A record number of University of Bristol subjects are now ranked among the world and the UK’s best 🌍🎉 More subjects than ever have been recognised in the global top 20 and the UK top 5 of the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026. www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2026/ma...

📢New funded PhD available!📢 Design and analysis to estimate diagnostic test accuracy without universal verification Applications close on Monday 16th March. More info➡️ tinyurl.com/8vhvse8p @bristoluni.bsky.social @profhayleyjones.bsky.social

⭐New Bristol Continuity of Care Calculator ⭐ helps GPs measure continuity of care - a key step towards improvement. 🔹The tool, developed by @chris-salisbury.bsky.social & colleagues, launched today. 🔹It's free, easy-to-use & works with UK GP practice systems. 👉 tinyurl.com/mvrrr34u #GPSky

Very sad to see the major university in the East Midlands 'suspending' (i.e. planning to close) key courses like Modern Languages and Music and scaling back Nursing. It's a scandal that top universities are just being left to go to the wall after years of underfunding. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🎙️Listen to @hazelcheeseman.bsky.social on BBC Breakfast discussing the Government’s call for evidence on a retail licensing scheme for tobacco and vapes. 🚭Currently, you don't need a license to sell tobacco. This will make it easier for enforcement to take take action against non-compliant retailers

We are appalled that public service broadcaster the BBC continues to provide a platform for tobacco industry giant, British American Tobacco, to lobby against the Tobacco & Vapes Bill. So we fixed the headline for them...

Share: Complete your PhD in data science & epidemiology with real-world impact! Join us at @uob-ieu.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social through the @gw4biomeddtp.bsky.social. Fully funded project exploring co-use of e-cigarettes, cannabis and tobacco gw4biomed.ac.uk/understandin...

Share: Complete your PhD in data science & epidemiology with real-world impact! Join us at @uob-ieu.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social through the @gw4biomeddtp.bsky.social. Fully funded project exploring biological mechanisms linking smoking & mental health. gw4biomed.ac.uk/what-are-the...

We just published an RCT showing that labels on mental health gains were as motivating as physical health messages for smoking cessation. Mental health messaging could be a promising, underused tool for helping people quit 🚭 🔗 doi.org/10.1186/s128... #SmokingCessation #MentalHealth #PublicHealth

One of the biggest problems with the world is that fools are always so sure and certain about everything and intelligent people are so full of doubts and uncertainties.

"South Florida weatherman tells viewers he can't accurately predict hurricanes because of government cuts" Source: old.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...

ASH CEO @hazelcheeseman.bsky.social appeared on BBC Breakfast this morning to discuss the incoming ban on disposable vapes. The ban has two intentions - to reduce the environmental impact of single use products and address youth vaping.

We are IN-PERSON in London next week for the #IoPPNfestival, sharing transformative research from @kingsioppn.bsky.social Join @saakshikakar.bsky.social using the #IoPPNfestival hashtag from 2 pm on Wednesday, 14th May! THREAD

Funded PhD opportunity for qualitative work on health inequalities and factors affecting health outcomes at University of Aberdeen, in partnership with Aberdeen City Council Please share! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Want to opt out of the next 3 years? Do a postdoc in Oslo! PATHWAY will study mental health in persons with autism using #MoBa and Nordic registers. It's a collaboration between #Ahus, @uio.no and @ki.se Please share! Apply here: 2411.webcruiter.no/Main2/Recrui...

what we really need is to find out what causes some people to become narcissistic wealth hoarders. If we could prevent that, the world would be transformed.

Our #research into the activities of Philip Morris International and its Japanese affiliate, Philip Morris Japan, unveiled attempts to exploit science for profit, casting doubt on PMI's claims to conduct #transparentscience. Read original research here: doi.org/10.1093/ntr/... #ScienceforProfit

This event (almost) makes me want to be a PhD student again.

I met my MP today to express concerns about how companies profit from making us sick & again from selling the cure. I was told to start locally- apply for grants, sign petitions. I'm feeling letdown. MPs should raise these issues, not deflect. How can we motion serious structural change?

Are you aged 18-65 years with more than 1 long-term health condition? Or a professional in #PrimaryCare or our local (BNSSG) integrated care system? If so, please join us to hear about the findings from the SPELL Study, share your experiences & help us shape GP services. Details in flyer & thread.

The UK government is facing a fierce backlash over welfare cuts that a new analysis says will push an additional 250 000 people—including 50 000 children—into relative poverty in 2029-30 www.bmj.com/content/388/...

It's been all-go since returning to academia! I've wrapped up a month-long dissemination roadshow sharing our trial findings at UKSBM, SRNT & SW Public Health Conference—& a talk at Loughborough University. Great to see so many friends & colleagues! #SmokingCessation #CBT doi.org/10.1111/add....

We 💙 links! Starting this week, we've made it even easier for newsrooms and more to track how much traffic Bluesky is sending to their sites. For those setting up analytics, Bluesky's referrer is go.bsky.app.

Delighted to have been invited to present the ESCAPE pilot RCT results at the South West Public Health Scientific Conference. We found that adding a smoking cessation intervention to NHS psychological treatment did not disrupt usual care. Read more: doi.org/10.1111/add....

intEgrating Smoking Cessation treatment As part of usual Psychological care for dEpression and anxiety (ESCAPE): A randomised and controlled, multi-centre, acceptability and feasibility trial with nested qualitative methods @gemmamjtaylor.bsky.social buff.ly/HIGZ9Fj

I'm excited to share our published ESCAPE trial! We integrated a CBT-based smoking cessation intervention into NHS psychological care to see if it interfered with mental health treatment. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #MentalHealth #SmokingCessation #NoSmokingDay #TalkingTherapies

I'm en route to New Orleans for #SRNT2025 to present my @cancerresearchuk.org-funded fellowship pilot & feasibility trial. We integrated smoking cessation treatment into UK NHS-funded psychology services—come hear the findings on Friday at 1:30 PM, Podium 4 #addiction #smokingcessation #nosmokingday

⏳Last week to apply! Join ASH at a pivotal time for tobacco policy. With the Tobacco & Vapes Bill making history in 2025, we're looking for a *Senior Policy Officer* to shape change in Westminster, the NHS & local govt. charityjob.co.uk/jobs/action-...

✨ It’s the penultimate episode of Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco! In this episode, we uncover how the #tobaccoindustry contributes to #climatechange while at the same time improving its image through #greenwashing. Listen: shows.acast.com/deadly-indus... #NewPodcast #DeadlyIndustryPod

Prof Jo Neill (@profjoneill.bsky.social) tells UK politicians: “Please move psychedelics—all psychedelics—out of Schedule 1 and enable more research to happen in the UK. We absolutely need to bring this to the forefront of the debate in Parliament.”

✨ Episode six of Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is out now. In this episode, @jorgeinbk.bsky.social dials in to talk about how the #tobaccoindustry markets its deadly products. Listen: shows.acast.com/deadly-indus... #BigTobacco #NewPodcast #DeadlyIndustryPod

I've signed. Fellow UK scientists, will you? This is the time to stand up and be counted. 🧪

Thanks to @neil-r.bsky.social for interviewing Dr. Sophie Braznell for @oncodaily.bsky.social. In this in-depth interview, Dr. Braznell speaks about her work researching the tobacco industry and its use of science, particularly on newer products. oncodaily.com/dialogues/to...

The involvement of patients and the public is important in public health research. We are holding a free webinar on 4th March, 7pm to share a bit about our research and how the public can get involved. Do join us! shop.bris.ac.uk/conferences-...

A week left to apply for Senior Research Associate/Research Fellow posts with Gib Hemani and me in sunny Bristol on genetic approaches to understanding phenotypic causation, including Mendelian randomization at @uob-ieu.bsky.social bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

I plan to use Bluesky more actively and gradually disengage from X over the next few months. Excited to explore posts that reflect a true normal distribution. Looking forward to reconnecting with familiar faces and meeting new ones here too! Happy Holidays everyone, here's to a relaxing break!