Tony Robertson @tonyrobertson82.bsky.social Researcher, Teacher and Activist focused on tackling #HealthInequalities via the University of Glasgow and the People's Health Movement Scotland (@phmscotland on here)
My shit tastes displayed on the 'Gram @twotone82
@melliott57.bsky.social @melliott57.bsky.social
Rebecca Anthony @drrebeccaanthony.bsky.social Research fellow at DECIPHer, Cardiff University
Zoë Abbott @zoeabbott.bsky.social PhD candidate @CardiffUni @ResearchWales.
Research Assistant @MarieCurieResearch.
Health research, coproduction, women's health, patient & public involvement, young carers, social care.
@researchwales.bsky.social @researchwales.bsky.social
Jan Marc Morawe @janmarcmorawe.bsky.social Gender Scholar
Interests: (a)sexualities, health communication, masculinities, contraception/safer sex, repro health, climate crisis, IR, peace/conflict studies, utopias/dystopias, mental health, media, history, ...
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7802-2721
Dr Tom Riddington @drtomriddington.bsky.social Doctors in Unite rep to GPCE, GPCUK
International Patient and Public Involvement Network @ippin.bsky.social The International PPI Network connects individuals working in, involved with and interested in patient and public involvement across the globe. Join us at https://intppinetwork.wixsite.com/ippin
Deepthi Lavu @deepthilavu.bsky.social RCGP Registrar Co-chair.
Academia: Primary care early Cancer diagnosis, Women’s Health and Epi.
https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/42920-deepthi-lavu
Vilja Oired @oired.bsky.social News, info, ideas & comments on medicine, health care, geriatrics, tech and more.
UCL Qualitative Health Research Network @ucl-qhrn.bsky.social We are a transdisciplinary initiative to support the use and development of qualitative research in health, illness and care based @ucl.ac.uk, but events open to all.
Follow for events, seminars & discussion relating to all things qualitative and health!
Boggled Docs @boggleddocs.bsky.social The podcast for GPs & the primary care team using medicine in the media as a springboard for you to know what you need to know. As featured in the BMJ. Produced and hosted by Dr Nik Kendrew
https://linktr.ee/BoggledDocs
Nik Kendrew @nikkendrew.bsky.social GP, TV, radio & Red Whale presenter. Producer & host of Boggled Docs podcast. Boom Radio contributor. Views my own. He/him.
https://linktr.ee/BoggledDocs
The Thomas Ashton Institute for Risk and Regulatory Research @thomasashtoninst.bsky.social A unique partnership between the University of Manchester and the Health and Safety Executive to deliver research, learning and regulatory insights that widen the global conversation to enable a better working world.
https://www.ashtoninstitute.ac.uk/
QMUL Centre for Psychiatry & Mental Health @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social Centre for Psychiatry & Mental Health, world leader in social, cultural & environmental aspects of mental health. Please read more at https://www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres/centre-for-psychiatry-and-mental-health/
Stefanie Disbeschl @stefdisbeschl.bsky.social PhD student. Bangor University. Remote consultations in primary care; early cancer diagnosis; marginalised populations.
She/her. Views my own.
Thomas Downes @tomdownes.bsky.social GP and Multimorbidity PhD Programme for Health Professionals Fellow at the University of Glasgow. Interested in clinical trial applicability, multimorbidity and polypharmacy.
Jo Bibby @jobibby.bsky.social Calder Valley Kite Kollective
Prayer Collector
Dream Broker
📍Bohemia
National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social The UK’s independent membership body for sessional GPs and portfolio healthcare professionals in the NHS. #GPSky #MedSky #TeamGP https://nasgp.org.uk
Steph Mulrine @stephmulrine.bsky.social Senior Lecturer of Medical Sociology. Qualitative researcher interested in care, health inequalities, socially-produced vulnerabilities, social class, and death and bereavement. Activist and Trustee of Thrive Teesside.
(she/her)
Anna Durrans @annadurrans.bsky.social Arthritis UK Research Programme Manager
Equity of access to/pathways through health services | Health inequalities & intersectionality | Multiple long-term conditions| Health literacy | Holistic healthcare | Workplace wellbeing
All views my own
PMA @thepma.bsky.social
Training provider & representative body for GP Practice Managers, PCNs, Dental Practices, NHS Trusts, Primary Care Training Hubs and the Healthcare Sector.
PMA Digital helps you set up + maintain your website and social media accounts.
https://pma-uk.org
Digital Legacy Association @digitallegacyco.bsky.social International Not For Profit Association dedicated in raising awareness, standards and developing best practice in digital assets planning and digital legacy safeguarding.
www.DigitalLegacyAssociation.org
STITCHES Medicine - the Best of Medical Research @medicine.stitches.today From the experience of @stitches.today, we bring you the best papers in medicine, daily in your inbox - for free!
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William R. Phillips, MD, MPH @billpmd.bsky.social Clinical Prof Emeritus of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle
Comprehensive clinician – generalist scholar.
Family doctor, teacher, researcher, editor, and professional leader.
I believe in caring, generalism and curiosity.
Dr. Elli Wilson @elliwilson.bsky.social Dr. Elli Wilson - Associate Professor, School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham. UK.
Qualitative researcher, palliative+end of life care, MND, complex homecare
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/healthsciences/people/eleanor.wilson
Views are my own
Research@LivUni @livuniresearch.bsky.social Original thinking, real world impact
https://linktr.ee/livuniresearch
The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org Educational charity. Peer-reviewed sociology journal, public sociology magazine, podcasts, Connected Sociologies teaching resources, ECR opportunities.
https://www.thesociologicalreview.org
Ros Edwards @rosedwards.bsky.social Academic. Families. Research methods.
Take a look: academicswives.co.uk
Creator for Meta AI (they stole my work)
Na’amodnik
You can’t DM me here
Prof Deborah Lupton, MPH PhD @dalupton.bsky.social Prof, Arts, Design & Architecture, UNSW Sydney, Australia. Sociology of health and digital media research too. Personal blog: https://simplysociology.wordpress.com/
Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social Open access peer-reviewed journal connecting debates on emerging Big Data practices & how they reconfigure academic, social, industry, & government relations.- K Kath Checkland @kathcheckland.bsky.social Health policy academic
Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social 🇪🇺🦔🦡🌹🕊Emeritus prof of medical sociology UCL. Posting on social inequality in health , work & health, commercial & political determinants of health. Relationship between research & policy. Sometimes post about badgers, trams & trains. Oublagea
Judith Green @judegreen.bsky.social London, UK. Sociologist at University of Exeter. Medical sociology; critical public health; academic publishing; methods, esp qualitative; mobility & transport; equity. Co-editor Journal of Critical Public Health. And here for random stuff.
Fiona Stevenson @fionastevenson.bsky.social Medical sociologist, runner, swimmer, dog walker, UCL professor -views my own- S Sharon Spooner @smspooner.bsky.social Honorary Clinial Lecturer, School for Primary Care Research, University of Manchester, formerGP.
https://t.co/OGkAVNwbP3
Rachel Brooks @rachelbrooks.bsky.social Professor of Higher Education and Fellow of Linacre College, University of Oxford | Editor, British Journal of Sociology of Education
Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social Mostly retired qualitative health services researcher, linguist, europhile, cat lover. Other animals welcome.
Mostly in Oxford, occasionally in Aberdeen
I block if you have no bio or posts
She/her
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8109-1930
Journal of Critical Public Health @cphjournal.bsky.social The Journal of Critical Public Health (JCPH) is devoted to disseminating critically engaged research in public health, health promotion & related fields. Diamond Open Access.
journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jcph/
Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness @fshi.bsky.social Our objectives are to promote and improve social scientific research, education and scholarship in the field of the sociology of health and illness.
https://www.shifoundation.org.uk
Annette Boaz @annetteboaz.bsky.social Professor of Health and Social Care and Director of the Policy Research unit for the Health and Social Care Workforce (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/hscwru), Kings College London, Co-lead https://transforming-evidence.org
Anna Coleman @drannac.bsky.social Mixed Methods Researcher (Qual), inclusive research methods, occupations & health, health & care policy, inequalities, (invisible) disabilities.
Support inclusivity in research for NIHR Centres in Manchester (BRC, CRF, HtRC and HDRC)
Thoughts mine.
Catherine Walshe @catherinewalshe.bsky.social Professor of Palliative Care. Nurse. International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University. Editor, Palliative Medicine. #academicsky #hpm #hapc
Graham Scambler @grahamscambler.bsky.social Sociologist: philosophy, theory, politics, health & sport. #sociology #health
Emeritus Professor of Sociology, UCL
Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences, UK
New: ‘The Sociological Theory of Margaret Archer’ (Routledge, 2026)
www.grahamscambler.com
Pat McGovern @patmcgovern.bsky.social Incurable sociologist @lsesociology.bsky.social - Work, migration, social inequality and a bit of conflict. Co-founder MSc International Migration and Public Policy @LSE. ⚽️
Liz Brewster @lizbrewster.bsky.social I lead research on NHS workforce, medical education and health inequalities. Academic, northern, gritty. Often found on the coast.
DECIDE Centre @decidecentre.bsky.social NIHR funded partnership between the University of Oxford and RANDEurope for rapid evaluation of technology-enabled remote monitoring
Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. 17 year old tabby. Living with my seventh Prime Minister. Unofficial.
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Number10cat
Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Politics & Public Policy, London School of Economics & Political Science.
Interests - digital era governance, democratic audit & renewal, theories of the state, elections & party competition.
And in open social science, universities.
UK Research Integrity Office (UKRIO) @ukrio.bsky.social An independent charity supporting the research community to uphold the highest standards of integrity. Our work promotes research that is rigorous, trustworthy, and of benefit to society.
🔗 https://ukrio.org/
Imelda McDermott @imcdermott.bsky.social Social scientist researching health policy, primary care, commissioning, and workforce.
https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/imelda.mcdermott
Health Policy & Politics Network (HPPN) https://hppnuk.wordpress.com/
#academicsky
Lucy Selman @lucyselman.bsky.social Professor Palliative & End of Life Care, Uni. of Bristol. Equity, community, communication, bereavement.
Founding Director Good Grief Festival https://bsky.app/profile/goodgrieffest.bsky.social
goodgrieffest.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5747-26
Sasha Scambler @sashascambler.bsky.social Professor of Medical Sociology at KCL, interested in health, disability, social theory, oral health and lots of other things.
ChristinaSilver @christinaqdas.bsky.social Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis. researcher, teacher, coach. #CAQDAS #QualitativeAI
cold water swimmer, tap dancer
https://linktr.ee/Christina_QDAS
Oxford Social Sciences Division @socsci.ox.ac.uk We bring together the outstanding departments, faculties and schools that make up the University of Oxford's Social Sciences Division.
Oxford Qualitative Courses @oxqual.bsky.social Oxford Qualitative Courses: Short Courses in Qualitative Research Methods.
Expert teaching from specialists in qualitative research methods.
Kat Smith @profkatsmith.bsky.social Professor of Public Health Policy at the University of Strathclyde. Co-Director of the Centre for Health Policy & Co-Lead of SHERU (the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit). Interested in research, advocacy and policy to reduce inequalities.
Health Services Research UK @hsruk.bsky.social The voice of UK health and care services research.
🌐 https://hsruk.org/
✉️ info@hsruk.org
Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
Tiago Moreira @tiagoemoreira.bsky.social Sociologist of science, technology and medicine; scuba diver.
Lisa Hinton @lisahinton.bsky.social Social Scientist. Researches women’s & maternal health. Uses health experiences to improve care.
Associate Professor, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Oxford University
Roger Burrows @rogerjburrows.bsky.social Bristol & Melbourne. Sociology. Geography. Urban Studies. Digital Culture.
Prof in Global Inequalities, School of Policy Studies, University of Bristol; Hon Prof, School of Sociology, ANU; Adjunct Prof, Social Sciences, Adelaide University.
Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social Senior editor at New Scientist
Susan Halford @susanjhalford.bsky.social Interdisciplinary sociologist. Co-Director ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures https://www.bristol.ac.uk/research/centres/sociodigital-futures/
American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social * Support a diverse and inclusive community of sociologists
* Increase public knowledge and understanding of society through sociology
* Promote the use of sociological insights to drive positive social change https://bit.ly/m/AmSocAssoc
British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social
LSE Impact @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 💥A platform for those interested in increasing the impact of academic research. 📨 Subscribe to our newsletter here: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/subscribe-via-email/
Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org The Resolution Foundation is an independent think-tank dedicated to lifting living standards in the UK.
Anish K Patel @anishkpatel.bsky.social ‘Just a GP’ posting about general practice and healthcare
Les Back @academicdiary.bsky.social I teach sociology at the University of Glasgow and my interests are learning, teaching, books, ideas, culture and music.
Susan Michie @susanmichie.bsky.social #BehaviouralScience, Professor of Health Psychology, University College London. Director of Centre for Behaviour Change https://www.ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-change/centre-behaviour-change (also on BlueSky). Research on health, environment & AI potential.
Qualitative Health Research Group @QHRGroup @qhrgroup.bsky.social Community of researchers supported by NIHR to raise awareness of value & impact of qualitative methods in health & care research, promote innovation & support careers.
The BMJ @bmj.com The BMJ is patient centred, evidence based, and independent. Help us improve the health of our world with the best science, journalism, education, and comment.
Lucie Byrne-Davis @luciebd.bsky.social Prof of Health Psych & Assoc Dean for Internationalisation (Teaching & Learning), Faculty Biology, Medicine & Health, University of Manchester, UK. Behavioural research esp health workforce
Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social Global HE news, data, insights and events
THIS Institute (The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute) @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk We are The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute. We're strengthening the evidence base for healthcare improvement.
Based at the University of Cambridge and made possible by the Health Foundation.
thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk
Hilary Causer @drhilarycauser.bsky.social Research Fellow | Suicidologist | Qualitative methods
Revisioning distress and suicidality in women nurses @nurse-suicide.bsky.social @uniofsurrey.bsky.social
www.nursesuicidestudy.com
Feminist. Ally. She/her.
Carl May @carlrmay.bsky.social Implementation Science (Normalization Process Theory), Medical Sociology (Burden of Treatment Theory), gardening (Hemerocallis), cooking (risotto with Langoustines), Professor (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine).
Prof Erica Borgstrom @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social Prof of Medical Anthropology, The Open University (UK)
Researches death, palliative and end of life care. Co-editor of Death and Culture book series. Director of the Centre for Open Thanatology
Qualitative Applied Health Research Centre @quahrc.bsky.social The QUAHRC at King's College London promotes the rigorous and innovative application of qualitative health research. Follow us for research, events and discussion.
https://www.quahrc.co.uk/
Professor Ruth Parry @cacenotes.bsky.social Scientific expert: communication on sensitive /distressing /embarrassing topics especially how experts do it. + getting the evidence into training and real life.
@RealTalk_EoL
#PalliativeCare: professional & personal expertise
Sara Shaw @sarashaw.bsky.social Professor of Health Policy & Practice, University of Oxford; studying technology-in-use and sustainability (sometimes both together); #AcademicSky
Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social reh-beh-kah gold-ing (she/her). Researcher at The University of Manchester. Researching health communication, access to care, patient involvement, patient safety and treatment burden, particularly for people with (multiple) long-term conditions
WHO @who.int The World Health Organization (WHO) is the United Nations’ health agency, championing Health For All.
Always check the latest posts for updated advice/information.
We reserve the right to remove misinformation, spam, and hate speech under our posts.- S Suzanne Scott @suzannehealthpsych.bsky.social Professor of Health Psychology & Early Cancer Diagnosis
Dr Pauline Nelson @drpmanc110.bsky.social Qualitative researcher in #HealthServicesOrganisation @sheffielduni.bsky.social; ‘Norn’ Irish; unpaid carer; tea drinker 🫖
NIHR ARC Wessex @arcwessex.bsky.social NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Wessex 1 of 10 ARCs supporting applied health & care research in England https://linktr.ee/ARCWessex
#Lifechangingresearchfundedbythepublic
ARC South West @arcsouthwest.bsky.social One of the Applied Research Collaborations (@nihrarcs.bsky.social) funded by (@nihr.bsky.social).
We support applied health & care research across Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and beyond.
More from us: linktr.ee/nihrpenarc
Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social Researcher in digital, recovering academic. Data feminist.
On about games, books, cats, telly.
Always #LWithTheT
She/her- M Matt Sutton @mattxsutton.bsky.social Prof of Health Economics at University of Manchester
The University of Manchester @officialuom.bsky.social A proud Manchester institution with teaching, research and social responsibility at the heart of everything we do. Not official #UOM200
EJHC @ejhc.bsky.social EJHC – European Journal of Health Communication
| Peer-Reviewed
| Platinum Open Access
| ejhc.org
NIHR ARC Greater Manchester @arc-gm.bsky.social We support applied research that responds to the needs of the Greater Manchester health and care system and population.
Dr Victoria Shepherd @vickylshepherd.bsky.social Principal Research Fellow, Centre for Trials Research, Cardiff University | Exploring inclusivity in trials, including research involving adults with impaired capacity to consent | PI of CONSULT https://www.capacityconsentresearch.com #InclusiveResearch
MethodsNET @methodsnet.bsky.social We are a global not-for-profit membership-based association, bringing together methods experts and methods users across multiple disciplines. Our mission is to provide global accessibility to cutting-edge research methods training.
Sarah Peters @speters123.bsky.social Professor of health psychology, researching healthcare communication. Cares about research, and the researchers and participants that create it. #wiasn #mchp