🏳️‍🌈 NEW RESEARCH: Dating apps could be a tool for HEALTH EQUITY! Our UK/US study found LGBTQ+ users gain social connections, self-esteem boosts & meaningful relationships through GSN apps. (1/4) #LGBTQResearch #SexPositive #PublicHealth www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Just watched this fabulous documentary @factliverpool.bsky.social Over next week it's also showing in York, Bangor and Bristol. Highly recommended for those interested in health or social care. #SocialCare #Documentary

New article out this week! Our scoping review in Health Promotion International looked at salutogenesis & sense of coherence in the LGBTQ+ community. We found SoC is related to wellbeing & discrimination [1/6] doi.org/10.1093/heap... -with @vivprof.bsky.social & @cebretthealth.bsky.social

Helloooooo I’m giving a paper this week entitled Reflections of a Neurodivergent Supervisor to PhD students and I wondered if any supervisors have any thoughts on what they wished people understood. DMs open. I’m defo mentioning IT databases & time-lining. Agree? Anything else?

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is a danger to the public’s health and should resign or be fired, says APHA. In just a few short weeks, his actions on vacccines, fluoride and other public health science have shown how wrong he is for the job. Read & share our statement: apha.org/news-and-med...

Our May issue is here! 🙌 In this Viewpoint article, ‘A refusal to abandon HIV Science’, researchers from South Africa and the US point out the disastrous consequences of the anti-science actions in the US and call on HIV scientists to push back with focus and intent. 🔗➡️ ow.ly/Tyjv50VwAV1

Looks very interesting

It may feel as though we live in dark times, but here in the UK there are LOADS of science festivals celebrating ideas, sparking curiosity & sharing the latest research (for both adults & kids). Someone told me recently they didn’t know where to look, so I made a list. Here goes… [deep breath]: 1/8

Gun violence is a public health issue — and the leading cause of death for U.S. children. Censoring information about the problem won't make it go away. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

🚨In a victory for trans youth, their families, and their medical providers, a federal district court today issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of a Trump administration EO attempting to shut down access nationwide to gender-affirming medical care for trans people under 19. 🧵

Three fab public health research fellow jobs going in my faculty at LJMU, working with Liverpool City Councul in the Health Determinants Research Collab. - Evidence Synthesis (1.0fte) - Applied Participatory Methods (0.7fte) - Applied Public Health (1.0fte) jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancies/97... 1/2

“We at the American Journal of Public Health have no interest in following the president's prohibitions on language," said Georges Benjamin, MD, publisher of AJPH 👏👏👏 www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

Useful article for those supervising PhD students.

TransActual is excited to launch our 2024 trans lives survey to capture what it is like to be a trans person in the UK today. This is an important survey, updating our 2021 survey that is widely used used to advocate for trans people. UK trans people over 18: https://buff.ly/3ZNjAnh #Trans

“The US was considered a world leader in public health. With one repressive stroke that reputation risks being shattered & broken. If anything is forbidden now, it is that medical & science journals, whose duty is to stand for integrity and equity, should bow to political or ideological censorship.”

If anyone hasn't seen this, here is our critical neurodiversity studies conference call for abstracts. "We will focus on scholarship that synthesises a concern for neurodivergent liberation with other critical traditions and liberation movements globally." medhumsplatform.org/call-for-abs...

Pharmacies in the UK face significant cuts, so it’s perhaps not surprising that they sell many unevidenced lifestyle products.

Alert! Deadline for this fantastic PhD opportunity is 2nd February!

Over the moon for same-sex couples in Thailand this week ❤️ BBC News - The long road to legalise same sex marriage in Thailand www.bbc.com/news/article...