** PODCAST LAUNCH 🎧 Check out the trailer for the 2nd series of the Oral Health Matters podcast 🎙️ The series features conversations with leading researchers, clinicians and public health voices from around the globe. ✅ Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. open.spotify.com/episode/47uy...

In episode 4 of the first series of Oral Health Matters, Richard Watt was in conversation with Dr Lisa Jamieson from the University of Adelaide, and Professor David Conway from the University of Glasgow. open.spotify.com/episode/4R0k...

‼️ Come to study with us! UCL’s internationally renowned MSc in Dental Public Health is the longest-running course of its kind in the UK 👩🏻‍💻 📚 To find out more, book your place at our open event: www.ucl.ac.uk/population-h...

In episode 3 of Oral Health Matters we discuss the meaning and value of community engagement in research and ways to promote meaningful partnership working with communities. Series 2 launches on 3rd Feb #OralHealth #AcademicPodcasting #OralHealthMatters open.spotify.com/episode/3mMr...

In episode 2 of the first series of our podcast, Oral Health Matters, we discussed the challenges and opportunities for oral health research in the Global South. Listen here open.spotify.com/episode/1T7b... Series 2 launches on Tuesday 3 February. #AcademicPodcasting #OralHealth #GlobalSouth

🎙️ PODCAST REWIND 🎙️ Series 2 of our podcast Oral Health Matters is coming soon! So what better time to take a listen back to series 1, originally published in the Spring of 2024 🎧 Link to full episode in comments #DentalPublicHealth #Podcasting #AcademicPodcasting #OralHealth #Research

🔍 Professor Richard Watt and Michelle Stennett are co-authors on a scoping review mapping global evidence on upstream interventions which promote oral health & reduce socioeconomic qualities in oral health ⬇ Link to full review in comments. #oralhealth #globaloralhealth #publichealth #inequalities

Meet Michelle Stennett, Lecturer (Teaching) in Dental Public Health and member of the Dental Public Health Group. Michelle defines dental public health as preventing dental disease for populations rather than individuals. She splits her time beween clincial work, research and teaching.

Most US cities have rings of isolation in suburban areas and segregated pockets of near the urban core, shaped by race, wealth, and proximity to downtown, finds a new study of 383 American cities, led by Andrew Renninger @casaucl.bsky.social @thebartlettucl.bsky.social

“These findings are deeply alarming. Earlier oral health gains have been reversed, and we are now back to the levels of untreated tooth decay last seen in 1998." Professor Georgios Tsakos quoted in The Telegraph www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12... #AOHS #AdultOralHealthSurvey #oralhealth

Professor George Tsakos @ucl-dph.bsky.social said: "These findings are deeply alarming. Earlier oral health gains have been reversed, and we are now back to the levels of untreated tooth decay last seen in 1998." www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Coverage from LBC for the Adult Oral Health Survey (AOHS), published earlier this week. lnkd.in/ev62EfeT Professor Georgios Tsakos and Dr Anja Heilmann from The UCL Dental Public Health Group are authors on the report. #AOHS #AdultOralHealthSurvey #dentalhealth #publichealth #oralhealth

Professor Georgios Tsakos and @anjaheilmann.bsky.social from @ucl_dentalpublichealth are two of the authors of this landmark report on the the health of adults' teeth and mouths and the need and access of treatment in England. #ucldentalpublichealth #oralhealth #adultoralhealthsurvey #AOHS

Happy to announce that I'll give a talk on how we can make rigorous causal inference more mainstream 📈 You can sign up for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRo...

🎥 Missed UCL’s Health Equity Event 2025? The recording is now available! Experts from UCL & beyond explored progress, challenges & next steps in tackling health inequalities. Watch here 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/grand-challe... #HealthEquity #UCL

Webinar 1 produced by our Brazilian team titled 'The Importance of Critical Racial Literacy in Advancing Health Equity' featuring discussions with Professor Márcia Alves and Professor Alexandro de Jesus is now available on the CORE YouTube channel - youtu.be/ikoIJJ7Qkp0

Many congratulations to our MSc Course Rep Hussain Alali, for making the Roll of Honour for the Academic Rep of the Year Award! A great acknowledgement of all the support Hussain has given to the students he represents 👏 👏👏 studentsunionucl.org/academic-rep... @ucliehc.bsky.social

Want to study a Master's degree with us? Book your place on our upcoming online information sessions! Participating programmes: Population Health MSc Social Epidemiology MSc Master of Public Health MPH (online) Health Psychology MSc Dental Public Health MSc www.ucl.ac.uk/population-h...

Today, we've published new @healthfoundation.bsky.social / @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social showing the public supports bolder policy approaches to tackle alcohol, tobacco and unhealthy food. 1/n www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/art...

Webinar 3 produced by our Colombian team titled 'Commercial Determinants of Health in Colombia' is now out on the CORE YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxo8... - Please like, comment and subscribe!

📣 Paper accepted! Our research on media framing of calorie labelling shows one way "lifestyle drift" occurs in obesity policy. Analysis of 177 articles reveals how approaches get reframed as individual responsibility in public discourse. #PublicHealth #PolicyResearch www.ijhpm.com/article_4723...

👏 Huge congratulations to our brilliant Yanela Aravena Rivas @yanelaaravena.bsky.social who this week passed her PhD with no corrections! 🎓🥳🎉 Her thesis examined the impact of the Chilean governance system on sugar consumption in the country, and her examiners were extremely impressed by her work.

Responsive Research Fund call launched in Colombia. $25,000,000 pesos available to fund 3 research projects in Colombia. Click on the link below to learn more. thecoreprogramme.co.uk/wp-content/u... thecoreprogramme.co.uk/wp-content/u...

Responsive Research Fund call launched in India. Up to £30,000 available for early career researchers to support exploratory research focused on oral health inequalities, commercial determinants, and oral health system reform. Click on the link below to learn more. phfi.org/opening/call...

In 2024, we partnered with @ucl-dph.bsky.social, a WHO Collaborating Centre led by Prof. Richard Watt. 🎙️ This podcast series features global experts discussing oral health inequalities & policy solutions. Listen now: 🔗 buff.ly/3AzVnb7

The threat of violence to children should no longer be given legal cover. The time for change is now! childofourtimeblog.org.uk/2025/03/phys... @anjaheilmann.bsky.social @yvonne-kelly.bsky.social @nspcc.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social @ucl-dph.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @jessasatomp.bsky.social

Happy 20th to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control! 🎉 Over the past two decades, this landmark treaty has transformed public health—saving lives, strengthening policies, and empowering countries to stand up to Big Tobacco. Its global impact is undeniable.

The third newsletter for the CORE Programme is now out and can be accessed here - sway.cloud.microsoft/7F8Ov1FnXEdz...

1. A Theoretically Informed Process Evaluation in Parallel to a Feasibility Study of a Complex Oral Health Intervention Using NICE Guidelines in a Care Home Setting doi.org/10.1111/cdoe... @ucl-dph.bsky.social

Discover five facts about WHO and its global impact ⬇️

#HealthForAll For everyone. Everywhere.

Don't forget about it, one month left. There is a lot that can be learned from cross-country studies on global health

📣New Paper:19 months after the UK soft drinks industry levy (SDIL; sugar tax) was enforced we find a 7.5g weekly household sugar reduction from soft drinks. Weekly sugar reductions were highest in houses with lowest incomes(70g/week) / with children(56g/week). 📄: nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl...

In Episode 6 of #OralHealthMatters, Richard Watt, Dympna Kavanagh and Benoit Varenne discuss global health policy, and oral health as a public health priority around the world buff.ly/3AzVnb7 #uclpodcasts #oralhealth #globalhealth #Episky #PublicHealth

www.uq.edu.au/news/article... Important #JDR paper from the UQ group bringing more evidence about safety of community water fluoridation.

💰 Commercial influences on patient and public involvement in health policy, research and practice #ConflictsofInterest #CommercialDeterminantsOfHealth #CDoH By @maritahennessy.bsky.social Tom Fahey @jameslarkin13.bsky.social in @healthpromint.bsky.social academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...

Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky 1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research Open Access journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

I'm sure many have said this before but I'm reading a student-facing document about how students might use AI in the classroom (if allowed) and one of the recs is: use AI to make an outline of your reading! But ISN'T MAKING THE OUTLINE how one actually learns?

In October 2025 the UK will finally introduce restrictions on unhealthy food and drink advertising. Restricting advertisements is an essential step towards a healthier food environment, writes Katharine Jenner @oha-updates.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/387/...

For all of public health: "One must get one's house in order, from a conflict of interest perspective because for public health advocates, our credibility, our legitimacy, cannot be tainted by any COI" Focus on "conditions that enable change" esp. power (interests, ideas & institutions) -S. Friel

‼️ Funding opportunity ‼️ The CORE programme 🌎 funds 4 training studentships for early career researchers to study for a Masters degree at @ucl-dph.bsky.social or Glasgow Dental School (& School of Health and Wellbeing) thecoreprogramme.co.uk

🔉Meet the CORE programme 🌎 CORE (Community Focused Oral Health Research for Equity) is a four-year research programme funded by the UK NIHR @nihr.bsky.social to address the neglect of oral diseases in four middle-income countries: 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇰🇪 Kenya 🇮🇳 India thecoreprogramme.co.uk

Important new paper led by Emma Hunter, Gerry McKenna and team: Systematic review on the impact of edentulism on community-dwelling adults in low-income, middle-income and high-income countries bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1...

In episode 5 of #OralHealthMatters, Richard Watt, Sharon Friel and Delan Devakumar talk equity & commercial determinants, and the broader global health research agenda Listen here 👇 buff.ly/3AzVnb7 #uclpodcasts #oralhealth #CommercialDeterminants #Episky #PublicHealth #HealthInequality

Many congratulations to Jialan Hong on publishing the first paper from her PhD in JDR Clinical & Translational Research! 👏 Socioeconomic Position and Oral Health in Chinese Older Adults: A Life Course Approach journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

As more people are moving over here I thought it was time to reshare the oral and dental health starter pack Please ping with if you want to be added - or taken off - go.bsky.app/4xxTxfe

Two wonderful global health scholars have made their global health books free to download Bravo and thanks @seyeabimbola.bsky.social and @thewrittenro.bsky.social The Foreign Gaze: www.editions.ird.fr/open_access_... Rethinking Global Health: taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...

🔔 NOW OUT at Health Promotion International Addressing the commercial determinants of mental health: an umbrella review of population-level interventions OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daae147

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cINg... Food industry has infiltrated UK children’s education: stealth marketing exposed Good short video summing up @emmajourno.bsky.social article

If you need a good podcast for your Sunday or Monday (depending where you are), give this a listen: In Ep 4 of #OralHealthMatters, Richard Watt speaks to Lisa Jamieson and David Conway about nurturing the next generation of #oralhealth researchers @davidiconway.bsky.social buff.ly/3AzVnb7