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ECR opportunity to join Jamie Eastman online tomorrow (31/01) to explore the creation and value of a new Creative Health Toolkit. All welcome! Great chance to network with others in the field 👇👇👇

In the House of Lords today Lord Bragg referenced our work with @who_europe, identifying over 3,500 studies showing the #health benefits of the #arts. 🔍 You can read more about our findings here: tinyurl.com/2sux29ht Dr Daisy Fancourt Saoirse Finn Behavioural Science & Health UCL

A joy to co-write and explore the role of a youth advisory in arts and mental health research!🙌 We found the youth advisory constructed meaningful emotional experiences, fostered spaces of learning and growth, and enabled a sense of community. Dance Connection Wessex Dr Katey Warran

Huge thanks to the fantastic folk who attended my first PhD advisory group meeting today! 🎉 Very lucky to have the support of a group with such wealth of expertise in #socialprescribing and #kidneydisease Helen Noble Karen Galway Ruthanne Baxter Saoirse Finn Fez Awan Kidney Care UK @kidneycareuk.bsky.social

We are committed to the development of early career researchers & last year, as part of our EC3R project with University of Toronto, we awarded small grants to selected ECRs ⭐️ Read about the UK-based projects we funded & their impact in our latest blog 👇 sbbresearch.org/where-are-they…

New blog post! 📰 Saoirse Finn, Research Fellow in Epidemiology & Statistics, shares how the We-EngAGE team are working with a cross-sector & interdisciplinary advisory group to explore leisure engagement & health. ✍️ Give it a read 👇 sbbresearch.org/we-engage-refi…

New Social Biobehavioural Research Group paper BrainBehavImm. #loneliness is risk for increasing chronic inflammation. Social engagement maybe protective. Isolation less consistent. Stronger results in those w/ genetic MDD risk. Shown in two cohorts, venous & dried blood samples. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our newsletter has landed! 📨 It features: 📰 #SocialPrescribing guide for #CAMHS & The National Academy for Social Prescribing webinar recording 🏫 Call for schools to participate in research 🗓️ Our plans for Creativity & Wellbeing Week ⭐️ CreativeBrainWeek highlights & more! 🔗 tinyurl.com/mr9hvnr9

Thanks Suze Berkhout for the opportunity to co-present at the Canadian Association for Health Humanities conference. We shared insights from the EC3R project (Social Biobehavioural Research Group University of Toronto) - a range of activities establishing ECR Capacity, Connection & Collaboration sbbresearch.org/projects/ec3r/ Laura Wright Saoirse Finn

New blog alert! ✨ Have a read to be transported back to our recent Arts Health Research Intensive at sunny Snape Maltings: sbbresearch.org/arts-health-re… Special thanks to our delegates, staff, UF Center for Arts in Medicine, Britten Pears Arts and Jameel Arts & Health Lab for making the #AHRI24 happen!

New blog! ✍️ Reflecting on The BSA's annual conference session on public sociology facilitated by Priscilla Alderson & Rob Faure Walker (UCL) in relation to arts & health. Includes mention of upcoming paper by Saoirse Finn et al pathsresearchgroup.org/post/reflectin…

Interested in exploring why some people engage in the arts more than others? Our new Social Biobehavioural Research Group RADIANCE Framework explores just this! And we’ll be hosting a webinar to talk about the framework on Thurs 11th July 3-4pm BST. All welcome. See below for a fab new animation too👇

It was fantastic to attend my first #BSG2024 and present on the associations between cultural engagement & wellbeing across 14 years of data! If you want to stay connected with our project (WE-EngAGE Social Biobehavioural Research Group), visit: bit.ly/WE-EngAGE

ICYMI, we're currently recruiting research participants across three of our projects 📣 We want to hear from: 🎓 University students 👋 People aged 55 or over 🏘️ Anyone delivering community activities Read our latest news for more information: sbbresearch.org/news-events

Exciting to see our paper mentioned in this article by Staras et al (2024) noting that it is a good example of applying a Social Identity Approach to Health in a way relevant to social prescribing Loneliness & SI in Mental Health research network Saoirse Finn Dr Katey Warran onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Such a pleasure to co-present with Saoirse Finn for the Arts in Medicine Projects ArtsinMedicineFellowship. A great new cohort! Enjoyed teaching arts-based methods & sharing research from Social Biobehavioural Research Group & School of Health in Social Science. Thanks all kunle adewale Yifan Chen

As the new The Labour Party Government meets for its party conference, we've distilled evidence from our last decade of research into #ArtsAndHealth to inform how we collectively move forward. 📈 Our 5⃣ key learnings are outlined below! Read more on our blog ➡️ sbbresearch.org/where-next-for…

What are the points of connection and disconnection between critical medical humanities and arts & health? Read our blog advocating for increased dialogue between those working across these interconnected fields @OliviaTurnerArt Emily Davis Dr Katey Warran pathsresearchgroup.org/post/what-are-…

We're thrilled to share that we are the new hosts of the #SocialPrescribing Youth Network! 📣 Read more in our announcement with StreetGames, plus join the Network to hear about future research, resources, events, training & more 👇 sbbresearch.org/exciting-new-c…

Happy December from the SBB Team! 🎄 We held our Christmas Gathering yesterday to celebrate the team's achievements and the impact our research and activities have had this year – it was a lovely time!