UK Public Health Science Conference 🌱 📍 Newcastle | 📅 21 Apr 2026 (ECR event 20 Apr) Abstracts welcome on any UK/Ireland public health research. ✅ Published in JECH | ⏳ Deadline: 17 Oct 2025 More info: jech.bmj.com/content/earl... #PublicHealth #UKPHS2026 @socsocmed.bsky.social

🚨 After a brief hiatus, the UK Public Health Science conference returns in 2026 in collaboration with @socsocmed.bsky.social! 📅 Join us in Newcastle on 21 April, with dinner + ECR event on 20 April 📣 Call for abstracts coming soon 🏠 ukpublichealthscience.org 🤝 socsocmed.org.uk

Missed our #ECR event last month? Two of our speakers have come together on @thelancet.bsky.social Voice to discuss the 20mph speed limit in Wales. Catch up here 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/6T3e... @gavincleaver.bsky.social

Our poster won the lived experience prize at @ukphsci.bsky.social 🏆 ☺️ #PublicHealth

Fantastic conference @ukphsci.bsky.social @thelancet.bsky.social - excellent research at one day event. Delighted to chair a parallel poster session on engaged research - great oral pitches& Q&A. All abstracts published in @thelancet.bsky.social - & 3 super keynotes 👏👏@planetaryscience.bsky.social

Last week I presented my recent work with young people on #ecig advertising at the @ukphsci.bsky.social conference. I was honoured to receive the prize for Best Oral Presentation and an honourable mention in the Lived Experience category for empowering young people to challenge #ecig marketing

And it's a wrap! Congratulations to all the winners of the #PHSci prizes for this year - poster, oral, and lived experience presentations! See you next year in Newcastle!

Thanks to all the presenters of the last panel! #PHSci

🕒 16:10: Marissa J. Smith (University of Glasgow) presents "Co-production of an advocacy video with adolescents on e-cigarette advertising in Scotland." - using workshops, photo elicitation, focus groups, and video production. #PHSci #E-Cigarettes #CoProduction

Great presentation from Maxine Radcliffe @ukphsci.bsky.social @thelancet.bsky.social from Maxine Radcliffe PhD @ucddublin.bsky.social

Fantastic keynote by @nisreenalwan.bsky.social at the UK Public Health Science Conference @ukphsci.bsky.social . Lots of thoughts for me as an epidemiologist about how we define cases and the harm that unconsidered ‘objectivity’ can have in our work.

🕒 15:50: Yekta Saidi (Uni of Sheffield) presents "Using Bayesian networks to explore mental health factors for LGBTQ+ and non-LGBTQ+ adolescents." Analysis based on the Millennium Cohort Study reveals key differences in relationships between factors. #PHSCi #MentalHealth

🕒 15:40: Alexandra Creavin presents "Public Health Communication and NHS Workload relating to Group A Streptococcus." A retrospective study analyzing Google Analytics, NHS calls, and more to understand demand patterns and communication impact. #PHSci #PublicHealth #NHS #GroupAStrep

🕒 15:30: Maxine Radcliffe presents "Women’s experiences of homelessness in high-income contexts." Meta-ethnography highlights structural barriers and lived realities, urging tailored interventions. #PHSci #Homelessness #MetaEthnography #PublicHealth

Great presentation examining pregnancy outcomes in women experiencing homelessness @ukphsci.bsky.social @thelancet.bsky.social #inclusion #homelessness

Great presentation on Wildlife Trust @ukphsci.bsky.social @thelancet.bsky.social - community organising approach - space and place. Working with people.

Great second session @ukphsci.bsky.social @thelancet.bsky.social - continued excellent research presentations - 👏👏👏 @martinmckee.bsky.social @harryrutter.bsky.social @publichealthinst.bsky.social @docsamantha.bsky.social @engagedresearch @planetaryhealth.bsky.social

Excellent panel discussion @ukphsci.bsky.social @thelancet.bsky.social @eth-eaps.bsky.social

Fantastic poster sessions on stakeholder engagement - all the presenters - thank you @nisreenalwan.bsky.social @ukphsci.bsky.social @thelancet.bsky.social #science

3rd excellent keynote from Prof @nisreenalwan.bsky.social @ukphsci.bsky.social @thelancet.bsky.social #science #publichealth #inequity

Prof. Nisreen Alwan takes the stage for Keynote Address 3: "Health Inequity, Epistemic Injustice, and the Claim of Objectivity." #PHSci ...and the "stigma of subjectivity"

Fantastic poster sessions on stakeholder engagement @ukphsci.bsky.social @thelancet.bsky.social #science

A fantastic morning with excellent presentations covering a breadth of public health science topics and methods ! A huge thank you to our first two keynote speakers and all speakers during the first two oral sessions. 🙏

Great presentation by Dom Higgins from the National Wildlife Trust about the economic assessment of “Natural Health Services” - calling for shared investment funds to maintain these social prescribing practices, where nature meets health

Excellent presentation by Miranda Geddes-Barton on maternal and infant outcomes for women experiencing homelessness

Isra Al-Sharabi now talking about commissioning healthcare services for asylum seekers. Lived experience input is esssential! “We come here as blind people - we need you to open our eyes so we know what services are available.”

Excellent talk by @Cowiejulie about a co-designed incentive intervention to support healthy weight and wellbeing (ELLY study) with promising outcomes: “Just being engaged in community activities… losing weight was almost a bit of a bonus!”

Excellent prevention by @MajelMcG about preconception health in migrant women: opportunities to improve care for migrant women in vulnerable situations to improve outcome

Prof @Ruth_HunterQUB: “with every 1% increase in green space in a geographic area, the annual count of preventable deaths among the most deprived neighbourhoods was lower by 37-41%” 👉 jech.bmj.com/content/earl...

Prof Ruth Hunter, 2nd keynote speaker of the day, about the importance of providing and maintaining our green and blue spaces: “Multi solvers are people who address both challenges to human and planetary health.”

First panel discussion of the day with the speakers of the "Impact and implementation of public health science in policy and practice" session #UKPHSci

Louise Mc Grath-Lone talking about local authority expenditure on public health services to 0 to 5-yr-olds in England: the public health grant since 2016 has decreased by 25%. In 2/3 of LAs, expenditure for children subsequently decreased, while in 1/3, it increased.

@DrEmmaRoss examines risk factors for suicidal ideation in Northern Ireland - critical window for intervention to prevent death is in first 6 months after first emergency department presentation

Enfys Preece and Lois Griffiths talking about the barriers to accessing mental health services for adolescents in Wales now: “People weren’t actually helping - they were just trying to signpost me to things”

Great start to the @ukphsci.bsky.social @thelancet.bsky.social

Great keynote 1 from Professor Liz Green #healthyplaces #healthyspaces @ukphsci.bsky.social @thelancet.bsky.social

Dr Basil McDonald presents influence of planning policies on obesogenic environments in Wales @ukphsci.bsky.social @thelancet.bsky.social

Homelessness and health in Ireland - excellent presentation by #PhD student @ucddublin.bsky.social @drconorb.bsky.social @ukphsci.bsky.social @thelancet.bsky.social #inclusionhealth

Carolyn Ingram presenting the views of homeless services users on their own health: opportunities for support navigating grief and parenting, but also great potential for providing peer support to others

Basil McDonald: 60% of local residents agreed or strongly agreed that planning could be used to restrict access to fast food outlets to influence the obesogenic environment

Prof Green explaining how community and stakeholder engagement, evidence review, and a focus on impact helped to regenerate a deprived Welsh community

Prof Green explaining how community and stakeholder engagement, evidence review, and a focus on impact helped to regenerate a deprived Welsh community

Kicking off this year’s ukpublichealthscience.org conference with another line up up fantastic keynotes, oral presentations and poster presentations! First up, Prof Liz Green talking about creating healthy places and spaces in Wales #PHSci

It’s a wrap! A massive thank you to all our fantastic speakers, our sponsors - NIHR RSS Specialist Centre for Public Health, @NIHRSPHR and @ResearchWales - and our fabulous #ECR #PHSci delegates! We look forward to seeing you all again tomorrow 👋

Last but certainly not least, @TheLancet’s @GavinCleaver talks about why we should use podcasts to communicate scientific research

Next up, Dr Alison Cooper & Dr Micaela Gal from the Health and Care Research Wales Evidence Centre share their top tips for ensuring research evidence is used by decision-makers @ ukpublichealthscience.org’s#ECRCR event

Next up, Dr Sarah Jones, environmental public health consultant at Public Health Wales, tells us about the (bumpy) road to 20mph in Wales at our #ECR event #UKPHSci

First up, Leah Morantz, head of comms and stakeholder engagement at Public Health Wales, about the value of social media to public health: “I love my job, because there is no job in the world that is so value-driven.”

Kicking off our #ECR event about how to best communicate public health science for maximum impact!