Today, UCL turns 200. 🎉 For two centuries, our community has opened doors, challenged convention and pushed the boundaries of knowledge across every discipline. Thank you to everyone who’s been part of the UCL story, here’s to the next century. ✨ #UCL200 #LoveUCL

From 1 of our affiliate students Pushpa Nair - Key factors influencing post-diagnostic support and care planning for people with #dementia from South Asian backgrounds - link.springer.com/article/10.1... @ucl-primarycare.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social

📣 Public Health Research in Local Authorities Conference 📍 London South Bank University 📅 6 May 2026 Join us to hear from Prof Kevin Fenton and Prof Adam Briggs, connect with colleagues across London, and share your work. 🔗 Full information is available in this blog blogs.ucl.ac.uk/pcph-blog/20...

🎉 Great news from our team! 🎉 Huge congratulations to Ayesha Dar on passing her PhD Upgrade yesterday after an excellent presentation on her research into supporting distance carers of people with dementia. So well deserved! 🌟

🚀 NIHR SPCR PhD Studentships now open at UCL PCPH! We’re inviting applications from outstanding candidates interested in developing a career in primary care research. 📅 Start: October 2026 More info: PCPH research: www.ucl.ac.uk/population-h... SPCR studentships: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/career-devel...

Dr Megan Armstrong joined colleagues in Newcastle for the first in‑person meeting of the @NIHRresearch Cross‑Network Collaboration on Inequalities in MLTCs. Energising discussions led by Professors Rachel Cooper and Liddy Goyder with exciting potential already emerging!

Let’s Talk Dementia — co‑produced resources to help researchers adapt communication when involving people with dementia as partners in research. Funded by @nihrspcr.bsky.social Great work led by @sgriffiths-6.bsky.social and the PCPH team. Check the link below www.ucl.ac.uk/population-h...

✨ New blog post ✨ We’re delighted to share a reflective blog by Elle Wyke, “Reflections so far on an NIHR Pre-Doctoral Fellowship”. A great read for anyone considering an NIHR Pre-Doctoral Fellowship pathway or early career research. 🔗 blogs.ucl.ac.uk/pcph-blog/20...

📢 PhD Studentship Opportunity at UCL Interested in AI, NLP, and health? We’re recruiting a PhD student for TRUST: Transparent, Responsible, User-centred Sexual-health Technologies using NLP Open to home& overseas applicants Deadline: Mon 26 Jan 2026 www.postgraduatestudentships.co.uk/opportunity/...

🎄✨ PCPH Christmas party was the perfect year-end! 👏 Prof. Kate Walters shared our achievements 🎯 Prof. Greta Rait led the Activity Trail 🎉 Ended with a fun Christmas quiz! Huge thanks to Stephanie Hume, Jemima Askew & all who made it special

Validated self-administered screening tools to identify depression among young adults (18 to 25-years-old) in East Asia and the Pacific Region low-and-middle income countries (LMICs): A systematic review by my PhD student Dennis Dantic. https//www.science... @ucl-primarycare.bsky.social

🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr. Izzy Braithwaite on passing her viva on Friday! Her thesis was praised as a “beautiful piece of work” 👏 Supervisors: Jessica Sheringham, Spiros Denaxas, Anna Mavrogianni & Michail Katsoulis

"I hope the work will start meaningful conversations for positive change." We're excited to announce that artist Lynn Dennison has been commissioned by UCL to create a public art installation exploring the relationship between health, health inequalities and housing: www.ucl.ac.uk/population-h... 🏠

🚨 New Publication Alert!

🚨 New Publication Alert! Carers experiencing socioeconomic deprivation often face a lack of social mobility options whilst making profound sacrifices, such as giving up essentials like heating and healthy food. Policy must do better. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

✨ Continuing the Celebration! ✨ Yesterday we marked 50 brilliant years of British Regional Heart Study BRHS, and the joy is still with us today. We’re delighted to share this wonderful photo of the entire BRHS team

🎉 Celebrating 50 years of the British Regional Heart Study! A major milestone in UK heart research, with brilliant reflections from Prof. Goya Wannamethee on its start and impact. Great to also hear from Prof. Peter Whincup and Prof. Sheena Ramsay on the study’s lasting legacy.

🚨 We're hiring! NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Primary Care (Clinical Education Research) 📍 London | 🕒 Full-time | 💼 Fixed-term | 🌐 Hybrid 🗓️ Apply by 14 Dec 2025 🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... @nihrspcr.bsky.social #PrimaryCare #NIHR #AcademicGP #MedicalEducation

🎉 Big congrats to Tas Rookes for passing her PhD viva with flying colours! 🧠 Thesis: Improving engagement in health promotion for older adults with mild cognitive impairment 👏 Supervised by Professor Kate Walters, Louise Marston, Rachael Frost, Megan Armstrong & Yolanda Barrado-Martín

🧠 New Blog: "Who Gets to Research?" by Stacey Smith MH-ALL Fellow at NIHR ARC North Thames and Professional Lead for Lived Experience at Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust — shares her reflections on inclusion in research. Read the full blog here: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/pcph-blog/20...

Community nurses! Register now for this free lecture on December 2nd! Please re-post to your networks! @benbowers.bsky.social @qniscotland.bsky.social @theqicn.bsky.social @tghn-news.bsky.social @ucl-primarycare.bsky.social @uos-primarycare.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @efpc.bsky.social

We are very excited to be launching our first DTC cohort at our DTC induction today @alzsocresearch.bsky.social @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social @ucl-primarycare.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @denpru-qm.bsky.social

🎉 Exciting news! A huge congratulations to the entire APPLE-Tree team on the publication of our latest paper—an important step forward in dementia prevention research. @denpru-qm.bsky.social Read the full paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Happy Diwali to everyone celebrating!

Happy Bandi Chhor Divas

Three UCL academics Professor Ibrahim Abubakar @iiabubakar.bsky.social, Professor Pearce Keane and Professor Charles Swanton have been elected to US National Academy of Medicine for their work on the epidemiology of tuberculosis, artificial intelligence in ophthalmology and cancer genomics.

A huge congrats to Narin Aker who passed her PhD with flying colours on Friday! “Health inequalities at end of life for people with dementia from Black African & Caribbean backgrounds.” Supervised by Nathan Davies, Nuriye Kupeli & Sarah Griffiths 👏 #HealthEquity #DementiaCareH

Evidence for health promotion interventions to improve cognitive and physical functioning outcomes in older adults with MCI: A state-of-the-art review www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ucl-caps.bsky.social @ucl-primarycare.bsky.social @drmegs.bsky.social @tasminrookes.bsky.social

More than a million people were referred by GPs to social prescribing services in England in 2023, far exceeding initial targets, finds a new study led by Dr Feifei Bu and Professor Daisy Fancourt @ucliehc.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social with the National Academy for Social Prescribing

📢 New Publication Alert Congratulations to @Roganie Govender and the entire team on their latest publication! A fantastic achievement! @ucl-primarycare.bsky.social bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/9...

New UCL-led, SPCR study published in The Lancet Psychiatry warns that many people with dementia are prescribed antipsychotic drugs for longer than national guidelines recommend: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/uk-deme... #SPCR #PrimaryCare #Research #Dementia @ucl-primarycare.bsky.social @thelancet.com

🎉New Publication Alert🎊 Huge Congratulation to @ejmspencer.bsky.social 🎊

New podcast out now 🎙️ Delighted to share a short Lancet Psychiatry – In Conversation With episode about our recent paper on antipsychotic prescribing in people living with dementia 🎧 Listen here: www.thelancet.com/multimedia/p... @ucl-primarycare.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

Thousands of people with dementia in the UK are prescribed antipsychotics for longer and at higher doses than recommended, finds a new study led by Dr Juan Carlos Bazo-Alvarez and Prof @irenepetersen.bsky.social @ucl-primarycare.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...

"I’ve developed a much better understanding of the relationship between housing and health...I’ve been able to take this learning back to my team and explore how we might apply these locally." - Jessica Veltman, @hackneycouncil.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/population-h... @ucl-primarycare.bsky.social

Still time to register for our webinar next Tuesday with leading experts from @ucl-primarycare.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social #palliativecare 👇

📢 New dataset drop! Check the full information about BRHS @ucl-brhs.bsky.social on 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/population-h... 🧠💓"This dataset provides valuable insights into how behavioural and social factors influences heart health and ageing over the life course." — Said Prof SG Wannamethee, Study Director

📢 New dataset drop! The BRHS @ucl-brhs.bsky.social is now available via @ukdataservice.bsky.social 🎉 🔗 ukdataservice.ac.uk 7,735 men tracked over 50 years = goldmine for research on heart health, ageing & behaviour. Prof. Wannamethee: “Unparalleled insights into ageing & heart health.”

New for researchers: The British Regional Heart Study dataset is now available via @UKDataService . 7,735 men, ~50 yrs of follow-up on heart health, frailty, dementia & more.

Professor Goya Wannamethee, Study Director, said "This dataset provides valuable insights into how behavioural and social factors influences heart health and ageing over the life course."

🎉 Huge congratulations to everyone receiving their A-Level results today! You've worked hard and should be proud. We can't wait to welcome our new students this September—exciting times ahead! 📚✨ #ALevelResults

Outcomes of specialist physiotherapy for functional motor disorder: the Physio4FMD RCT NIHR report out today www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hta/MKAC9495 @nihr.bsky.social @ucl-primarycare.bsky.social @gnielsenphysio.bsky.social @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social

Innovative virtual eye clinics in shopping centres could significantly reduce waiting times for routine eye appointments, suggests a first-of-its-kind study led by @ucl-primarycare.bsky.social, @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social and @ucleye.bsky.social

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📢 New Publication Alert! 👏 Huge congratulations to Jonathan Clark and the team for this outstanding Publication “Comparing Artificial Intelligence- vs Clinician-Authored Summaries of Simulated Primary Care Electronic Health Records” Read the full paper academic.oup.com/jamiaopen/ar...