engagement Network, the team partnered with @AwakeningMinds_, a specialist Punjabi mental health service, and @MadeByMortals, who bring lived experience to life through immersive audio, film, & theatre

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Explore our latest report 'Education Equity for the North of England', which calls for school readiness to become a national priority.

#ChildrenFirst #NatOppSummit

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Child of the North launches new campaign as latest findings reveal worrying trends - N8 Research Partnership New campaign launches at the National Opportunity Summit: Building a country that works for all children and young people A new campaign is launching today in response to the latest analysis by the Ch...

Last year, we started a campaign to explore how we can build a country that works for all children and young people.

Today, we launch a new campaign to bring the spotlight back on the 12 most pressing issues.

#ChildrenFirst #NatOppSummit

www.n8research.org.uk/child-of-the...

How can we make cities healthier & fairer places to live, work and play? @ctemenos.bsky.social investigates the intersecting challenges that exacerbate #healthinequalities.
research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/c...

#healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall
@uomseed.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social

Improving access to healthcare for people in marginalised positions - be that those accessing food aid, people in prisons - drives @laurasheard.bsky.social 's research focus on #healthinequalities. Discover more here: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/l...
#healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall

If you want to learn more about cancer research at @manchester.ac.uk, check out out 'One in Two' podcast here: www.manchester.ac.uk/research/bea...

And find more information here: www.manchester.ac.uk/research/bea...

@fbmh-uom.bsky.social

One in two of us will receive a cancer diagnosis at some point during our lives, but your outcomes will be significantly impacted by the inequalities that you may experience.

@sammerriel.bsky.social is working on doing something about that.
#healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall #oneintwo

Last month @healthequitynorth.bsky.social launched #ageinginthenorth, highlighting the inequalities faced by older people in the North of England
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Meet one of the authors, @muarg.bsky.social's, @tinebuffel.bsky.social
#healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall #healthinequalities

Check out the work of #Austerity and Altered Life Courses project here: www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/morgan-centr...

@uomsoss.bsky.social @morgancentre.bsky.social @uomseed.bsky.social

Centring joy, connection and dignity in anti-poverty activism. 🪧 📢 😁
@smhall.bsky.social is a champion for tackling the causes and consequences of poverty with and for communities and grassroots organisations.

#healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall #healthinequalities

As we are talking about women's health in GM today, let's hear from @manchester.ac.uk's @lukemunford.bsky.social, who was one of the lead authors of the
@healthequitynorth.bsky.social
#womanofthenorth report...

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#healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall

Today we're at the Women's Health in Greater Manchester Showcase, organised by various parts of GM @nihr.bsky.social infrastructure.

We're listening to Faye Ruddock speaking on insights into black women's health in GM.

#Healthequity #Healthierfuture

Today’s were hosting an important conversation led by Dr Omolade Allen.

Panelists are from GMP, faith leaders, health researchers + family law discussing how to turn research into action for domestic abuse alongside a new exhibition in the glass corridor.

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On display on the @manchester.ac.uk campus over the summer, Omolade Allen and Caroline Luckham's exhibition in the Samuel Alexander Building, explores the role of Faith-based organisations in supporting ethnic minority women with lived experience of domestic abuse.

@uomcreativemcr.bsky.social

Faith based organisations - alongside voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations - are a vital part of the social infrastructure tackling health challenges and inequalities on the ground.
Meet Omolade: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/o...
#healthierfuturesuom
#fairerhealthforall

Geography meets urgency: Manchester hosts international Spatialising Urban Crisis Workshop Convened by Dr Cristina Temenos, a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow based at The University of Manchester, the event took place in June and served as a dynamic forum for exchange at the intersection of acad...

Thanks to the 27 scholars & practitioners who came together from across the globe for a workshop examining how cities are responding to the complex crises of our time.

The Spatialising Urban Crisis Workshop was convened by @ctemenos.bsky.social as part of a @ukri.org Future Leaders Fellowship.

Manchester expert helps shape landmark WHO report on global loneliness crisis The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for urgent action to tackle what it calls a global crisis of loneliness and social disconnection, in a new report informed by the research of Professor P...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for urgent action to tackle what it calls a global crisis of loneliness and social disconnection, in a new report informed by the research of Professor Pamela Qualter, the UK's leading scientific expert on child and adolescent loneliness.

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Our #healthierfuturesuom fortnight continued today with an #interdisciplinary methods event, hosted by Kate Reed (@uomsoss.bsky.social), covering #researchethics, the #wellbeing of researchers working on sensitive topics, and #innovative approaches to #methods
#fairerhealthforall #healthinequalities

Thanks for coming!

It was great to hear from @duncanivison.bsky.social and Colette Fagan discussing the vital importance of working interdisciplinarily and collaboratively to tackle #healthinequalities through research, teaching & innovation
#healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall #interdisciplinarity #collaboration

Yesterday we held a town hall meeting for @manchester.ac.uk's #healthinequalities researchers, with great presentations from @lukemunford.bsky.social, @sorrelburden.bsky.social, @nataliecbennett.bsky.social, @judiallen.bsky.social, @arc-gm.bsky.social & more
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Kate Reed's research on death administration tells us that #healthinequalities can follow us into the grave, and impact on the health and wellbeing of those left behind.

research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/k...

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Addressing Health Inequalities across the University of Manchester The Healthier Futures research platform will be hosting a fortnight of activities from Monday 23 June through to Friday 4 July showcasing the wide range of research taking place across the University ...

Looking forward to speaking at workshop 'Navigating hidden methodological challenges in health-related research' as part of Healthier Futures Fortnight @manchester.ac.uk tinyurl.com/4mscpnst
@healthierfutures.bsky.social @uomsociology.bsky.social @drdon.bsky.social @ruthbromley.bsky.social

Jack Benton

Learn more about Jack's work here:
research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/j...

The places in which we live, work and play have a huge impact on our health. Jack Benton looks at how we change our built environment to enhance health and wellbeing

#healthinequalities #fairerhealthforall #uomhealthierfutures

@uomseed.bsky.social @sustainableuom.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk

"Rise up"

A bit of Pablo Neruda to start your day, with @manchester.ac.uk's Simon Parry talking about Organisations of Hope as he opens the @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social Creative Health Symposium.

An exciting day ahead of insights on #creativity, #health & #healthinequalities

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Great day with the Dandelion Community, Inspiring Futures & @hmhcmcr.bsky.social discussing projects focused on #healthinequalities - ideas from communities across Mcr, developed with @manchester.ac.uk colleagues, facilitated by @futureeverything.bsky.social
#fairerhealthforall #healthierfuturesuom