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UofG School of Health & Wellbeing

@uofgshw

School of Health & Wellbeing @UofGlasgow
Leading research; improving health; tackling inequalities
@UofGByresHub is our community engagement space

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🚨 Only 1 week left to submit your nomination for the 2025 World Changing Alumni Award! Hear from 2024 winner & mental health expert Vitalii Klymchuk on what winning the award means to him 🏆 Nominate by April 21 ➡️ gla.ac.uk/alumni/ouralum… University of Glasgow UofG School of Health & Wellbeing UofG MVLS

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New research led by Professor Jill Pell of UofG MVLS UofG School of Health & Wellbeing finds brisk walking may reduce risk of heart rhythm abnormalities by up to 43%. The study has been published in The BMJ Heart_BMJ journal. Read more: gla.ac/3G9DvGG

New research led by Professor Jill Pell of <a href="/UofGMVLS/">UofG MVLS</a> <a href="/UofGSHW/">UofG School of Health & Wellbeing</a> finds brisk walking may reduce risk of heart rhythm abnormalities by up to 43%. 

The study has been published in <a href="/bmj_latest/">The BMJ</a> <a href="/Heart_BMJ/">Heart_BMJ</a> journal.

Read more: gla.ac/3G9DvGG
Rory O'Connor (@suicideresearch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Please share! 🆕 Fully funded PhD scholarship by Scottish charity Men Matter Scotland: Social inequality and male suicide: Risk factors and interventions Supervised by Dr Susie Bennett and myself Closing date: 11th June 2025, with an autumn 2025 start. Open to UK students

Please share!

🆕 Fully funded PhD scholarship by Scottish charity Men Matter Scotland:

Social inequality and male suicide: Risk factors and interventions

Supervised by Dr Susie Bennett and myself

Closing date: 11th June 2025, with an autumn 2025 start. Open to UK students
Scot Gov Health (@scotgovhealth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Public Health Minister Jenni Minto MSP has launched a public consultation into reforming care for people with long term conditions and urged patients and their representatives to get in touch. The review aims to support consistent care for all. gov.scot/publications/l…

Public Health Minister <a href="/jenni_minto/">Jenni Minto MSP</a> has launched a public consultation into reforming care for people with long term conditions and urged patients and their representatives to get in touch. The review aims to support consistent care for all.

gov.scot/publications/l…
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This Medical Research Foundation funded study led by Dr Claire Niedzwiedz explores the impacts of climate change on mental health and wellbeing in Kenya. #EarthDay2025 🌍 #ClimateAnxiety medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/news/coming-to…

RCPsych in Scotland (@rcpsychscot) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📢Calling all CAMHS professionals! @UofGSHWis hosting #NCON25 on Thursday 29 May – a conference dedicated to improving services and lives for neurodivergent children, with a range of academics/clinicians speaking at the event Dr Jason Lang More info here: NCON25.eventbrite.co.uk

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Congrats to Kath Williamson on her Royal College of Nursing Scotland award nomination! Kath is improving the lives of people with severe obesity through CSO(Health)Scotland Research Fellowship & her role as Clinical Nurse Specialist for Bariatric Care (Community) tinyurl.com/4npr3crh

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🚨Health inequalities in Scotland are persistent, growing - and solvable. Join us at this Centre for Public Policy UofG MVLS and Glasgow Changing Futures event on 2nd June, 10am-4pm in the Clarice Pears building. 🔗 Sign up: eventbrite.com/e/rethinking-h…

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Fundamental changes to Scotland’s care system are needed say researchers, following a study of almost 500 young children in foster and kinship care led by Prof Helen Minnis and NSPCC Scotland #FosterCare #ChildrensHearings #InfantMentalHealth 👉gla.ac.uk/news/headline_…

Fundamental changes to Scotland’s care system are needed say researchers, following a study of almost 500 young children in foster and kinship care led by Prof Helen Minnis and <a href="/NSPCC_Scotland/">NSPCC Scotland</a> 

#FosterCare #ChildrensHearings #InfantMentalHealth

👉gla.ac.uk/news/headline_…
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Byres Hub Community Day 2025: Celebrating Connections Join staff, students and Hub community groups for a day filled with fun health & wellbeing activities. 🗓️Sat 7th June, 12-4pm 🏢Clarice Pears building 🔗eventbrite.co.uk/e/byres-hub-co… #GlaSciFest #Glasgow850 WestFest

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Older adults are choosing to exercise with people of the same age who they live near to and see often, regardless of the quality or quantity of those relationships. New research led by Improving Health ➡️gla.ac.uk/news/headline_… #SocialNetworks #PhysicalActivity #HealthyAgeing

Older adults are choosing to exercise with people of the same age who they live near to and see often, regardless of the quality or quantity of those relationships. 

New research led by <a href="/theSPHSU/">Improving Health</a> ➡️gla.ac.uk/news/headline_…

#SocialNetworks #PhysicalActivity #HealthyAgeing
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It's Mental Health Awareness Week 💙 Your mental health is important & there's support for you throughout your time at UofG. Including: Our Counselling Service 24-hour Counselling & Advice Line Student Listeners Wellbeing Masterclasses And more ➡️ gla.ac/4bMdmcy

It's Mental Health Awareness Week 💙

Your mental health is important &amp; there's support for you throughout your time at UofG.

Including:
Our Counselling Service
24-hour Counselling &amp; Advice Line
Student Listeners
Wellbeing Masterclasses
And more ➡️ gla.ac/4bMdmcy
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New podcast episode 🎧 Multimorbidity: definitions, challenges and implications for public health and health inequalities open.spotify.com/episode/5Kz3Qk… #EUPHW #Multimorbidity #HealthInequalities

New podcast episode 🎧

Multimorbidity: definitions, challenges and implications for public health and health inequalities

open.spotify.com/episode/5Kz3Qk…

#EUPHW #Multimorbidity #HealthInequalities
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Another new podcast episode 🎧 Lessons from 30 years of health inequality research with Alastair H Leyland Prof Ruth Dundas and Dr Anna Pearce. open.spotify.com/episode/2hzNq6… #EUPHW #EUPHW2025 #HealthInequalities

Another new podcast episode 🎧

Lessons from 30 years of health inequality research with <a href="/AlastairLeyland/">Alastair H Leyland</a> Prof Ruth Dundas and Dr Anna Pearce.

open.spotify.com/episode/2hzNq6…

#EUPHW #EUPHW2025 #HealthInequalities
ScottishLDO (@scotldo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📢Registration now open for our workshop on #pain care for people with #Learningdisabilities, 17th June University of Glasgow. Join us to hear from international specialists from the US, Canada and Ireland on the latest research & innovation in this area. More info bit.ly/4jXp1c5

📢Registration now open for our workshop on #pain care for people with #Learningdisabilities, 17th June <a href="/UofGlasgow/">University of Glasgow</a>. Join us to hear from international specialists from the US, Canada and Ireland on the latest research &amp; innovation in this area. More info bit.ly/4jXp1c5
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Childhood vaccination uptake in Scotland is high at target ages, but often below 95% in the most disadvantaged groups. Inequalities tended to be greater for family-level, rather than area-level, socioeconomic measures. New paper 👇

Obesity Action Scotland (@obesityactionsc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📢Speaker announcement! We’re pleased to announce the first set of speakers for our & Scottish Obesity Alliance ‘Healthy Food Environment: Time to Deliver’ conference on 10th June in Glasgow. More speakers to be announced. Further details on the conference➡️ tinyurl.com/2k4vsyu3

📢Speaker announcement!

We’re pleased to announce the first set of speakers for our &amp; <a href="/SOA_tweets/">Scottish Obesity Alliance</a> ‘Healthy Food Environment: Time to Deliver’ conference on 10th June in Glasgow. 

More speakers to be announced. Further details on the conference➡️ tinyurl.com/2k4vsyu3