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🎄 Ready for some Christmas feels? 😊 Please see below a link to a short film by Gregor from our event last week featuring some Xmas stars, Lorraine UofG School of Health & Wellbeing & Toni Weekday Wow Factor ⭐️ Thanks to everyone involved in the tree project, in the event and in wider Hub community ❤️

Now that project Christmas tree is complete, Lorraine has started on cosies to keep hot drinks warm 🩷 Our 'Mug Hugs' will be at Hub Monday on 13 Jan: - 10am: Tour of UofG School of Health & Wellbeing - 10.30am: Refreshments & Networking - 11 am: Themed discussion on Byres Hub Community Day 2025

What’s the mechanism behind behavioural side effects of popular weight loss drugs? #GLP1RA A large population-based analysis led by Rona Strawbridge & Prof Paul Welsh UofG SCMH assessed whether certain genetic variants might help explain these effects. tinyurl.com/5n6jks8j

🔬 Dr David Walsh explores how our research in Health Inequalities is uncovering the factors behind life expectancy trends in Scotland and across the UK. Explore this #MVLS2033 theme - buff.ly/4cHk17o Full video - buff.ly/3zlVeHn

7. Lead for the University of Glasgow Cancer Behaviour Research Group Katie Robb & ScottishLDO Director Deborah Cairns received an RSE International Joint Projects award in 2024 to collaborate with colleagues UNSW to improve cancer screening uptake & access bit.ly/45nX2eR

1. Latest findings from UofG School of Health & Wellbeing published in BMJ_Open on rates of hospitalisation for #epilepsy, #asthma & #diabetes among school-aged young people with #learningdisabilities led by Dr Gill Smith et al University of Glasgow bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/2/e…

Register here for the Maurice Bloch lecture feat. University of Bristol Rebecca Richmond! 👉 Examining the causal role of circadian rhythms and sleep in physical and psychological health 💤🧠💟 👉May 28th, 1pm 👉Hybrid (Clarice Pears building) eventbrite.co.uk/e/maurice-bloc… UofG MVLS

New paper! 👉Testing for associations and interactions between APOE e4 genotype and lifestyle, with brain structural imaging phenotypes in UK Biobank (Yating You et al.) Preprint: researchsquare.com/article/rs-629… 2-min explainer video 🧠🚬

Fred Ho, Antonio Cannata', & I have been gathering helpful health data science resources and references. What do you think? What are we missing? github.com/jocelynfriday/… #healthdatascience #r #stats #epidemiology

📢 Join us Tue 17 June at the Imaging Centre of Excellence for a seminar on innovation in medical imaging! 📢 AI-enhanced MRI, CT, PET & ultrasound, early diagnosis, & patient-centred care with experts from health, industry & academia. 🕘 9:15am–1:30pm 📍 ICE, Langlands Drive

Findings from The Drake IPV Study, led by Dr Willie Stewart, finds that women who experience physical abuse in the context of domestic violence are more likely to suffer from long-term mental health challenges, even decades later. University of Glasgow The Drake Foundation mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1/e…

New research led by Dr Donald Lyall finds that APOE e4 genotype is an important predictor of developing Alzheimer’s disease, and it weakens the protective benefits of better earlier cognitive health. #Alzheimers #Dementia #BrainHealth 👉gla.ac.uk/schools/health…

Associations and interactions between premorbid cognitive health, apolipoprotein e4 genotype, and incident Alzheimer’s disease in UK Biobank 🧠🧬 Open access paper: nature.com/articles/s4440… Feat Simon Cox Dr Willie Stewart Dr Josie Fullerton Dr Terry Quinn💙 et al 2.5-min explainer...

David Walsh and Gerry McCartney, co-authors of 'Social Murder? Austerity and Life Expectancy in the UK', discuss the ongoing impact and human cost of government austerity policies. Bristol Uni Press UofG Public Health UofG Social Sciences youtube.com/watch?v=5wFRQC…

Good to see so much School of Health & Wellbeing research informing the new Scottish Government Population Health Framework inc. evidence on health inequalities, children’s health behaviours, missingness in healthcare, smoke-free legislation and inclusive economies gov.scot/publications/p…

Please share! New partnership with RSABI - supporting people in Scottish agriculture. Fully funded PhD scholarship (UK students only): Towards an enhanced understanding of suicide risk among those from agricultural backgrounds. Supervised by me and Katie Robb. Closing date: 21st July 2025 🔗

Hot off the press! 📢 New findings from UofG Public Health & London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine published in The Lancet Public Health show that TB infection rates are higher in males than females from adolescence onwards. Read more below 👇

Important new findings about the effects of #UniversalCredit on mental health in the UK. Between 2013-2019, it's estimated an additional 111,954 individuals experienced depression and/or anxiety attributable to UC. #MentalHealth #HealthInequalities doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe…