Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health
@fuseonline.bsky.social
Fuse brings together 6 Universities in North East England & North Cumbria (Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Teesside, Cumbria and Sunderland) in a unique collaboration to deliver world-class #PublicHealth research. @nihrsphr.bsky.social member.
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Attended an excellent workshop this afternoon on "EDI in #PublicHealth #Research" from @fuseonline.bsky.social, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health. Really well structured and some great conversations!
February 10, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Attended an excellent workshop this afternoon on "EDI in #PublicHealth #Research" from @fuseonline.bsky.social, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health. Really well structured and some great conversations!
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Attending @fuseonline.bsky.social Inclusive Public Health Research workshop this afternoon at @newcastleuni.bsky.social
#EDI in public engagement is about power, design & whose realities research is built around
Directly relevant to my #PhD, lived experience work & VCSE research practice at VONNE
#EDI in public engagement is about power, design & whose realities research is built around
Directly relevant to my #PhD, lived experience work & VCSE research practice at VONNE
February 10, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Attending @fuseonline.bsky.social Inclusive Public Health Research workshop this afternoon at @newcastleuni.bsky.social
#EDI in public engagement is about power, design & whose realities research is built around
Directly relevant to my #PhD, lived experience work & VCSE research practice at VONNE
#EDI in public engagement is about power, design & whose realities research is built around
Directly relevant to my #PhD, lived experience work & VCSE research practice at VONNE
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For our #NorthInnovationWomen campaign, we want to hear about inspirational women you know working in innovation.
➡ Use #NorthInnovationWomen
➡Tag/name your nominee
➡In your post, list their name, role, institution and why you’re suggesting them
www.thenhsa.co.uk/2026/02/help...
➡ Use #NorthInnovationWomen
➡Tag/name your nominee
➡In your post, list their name, role, institution and why you’re suggesting them
www.thenhsa.co.uk/2026/02/help...
February 9, 2026 at 1:12 PM
For our #NorthInnovationWomen campaign, we want to hear about inspirational women you know working in innovation.
➡ Use #NorthInnovationWomen
➡Tag/name your nominee
➡In your post, list their name, role, institution and why you’re suggesting them
www.thenhsa.co.uk/2026/02/help...
➡ Use #NorthInnovationWomen
➡Tag/name your nominee
➡In your post, list their name, role, institution and why you’re suggesting them
www.thenhsa.co.uk/2026/02/help...
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Today we launched the @nihr.bsky.social #Knowledge #Mobilisation for #Research #Inclusion #Incubator, bringing together researchers, community members & organisations, and health and care professionals in Birmingham to build a national network and develop capacity in #KMb.
February 5, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Today we launched the @nihr.bsky.social #Knowledge #Mobilisation for #Research #Inclusion #Incubator, bringing together researchers, community members & organisations, and health and care professionals in Birmingham to build a national network and develop capacity in #KMb.
Blog: Angela Rodrigues @northumbriauni.bsky.social shares what she learned researching a stop smoking service for people with severe mental illness. On #TimeToTalk Day it reminds us why listening, trust & supportive conversations matter🔽
fuseopenscienceblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/more... #mentalhealth
fuseopenscienceblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/more... #mentalhealth
More than quit rates - our smoking research was about complexity, trust, and real voices
Our warts-and-all account of what it's like to do public health research.
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February 5, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Blog: Angela Rodrigues @northumbriauni.bsky.social shares what she learned researching a stop smoking service for people with severe mental illness. On #TimeToTalk Day it reminds us why listening, trust & supportive conversations matter🔽
fuseopenscienceblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/more... #mentalhealth
fuseopenscienceblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/more... #mentalhealth
How do we build 🏗️ our Community of Practice on Creative Research, Involvement and Dissemination?
➡️ How do we bring people together?
➡️ Keep in touch?
➡️ Who is not in the room?
➡️ What are the roles needed to keep the #FuseCoP going?
➡️ How do we bring people together?
➡️ Keep in touch?
➡️ Who is not in the room?
➡️ What are the roles needed to keep the #FuseCoP going?
January 21, 2026 at 12:42 PM
How do we build 🏗️ our Community of Practice on Creative Research, Involvement and Dissemination?
➡️ How do we bring people together?
➡️ Keep in touch?
➡️ Who is not in the room?
➡️ What are the roles needed to keep the #FuseCoP going?
➡️ How do we bring people together?
➡️ Keep in touch?
➡️ Who is not in the room?
➡️ What are the roles needed to keep the #FuseCoP going?
Fuse Director Professor Sheena Ramsay kicked off the event, and Dr Florence Darling, Children and Young People Research Lead for the Health Determinants Research Collaboration, Gateshead, gave an example of creative research practice with the 20 Babies project.
January 21, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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We’re at @fuseonline.bsky.social’s Community of Practice on Creative Research, Involvement & Dissemination today. It’s great to be part of the launch of this valuable #FuseCoP in the region, helping ensure our data contributes to real-world systemic change that improves people’s lives.
January 21, 2026 at 10:55 AM
We’re at @fuseonline.bsky.social’s Community of Practice on Creative Research, Involvement & Dissemination today. It’s great to be part of the launch of this valuable #FuseCoP in the region, helping ensure our data contributes to real-world systemic change that improves people’s lives.
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Getting stuck in with the first creative task of the day, designed to help shape the community of practice launching, as well as break the ice! #FuseCoP
January 21, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Getting stuck in with the first creative task of the day, designed to help shape the community of practice launching, as well as break the ice! #FuseCoP
Today is the launch event of our new Community of Practice on Creative Research, Involvement & Dissemination. A chance to explore creative methods, connect with others, and reflect on how creativity can shape research & involvement. Follow #FuseCoP
More here 🔽
fuse.ac.uk/events/fuser...
More here 🔽
fuse.ac.uk/events/fuser...
Fuse Research Events | Fuse | Newcastle University
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January 21, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Today is the launch event of our new Community of Practice on Creative Research, Involvement & Dissemination. A chance to explore creative methods, connect with others, and reflect on how creativity can shape research & involvement. Follow #FuseCoP
More here 🔽
fuse.ac.uk/events/fuser...
More here 🔽
fuse.ac.uk/events/fuser...
As we step into 2026, Director Sheena Ramsay reflects on an exceptional year for Fuse and shares some exciting plans for the year ahead.
Thank you to our colleagues and partners for making 2025 such a success. We look forward to working together with you again in 2026!
fuse.ac.uk/news/reflect...
Thank you to our colleagues and partners for making 2025 such a success. We look forward to working together with you again in 2026!
fuse.ac.uk/news/reflect...
January 15, 2026 at 12:34 PM
As we step into 2026, Director Sheena Ramsay reflects on an exceptional year for Fuse and shares some exciting plans for the year ahead.
Thank you to our colleagues and partners for making 2025 such a success. We look forward to working together with you again in 2026!
fuse.ac.uk/news/reflect...
Thank you to our colleagues and partners for making 2025 such a success. We look forward to working together with you again in 2026!
fuse.ac.uk/news/reflect...
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Our free article “Developing an online knowledge sharing platform and community of practice for health professionals” has now been published in an issue in Health Information and Libraries Journal: dx.doi.org/10.1111/hir..... Have a look and share your experiences of online knowledge sharing.
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December 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Our free article “Developing an online knowledge sharing platform and community of practice for health professionals” has now been published in an issue in Health Information and Libraries Journal: dx.doi.org/10.1111/hir..... Have a look and share your experiences of online knowledge sharing.
🎄 Season’s Greetings from Fuse 🎄
Looking for an early Christmas present? Check out our latest #FuseBlog on creative ways to share research AND join our new Community of Practice on creativity, involvement and dissemination launching in the New Year!
fuseopenscienceblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/spar...
Looking for an early Christmas present? Check out our latest #FuseBlog on creative ways to share research AND join our new Community of Practice on creativity, involvement and dissemination launching in the New Year!
fuseopenscienceblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/spar...
December 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🎄 Season’s Greetings from Fuse 🎄
Looking for an early Christmas present? Check out our latest #FuseBlog on creative ways to share research AND join our new Community of Practice on creativity, involvement and dissemination launching in the New Year!
fuseopenscienceblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/spar...
Looking for an early Christmas present? Check out our latest #FuseBlog on creative ways to share research AND join our new Community of Practice on creativity, involvement and dissemination launching in the New Year!
fuseopenscienceblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/spar...
Blog: How do we create a future where every child has access to healthy, affordable food? @lakenutrition.bsky.social shares Fuse research at the @nutritionorguk.bsky.social conference attended by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal ⬇️
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#fuseblog
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#fuseblog
Nourishing our tomorrow needs to start today
Our warts-and-all account of what it's like to do public health research.
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December 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Blog: How do we create a future where every child has access to healthy, affordable food? @lakenutrition.bsky.social shares Fuse research at the @nutritionorguk.bsky.social conference attended by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal ⬇️
fuseopenscienceblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/nour...
#fuseblog
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#fuseblog
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working in equal and sustainable partnerships to co-create and implement research evidence through innovative products. It was a pleasure working together with Hilde Verbeek, Lex Burdorf and Lisette Van Gemert-Pijnen. @fuseonline.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social 2/2
December 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
working in equal and sustainable partnerships to co-create and implement research evidence through innovative products. It was a pleasure working together with Hilde Verbeek, Lex Burdorf and Lisette Van Gemert-Pijnen. @fuseonline.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social 2/2
Lecturer in Public Health @uosresearch.bsky.social. Join a vibrant research environment in the School of Medicine, collaborate with Fuse and other local partners, work with our Associate Director @floorchristie.bsky.social to shape health education & training. Closes 07/12
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December 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Lecturer in Public Health @uosresearch.bsky.social. Join a vibrant research environment in the School of Medicine, collaborate with Fuse and other local partners, work with our Associate Director @floorchristie.bsky.social to shape health education & training. Closes 07/12
fuse.ac.uk/news/regiona...
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⚠️ Registration is closed — but you can still join Food, Pregnancy and Me live!
🗓️ Dec 1
🕙 10–11:30 GMT
💻 Join here: lnkd.in/evyRYZ9J
#NourishingFutures #PublicHealth #FoodInsecurity #MaternalHealth #FuseRE #NIHRSPHR
🗓️ Dec 1
🕙 10–11:30 GMT
💻 Join here: lnkd.in/evyRYZ9J
#NourishingFutures #PublicHealth #FoodInsecurity #MaternalHealth #FuseRE #NIHRSPHR
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
⚠️ Registration is closed — but you can still join Food, Pregnancy and Me live!
🗓️ Dec 1
🕙 10–11:30 GMT
💻 Join here: lnkd.in/evyRYZ9J
#NourishingFutures #PublicHealth #FoodInsecurity #MaternalHealth #FuseRE #NIHRSPHR
🗓️ Dec 1
🕙 10–11:30 GMT
💻 Join here: lnkd.in/evyRYZ9J
#NourishingFutures #PublicHealth #FoodInsecurity #MaternalHealth #FuseRE #NIHRSPHR
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🔥 Hot Off the Press - Soft Drinks Industry Levy to be Expanded to Protect Children and Boost Nation’s Health 🔥
The levy will now cover sugary milk-based drinks and lowers the sugar threshold from 5g to 4.5g per 100ml.
Read the press release here ➡️ www.gov.uk/government/n...
The levy will now cover sugary milk-based drinks and lowers the sugar threshold from 5g to 4.5g per 100ml.
Read the press release here ➡️ www.gov.uk/government/n...
Soft drink levy extended to protect children and improve health
The government has announced an extension of the soft drinks industry levy to more high-sugar drinks, including milk-based drinks.
www.gov.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🔥 Hot Off the Press - Soft Drinks Industry Levy to be Expanded to Protect Children and Boost Nation’s Health 🔥
The levy will now cover sugary milk-based drinks and lowers the sugar threshold from 5g to 4.5g per 100ml.
Read the press release here ➡️ www.gov.uk/government/n...
The levy will now cover sugary milk-based drinks and lowers the sugar threshold from 5g to 4.5g per 100ml.
Read the press release here ➡️ www.gov.uk/government/n...
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THREAD 👇
Closing the North-South health gap could create economic gains of £18.4bn per-year, our new analysis suggests
7 years on from the landmark Health for Wealth report, regional inequalities in health, wages and economic inactivity have deepened
1/9
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Closing the North-South health gap could create economic gains of £18.4bn per-year, our new analysis suggests
7 years on from the landmark Health for Wealth report, regional inequalities in health, wages and economic inactivity have deepened
1/9
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/poor-health-...
Poor health in the North costing the UK billions in lost productivity - Health Equity North
Closing the health gap between the North and the rest of England could put an extra £18.4 billion into the economy per year, according to new research. A report released today (November 20, 2025) by H...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
THREAD 👇
Closing the North-South health gap could create economic gains of £18.4bn per-year, our new analysis suggests
7 years on from the landmark Health for Wealth report, regional inequalities in health, wages and economic inactivity have deepened
1/9
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/poor-health-...
Closing the North-South health gap could create economic gains of £18.4bn per-year, our new analysis suggests
7 years on from the landmark Health for Wealth report, regional inequalities in health, wages and economic inactivity have deepened
1/9
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/poor-health-...
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Our latest paper explores a question that’s been quietly brewing in school corridors, corner shops, and online spaces: What do energy drinks mean to young people?
In this study, we listened to the voices of children & young people in North East England—hearing not just what they consume, but why.
In this study, we listened to the voices of children & young people in North East England—hearing not just what they consume, but why.
November 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Our latest paper explores a question that’s been quietly brewing in school corridors, corner shops, and online spaces: What do energy drinks mean to young people?
In this study, we listened to the voices of children & young people in North East England—hearing not just what they consume, but why.
In this study, we listened to the voices of children & young people in North East England—hearing not just what they consume, but why.
New Fuse research @teessideuni.bsky.social reveals a concerning picture of how children in North East England perceive energy drinks. Over 80% of the 13–14-year-olds surveyed consume them - many several times a week - despite health risks and voluntary sales bans. ⬇️
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fuse.ac.uk/news/fuseres...
November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
New Fuse research @teessideuni.bsky.social reveals a concerning picture of how children in North East England perceive energy drinks. Over 80% of the 13–14-year-olds surveyed consume them - many several times a week - despite health risks and voluntary sales bans. ⬇️
fuse.ac.uk/news/fuseres...
fuse.ac.uk/news/fuseres...
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🚨Researchers, families, and health teams are joining forces to tackle food insecurity in pregnancy.
🤝Join us for Food, Pregnancy and Me—a joint webinar by @nourishingfutures.bsky.social , @nihrsphr.bsky.social
& @fuseonline.bsky.social
Register here👉 lnkd.in/evyRYZ9J
#FuseRE
🤝Join us for Food, Pregnancy and Me—a joint webinar by @nourishingfutures.bsky.social , @nihrsphr.bsky.social
& @fuseonline.bsky.social
Register here👉 lnkd.in/evyRYZ9J
#FuseRE
October 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🚨Researchers, families, and health teams are joining forces to tackle food insecurity in pregnancy.
🤝Join us for Food, Pregnancy and Me—a joint webinar by @nourishingfutures.bsky.social , @nihrsphr.bsky.social
& @fuseonline.bsky.social
Register here👉 lnkd.in/evyRYZ9J
#FuseRE
🤝Join us for Food, Pregnancy and Me—a joint webinar by @nourishingfutures.bsky.social , @nihrsphr.bsky.social
& @fuseonline.bsky.social
Register here👉 lnkd.in/evyRYZ9J
#FuseRE
Social activities like overnight trips, seeing friends & family and playing bingo could help to reverse frailty in older people. Research led by Fuse Director Professor Sheena Ramsay, part-funded by the British Heart Foundation and published in the @amjepi.bsky.social ⬇️
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October 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Social activities like overnight trips, seeing friends & family and playing bingo could help to reverse frailty in older people. Research led by Fuse Director Professor Sheena Ramsay, part-funded by the British Heart Foundation and published in the @amjepi.bsky.social ⬇️
fuse.ac.uk/news/sociali...
fuse.ac.uk/news/sociali...
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📢Save the Date!
Join us for Food, Pregnancy and Me—a joint webinar [email protected] , @nihrsphr.bsky.social & @fuseonline.bsky.social
🗓️1 Dec 2025 |10–11:30am GMT
Exploring food insecurity in pregnancy and how research can shape futures.
Register here👉 lnkd.in/evyRYZ9J
#FuseRE
Join us for Food, Pregnancy and Me—a joint webinar [email protected] , @nihrsphr.bsky.social & @fuseonline.bsky.social
🗓️1 Dec 2025 |10–11:30am GMT
Exploring food insecurity in pregnancy and how research can shape futures.
Register here👉 lnkd.in/evyRYZ9J
#FuseRE
October 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
📢Save the Date!
Join us for Food, Pregnancy and Me—a joint webinar [email protected] , @nihrsphr.bsky.social & @fuseonline.bsky.social
🗓️1 Dec 2025 |10–11:30am GMT
Exploring food insecurity in pregnancy and how research can shape futures.
Register here👉 lnkd.in/evyRYZ9J
#FuseRE
Join us for Food, Pregnancy and Me—a joint webinar [email protected] , @nihrsphr.bsky.social & @fuseonline.bsky.social
🗓️1 Dec 2025 |10–11:30am GMT
Exploring food insecurity in pregnancy and how research can shape futures.
Register here👉 lnkd.in/evyRYZ9J
#FuseRE
Congratulations to Fuse Associate Director @eileenkaner.bsky.social, research lead Prof Ruth McGovern, and all our colleagues @arcnenc.bsky.social 🎉 We’re delighted to continue working together to maximise impact and drive progress on key health and social care priorities across the region & beyond.
📢We're very pleased to share that partners from the North East & North Cumbria been awarded new funding from
@nihr.bsky.social for an Applied Research Collaboration in our region (2026-2031), hosted by Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust.
Read more ▶️ tinyurl.com/ARC2631
@nihr.bsky.social for an Applied Research Collaboration in our region (2026-2031), hosted by Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust.
Read more ▶️ tinyurl.com/ARC2631
October 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Congratulations to Fuse Associate Director @eileenkaner.bsky.social, research lead Prof Ruth McGovern, and all our colleagues @arcnenc.bsky.social 🎉 We’re delighted to continue working together to maximise impact and drive progress on key health and social care priorities across the region & beyond.