Delighted the Board of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (@fphuk.bsky.social) has admitted me into membership (MFPH). Very thankful to colleagues @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social & @ukhsa.bsky.social whose support got me to this point. #PublicHealth

Delighted the Board of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (@fphuk.bsky.social) has admitted me into membership (MFPH). Very thankful to colleagues @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social & @ukhsa.bsky.social whose support got me to this point. #PublicHealth

Join us to discuss 'Synergy Drivers for Sustainability' 17/3/26 13:00–15:45 (UK time, zoom). I'm talking on the panel on my @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social @sussexsrp.bsky.social work integrating medicine & conservation. universityofsussex.zoom.us/j/8544053006... ID: 854 4053 0068 Passcode: 125907

Article by me @the-independent.com: 'Scabies is surging across the UK & Europe. Here’s what we know'. Based on my ongoing @nihrarcs.bsky.social #PublicHealth action research @bsmspcph.bsky.social y.social. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Very helpful & clearly written piece about #scabies in UK & Europe by @drjmiddleton.bsky.social theconversation.com/scabies-outb... We look forward to Dr Middleton teaching on our postgraduate Health Protection module in February! bsms.ac.uk/postgraduate...

New by me @uk.theconversation.com, written for a public audience amidst rising cases & harmful myths. Based on my @nihrarcs.bsky.social supported #PublicHealth action research @bsmspcph.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social (collab @sussex.ac.uk @uniofbrighton.bsky.social @uhsussex.bsky.social).

I highly recommend attending @rgsibg.bsky.social Monday Evening lectures: rgs.org/events/upcom.... Last nights was particularly inspiring, with Dr Rosa Vasquez Espinoza outlining how combining indigenous knowledge, biodiversity science, & the #RightsofNature is helping conserve rainforest in Peru.

'Middleton, Cassell, Walker. 'Scabies Management in Institutions' book chapter now free to read: sussex.figshare.com/articles/cha... . Very pleased its Open Access after 2-year embargo. For published version (paywall): link.springer.com/chapter/10.1.... Full book: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

"The forest of New Guinea will stand or fall in one human generation. And what will mainly determine the outcome is going to be the tenacity and the resistance of forest peoples and the work of indigenous researchers and conservationists." #ClimateSky #GreenSky

New @sussex.ac.uk film on allying with indigenous peoples to provide medical services & protect rainforest. Features our chair @drjmiddleton.bsky.social & photos by @drjastockdale.bsky.social. #PlanetaryHealth Buy medicines for the conservation clinic: wildhealth.org.uk/wanang youtu.be/qWlO9lR0oHo

New @sussex.ac.uk film on my @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social @sussexsrp.bsky.social work with indigenous peoples providing health services & protecting rainforest (inc. beautiful photos by @drjastockdale.bsky.social). Buy meds for the conservation clinic: wildhealth.org.uk/wanang youtu.be/qWlO9lR0oHo

Folk have been making overblown medical claims for cold water for a long-time. Turns out one of the first proposals for a controlled trial (on #scabies fwiw) was a C19th Irish Dr trolling a cold-water proponent. Our new #OpenAccess @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Folk have been making overblown medical claims for cold water for a long-time. Turns out one of the first proposals for a controlled trial (on #scabies fwiw) was a C19th Irish Dr trolling a cold-water proponent. Our new #OpenAccess @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Last day today of the Lewes exhibition showing of SURFACES. Learn how opening a clinic for forest peoples improved community health & enabling #conservation of 150 km² of biodiverse #rainforest (storing 1.5M tonnes of carbon). Photos @drjastockdale.bsky.social, story @drjmiddleton.bsky.social.

Article by our Chair + friends @uniofbrighton.bsky.social evaluating tick hazard across #SouthDownsNationalPark, with action suggestions for land managers: wildhealth.org.uk/britains-nat... Funders: British Deer Society @britishecologicalsociety.org @royalsocbio.bsky.social #LymeDisease #Ticks

⚠️ A health crisis is overwhelming the Yanomami people in Venezuela ⚠️ “We have a very, very serious pandemic that is attacking children. Diarrhoea, parasites, high fever. Children are bleeding from their noses.” - a Yanomami health agent from Mavaca.

How has setting up a health clinic in Papua New Guinea protected 150 km² of rainforest from being destroyed by logging companies? 🏥 🌲 Find out in 'SURFACES', a multimedia exhibition which is part of the Climate Action! Festival at the Lewes Depot, from July 5: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

#WildernessFirstAid training to empower indigenous #biodiversity scientists to manage fieldwork injuries in New Guinea's threatened #rainforest. Explore project videos & articles: wildhealth.org.uk/papua-new-gu... Donate meds for Wanang #Conservation Area's clinic: wildhealth.org.uk/wanang

Exhibition tour begins on how we (@sussexsrp.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social + friends) opened a clinic for forest peoples, improving community health & enabling #conservation of 150 km² of biodiverse #rainforest (storing 1.5M tonnes of carbon). Photos @drjastockdale.bsky.social, story by me.

Exhibition tour begins on how we (@sussexsrp.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social + friends) opened a clinic for forest peoples, improving community health & enabling #conservation of 150 km² of biodiverse #rainforest (storing 1.5M tonnes of carbon). Photos @drjastockdale.bsky.social, story by me.

We published this paper 1yr ago today on #Tick hazard in the #SouthDownsNationalPark + how to control without reducing ecosystem health. Free-to-read in @peerj.bsky.social: peerj.com/articles/17483. Funding & support: @rsb.org.uk @southdownsnp.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org + others

We published this paper 1yr ago today on #Tick hazard in the #SouthDownsNationalPark + how to control without reducing ecosystem health. Free-to-read in @peerj.bsky.social: peerj.com/articles/17483. Funding & support: @rsb.org.uk @southdownsnp.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org + others

Interview with myself by @sussexsrp.bsky.social about our @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social & @sussex.ac.uk #PlanetaryHealth project in #PapuaNewGuinea. Outlines how and why we are providing medical services to forest peoples to support their expansion of conservation areas. #ConservationBiology #OneHealth