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Allyson Todd @allysontodd.bsky.social · 1d

@stephaniepart.bsky.social @rebeccaraeside.bsky.social @seemam.bsky.social @drannasingleton.bsky.social @sydneyfmh-emcr.bsky.social

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Allyson Todd @allysontodd.bsky.social · 1d

STAY IN THE LOOP
📬 Sign up: www.youthhealthhive.com/online-course
📧 Contact: [email protected]
🚀 Follow us on Instagram: @YouthHealthHive

Funded by MRFF Consumer-Led Grant (#2023165) @youth-well-lab.bsky.social @usydnursingschool.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au @publichealthaus.bsky.social

Online Course | The Health Hive

www.youthhealthhive.com

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Allyson Todd @allysontodd.bsky.social · 1d

WHO’S IT FOR?
🧠 Young people ready to lead, share, and shape research and/or community health initiatives
🔬 Researchers seeking tools to engage youth meaningfully

The Health Hive is your space to connect, co-create, and drive change towards a healthier future.

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Allyson Todd @allysontodd.bsky.social · 1d

WHAT’S INSIDE THE HIVE?
🎓 Free course: Foundations in Public Health Research & Advocacy for Young People (Launches 30th Oct 2025)
🤝 Peer community: Share ideas, explore research
🔗 Tools for researchers: Collaborate better with youth

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Allyson Todd @allysontodd.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 LAUNCHING SOON: THE HEALTH HIVE 🚨

Throughout my PhD, I’ve had the privilege of working alongside young people to co-create the Health Hive: a free online platform that empowers young people to actively shape research about their health and wellbeing @youthhealthhive.bsky.social

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Allyson Todd @allysontodd.bsky.social · Sep 4

Grateful to have an incredible mentor and PhD Supervisor @stephaniepart.bsky.social 🌟

Thanks @sydney.edu.au for featuring us @youth-well-lab.bsky.social #PhD #mentor #SydneyNursingSchool

University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · Sep 2

PhD candidate @allysontodd.bsky.social and Associate Professor @stephaniepart.bsky.social first connected when Allyson was an undergrad, and have collaborated ever since.

Read about their shared passion in youth health and mentorship story: go.sydney.edu.au/4rsp3r

Allyson Todd receives the 2024 Rising Star in Youth Health Award at an Australian Association for Adolescent Health event.

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University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · Sep 2

PhD candidate @allysontodd.bsky.social and Associate Professor @stephaniepart.bsky.social first connected when Allyson was an undergrad, and have collaborated ever since.

Read about their shared passion in youth health and mentorship story: go.sydney.edu.au/4rsp3r

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Allyson Todd @allysontodd.bsky.social · Aug 19

@stephaniepart.bsky.social @pennycfarrell.bsky.social @rebeccaraeside.bsky.social @sisijia.bsky.social @seemam.bsky.social @aliceinnutrland.bsky.social

Allyson Todd @allysontodd.bsky.social · Aug 19

In collaboration with the Health Advisory Panel for Youth at the University of Sydney (HAPYUS), our scoping review found:
🔍 70 unique studies
🌟 Inspiring youth-led examples

HAPYUS also led recommendations to support meaningful youth participation 🙌

🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Allyson Todd @allysontodd.bsky.social · Aug 19

📣 My first PhD paper published in Obesity Reviews.

Thanks for the feature @worldobesity.bsky.social

Read here: www.worldobesity.org/news/new-rev...

New review highlights how adolescents are shaping healthy food environments | World Obesity Federation

New review explores how adolescents are partaking in efforts to transform food environments to support healthier diets.

www.worldobesity.org

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Allyson Todd @allysontodd.bsky.social · Aug 18

🌟 Join us at the 2025 @phaa-sypph.bsky.social Think Tank Webinar

📅 Thursday 28th August | 6:00pm AEST
💡 Hear from 4 student finalists on how leadership and collaboration can address real health and social challenges.

🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

@publichealthaus.bsky.social

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: 2025 National Student Think Tank webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

The Student Think Tank Webinar is back for 2025. Please join us on 28 August at 6pm AEST to see the innovative solutions four student finalists came up with to address a pressing public health proble...

us02web.zoom.us

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Youth Well Lab @youth-well-lab.bsky.social · Aug 5

🆕 NEW! A FREE guide to setting up a Youth Advisory Group

👏Designed by @rebeccaraeside.bsky.social @allysontodd.bsky.social
🙌🏽 With Masters Students Tsun Tsang & Shun Wong
📊 Case study from @sisijia.bsky.social

📲 Download at youthwelllab.com/hapyus → tap “Researcher Resources”

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Allyson Todd @allysontodd.bsky.social · Aug 3

Thanks for sharing!

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EDIT Collab @editcollab.bsky.social · Aug 1

New scoping review alert! 📜 Linked below -

Congratulations to senior author & EDIT Collaborator Assoc Prof @stephaniepart.bsky.social and 1st author @allysontodd.bsky.social in publishing this piece of work 👏

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Allyson Todd @allysontodd.bsky.social · Jun 18

@publichealthaus.bsky.social
@phaa-sypph.bsky.social

Allyson Todd @allysontodd.bsky.social · Jun 18

🚨 Now Open: 2025 PHAA Student Think Tank!

Are you a student passionate about public health?

📝 Submit a response (max 750 words) to this year’s prompt about how leadership and collaboration could shape healthy futures

🏆 Great prizes to be won
📅 Due 7th July
🔗 www.phaa.net.au/Web/Web/Abou...

Think tank competition

www.phaa.net.au

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Allyson Todd @allysontodd.bsky.social · Jun 13

Grateful for the opportunity to present my PhD research on how adolescents are participating in food environment transformation at my first international conference, @isbnpa.bsky.social in Auckland - Aotearoa, New Zealand 🌍 @youth-well-lab.bsky.social @stephaniepart.bsky.social

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Sara Styles, PhD @drsarastyles.bsky.social · Jun 12

@allysontodd.bsky.social interesting presentation on involving adolescents in research at #ISBNPA2025

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Allyson Todd @allysontodd.bsky.social · Jun 12

Thanks Sara ☺️

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Youth Well Lab @youth-well-lab.bsky.social · Jun 10

🌏 We’re heading to Auckland! We are excited to be on our way to the @isbnpa.bsky.social 2025 conference this week in Aotearoa, New Zealand, catch us on Thursday
@rebeccaraeside.bsky.social @sisijia.bsky.social @allysontodd.bsky.social @stephaniepart.bsky.social

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The Medical Journal of Australia @mja.com.au · May 21

🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia

Shifting focus to adolescent wellbeing and inclusive participation in the digital age

✍️ Stephanie R Partridge, Allyson R Todd, Si Si Jia and Rebecca Raeside, with the Health Advisory Panel for Youth at the University of Sydney (HAPYUS)

buff.ly/dSspt8R

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Youth Well Lab @youth-well-lab.bsky.social · May 16

📺 Youth Well Lab on 9 News highlighting how digital environments shape heart health and why prevention matters

🔗 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4iJ...

📰 More: www.9news.com.au/national/con...

#HeartWeek2025 @sisijia.bsky.social @rebeccaraeside.bsky.social @allysontodd.bsky.social

Vaping, technology, junk food: Fears younger generation could die earlier | 9 News Australia

YouTube video by 9 News Australia

www.youtube.com

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Allyson Todd @allysontodd.bsky.social · May 9

I had a wonderful time @publichealthaus.bsky.social Preventive Health Conference last week.

I share my reflections in the latest InTouch Public Health blog.
🔗 intouchpublichealth.net.au/prevention-i...

Grateful for the support from the PHAA NSW Branch Scholarship

@usydnursingschool.bsky.social

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Youth Well Lab @youth-well-lab.bsky.social · May 8

Last week, @allysontodd.bsky.social had the opportunity to present at the @publichealthaus.bsky.social Preventive Health Conference in Canberra, thanks to the support of the PHAA NSW Branch Scholarship

👉 Read her reflections here: intouchpublichealth.net.au/prevention-i...
#PHC25 @sydney.edu.au

Prevention is Political – Reflections from the 2025 Preventive Health Conference : Intouch Public Health

The conference was a powerful reminder of how deeply public health is intertwined with policy and politics.

intouchpublichealth.net.au

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Allyson Todd @allysontodd.bsky.social · Apr 17

💡There’s huge potential for youth-centred, health-promoting MOOCs, but we need better design and meaningful youth involvement.

Thanks for leading Putu Novi Arfirsta Dharmayani with Jennifer Dam, Josephine Chau, Sara Wardak, Katrina Champion, @seemam.bsky.social
@stephaniepart.bsky.social

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