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Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · 2d

@dundee.ac.uk Founders Project looks at early benefactors of UoD and the various institutions that have become part of it, uncovering connections to slavery and colonialism. On 7th Oct we present more findings in: Transatlantic Connections. Places still available: www.dundee.ac.uk/events/unive...

University of Dundee Founders Project – Transatlantic Connections | University of Dundee, UK

A talk on Dundee University’s past with connections to the Caribbean and the Americas

www.dundee.ac.uk

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6d

‘This is strength’: stories of enslaved Africans in Grenada made into searchable archive

Depths of Paradise project backed by British family and created by Stephen Lewis, a descendant of survivors

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · 7d

So excited for @dundee.ac.uk #BlackHistoryMonth! Lots of events on for staff, students & the public. Please come along where you can and share with others! www.dundee.ac.uk/engage/event... @dundeeculture.bsky.social

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Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · 12d

Job alert! @alcoholfocus.bsky.social are looking for a Policy Manger (maternity cover). Interested in leading and developing initiatives to help reduce harm caused by alcohol across Scotland, and want to work with an amazing team, this is for you: www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/about-vacanc...

Vacancies

www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk

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Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · 15d

Association does not equal causation. #Fact

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Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · 21d

ICARA's AGM is 21st October. 2 fantastic speakers will focus on putting prevention regarding alcohol, tobacco and other substances back on the policy and practice agenda. Please share! @alcoholfocus.bsky.social @shaapalcohol.bsky.social @healthpromint.bsky.social

icara-atod.bsky.social @icara-atod.bsky.social · Sep 1

Invitation to join this engaging discussion on (re)prioritising prevention in policy and practice regarding substance use. Speakers: Dr. Maristela Monteiro, previous advisor to PAHO & WHO and Matej Kosir from @utrip.bsky.social. 21st October, 2-3pm UK. Register: www.icara.info/upcoming-ica...

Upcoming ICARA events | ICARA

ICARA Board Elections for 2025-27 Interested in supporting capacity building and knowledge translation for substance use research globally? This is one of the aims of ICARA and there is an exciting op...

www.icara.info

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Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · Sep 2

And @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social discusses #HarmReduction as an addition to structural reforms (pricing, marketing...) and the Q&A highlights the community aspect they may bring into #PublicMentalHealth strategies.

One example
vancouver.ca/people-progr...

#SARN #SubstanceUse #Scotland #Vancouver

Four Pillars drug strategy

Vancouver's Four Pillars Drug Strategy is a coordinated, comprehensive approach that balances public order and public health in order to create a safer, healthier community.

vancouver.ca

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Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · Sep 2

John Dillon focuses on how to identify alcohol-related liver disease earlier (at the moment: 25% mortality at 60 days). He presents work on the #iLFT and asks what to do now
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31226388/

Research summary
www.dundee.ac.uk/stories/inte...

#SARN #SubstanceUse #Scotland #Diagnosis

Intelligent liver function testing (iLFT): A trial of automated diagnosis and staging of liver disease in primary care - PubMed

There is a growing epidemic of advanced liver disease, this could be offset by early detection and management. Checking liver blood tests (LFTs) should be an opportunity to diagnose liver problems, but abnormal results are often incompletely investigated. In this study we were able to substantially …

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · Sep 2

Amy Malaguti presents on developing a screening pathway for early diagnosis of chronic liver disease.

The ongoing project explores implementing Fibrosis-4 index & Fibroscan in a community detox setting and whether it is worth it.

#SARN #SubstanceUse #Scotland #Dundee #DDARS #ImplementationScience

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Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · Sep 2

Next, Briege Nugent and Ryan Anderson present on #CoProduction with people who identify as having alcohol-related issues, aiming to understand trajectories and what works (e.g., #PeerSupport #Rehabilitation).

Big problems: housing and access to services.

#SARN #SubstanceUse #Scotland #Edinburgh

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Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · Sep 2

First up, @ptoner.bsky.social presents on developing screening & assessment instruments for young people.

Currently available from this work #SysReview -s on
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
and work on #HRQoL assessment
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#SARN #SubstanceUse #Scotland

Alcohol screening and assessment measures for young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis of validation studies

There is a strong rationale for clinicians to identify risky drinking among young people given the harms caused by alcohol. This systematic review eva…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · Sep 3

Huge thanks to colleagues from @shaapalcohol.bsky.social for attending as well.

Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · Sep 3

A pleasure hosting the @sarnalcohol.bsky.social mtg yesterday @dundee.ac.uk. Well-attended by researchers & practitioners from across Dundee & Scotland. Great presentations including from visitor @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social and our own @ptoner.bsky.social.

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Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · Sep 2

Very nice morning and big thanks to the organisers @andymohan.bsky.social (and many of them not being here)!

If interested in the Scottish Alcohol Research Network #SARN, you find them here:
www.sarnalcohol.org

#AlcoholRelatedHarm #Scotland

SARN - The Scottish Alcohol Research Network

SARN brings together those with the vision, passion, and commitment to drive forward alcohol research in Scotland.

www.sarnalcohol.org

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Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · Sep 3

A pleasure hosting the @sarnalcohol.bsky.social mtg yesterday @dundee.ac.uk. Well-attended by researchers & practitioners from across Dundee & Scotland. Great presentations including from visitor @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social and our own @ptoner.bsky.social.

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SHAAP @shaapalcohol.bsky.social · Jul 22

🧠Today is #WorldBrainDay2025

Dr David McCartney explores the science behind alcohol use disorder. He discusses the impact of trauma, genetics, and stress on compulsive drinking, and why treatment, mutual aid, and psychosocial support offer hope for recovery
youtu.be/3s5WZ59u49s

Alcohol, the brain and associated behaviours by Dr David McCartney

YouTube video by SHAAP

youtu.be

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Prof Samantha Thomas @docsamantha.bsky.social · Jul 16

Health literacy as a public health goal: 25 years on.

Our latest Editorial in @healthpromint.bsky.social by Emeritus Professor Don Nutbeam
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...

Health literacy as a public health goal: 25 years on

Twenty-five years ago, Health Promotion International published a paper on Health literacy as a public health goal: a challenge for contemporary health edu

academic.oup.com

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Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · Jul 16

The @britishacademy.bsky.social #ECR Network organises writing retreats to provide an environment where #ECRs can work on writing projects alongside peers.

Scotland Writing Extravaganza at #DundeeUni
🔥14.08.
Tickets here:
www.tickettailor.com/events/early...

#Scotland #Saidheans #AcademicWriting

Book Tickets – Scotland Writing Extravaganza, University of Dundee, 14 August, Scotland ECRs only – Tower River Room 2, Tower Building, University of Dundee

The British Academy Early Career Researcher Network brings together ECRs across the humanities and social sciences disciplines,...

www.tickettailor.com

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Alcohol Review @alcoholreview.bsky.social · Jul 6

"We’re seeing a flurry of think pieces positing that teetotallers are [freeloaders]..., and the rising abstinence trend poses a fiscal and existential threat. It’s a dangerous message that flies in the face of evidence." @DrNicoleLee
womensagenda.com.au/latest/think...

Think teetotallers are killjoys dragging down the economy? The evidence suggests the opposite

More young Aussies are choosing to drink less or not at all, leading to a healthier, safer, and more connected society.

womensagenda.com.au

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Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · Jul 1

Interesting presentation by Guntars Ermansons (KCL), Neil Carrier (Bristol), and Laura Roe ( #DundeeUni ) in our lunchtime webinar on the special section "Psychoactive Agents: Drugs, Morality, and Responsibility" from #MedicineAnthropologyTheory last year:
www.medanthrotheory.org/mat/issue/vi...

A quote from the special issue's editorial:
This Special Section explores concepts of morality, responsibility, and agency in relation to psychoactive substances. Such substances have long been seen as especially potent things, ones thought to have the capacity to modify or overcome our own agency, especially in relation to ideas of addiction and intoxication but also ritual and healing. At times such substances even become personified, sometimes as trickster – like characters like John Barleycorn that can trick us into doing things we otherwise would not. Contrastingly, so-called ‘smart drugs’ like modafinil promise to make us ‘more-than-human’ through increasing our stamina and ability to focus, and have been taken up avidly by students seeking advantage in exams and coursework. Furthermore, practices such as microdosing psychedelics offer to broaden our horizons of perception and enhance our human capacities for creativity. These ideas of chemically altered agency and personhood pose questions about the nature of such substances and their markets, including the moral responsibilities of their producers, traders, regulators and consumers.
Carrier & Ermansons (2024). Medicine Anthropology Theory, 11, 1-8.

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National Education Union @neunion.bsky.social · Jun 22

Today is #WindrushDay & marks 77yrs since the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush to Britain from the Caribbean. It offers a chance to learn from the past, celebrate multi-cultural Britain & seek justice for the injustices faced by the Windrush generation & their families.

The Windrush Scandal

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Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) @adphuk.bsky.social · Jun 17

The fact that so many of our children are eating a diet high in fat, salt and sugar is not down to individual choice. Instead, it is a result of clever marketing techniques being used by an industry that is seeking to make a profit from selling food that we know causes harm.

The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · Jun 13

⚠️ Is the government gambling with children's health by delaying restrictions on #junkfood advertising?

@franbernhardt.bsky.social from @sustainweb.org offers fresh insight for our latest podcast.

🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/4kFmNy8

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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · Jun 16

Dark PR
@grantennis.bsky.social still out on tour
open.spotify.com/episode/6fhI...

Each time I listen or read I get a new thought

This time:
Aggregate action v collective action

"You just need to lean in more" vs equal pay law.
Girls should just concentrate harder and study harder at school

Grant Ennis on Dark PR and Corporate Disinformation

Hunter's War · Episode

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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · Jun 13

BMJ: "Will banning disposable vapes result in 200 000 more smokers?" (Spoiler: no. Conflicted unreliable data: "The report was commissioned by the global consumer healthcare company Kenvue, which owns the nicotine replacement brand Nicorette." See: www.bmj.com/content/389/...

Will banning disposable vapes result in 200 000 more smokers?

On 1 June it became illegal in the UK to sell or supply single use vapes. The ban was marked by press reports warning that denying people access to disposable vapes would lead to 200 000 taking up smo...

www.bmj.com

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Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · Jun 12

It was an honour to deliver our @icara-atod.bsky.social workshop @kettilbruunsociety.bsky.social conference today. We've been planning it for a while & it was great to have folks chatting about potential ideas for interdisciplinary, collaborative research. Stay tuned to our socials for more news!

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · Jun 10

New episode of Money Power Health is now out! Thanks so much to @vickycann.bsky.social from @corporateeurope.bsky.social who joined me to discuss lobbying by forever chemicals or PFAS manufacturers at the EU level: t.co/DjCGXKyO7A @eupha.bsky.social @lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social CDoH

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5R4v5zBIBaEBsboFyWfa40?si=U8rIt4vsT6yLe9fKzwlYsQ

t.co

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