💉 How can we improve measles vaccine uptake among healthcare workers?
New research from The Orb finds few high-quality studies, but targeted invitations to unvaccinated staff show promise.
📖 Read it (open access until end Nov): authors.elsevier.com/c/1lvXd,60n7...
14.10.2025 18:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Redirecting
📢 New research from The ORB, led by Dr Louise Smith, shows why co-production matters.
By working with poultry farm workers, the team created practical, translated, visual resources on avian flu, PPE, antivirals, and symptom monitoring, now informing national guidance.
doi.org/10.1016/j.pu...
14.10.2025 18:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Why words matter in public health | King's College London
Public health messages often describe some people as ‘vulnerable’. In emergencies, people categorised as ‘vulnerable’ even receive different information and advice. Research by Poppy Ellis Logan, PhD ...
Public health messages should use self-explanatory language. If messages use vague words (like 'vulnerable'), people have to fill in the blanks. My research has impacted the language that @ukhsa.bsky.social uses. Here's an article and video all about it! www.kcl.ac.uk/news/spotlig...
#HealthEquity
10.09.2025 13:51 — 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1
Home - PEERS project
PEERS is a Horizon Europe project aiming to deliver change in CBRN-E through a practitioner-driven ecosystem focused on pre-normative/standardisation processes and supporting tools.
Big thanks to the peers-project-eu and ONELAB Project teams for hosting our Director at their event in Brussels this week.
Fascinating work on mobile labs for outbreak response and CBRN preparedness - plus a brilliant cohort of ECRs to watch!
🔗 peers-project.eu
🔗 onelab-project.eu
11.09.2025 09:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Thanks for sharing, Lupicinio.
25.06.2025 09:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Heat-Health Alerts issued by UKHSA and the Met Office
The latest heat-health alert (HHA) issued by UKHSA and the Met Office for all regions of England.
It's hot! And @ukhsa.bsky.social have issued an amber heat alert, saying "even moderate heat can result in serious health outcomes, especially for older adults."... "If you have friends, family or neighbours who are more vulnerable, it is important to check in on them". www.gov.uk/government/n...
19.06.2025 14:41 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
freyamills | Twitter | Linktree
PhD student at the University of Sussex and UK Health Security Agency
🎓 Huge congrats to Dr Freya Mills on passing her PhD viva!
Her research with @sussex.ac.uk & @ukhsa.bsky.social explores how Long Covid support groups shape health and wellbeing, using the social identity approach.
@freyamills.bsky.social
📚 linktr.ee/freyamills
12.06.2025 13:45 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The changing prevalence of ADHD? A systematic review
Understanding the prevalence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and changes in demand for related healthcare services is crucial for e…
New research finds major gaps in global ADHD data.
Most post-2020 studies on prevalence are low quality, only 4 of 40 reviewed were low risk of bias. No clear rise, just unclear data.
Better evidence is urgently needed to guide healthcare decisions.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
05.06.2025 17:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
There has been no meaningful increase in the number of people with an #ADHD diagnosis globally since 2020, despite a surge in awareness and media stories about the condition.
Find out more ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/gaps-in...
@alexfmartin.bsky.social | @nihr-hprfa-orb.bsky.social
05.06.2025 12:41 — 👍 5 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
🦟 West Nile virus has been detected in the UK for the first time. Risk remains low, but climate change is shifting the map for mosquito-borne diseases. Prof Paul Hunter breaks it down in The Conversation: tinyurl.com/4uzdx68c @metadoc.bsky.social
#PublicHealth #ClimateChange #WNV
28.05.2025 12:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Future disease burden due to the rise of emerging infectious disease secondary to climate change may be being under-estimated
Published in Virulence (Vol. 16, No. 1, 2025)
🌍 New publication from Professor Paul Hunter warns that climate change may lead to more severe infectious disease outbreaks than models predict - especially in populations with no prior exposure. A call for better modelling and behavioural insight.
@metadoc.bsky.social
📖 bit.ly/4dmPGMQ
15.05.2025 12:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A woman sits at a desk with her hands on her head, appearing stressed while working from home. A computer mouse, smartphone, and a pair of glasses are also on the desk. She is wearing a black blazer and is indoors with a white wall in the background.
Congratulations to Dr Charlotte Hall on her PhD from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and @ukhsa.bsky.social. Her research exploring the homeworking experiences of response-focused UK civil servants during COVID is already shaping future public health guidance. Read more: bit.ly/3GIi28d
09.05.2025 11:38 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Birmingham bin strikes: a threat to public health
Garbage continues to pile up on the streets of Birmingham. An expert in communicable disease explains the risks.
Mountains of uncollected waste in Birmingham pose serious health risks, from rat-borne diseases to bacteria-spreading gulls. Prof Paul Hunter @metadoc.bsky.social calls for more research to guide future responses. 🗑️🦠 Read in The Conversation: bit.ly/4m4RFt6 #PublicHealth #WasteCrisis
08.05.2025 09:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Come and work with us! Three fully funded PhD studentships
1: Public health advice for farm workers
bit.ly/4d1W5g8
2&3: Helping people interpret symptoms during outbreaks
bit.ly/42LgTFm
Deadline: Sunday 18 May 2025
07.05.2025 17:10 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The NIHR HPRFA ORB: Outbreak related behaviours
We are a new @nihr.bsky.social funded research team focused on understanding how people respond during infectious disease outbreaks and how public health strategies can better support them.
Follow for updates on our work, findings, and opportunities
07.05.2025 16:48 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 3
Official feed of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) providing regular news updates on the work of the organisation.
Profesor de Psicología Social en la UAB
A psychologist and PhD researcher at King’s College London, developing tool to assess how frontline responders prepare for major incidents. Passionate about making preparedness practical, human-centred, and grounded in real-world impact.
Welcome to our official account 👋
Nestled in the South Downs, we're a UK university located just 10 mins from beachy Brighton and an hour from London.
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See how our research provides a theoretical framing for our multiple experiences of crowd events and offers recommendations for practice and policy.
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/labs/crowds-and-identities/
Social Psychologist @HWPsych @CABS_HeriotWatt
Assoc. Ed. #BJSP
social identity/loneliness/health/volunteering/food aid #socialprescribing
Social Psychologist interested in crowd behaviour, mass emergencies, pandemics, collective resilience, social influence, public messaging & media/social discourse. No unsolicited DMs please
Senior lecturer in Social Psych at the Open University; Deputy Editor, BJSP; Amateur 📸; Posts nerdy academic stuff, political ranting & the occasional memes. Own views
Senior Lecturer and Future Leaders Fellow
Uni of Edinburgh Psychology | Researching collective behaviour in emergencies and mass events | BJSP Assoc Ed | Views own | She/her 🌈|
@geetreddy fan account
Social psychologist @Sussex.ac.uk. Collective behaviour, crowds, emergencies, Covid http://tinyurl.com/anw6sxrs Member behavioural sub-group @independentsage.bsky.social Views my own.
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Follow #spsconf for conf updates & #SocialSecComt to meet the Committee
Researcher in the Behavioural Science and Insights Unit at the UK Health Security Agency.
Research interests include social identity, emergency response, and interoperability.
PhD student studying social identity, online support groups and Long Covid
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Professor of Behavioural Science & Security, Department of War Studies/School of Security Studies, King’s College London.
Deputy Executive Dean and Vice-Dean People & Planning in the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy. Views expressed are my own.
PhD student researching fake news and misinformation
Head of the Behavioural Science and Insights Unit at @UKHSA.
UKHSA Co-Director of the @hpru-ebs.bsky.social. Views my own.
Professor in Medicine at University of East Anglia, specialised in Medical Microbiology and Virology and in Communicable Disease Control. My research focuses on emerging infectious diseases.
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