Are you: ✅working in a UK sexual health service that provides #PrEP, AND ✅willing to take part in a 15 minute survey? We are conducting a brief survey of sexual health clinics for our #beyondtheclinic study. You can complete the survey here: bit.ly/40weNaX #studyparticipants

More great enthusiasm this time in Cambodia for co-adapting our school-based mental health intervention with students, parents and teachers @qmulcphp.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @m-bright-study.bsky.social

Our @m-bright-study.bsky.social workshop in Vietnam co-adapting a school based mental health intervention with youth, parents & teachers. Facilitators included a youth with lived experience who participated in an earlier project that MBRIGHT builds on @qmulcphp.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social

Great pictures from the second round of face-to-face mental health literacy taking place in Cambodia, this time in Kampong Chhnang. All the best to our team and the trainees!

Children’s eating habits are directly shaped by their food environment, yet it continues to fail them ❌ ALL children deserve to grow up with access to healthy food & drink and the gov must do more to drive genuine change that protects our children 👇 tinyurl.com/5bxb7f5y

This year’s keynote at #UKDSHealth25 is by Professor Oyinlola Oyebode, who will be discussing the use of the Health Survey for England in policy-making and monitoring.

📢 New job opportunity alert!! 📢 Join our unit in this brilliant opportunity to provide qualitative and quantitative research support across our work in @qmulcphp.bsky.social - focusing on food reformulation! 📅 Deadline: 1st July 2025 🗣️ Read the full job pack here: tinyurl.com/33a2rm9a

Yesterday, we held our annual WIPH showcase! ⭐ This event was a fantastic opportunity for our staff and students to come together to celebrate our achievements over the past year. Thank you to all who attended and presented!

We're hiring! An exciting opportunity to join our Centre and @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social at @qmul-wiph.bsky.social as a Research Project Manager. 🔗Apply now: qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/... #ResearchJobs #ProjectManagement #MentalHealthResearch #GlobalHealth

🎓 Fully Funded PhD Position within research project in Health Policy and Decision Modelling Fully funded PhD position within a 3 year project Top-tier research environment Based at the @qmul-wiph.bsky.social 🔗 Apply now: lnkd.in/ew7XTYNW #PhDOpportunity #HealthPolicy #FundedPhD

Great to see this online! @qmulresilience.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social @qmulcphp.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social

Women of African or South Asian genetic ancestry tend to develop breast cancer and die at a younger age than women of European ancestry, according to new research by the Barts Cancer Institute @qmbci.bsky.social which calls for new, tailored care approaches. More: www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...

Well done to James Broadbent a Foundation doctor who was on placement with us for 4-months supervised by Dr Dominik Zenner. He presented his work at the Clinical Academic Research day last month held at Charterhouse Square!

We were delighted to join @foodfoundation.bsky.social this #SaltAwarenessWeek to discuss salt reduction and its impact on health. 🎧 Listen below!

New guest blog! ✍️ To mark Salt Awareness Week, we hear from Sonia Pombo, Head of Impact and Research at @actionsaltsugar.bsky.social, about how salt remains a neglected issue in UK food policy & calling for urgent action to reduce hidden salt in our diets. Read here 👉 tinyurl.com/Salt-Awarene...

This #SaltAwarenessWeek we’re demanding the government gets tough on the food industry to enforce reformulation. But what does that actually mean? 🤔 Our Head of Impact and Research, Sonia Pombo explains. 📺 Watch the full video on our website: www.actiononsalt.org.uk/reformulation/

We know salt reduction is possible – we’ve seen it happen before. So why aren’t things changing? 🤔 Our newest blog with MyNutriWeb delves into the reasons why salt remains the “forgotten killer” of public health. 👀 Read here: mynutriweb.com/too-much-sal...

How does salt impact the health of our hearts? ❤️ This #SaltAwarenessWeek we joined the LetsTalkHeartHealth Podcast to discuss! 🎧 Give it a listen now! open.spotify.com/episode/26bm...

🚨 NEW report finds 56% of ready meals contain excessive salt. Ready meals are widely popular due to their convenience & perceived nutritional value. However, our latest report of over 1,500 ready meals has revealed otherwise... (1/4) 🔗 Full Report: tinyurl.com/46mj43sn

The evidence is clear: too much salt is harming our health. 🩺 5 million living with undiagnosed high blood pressure ❤️ 1 in 4 UK deaths from heart attacks & strokes Join us this #SaltAwarenessWeek for our new report and to learn how to cut down our salt intake 👇 Learn more: tinyurl.com/mryzcawj

Great presentation of findings from a co-designed project with youth, parents and school staff focused on addressing youth Mental Health and Wellbeing in London and Birmingham at the Women’s Inclusive Team - here showing our own @fionaamalia.bsky.social

🎉 Salt Awareness Week is almost here! 🎉 Next week we’ll be... - Releasing our newest salt report - Sharing simple tips to cut down on salt - Exploring why salt reduction still isn't where it needs to be 👀 💬 Getting involved? Reach out - we'd love to hear from you!

Interested in what we’ve been up to? Our spring newsletter is out now! 🌱 Learn more about all salt and sugar news and policy updates of the past 3 months and subscribe below! 🙌 🔗 mailchi.mp/bc59463ac580...

Did you catch us on ITV News yesterday? 👀 Dr Kawther Hashem joined @itvnews.bsky.social to talk about the potential Soft Drinks Industry Levy expansion and it’s benefits to our health. 📺 Watch online: www.itv.com/news/2025-04...

Hear @sarapaparini.bsky.social and Dr Renee West talk about the power of collaboration and community research in reducing inequitable health outcomes. @shareeastlondon.bsky.social have been fortunate to work with @positiveeast.bsky.social on many projects. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti0p...

Work underway in Vietnam! In March 2025, the Vietnam team held stakeholder analysis workshops in Thai Binh and Khanh Hoa provinces. During these workshops, the team introduced the study and gathered valuable insights on mental health care for youth in these provinces. www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...

Francois is also currently working on M-BRIGHT as manager and co-investigator.

Children in the most deprived UK areas are being disproportionately flooded by unhealthy fast-food ads every single day, setting them up for a lifetime of food-related ill health. Learn more about the urgent need for better regulation 📰👇 tinyurl.com/3vdu2a4c

🆕 A new investigation by @bmj.com reveals how extensive industry lobbying and strategies of ‘Deny, Dilute, Delay’ are thwarting council efforts to protect public spaces against unhealthy food ads. 📰Read more below www.bmj.com/content/389/...

This weekend the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) turns 7 years old! 🎉 Since its 2018 launch, the SDIL has reduced sugar in soft drinks by 46%. Let’s continue it's success and extend its influence onto other drinks to create healthier products for all! Check out our policy briefing below ⬇️

Call for Papers! Queen Mary’s Centre for the Study of Migration & (B)Orders Centre are co-hosting a 2-day conference on Borders, Migration & Displacement (29–30 May 2025). Call for papers open until 10th April! Full details: www.qmul.ac.uk/research/fac...

We'd like to wish a very happy Eid to everyone in our community celebrating around the world!

We were proud to join alongside @thebda.bsky.social @oha-updates.bsky.social for the parliamentary discussion on sugar & its impact in the UK. The need for healthier foods has never been greater & we need gov action now to reduce the high rates of sugar-related tooth decay & other harmful diseases🦷

With unhealthy snacks dominating the market, its more vital than ever that the government steps in. We know reformulation works - and now its time to push business compliance and prioritise a healthier food system for all. Read our full op-ed in @thegrocer.bsky.social 👇 tinyurl.com/3s99e5e7

Do visit our website to learn more about the study and to keep up-to-date with our news and events www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...

🆕Our newest report has revealed the excessive salt and sugar levels of popular snacks and exposed the food industry’s largescale failure to meet government healthy food standards. 🔖Full report: www.actiononsalt.org.uk/salt-surveys...

Yesterday, we held our 2nd Unit-Led Centre Event, hosted by our Global Public Health Unit! Huge thanks to Jennifer Randall & Heather McMullen for a thought-provoking session on ‘Challenges and Dilemmas in Community Engagement.’ #PublicHealth #CommunityEngagement

More travels - Aisling Murray and Laura Paulauskaite (Youth Resilience Unit, pictured) during a visit to the UN House in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) on 7th March 2025 after meeting with representatives from UNICEF and UNFPA. They also travelled to Uzbekistan to meet with NGOs and UN organisations.

Huge congratulations to Prof. Stamatina (Matina) Iliodromiti on her inaugural lecture yesterday. "Delivering more than babies: a path filled with numbers, serendipity and stubbornness." @qmul-wiph.bsky.social #InauguralLecture #WomensHealth

Exciting opportunity! The @nihrspcr.bsky.social Summer Internship Programme 2025 has launched. A fantastic chance for UK undergraduate students to gain hands-on experience in primary care research. Apply now: spcr.nihr.ac.uk/career-devel... #PrimaryCare #Internship @qmulprimarycare.bsky.social

Are you aged 18-24? Have you experienced repeated periods of #loneliness? Take part in our #study and share your experiences! All the details are in the attached poster - please share! We are eager to hear from people with a range of different life and loneliness experiences!

It has been an honour and pleasure this week (3-7 March 25) to be attending meetings and stakeholder analysis workshops in Kampong Chhnang and Siem Reap, Cambodia. From @ Dr Francois van Loggerenberg

Recently Published! A paper by Michail Diakosavvas, Oyinlola Oyebode & Priya Bhide explores how Intensive Weight Management Programmes and GLP-1RAs could help women with PCOS manage weight and reduce their risk of developing metabolic conditions. 🔗 Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A wonderful day in Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia, as we conduct a stakeholder analysis workshop for the M-Bright study. Attended by potential stakeholders in education, health, community organisations and religious leaders

A few pictures from our first two days in Phnom Penh and Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia - tomorrow we go to Siem Reap! A wonderful introduction to some new collaborators.

📢 Launching today, the new #THRIVINGFoodFutures research hub will design and evaluate food policies to support healthy, sustainable diets across the UK. 🥦🌍 Led by @petescarbs.bsky.social and funded by @ukri.org & @nihr.bsky.social, the hub will help to accelerate the UK’s journey to #netzero.

Very excited to launch our 3-year NIHR funded project on youth mental health in #Cambodia and #Vietnam last week. Fab participants and partners. Check out our new website www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres... @qmulresilience.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @dinabalabanova.bsky.social