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University of Liverpool News @livuninews.bsky.social · 8d

NEWS | New research from the University of Liverpool suggests that the way young people spend their free time may play a crucial role in supporting their wellbeing and social development.

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news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/09/30/l...

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University of Liverpool @liverpooluni.bsky.social · 9d

Last week we were awarded ‘University of Sanctuary’ status and launched a new Refugee Hub, confirming our commitment to refugee communities, widening access to higher education and amplifying voices of people with lived experience of displacement.💙

Read more >>> news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/09/29/u...

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Institute of Population Health @livuni-iph.bsky.social · 16d

Join Professor Sarah Rodgers for her inaugural lecture, 'Transforming Our Cities From the Ground Up:
Connecting the dots between communities, systems and data'.

Register your place: bit.ly/3HURIZe

🗓️Thursday 2 October
🕠17:30

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Institute of Population Health @livuni-iph.bsky.social · 21d

NEWS | Dr Clarissa Giebel and her team have developed a new board game to help children learn about dementia in a collaboration with local schools and the Lewy Body Society.

➡️ bit.ly/4mh1QcY

📽️: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Om...

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New Board Game Helps Children Understand Dementia

YouTube video by University of Liverpool

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Public Health, Policy and Systems @ University of Liverpool @livuni-phps.bsky.social · 22d

1/ 🚨 Two fully funded #PhD studentships for UK students

❓ Are you passionate about making a difference for people’s health and wellbeing? Would you like to learn cutting edge data science skills for real impact?

🔗: www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/two-...

#AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #PublicHealth

Two fully funded studentships in the Department of Public Health, Policy & Systems. | Courses | University of Liverpool

Shape the future of public health with a fully funded PhD at the University of Liverpool. Join a world-leading team using cutting-edge data science and AI to tackle real-world challenges—like homeless...

www.liverpool.ac.uk

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Research@LivUni @livuniresearch.bsky.social · 22d

We are delighted to announce three new UKRI #FutureLeaderFellowships!

Congratulations Dr Alex Neale, Dr Nicola Power and Dr Elisabetta Arca.

These fellowships will support our outstanding researchers, helping them turn bold ideas into amazing innovations.

👉 news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/09/16/t...

Three new Future Leaders Fellowships for Liverpool - University of Liverpool News

Three new Future Leaders Fellowships for Liverpool

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Department of Psychology - University of Liverpool @livunipsyc.bsky.social · 22d

We are excited to welcome new students to the Department of Psychology today. We hope you have a brilliant first week on campus and we cannot wait to meet you. @liverpooluni.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social @livuni-iph.bsky.social

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University of Liverpool News @livuninews.bsky.social · 29d

NEWS | A large-scale study across schools in Rwanda and Kenya has found dangerously high levels of air pollution from biomass-fuelled cooking, raising serious health concerns for millions of children and staff across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Read more here ⬇️

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/09/09/s...

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University of Liverpool News @livuninews.bsky.social · Sep 4

NEWS | Hospital robots, AI-guided sleep support and a mobile hair salon are among a selection of innovative business ideas chosen to receive investment from a unique new Liverpool City Region programme ⬇️

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/09/04/i...

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University of Liverpool @liverpooluni.bsky.social · Aug 29

Have you caught up on Episode 10 of the Original Ideas podcast? 🎙️

In this episode, we explore the impact of junk food advertising on children, how our environment shapes what we eat, and the growing role of social media in our dietary health. 🍔🥗

🎧 Listen now: www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/ori...

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Prof. Emma Boyland @emmaboyland.bsky.social · Aug 26

We're hiring! We have permanent Gr8 (lecturer) and Gr9 (senior lecturer) Teaching & Research posts available @livunipsyc.bsky.social. See here for more info/to apply: shorturl.at/cFFsf

Please share with your networks 👍

Job Specification

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Institute of Population Health @livuni-iph.bsky.social · Aug 27

NEWS | Professor Dan Pope from @livuni-phps.bsky.social and Dr Jonny Higham from the Department of Geography and Planning have developed a prototype low-cost air monitor, a new, affordable way to measure personal exposure to air pollution

➡️ bit.ly/4lHMJJl

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The Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre @m-ricresearch.bsky.social · Aug 11

In this video Prof Rhiannon Corcoran and Prof Zara Quigg discuss the launch of the Liverpool City Region (LCR) adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) Research Alliance. It aims to help prevent adverse childhood experiences and support people who have been impacted.

Watch here: ow.ly/rxPp50WnyeX

Launch of the Liverpool City Region (LCR) Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Research Alliance

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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University of Liverpool News @livuninews.bsky.social · Aug 7

NEWS | New findings from @liverpooluni.bsky.social and @uofglasgow.bsky.social show socioeconomic inequalities in children’s mental health are already evident by age five and persist throughout childhood and adolescence.

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news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/08/06/r...

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Dr Yu Wei Chua, lead author and Research Associate in the Health Inequalities and Policy Research Group at the University of Liverpool, and NIHR Researcher at the Oxford Health Biomedical Research Consortium said: “Our findings show that the mental health gap is already firmly in place by age five, regardless of whether we use income or maternal education to index socioeconomic disadvantage.”

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Institute of Population Health @livuni-iph.bsky.social · Aug 6

"Mental health inequalities are already entrenched in early childhood", says lead author Dr Yu Wei Chua from the Department of Public Health, Policy & Systems, in a study co-authored by Glasgow's Dr Anna Pearce

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School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow @uofgshw.bsky.social · Aug 6

Socioeconomic inequalities in children’s mental health are already evident by age five and persist throughout childhood and adolescence.

New analysis co-authored by Dr Anna Pearce ➡️
gla.ac.uk/schools/heal...

#HealthInequalities #MentalHealth @livuni-iph.bsky.social

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unitystudy.bsky.social @unitystudy.bsky.social · Aug 5

A call for participants! Colleagues at University of Liverpool seek participants with a diagnosis of #cancer and #dementia, #Parkinson's, #stroke, their relatives, health staff to explore experiences of #cancercare in #NorthWest #England supported by North West Cancer Research. More info on flyers ⤵️

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Research@LivUni @livuniresearch.bsky.social · Jul 31

Explore the impact junk food advertising can have on our children, how our environment shapes what we eat, and the role social media plays on our dietary health.

@liverpooluni.bsky.social's Emma Boyland, Charlotte Hardman and Becky Evans discuss.

Listen now ▶️💡🎙️

www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/ori...

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University of Liverpool News @livuninews.bsky.social · Jul 30

NEWS I Study findings published in @thelancet.com Public Health provide strongest evidence to date that salt warning labels on restaurant menus significantly reduce the amount of salt ordered. Read more ⬇️

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/07/28/s...

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Institute of Population Health @livuni-iph.bsky.social · Jul 25

Following a major research collaboration between the University and the UK’s National Crime Agency, a new national training programme to better yield information from suspect interviews in Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) investigations has been launched

➡️ bit.ly/3ILG6Yx

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Department of Psychology - University of Liverpool @livunipsyc.bsky.social · Jul 18

Congratulations to the Class of 2025 on your graduation day @livuni-iph.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social #TeamLivUni

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Institute of Population Health @livuni-iph.bsky.social · Jul 15

Dementia: are younger generations really less likely to develop the disorder? Featured in @uk.theconversation.com Dr Clarissa Giebel discusses the latest dementia research.

➡️ bit.ly/3UaJnmI

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University of Liverpool News @livuninews.bsky.social · Jul 8

NEWS I £1.46M @ukri.org funding for project to tackle food inequality in region led by @charlottehardman.bsky.social & working with 9 #LCR orgs. Read more below ⬇️ 🍎 🏠 🥕

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/07/08/s...

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Research@LivUni @livuniresearch.bsky.social · Jul 7

A collaboration between #LivUni's CLEAN Air Africa programme and KEMRI Graduate School has successfully trained fourteen public health communicators to transform public health narratives across the continent 🎓

Discover more about the success of the first cohort
👉 www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/new...

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University of Liverpool News @livuninews.bsky.social · Jul 4

NEWS | A unique Community Charter on Data & AI, created by residents across @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social, aims to improve public services through better data sharing and guide the use of AI for public benefit—from tracking disease to tackling misinformation ⬇️

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/07/04/f...

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Research@LivUni @livuniresearch.bsky.social · Jul 1

🧠Are younger generations less likely to develop dementia?

A surprising new study has suggested that dementia risk has declined with each generation, but are there reasons to be sceptical?

Dr Clarissa Giebel investigates in her article for @theconversation.com

👉 theconversation.com/dementia-are...

Dementia: are younger generations really less likely to develop the disorder, as a recent study has claimed?

With a growing global population and a greater proportion of people living over the age of 65, it is likely dementia cases will actually increase.

theconversation.com

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