Wishing everyone a joyful and festive holiday season! 🎄The HLS social media elves are now taking a little break but we'll be back in 2026! @livuni-ismib.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social @livuni-iph.bsky.social @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social

NEWS | Dr Clarissa Giebel from our Department of Primary Care and Mental Health has secured an NIHR Programme Development Grant to explore the link between work and health among paid and unpaid social care works 🔗 bit.ly/4plOUor #TeamLivUni

NEWS | Professor Rhiannon Corcoran gave evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Built Environment, contributing her extensive expertise on how social and cultural infrastructure can support thriving communities. 🔗 bit.ly/4oIv2ei #TeamLivUni

1 in 5 people are experiencing pain, and in the UK over 34% of adults regularly experience chronic pain. @benedictneuro.bsky.social and Prof. Michelle Briggs @lincneurosci.bsky.social discuss on the latest episode of Original Ideas 🧠💡🎙️▶️ liverpool.ac.uk/research/original-ideas/neuroscienceandpain/

Dr Rebecca Wilson and Dr Olly Butters, Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems, have been awarded around £2.9 million in funding from the MRC and NIHR for a project that will transform the way NHS data is used for research. 🔗 bit.ly/47Gkwxp #TeamLivUni | @liverpooluni.bsky.social

Improving everyday health behaviours could transform the nation’s future health. A new study by @liverpooluni.bsky.social & @healthfoundation.bsky.social found that small changes in diet, exercise & smoking could reduce chronic illness over the next 20 yrs⬇️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/11/04/n...

Autistic people experience health inequalities in #cancercare. Dr Gemma Cherry and Dr Jennifer Kirton from the @livuni-iph.bsky.social are leading a collaborative study with Dr Lynda Appleton from @cccnhs.bsky.social to improve treatment outcomes bit.ly/47AvNAx #autismawareness

NEWS | New research from the University of Liverpool suggests that the way young people spend their free time may play a crucial role in supporting their wellbeing and social development. Read more ⬇️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/09/30/l... @liverpooluni.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social

Last week we were awarded ‘University of Sanctuary’ status and launched a new Refugee Hub, confirming our commitment to refugee communities, widening access to higher education and amplifying voices of people with lived experience of displacement.💙 Read more >>> news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/09/29/u...

Join Professor Sarah Rodgers for her inaugural lecture, 'Transforming Our Cities From the Ground Up: Connecting the dots between communities, systems and data'. Register your place: bit.ly/3HURIZe 🗓️Thursday 2 October 🕠17:30 #TeamLivUni

NEWS | Dr Clarissa Giebel and her team have developed a new board game to help children learn about dementia in a collaboration with local schools and the Lewy Body Society. ➡️ bit.ly/4mh1QcY 📽️: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Om... #TeamLivUni

1/ 🚨 Two fully funded #PhD studentships for UK students ❓ Are you passionate about making a difference for people’s health and wellbeing? Would you like to learn cutting edge data science skills for real impact? 🔗: www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/two-... #AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #PublicHealth

We are delighted to announce three new UKRI #FutureLeaderFellowships! Congratulations Dr Alex Neale, Dr Nicola Power and Dr Elisabetta Arca. These fellowships will support our outstanding researchers, helping them turn bold ideas into amazing innovations. 👉 news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/09/16/t...

We are excited to welcome new students to the Department of Psychology today. We hope you have a brilliant first week on campus and we cannot wait to meet you. @liverpooluni.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social @livuni-iph.bsky.social

NEWS | A large-scale study across schools in Rwanda and Kenya has found dangerously high levels of air pollution from biomass-fuelled cooking, raising serious health concerns for millions of children and staff across Sub-Saharan Africa. Read more here ⬇️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/09/09/s...

NEWS | Hospital robots, AI-guided sleep support and a mobile hair salon are among a selection of innovative business ideas chosen to receive investment from a unique new Liverpool City Region programme ⬇️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/09/04/i... @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social @livunichil.bsky.social

Have you caught up on Episode 10 of the Original Ideas podcast? 🎙️ In this episode, we explore the impact of junk food advertising on children, how our environment shapes what we eat, and the growing role of social media in our dietary health. 🍔🥗 🎧 Listen now: www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/ori...

We're hiring! We have permanent Gr8 (lecturer) and Gr9 (senior lecturer) Teaching & Research posts available @livunipsyc.bsky.social. See here for more info/to apply: shorturl.at/cFFsf Please share with your networks 👍

NEWS | Professor Dan Pope from @livuni-phps.bsky.social and Dr Jonny Higham from the Department of Geography and Planning have developed a prototype low-cost air monitor, a new, affordable way to measure personal exposure to air pollution ➡️ bit.ly/4lHMJJl #TeamLivUni

In this video Prof Rhiannon Corcoran and Prof Zara Quigg discuss the launch of the Liverpool City Region (LCR) adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) Research Alliance. It aims to help prevent adverse childhood experiences and support people who have been impacted. Watch here: ow.ly/rxPp50WnyeX

NEWS | New findings from @liverpooluni.bsky.social and @uofglasgow.bsky.social show socioeconomic inequalities in children’s mental health are already evident by age five and persist throughout childhood and adolescence. Read more⬇️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/08/06/r... @livunihls.bsky.social

"Mental health inequalities are already entrenched in early childhood", says lead author Dr Yu Wei Chua from the Department of Public Health, Policy & Systems, in a study co-authored by Glasgow's Dr Anna Pearce #TeamLivUni

A call for participants! Colleagues at University of Liverpool seek participants with a diagnosis of #cancer and #dementia, #Parkinson's, #stroke, their relatives, health staff to explore experiences of #cancercare in #NorthWest #England supported by North West Cancer Research. More info on flyers ⤵️

Explore the impact junk food advertising can have on our children, how our environment shapes what we eat, and the role social media plays on our dietary health. @liverpooluni.bsky.social's Emma Boyland, Charlotte Hardman and Becky Evans discuss. Listen now ▶️💡🎙️ www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/ori...

NEWS I Study findings published in @thelancet.com Public Health provide strongest evidence to date that salt warning labels on restaurant menus significantly reduce the amount of salt ordered. Read more ⬇️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/07/28/s... @livuni-iph.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social

Following a major research collaboration between the University and the UK’s National Crime Agency, a new national training programme to better yield information from suspect interviews in Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) investigations has been launched ➡️ bit.ly/3ILG6Yx #TeamLivUni

Congratulations to the Class of 2025 on your graduation day @livuni-iph.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social #TeamLivUni

Dementia: are younger generations really less likely to develop the disorder? Featured in @uk.theconversation.com Dr Clarissa Giebel discusses the latest dementia research. ➡️ bit.ly/3UaJnmI #TeamLivUni

NEWS I £1.46M @ukri.org funding for project to tackle food inequality in region led by @charlottehardman.bsky.social & working with 9 #LCR orgs. Read more below ⬇️ 🍎 🏠 🥕 news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/07/08/s... @liverpooluni.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social @livuni-iph.bsky.social

A collaboration between #LivUni's CLEAN Air Africa programme and KEMRI Graduate School has successfully trained fourteen public health communicators to transform public health narratives across the continent 🎓 Discover more about the success of the first cohort 👉 www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/new...

NEWS | A unique Community Charter on Data & AI, created by residents across @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social, aims to improve public services through better data sharing and guide the use of AI for public benefit—from tracking disease to tackling misinformation ⬇️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/07/04/f...

🧠Are younger generations less likely to develop dementia? A surprising new study has suggested that dementia risk has declined with each generation, but are there reasons to be sceptical? Dr Clarissa Giebel investigates in her article for @theconversation.com 👉 theconversation.com/dementia-are...

Recently published findings in a University of Liverpool-led study suggest improved quality of wellbeing may help reduce the risk of memory loss in middle age 🧠 ➡️ bit.ly/4ecq7yl @dramberjohn.bsky.social | @alzheimersresearchuk.org | @livuninews.bsky.social | #TeamLivUni

Professor Jo Patterson recently delivered her inaugural lecture at the Yoko Ono Lennon Centre with reflections on her personal journey and the evolution of the field of speech therapy ▶️ bit.ly/4l7Hwuu

The Civic Health Innovation Labs (CHIL) recently hosted a 3-day global event in Liverpool highlighting the principles and frameworks for responsible data governance and new developments in the sphere of digital commons ▶️ bit.ly/43PrWOi @civicdatacoop.bsky.social @livunichil.bsky.social

NEWS I Our researchers have collaborated on an immersive exhibition at Bridewell Studios and Art Gallery, offering visitors a powerful reflection on resilience, creativity, and grassroots resistance in Liverpool ⬇️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/06/23/l... @livuni-iph.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social

Attending the Open Day at University of Liverpool? Visit the Department of Psychology to hear talks and sample lectures from our staff and discover more about our courses throughout the day. @liverpooluni.bsky.social @livuni-iph.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social

We are excited to welcome you to campus today for the University of Liverpool Open Day! At the Department of Psychology, we can answer any questions you might have about our courses. There are also talks that you can attend at the department throughout the day too. @livunihls.bsky.social

NEWS | The University of Liverpool is leading GreenNanoBone, an €8.6M EU project using AI and plant waste to tackle MRONJ—a severe jaw condition affecting cancer survivors. Read more ⬇️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/06/17/l...

Leanne Jackson, a Lecturer in Psychology, shares her experience of taking part in this year's Pint of Science - tinyurl.com/23b9bxm3 @livuninews.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social @pintofscience.uk @livuni-iph.bsky.social

🛟 Today's PHPS forum was given by Belinda Tyrrell 📝 On development of the Liverpool Citizens chapter in partnership with @citizensuk.org & @livuniheseltine.bsky.social 🔦 Spotlight on community organisation driving social change on locally identified issues 🔗: www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...

An excellent presentation from @amyfinlay.bsky.social at #ISBNPA2025👏 @livunipsyc.bsky.social @livuni-iph.bsky.social

⚠️ Government reforms risk deepening poverty & widening health gaps, warn @liverpooluni.bsky.social experts. “The figures are stark: one in three children in the UK live in poverty” Professor Taylor-Robinson Urgent call for action 👉 news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/06/04/l... #HealthInequality #Poverty

Dr Clarissa Giebel has published an editorial in the @bmj.com challenging the existing systems of dementia care in the UK and calling for a national strategy to help care for those with the condition and support their families Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3SIa7uk @livuninews.bsky.social | #TeamLivUni

❗ Remember to book your place for Professor Jo Patterson's inaugural lecture on Thursday 12 June. ⬇️ Register via the link below ⬇️ #TeamLivUni

📝Professor Fiona Rowe leads potentially lifechanging international guideline aimed at improving visual impairment in stroke survivors. Read more ▶️▶️▶️ bit.ly/3HkOVI9 #TeamLivUni

The Liverpool Refugee Hub recently hosted its inaugural meeting, bringing together participants from across @liverpooluni.bsky.social, local refugee communities, and external partner organisations. ➡️ bit.ly/43DBZV8 #TeamLivUni

The Dept of Psychology @livunipsyc.bsky.social @livuni-iph.bsky.social are offering SEVEN funded part-time PhD training posts from 1 September 2025. There are associated teaching duties (eg research methods & statistics). For more info and to apply see here: tinyurl.com/yw6zy74f

Nat Taylor, PhD student in the Appetite and Obesity Research Group, presenting some of her PhD research at this @cancook.bsky.social meeting @livunipsyc.bsky.social @livuni-iph.bsky.social

Congratulations to students from the Department of Psychology, who won first place at the Young Enterprise UK Final yesterday. The team also won best presentation at the event and will take part in the Young Enterprise Final in Athens in July. @livuni-iph.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social