Brighton and Sussex Medical School

🧠💉 Join us for Ageing+HIV, a multidisciplinary meeting exploring the intersection of ageing and HIV care.
📅 Sept 12, 2025
📍 London House
🎓 Healthcare and allied professionals all welcome!
🔗 Learn more and register: bit.ly/4l06VWF
#HIV #Ageing #PublicHealth #HIVCare

🔬 Last week, members of the #BSMS anatomy team attended the #AnatomicalSociety Conference at @ox.ac.uk.
IRP student Georgia Koudigkeli presented a poster on nerve distribution in the orbicularis oculi, co-supervised by Luke Reid (BSMS) & Ruben Kannan (Consultant Plastic Surgeon).
#FacialReanimation

🔍 Introducing the ARC KSS Data Science Hub — an open-access online resource designed to help researchers navigate the complex process of accessing & using routinely collected health and social care data. @bsmspcph.bsky.social
📖 Learn more: bit.ly/40ogqaC
#DataScience #HealthResearch #ARCKSS

And read the full story here: bit.ly/46DG3rA

@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

A photo of vapes on shop shelves

New study finds expert-led TikTok-style videos can bust vaping myths among young adults. BSMS researchers show that brief, evidence-based content significantly improves understanding of vaping vs smoking risks.
📲 bit.ly/45VAkxd
#PublicHealth #VapingFacts @katieeast.bsky.social
@bsmspcph.bsky.social

👏 Huge congratulations to Prof Anjum Memon, Chair in Epidemiology at BSMS, for receiving the President’s Medal from @fphuk.bsky.social!
The award recognises his outstanding contributions to public health and education.
🔗 bit.ly/45YG3SY
#PublicHealth #Epidemiology #BSMS

🧠The BSMS Time for Dementia team held their annual symposium in June, celebrating students’ journeys with people living with dementia. Shoutout to Courtney-Ann Dennis (📽️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzrfrkgBPs8) & Ellie McLeish (🎨🔽painting) – our joint winners in the student creative competition!

🎥 Dr Mei Trueba & Prof Mood Bhutta from BSMS have co-produced a powerful 7-minute training film with NHS Commercial Solutions on modern slavery in healthcare supply chains.

🌍 Explore the film & resources at: www.tacklingmodernslavery.com

Now live: www.shield.eco 🌍 A platform linking climate & health research. Developed via the @nihr.bsky.social-ASTRA project (led by @sussex.ac.uk) with BSMS' Prof Collins Iwuji, the website links data, evidence and action to protect health in a changing climate. #ShieldTheFuture #ClimateHealth

Preventing debt bondage in healthcare supply chains We strive for a world where people are protected from modern slavery by effective, evidence-based policies.

📢 NEW PROJECT! A research project by @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social, @newcastleuni.bsky.social‬, Impactt Limited & @unseenuk.bsky.social is evaluating the effectiveness of the Employer Pays Principle (EPP) in preventing debt bondage in healthcare supply chains.
👇
www.modernslaverypec.org/research-pro...

𝗦𝗦𝗥𝗣 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: 𝗗𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗶 𝗘𝘇𝗶𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗮 💬

The latest of our interviews with members of our brilliant research community is with Dr Eziefula (@bsmsmedschool.bsky.social), left, who discusses her research into sustainable and equitable menstrual health.

Read: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

🧪 Counting down to Prof James Stone's inaugural lecture!
"Bugs, drugs and brain scans: Exploring the molecular mind"🧬🧠
📅 Thursday 19 June 2025 | 🕕 6pm
📍 Medical Teaching Building, University of Sussex
🎟️ Free & open to everyone!
Book now 👉 bit.ly/4lUw2eT

🚨 Don’t miss SHARE: a free online conference on #SustainableHealthcare 🌱 20 June 🗓️
Explore the intersection of health & climate. Hosted by
@bsmsmedschool.bsky.social, @uniofbrighton.bsky.social &
@sushealthcare.bsky.social in collaboration with the #PlanetaryHealth Report Card.
🔗 bit.ly/3EZqAHc

“Inclusion means actively making space for others.”
— Daisy Boston, EDI Coordinator at BSMS💬
Discover their inspiring take on inclusivity & creating a welcoming environment at BSMS in the latest spotlight interview: 🔗 bit.ly/4dviN0z

💬"BSMS is proud to contribute to research that informs evidence-based policy & supports fairer, healthier futures for all.” – @profcdllewellyn.bsky.social

BSMS played a key role in the Health Counts 2024 survey led by @brighton-hove.gov.uk & @uniofbrighton.bsky.social!

👉 Read more: bit.ly/4jzxCk6

🔍A new study has found that many people living with HIV are willing to share their HIV status for health research—as long as their privacy is protected, and the process is transparent

📖 Read more: tinyurl.com/yck34hh8

🔍 New study reveals that using anonymised medical notes for health research is not only safe—but highly valuable, driving better care while protecting privacy

📖 Read more: tinyurl.com/4dr5ycjj

🌍 Join us for SHARE: a free online conference on #sustainablehealthcare! 🌱

Hosted by @uniofbrighton.bsky.social, BSMS and @sushealthcare.bsky.social in collaboration with the #PlanetaryHealth Report Card.

📅 Friday 20 June, online via MedAll
🔗 bit.ly/3EZqAHc

#NetZeroNHS

📈 A new study led by BSMS' Professor Anjum Memon, Chair in Epidemiology and @bsmspcph.bsky.social reveals a substantial rise in the incidence of kidney cancer among younger adults in England over the last four decades. 🔗 Full study details: bit.ly/3H49cBK

🧠Join us on 4 June at 6:30pm (BST) for a talk by Prof. Asllani on innovations enabling broader MRI access across clinical and research settings.

📍 Hosted online via Zoom
🔗 Details & registration: bit.ly/4k9z9Ou

#MRI #MedicalImaging #Neuroscience

🧠 Just a couple of days to go until our fifth Dementia Research Conference!

📅 Join leading researchers & clinicians on 21–22 May for two days of insights, innovation and networking.

🔗 Secure your place now: bit.ly/43j6Ual

#DementiaResearch #DRC25

📩 If you would like further information about the study, please contact the lead researcher: Dr Mei Trueba: M.trueba@bsms.ac.uk
@peterwest-oram.bsky.social

📢 Calling UK-based research-active clinicians: BSMS researchers are seeking to understand how research-active clinicians experience current research ethics governance processes. Please access the confidential online survey here 👉 universityofsussex.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

What do you know about body donation? What do you think about it? @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social, who featured in my Radio 4 doc, Bodies, want to know! They are doing some important research on public attitudes to body donation. Add your voice here www.bsms.ac.uk/about/anatom...

🧬 New results from MIROCALS trial (Modifying Immune Responses and Outcomes in ALS) co-led by BSMS' Professor P Nigel Leigh published in The Lancet.

This is the first study to test low-dose Interleukin 2 for ALS/MND.

More 🔗 bit.ly/43cM8bl

🧠 Join us for our fifth Dementia Research Conference! Explore the latest in dementia research and care with leading experts.

📅 21-22 May 2025
📍 Online via Zoom
✍️Register now: bit.ly/43j6Ual

#DementiaResearch #DRC25

We’re proud to feature in a new BBC Radio 4 piece on surgical training using donor bodies at BSMS.

🎙️Journalist Jenny Kleeman speaks with BSMS' Prof Claire Smith & Camilla Ingram, plus surgeons & educators, about the impact of #BodyDonation.

Listen 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

#MedicalEducation

YouTube video by Brighton and Sussex Medical School A “Handy” guide to hand hygiene and discouraging use of gloves

🧼✨The Green Healthcare Hub, led by BSMS' Prof Mood Bhutta, has launched a 'handy' guide to promote effective #handhygiene and reduce unnecessary glove use in healthcare—supporting a greener NHS🌍💚
🎥 Watch now: youtu.be/oShG-hehqkA
#CleanYourHands #WorldHandHygieneDay

📢 We're proud to share that the BSMS MSc Physician Associate Studies programme is now GMC approved! This milestone recognises the excellence of our teaching, curriculum and clinical training and ensures our graduates meet national regulatory standards 👏
#MedicalEducation #PhysicianAssociate

🎧 New episode from @genomicsengland.bsky.social!
BSMS' @farsidesb.bsky.social & @richgorman.bsky.social dive into how compassionate approaches, including poetry, can bring compassion and humanity to the ethical questions shaping genomics.
Listen now 👉 ow.ly/pthk50VG4mq