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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 9d

Webinar: Evaluating impact in Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE).

Join us for this FREE 90-minute session on the different approaches to evaluating PPIE in health research, led by PPIE experts.

📆Tues 21 Oct 2025, 1-2.30pm

Register: tinyurl.com/5xvmpdmw

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BristolUni International Research Development @brisrdintl.bsky.social · 15d

@bristoluni.bsky.social Applications are open for our RDICA Funding Scheme, which supports collaborative research development between UoB and international researchers. Deadline 1st November 2025. Find out more: www.bristol.ac.uk/internationa...

Research Development International Collaboration Awards | International Research Development | University of Bristol

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 21d

🧠 Mental health literacy found to be a key factor in how CBT for depression works.

New research by @charlotte-archer.bsky.social & colleagues published in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.

📰Read the news: tinyurl.com/y5kmv6jj

#MentalHealth #CBT #Depression #HealthLiteracy

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2025: Mental health literacy found to be a key factor in how CBT for depression works | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol

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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · 21d

Find out how Dr Emma Anderson's research is improving vaccine conversations between doctors and parents in Azerbaijan. She's now working with the WHO to create online training to reach health workers across many countries.
@emma-anderson.bsky.social #vaccines

Read about it: tinyurl.com/3r5b8c9v

Dr Emma Anderson visits the WHO Regional Office in Copenhagen in August to work with the Behavioural and Cultural Insights team. L-r: standing in front of pull up banners are Katrine Habersaat, Emma Anderson, Siff Nielsen and Martha Scherzer.

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Bristol Health Partners @bristolhealthp.bsky.social · 23d

💈Today on the BBC: Barbers and hairdressers in Bristol are encouraging people to talk about sexually transmitted diseases.

Keep up the great work Common Ambition Bristol🙌🏿

#Sexualhealthweek #SHW25
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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · Aug 19

Interested in exploring how climate change impacts our health? 🌍 🌡️

Don't miss this seminar on the effects of rising temperatures on the health of humans and other species on 17 September.

Open to all online, or in person for University of Bristol staff and students.

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Cabot Institute for the Environment @cabot-institute.bsky.social · Aug 8

Join us for this online seminar on the effects of rising temperatures on the health of humans and other species. The event will be of particular interest to those working at the intersection of climate change and health.

More information: www.bristol.ac.uk/cabot/events...

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NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West @arc-west.bsky.social · 23d

🎨Join our webinar 'Building ideas: Using creative and inclusive techniques in research' on 6 Nov

🖍️Discover how creative methods, from LEGO to drawing, can transform research.

🤓Researchers will share practical examples, insights and ethical reflections

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Building ideas: Using creative and inclusive techniques in research

Join us for a webinar exploring how creative methods can be used in research, with practical examples and reflections from researchers.

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · Sep 2

Experts urge the medical profession to confront the global arms industry.

In a new @bmj.com series uncovering the role of the arms trade in health, Mark Bellis, Gene Feder & colleagues call for greater scrutiny of its health-harming activities & relationship with governments.

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Miltary equipment on display at an international arms fair. Text overlay: 'Harms industry'. Caption: The BMJ Series on the arms industry and health. bmj.com/collections/arms-industry-health.

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University of Bristol @bristoluni.bsky.social · Aug 14

🚀 The University of Bristol has been named Research University of the Year 2026!

🎓 We’ve also jumped to 8th in the overall league table! Learn more about the Daily Mail University Guide 👉 brnw.ch/21wUUUA

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NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) @bristolbrc.bsky.social · Aug 19

🧑‍🦰Are you a member of the public working with health researchers?
🧑‍🦱Or who would you like to to learn about becoming involved in health research?

Join the People in Health West of England Public Contributors' Community Gathering 👇
24 September, 11am-3pm
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/people-in-he...

People in Health West of England Community Gathering - Bristol Biomedical Research Centre

This annual event is to thank our patient and public contributors for working with health researchers and clinicians to help improve health and access to healthcare for everyone across the West of Eng...

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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · Aug 19

Interested in exploring how climate change impacts our health? 🌍 🌡️

Don't miss this seminar on the effects of rising temperatures on the health of humans and other species on 17 September.

Open to all online, or in person for University of Bristol staff and students.

@cabot-institute.bsky.social

Cabot Institute for the Environment @cabot-institute.bsky.social · Aug 8

Join us for this online seminar on the effects of rising temperatures on the health of humans and other species. The event will be of particular interest to those working at the intersection of climate change and health.

More information: www.bristol.ac.uk/cabot/events...

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Bristol Health Partners @bristolhealthp.bsky.social · Aug 12

🙌🏽More REACT classes coming to Bristol, North Somerset and South Glos!

REACT is the evidence-based exercise programme which helps people to keep moving as they age. Thanks to @vivensa.bsky.social for funding this new @unibirmingham.bsky.social implementation study.

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Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB joins national rollout of groundbreaking exercise programme REACT - Bristol Health Partners

Older people in and around Bristol will soon be able to benefit from REtirement in ACTion (REACT), a group-based exercise programme proven to support people to improve and maintain their mobility and ...

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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · Jul 30

Globalisation is causing profound changes in the health landscape in ways which are not yet fully understood. We funded research focussing on international research partnerships to tackle global health issues.

Read about the findings:
elizabethblackwellinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/07/09/g...

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Bristol Health Partners @bristolhealthp.bsky.social · Jul 29

A whole year of impact summarised in 90 seconds? ✅

Thank you to everyone in our partnership and beyond who has helped us to achieve all this (and much more!) in 2024-25.

For even more about the impact we're making to health and care locally, go to bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/impact

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NIHR HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science @hpruebs.bsky.social · Jul 29

📰News!📰 New research shows worldwide scale of HCV among babies & children.
“Given the availability of effective medicine & further progress in this field, it’s vital that testing & diagnosis rates improve so more people can be treated & cured.”
➡️ bit.ly/4oh4zFI #WorldHepatitisDay @nihr.bsky.social

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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · Jul 23

Read our latest guest blog to hear what @bristoluni.bsky.social Master’s student, Hasini De Silva, learnt at our recent AI in Health workshops: tinyurl.com/ux7da59f

▶️ You can watch all the talks from our #AI in #Health workshop series on our YouTube playlists: www.youtube.com/@EBIHealthRe...

Hasini De Silva, University of Bristol Master’s student in Bioinformatics

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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · Jul 22

In our latest Bulletin:
▶️AI & Health workshops - talk recordings & blog
🤝International research partnerships
🫀Heart failure & physical activity
⌚Smartwatch technology
🌧️Flood & drought risk
🌍Research voices from Zimbabwe
🧠Cognition & industry
🤖Explainable AI in healthcare

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Dr Caroline Green University of Oxford's Institute of Ethics in AI Director of Research speaking at Elizabeth Blackwell Institute AI in Health workshop on 6 May 2025.

Team working and training in a laboratory in Zimbabwe

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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · Jul 22

Read our related blog - AI to develop vaccines thanks to world-leading supercomputer:
elizabethblackwellinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/03/11/a...

AI to develop vaccines thanks to world-leading supercomputer – Elizabeth Blackwell Institute News

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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · Jul 22

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle "flicked the switch" on Isambard-AI machine - UK's most powerful supercomputer, saying AI will enable 'huge, unimaginable advances in the cure of disease'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK's most powerful supercomputer Isambard-AI comes online

The Isambard-AI supercomputer is made fully operational as the government unveils fresh AI plans.

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NIHR HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science @hpruebs.bsky.social · Jul 3

📰In the news!📰
📢Continuing to #vaccinate for #mpox through a routine targeted programme for #gay & #bisexual men delivered by sexual health services will greatly reduce the number of cases & save the #NHS millions, new research has found.
More➡️ bit.ly/402nw4m @bristoluni.bsky.social

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · Jul 2

1/3 Coming up: Life in a Coastal Town - a new free exhibition exploring #MentalHealth and community, Weston Museum, Weston-super-Mare, 8-17 July 2025.

The exhibition shares original artwork by local people exploring their experiences during some of life's toughest times.

More info: bit.ly/4ltc4H8

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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · Jul 1

📢 AI in Health funding available 📢

Pump-priming funding call open to University of Bristol researchers to support innovative applications of AI in health or biomedical research.

Closing date: 9 Sep 2025

More info: www.bristol.ac.uk/blackwell/wh...

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Stacks of gold coins with plant seedlings on top.

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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · Jun 25

A packed day of talks, discussion and networking to explore how Data Science and AI can help to inform early detection, more accurate diagnosis, and personalised treatment strategies for Congenital heart disease (CHD).
#data #AI #health #research @jgibristol.bsky.social

Jean Golding Institute @jgibristol.bsky.social · Jun 25

Harnessing AI and Data Science in Congenital Heart Disease

📆 09:30–15:30, 9 July, Wills Memorial Building
📝 Registration: tinyurl.com/4jvs9u7w

Collaborators: @ebibristol.bsky.social, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social, and University Hospitals Bristol & Weston

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Bristol Health Partners @bristolhealthp.bsky.social · Jun 25

"People who work in research don't look like me. I want to change that."

Meet Connie, team member, clinical research nurse and @nihr.bsky.social Senior Research Leader.

www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/constan...

#nursing #inclusion #research @researchnbt.bsky.social

OPINION: People who work in research do not look like me. I want to change that. - Bristol Health Partners

Coming from Zimbabwe, it has always been hammered into me that education was the only way to succeed. So, I pursued most of the educational opportunities that came my way, with my last academic qualif...

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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · Jun 19

Such important research. Dr Eunice Lo is part of a community of experts looking at the health impacts of our changing climate.

You can find out more here: www.bristol.ac.uk/blackwell/wh...

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