A 29% cut to the Marsden Fund, plus major cuts to Endeavour, HRC and elsewhere 😠 With success rates already in single figures in some areas and funding not keeping pace with rising costs, this is devastating for New Zealand science

New paper out unpacking the idea of 'recovery' among patients with Long Covid and those admitted to ICU & differences in baselines, waymarkers, pathways of experiences, & other people's responses to their illness onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

"No matter the brand, the ingredients in baby formula are so highly regulated that all standard formulas are essentially the same." Despite this, multinational dairy giants lobbied NZ ministers to weaken new rules meant to protect parents and babies. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Colleagues are cancelling their US work trips. I worry that international colleagues in the US are at risk if they collaborate with us on certain topics. I've written a new post about the increasing danger of being a foreign scientist in the US. christinapagel.substack.com/p/trumps-att...

Super proud to see @jesselafontaine.bsky.social's masters research published in @bmj.com Global Health Scoping the research on the social media industry & the digital food environment for children and adolescents gh.bmj.com/content/10/2... @isabelhanson.bsky.social 🙌

📢 Children & young people are bombarded with junk food ads on social media – up to 200 times a week - but current rules do little to protect kids 🍔📱 Read more in the new research from @jesselafontaine.bsky.social, @cervanteewild.bsky.social & @isabelhanson.bsky.social 👇 #Healthcare #FoodMarketing

📝 New editorial in @healthpromint.bsky.social We explore how journals can (& should) strengthen safeguards to protect editorial independence and research integrity doi.org/10.1093/heap...

A reminder that @healthpromint.bsky.social is now accepting methods papers along with all our other terrific priority areas! We would love to also see more papers related to women's health, health policy, youth health, and the climate crisis. We also consider all types of review papers!

Check out our research just featured by @nihr.bsky.social 🙌 What support do people with Long Covid need to return to work? evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/what-s... @oxprimarycare.bsky.social

"While it is critical to amplify patients’ voices, if the industry is funding patient organizations, then it calls into question: whose voice is being amplified?" Timely piece from @maritahennessy.bsky.social & @jameslarkin13.bsky.social addressing commercial influence on PPI activities

Excellent array of articles published in the new Special Issue on the Commercial Determinants of Health by @healthpromint.bsky.social edited by @docsamantha.bsky.social & others 🙌 📃Check out the Special Issue here: academic.oup.com/heapro/issue...

Back in Aotearoa! It has been a wonderful three years with @oxprimarycare.bsky.social & @greentempleton.bsky.social but now I'm home for new adventures thanks to the Auckland Medical Research Foundation Looking forward to focusing on access to timely specialist services for children 🙌