Inspiring two day Behavioural Research UK event UCL with colleagues from across the UK. Great discussions on how we can best advance the field and improve behavioural research practices. Linda Bauld Professor Susan Michie Follow the Behavioural Research UK account for more updates

Well, that's a wrap on a wonderful few days discussing all things #BehaviouralResearch with our strategic leadership team in London facilitated & led by Linda Bauld, Susan Michie & Sharon Cox. We have a lot of exciting ideas for new research activities after this!

The key leadership role that councils play in transforming our health is the topic of discussion between Public Health Scotland Chief Executive Paul Johnston and Professor Linda Bauld Linda Bauld #COSLA2024

Congratulations to Niamh Hart who passed her #PhD thesis viva with minor corrections yesterday! Dr Hart, based at Usher Institute, is one of our many #ECRs working with researchers & teams across the BR-UK partner institutes to deliver our behavioural research. Well done Niamh!

After 21 years of remarkable leadership, our CEO Deborah Arnott has officially retired. Her tireless work has reshaped tobacco control, accompanied by substantial declines in smoking prevalence. We thank Deborah for her incredible impact and wish her the very best in retirement.

Now at #HealthyAgeingHWU Heriot-Watt University The Ageing Lab Alan J Gow What is “healthy ageing”? #robotshowcase #health #care #ageing

Now at #HealthyAgeingHWU Linda Bauld Usher Institute The University of Edinburgh on ageing populations in Scotland. How to support a healthy ageing population and a healthy workforce?

The VHS Annual Conference is on 23 October at Dynamic Earth. There's still time to book with our earlybird 20% discount (use code EARLYBIRD) tinyurl.com/ms2nk4b7. Confirmed speakers include Linda Bauld Carey Lunan Ewan Aitken 🇺🇦 Martyn Evans & more. Hope to see you there.

Registration is now open for our dissemination event held London South Bank University - LSBU on Friday 6th December, chaired by Linda Bauld, speakers include Lynne Dawkins Sharon Cox and other team members from across Great Britain. Please see flyer for further details.

As we approach the end of 2024, I thought I'd compile some of our key findings from the Smoking Toolkit Study this year. We've looked at *lots* of interesting things relating to smoking and vaping. 🧵⬇️

The science that defined 2024. This episode features Linda Bauld Edinburgh University on public health; Michael Wooldridge University of Oxford on AI; Dr David Whitehouse on space; Liberty Denman on marine biology; and Emma Pomeroy Cambridge University on archaeology. thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/naked…

How does evidence type affect #publicpolicy support? BR-UK explores how statistics, anecdotes or both, influence beliefs in policy effectiveness and support in our latest blog. Read more on the BR-UK website: usher.ed.ac.uk/behavioural-re…

✨With only three weeks left before the Global NCDA Forum (#NCDAF2025), the preparations are in full swing. 🎙️We are delighted to announce that Prof Linda Bauld will be joining our plenary discussion focused on NCD investments. ℹ️Prof Linda Bauld is the Chief Social Policy

The trade of illicit cigarettes in Ghana: Insights from a policy synthesis and qualitative study pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39834949/

Next up, our panel discussion with our keynote speakers, alongside Jon Sutton and Jim McManus, discussing how behavioural and social sciences can keep ahead of change! #BSPHN2025 Jim McManus OCDS,FFPH 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 Linda Bauld greg fell FFPH Dr Jon Sutton

Reducing smoking in pregnancy in England—a public health success story bmj.com/content/389/bm… HT Linda Bauld Hazel Cheeseman

Great to see the Scottish Government and COSLA joint release of the Population Health Framework & Health & Social Care Service Renewal Framework - a key step towards tackling health inequalities & building a fair, sustainable health & care system for Scotland.

Our TV advert is now live! 📺 This Ad features Peter and Abdul, who talk about our funded research and life-changing support that's making daily life more manageable for them, and millions of people living with diabetes 💙 (1/2)