Our final Health of the Public newsletter for 2025 is out, with the latest funding opportunities, news and events related to improving health for all: mailchi.mp/ucl/health-o...

In the face of unprecedented challenges across health and care, strong leadership matters more than ever. Take ten minutes to share your views on the support leaders need in our short survey. Respond by 30 December 2025 and have the chance to win a £250 voucher: https://bit.ly/4qpcPnl

Report: Community-Led Non-Clinical Interventions in Men’s Mental Health and Wellbeing in North East England A valuable resource exploring interventions that are effective in supporting men's mental health: www.ucl.ac.uk/grand-challe...

Dr Megan Armstrong offers a solution to breaking the cycle of inequality by prioritising sustained investment, structural reform, and genuine community engagement 🔽 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Join us for an exciting panel event - Visualising Migration: Art, Resistance & Wellbeing 📅 Tuesday 11th November, 4.30–6.30pm 📍 Leolin Price Lecture Theatre, 30 Guilford Street, UCL GOSICH Book your spot now: 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/visualisin... @tcru-ucl.bsky.social @uclhealthpublic.bsky.social

📣 You're warmly invited to Visualising Migration: Art, Resistance & Wellbeing at 16:30, 11 Nov. This panel discussion has been organised by the Health of the Public Creative Health Community & @tcru-ucl.bsky.social. Learn more and book your place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/visualisin...

Sharing one of our favourite clips from the latest Public Health Disrupted episode on Ageing Playfully 💕 “Play allows for meaningful connection… It’s a way to celebrate the humanity of the people we visit” - Rachel Colles, an Elderflower with Hearts & Minds.

Ahead of #WorldMenopauseDay on 18 October, we are sharing two podcasts that shine a light on and debunk the many myths around menopause. Both with @profjoyceharper.bsky.social from @ucl-ifwh.bsky.social 👇

🧠 Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay At UCL Grand Challenges, we’re spotlighting research that’s driving change—from early intervention to wellbeing in schools, hospitals, and workplaces. Explore how we’re shaping policy and practice: https://bit.ly/46zVlfm #MentalHealth #UCL

📝 @wellcometrust.bsky.social's new sex and gender in health research funding policy outlines expectations of researchers to integrate sex, gender or both dimensions through the research life cycle. Read the new policy: wellcome.org/research-fun...

🎙️ Happy #InternationalPodcastDay! To mark the day, we are looking back at Season 5 of Public Health Disrupted 👇 Catch up on all episodes: Apple: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/p... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2FcvrZG... SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/uclsound/set...

Excellent learning opportunities for researchers at all career stages ⬇️ Learn more: www.nihr.ac.uk/news/nihr-la...

🎧 New episode of Public Health Disrupted: Ageing Playfully! Join @thewrittenro.bsky.social, Dr Carrie Ryan (UCL Arts & Sciences) and Rachel Colles (Hearts & Minds) as they explore how play can disrupt conventional narratives around ageing, and reveal its deeper meaning and joy.

We're excited to announce CLS will lead the first new nationally representative UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years. Generation New Era will follow the lives of more than 30,000 babies born in 2026, during their early years, and potentially beyond. Read more: bit.ly/4gfttBP

“Research has shown that UK parents will welcome the vaccine and can be reassured that it is highly effective and has a good safety record having been used in the USA for 30 years” says @helenebedford.bsky.social from @uclchildhealth.bsky.social.

📢 Don’t miss out – early bird rates for our new advanced module close soon! 📅 22–23 Oct, 12:30–16:30 (UK time) Learn to better select & specify behaviour change techniques with experts from @hbcproject.bsky.social 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-ch... @martamarques.bsky.social @susanmichie.bsky.social

Applications for the Arts Health Research Intensive 2026 are now OPEN ⭐ #AHRI26 Interested in #ArtsInHealth? Join us for an immersive week of developing knowledge, skills & contacts! Learn more & apply 👇 sbbresearch.org/arts-health-...

We are delighted to announce the successful projects from our recent funding call for Early Career Researchers, each worth up to £15,000. Find out more: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/grand-challenges/news/2025/sep/funding-awarded-10-ecr-catalyst-grant-projects-mental-health-wellbeing

How can you increase your own healthspan? Professor Eric Brunner recommends joining a gym or going on an activity holiday 🏃 www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitne...

Applications for the 2026 Pairing Scheme will close Friday 26 September. An excellent opportunity for research scientists to be paired with UK parliamentarians and civil servants, where they will gain an insight into how research findings can help inform policy making. Details below ⬇️

Today marks the start of #WorldAlzheimersMonth. During the month we'll be sharing UCL's world-leading research into dementia prevention, care & cure through our research stories. Find out more: buff.ly/D1vi69x #UCLDementia

Research led by Prof Eloise Marais @uclgeography.bsky.social, Dr Karn Vohra @unibirmingham.bsky.social, and @sei.org, published in #ScienceAdvances @science.org, finds that air pollution from oil & gas causes 91,000 premature deaths & hundreds of thousands of health issues across the US annually…

Out today: the UCL Health of the Public August newsletter! Each month, we share the latest funding opportunities, news and events related to improving health for all, beyond disciplinary borders. Read the newsletter: mailchi.mp/ucl/health-o... Subscribe: ucl.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

🎧 New episode of Public Health Disrupted! In this episode @xandvt.bsky.social & @thewrittenro.bsky.social explore the public health benefits of a four-day work week with @joeryle.bsky.social & UCL’s @annahci.bsky.social. 💼 Less burnout 💡More productivity ❤️ Better wellbeing @4dayweek.bsky.social

Period education in school is too focused on biological aspects and not enough on how menstruation affects mood and wellness, plus boys are not educated enough on menstruation, finds a new study led by Professor Joyce Harper (@ucl-ifwh.bsky.social). Read more ⬇️ www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/au...

Ready to take on a global challenge? 🌍 The 2025–26 Reach Alliance call for proposals is open. Funding is available for @ucl.ac.uk teams to lead 18 months of impactful research reaching the hardest to reach. Proposals due 3 Oct 2025. 🔗 ⬇️ @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social @utoronto.ca ‬

🚨 Applications now open! Join the @ukri.org ESRC Assessor College and help shape the future of UK social science research. Now recruiting 70+ new members from academia, public, business & civil society sectors. 🗓️ Apply by 26 August 🔗 www.ukri.org/who-we-are/w...

Applications are open for the Talent Gateway Programme 2025! Funded, flexible placements (2 weeks to 6 months) for researchers, technicians & professional staff to build cross-sector collaborations.🔗bit.ly/3H6DVhQ #TalentGateway2025 @ucl.ac.uk @aco-ucl.bsky.social @herts.ac.uk , NPL

Heat and humidity can exacerbate neurological disorders, says Prof Sanjay Sisodiya @uclqsion.bsky.social on climate change and the brain: "What we're seeing today in people with neurological disorders could become relevant for people without neurological disorders as climate change progresses."

Want to win a Love2Shop voucher? We are recruiting participants aged 18-24 years old and currently living in the United Kingdom for our 20-min survey about nicotine pouches 💻 No previous experience with nicotine pouches is needed. Find out more: qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

🚨The 2025 edition of the UCL Population Health Sciences Magazine is now live! Created by students and shaped in partnership with staff, alumni, and contributors across our community, this year’s publication explores one central theme: Growth. 🔗 Read now: www.ucl.ac.uk/population-h...

Exciting Research Assistant opportunity below ⬇️ Deadline: 4 August

More than 78 million cigarettes are smoked in England, Wales and Scotland every day, according to new research led by @drsarahejackson.bsky.social @ucliehc.bsky.social with @cancerresearchuk.org, which calls the Tobacco and Vapes Bill "a historic opportunity to stub out the harms of smoking"

What happens when neuroscience meets architecture? In ep.2 of our Mental Health and Wellbeing mini-series, we speak to the trailblazing team behind the world’s first international centre for neuroarchitecture and neurodesign. Listen 👇https://bit.ly/40ojtzD

🎙️ “The point of public health is to create a place where people can live life in their fullest extent…” @admbriggs.bsky.social @healthfoundation.bsky.social In our latest episode of #PublicHealthDisrupted, we are reminded that public health is about enabling life, not restricting it.

Did you know that we've created a new teaching toolkit? It helps UCL module leaders embed a challenge-led, interdisciplinary approach into their teaching. The toolkit offers guidance on how to connect learning with practice. Find out more 👇 www.ucl.ac.uk/grand-challe...

"Sir Michael took to the stage with a powerful message: “The opposite of poverty is not wealth, it is justice”...That day, he didn’t just inspire me intellectually, he moved me personally". Read this piece on the Greater Health Equity event by Hetvi Rutvikbhai Bhatt: www.ucl.ac.uk/grand-challe... 🖊️

📣Help make invisible populations visible to policymakers. The UCL National Call for Evidence in Inclusion Health needs your input! Many healthcare workers & researchers know that data on socially excluded groups does exist - but it’s often local, fragmented, or unpublished.

📋 New from @wellcometrust.bsky.social : A practical guide to using an engaged research approach - with tools to help you plan, apply, and reflect. 🔗 Explore it here: wellcome.org/research-fun...

We are privileged to have a distinguished line-up of experts speaking at "Greater Health Equity: Celebrating the work of Sir Michael Marmot and next steps for research and policy". The event is now sold out, but you can find out more and join the waitlist here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/greater-he...

🎧“Paradoxically, the way to be more effective is by giving up on the idea that you need to persuade other people.”

📸 The UCL Health of the Public Symposium in pictures! Last month’s symposium brought so many people together to explore how we can shape health from early years to older age. 🎥 Recordings are now available on our website: www.ucl.ac.uk/health-of-pu... 📷 Photos by James Tye

🎥 Missed the UCL Health of the Public Annual Symposium 2025? Catch up now — recordings from all sessions are now live on our website. 🔗👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/health-of-pu...

In our first episode of Season 5 of Public Health Disrupted, @xandvt.bsky.social & @thewrittenro.bsky.social unpack the power of community fitness with Chrissie Wellington OBE & UCL's Flaminia Ronca from @uclmedsci.bsky.social We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed recording it!

For #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, we’re highlighting UCL’s Grand Challenge of Mental Health & Wellbeing funded projects. First up: does politics impact mental health? @ucl.ac.uk & @liverpooluni.bsky.social researchers explore how political stress affects wellbeing. 🔗 bit.ly/449QX7r

🔊Professor Sir Michael Marmot @michaelmarmot.bsky.social @marmotihe.bsky.social joins @StephMcGovern.bsky.social on #TheRestisMoney podcast to discuss why policy decisions should focus on health equity. www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...

📊Learn how to understand, access and utilise secondary data from longitudinal population studies in this free @closer-uk.bsky.social short course, starting on 7 May. Learn more: closer.ac.uk/event/second...

Thanks to @paulfarmerceo.bsky.social for an excellent presentation: Act Now, Age Better, to kick off our Older Age session at today’s Health of the Public Symposium 👏 @ageuk.bsky.social

We were delighted to have @profminnis.bsky.social join us for the Early Years session at today’s symposium!

We're looking forward to the Health of the Public Annual Symposium tomorrow, Tuesday 29 April! Join us online or in-person for an excellent day of learning about how we can shape healthy lives from early years to older age. A few final tickets available ⬇️