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

JUST PUBLISHED: ACMD report on prevention of drug use by young people in the UK assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6835e4...

Is it normal to have five different kinds of gherkins on the go in your fridge at the same time? Asking for a friend #gherkins

📣 Funded 3yr PhD opening for UK applicants in @hpruezi.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social. #PhDSky 🧪 On "Economic Evaluation of NPIs for the control of epidemics" #IDSky #EpiSky 👥 Supervised by our colleague @breconomics.bsky.social ⏳ Apply by 09 Jun 2025 🔗: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Did we think enough about the economic costs of NPIs in the covid-19 pandemic? What should we do differently in future epidemics/pandemics? Really exciting fully funded PhD opportunity with me, combining policy, infectious diseases, and economic modelling. Please reach out to me if interested.

UNICEF's Julia Rees reports from one of the areas most impacted by the earthquake in #Myanmar. Families already surviving in fragile conditions now face even greater hardship, with limited access to safe water, health care and shelter. UNICEF is on the ground mobilizing urgently needed supplies.

My very talented colleagues at PHW have published lots of papers lately around SROI and social value for physical activity, mental health, and healthy ageing: phwwhocc.co.uk/resources/th... phwwhocc.co.uk/resources/so... phwwhocc.co.uk/resources/th...

Guest seminar in Liverpool Institute for Population Health next week:

Looking at cider overall, the proportion of households buying cider fell, as you might expect given it was the most affected product under MUP. But this fall was *much* larger in younger (under 28) households.

We also look at changes in Wales in the proportion of households that buy wine or spirits ("penetration") and fine these rose relative to England in 2020, but had fallen below pre-pandemic levels by 2022. We also find that 45-54 year olds were spending more on cider post-MUP.

But when we compare how that increase looked in Wales (in blue) to England (in red), we can see that purchase volume rose slightly less in Wales. We can also clearly see the effects of MUP on price, with average spend on alcohol per shopping trip and overall spend rising more in Wales.

The fact that MUP in Wales came in immediately before the first lockdown makes evaluating its impact challenging. Our data only covers alcohol bought in shops, so we see a rise in average weekly purchase (AWP) of alcohol in our data at the start of lockdown, when pubs closed.

Another day, another cool new paper, this time with Sonam Billan and @breconomics.bsky.social looking at the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing on alcohol sales in Wales. We find alcohol sales fell, particularly among younger cider drinkers. doi.org/10.1016/j.pu...

Ever wondered which diseases are undiagnosed more than others, and whether this varies by area and by deprivation? New paper led by Olga Anosova journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Enjoyed some Schlittenfahrenzeit with my kids this morning

Evidence Synthesis Officer (NHS Band 6) Public Health Wales. Post in Public Health Economics and Value team in the WHOCC on Investment for Health and Well-being. One of the main responsibilities will be in joint project with PAHO on the social value of immunization. phw.nhs.wales/careers/#!/j...

Come and work with me and my colleagues on an exciting project with the Health Foundation around modelling multimorbidity Research Fellow (Epidemiology & Data Science) Public Health, Policy & Systems Grade 8 £46,485 - £58,596 pa 07-Jan-2025 23:30 my.corehr.com/pls/ulivrecr...

Really interesting commentary on 50 years of QALYs. I wonder how we will be prioritising health interventions in 50 years time ? www.ispor.org/publications...

I have been enjoying reading a bit of this by @kityates.bsky.social in the last few days - would recommend

Pleased to see this published www.who.int/europe/news/...

Interested in healthy food environments in Zimbabwe? I am looking forward to presenting at this webinar organised by UNICEF Zimbabwe next Thursday 11am Zimbabwe time (9am UK time).

Still time to register for my REAL seminar next week on using health economics in local government and devolved administrations- it's free and open to anyone to attend online www.york.ac.uk/che/events-a...

Very pleased that our team has been awarded funding to develop an innovative new universal drug prevention intervention with targeted components for older adolescents www.nihr.ac.uk/news/new-res...

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,757,862!

National Trust Members: Time to use the Quick Vote Option to block the usual shenanigans from Farage/ Tufton St “Restore Trust” You will find your membership number on your card or on an email from the National Trust sent to you in the last week or so. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

I am currently loving listening to Jacque Brel's final album, Les Marquises, recorded when he was 48 years old and knew he was terminally ill with lung cancer. Some beautifully sad moments. open.spotify.com/album/29nvpX...

@listigeplaylists.bsky.social Here is a tune I am proud of open.spotify.com/track/4A5Ve6...

Had this commentary published last week on oral anticoagulants for AF , apologies if it's paywalled for you - message me if you want a copy pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39093501/

So this is my first post on Blue sky. I am a health economist, I have done a lot of work on CVD and food policy. Also led on COVID modelling for Welsh Govt during the pandemic. Have worked in health service (NHS), local and national govt, Academia and as a consultant for UNICEF.