Ruth Mersereau @ruthmersereau.bsky.social Green Party Councillor for City Ward (Kelham Island/Neepsend/City Centre/Highfield), Sheffield City Council.
She/her
Binfluencer 🚮
Promoted by Eamonn Ward, 73 Eskdale Road S6 1SL, on behalf of Sheffield Green Party.
Public Health On Call Podcast @publichealthpod.bsky.social Evidence and experts to help you understand today's public health news. A podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
https://podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/
Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods @iconeighbours.bsky.social Exploring and addressing the significant challenges faced by the country's most deprived neighbourhoods.
Funded by @localtrust.bsky.social
Twitter: @iconeighbours
https://www.neighbourhoodscommission.org.uk/
Commercially Determined @commerciallyd.bsky.social Rooting out business practices that harm people and planet
www.commerciallydetermined.com
Pamela Ferdinand @pamelawrites.bsky.social Journalist. Editor. Author. Environmentalist.
MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellow.
Kat Lay @katlay.bsky.social Journalist covering global health and more
www.linkedin.com/in/katlay
Andrew Gregory @andrewgregory.com Editor, Health @theguardian.com
Laura Donnelly @lauradonnelly.bsky.social
@CHPIthinktank @chpithinktank.bsky.social Championing health & social care based on the founding principles of the NHS. Independent from government and corporate interests. Chpi.org.uk
Commercial Determinants Research Group @cdoh-rg.bsky.social Researchers at LSHTM, University of Edinburgh and others. We research the tobacco, alcohol, food, fossil fuel and others. We also research cross-industry playbooks and industry misinformation.
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres-projects-groups/cdrg
Daniel Black @danielsblack.bsky.social Research Director | Planetary Health, Cities, Risk, Decision-Making, Complex Research Operationalisation
Elizabeth McGill @elizabethmcgill.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Public Health at LSHTM; interested in systems thinking and the commercial determinants of health. Animal lover.
Kristina Kim, MPH, PhD @kristinakim.bsky.social Research Fellow (Commercial Determinants of Health) at the University of Edinburgh // Interested in public health and global health policy, tobacco control, and the role of evidence in policy and practice
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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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social Research interests: the marketing practices of the pharmaceutical & medical device industries, multimorbidity, out-of-pocket payments.
RCSI Postdoctoral fellow
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/James-Larkin-2
Society for Social Medicine & Population Health @socsocmed.bsky.social Advancing knowledge for population health https://socsocmed.org.uk/member-registration/
Gabriella Stern @gabbystern.bsky.social Director of Communications at the World Health Organization (WHO) and former journalist at WSJ/Dow Jones and the Omaha World-Herald. Also, ex- BMGF communications. Love swimming, cats, reading, friends and above all family.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization @whobulletin.bsky.social Monthly peer-reviewed journal of #PublicHealth.
Fully #OpenAccess, and no author fees.
Named authors alone are responsible for the views expressed.
https://t.co/jlwE6iDzLs
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.
James @jbevan79.bsky.social Working to improve health policy in the UK, supporting the NHS to focus and act on health inequalities to improve population health.
Helen Russell @helenrussell.bsky.social ✨Medical Researcher in Bristol ✨ Uses routine data to improve population health ✨ (She/Her) ✨ Irish in UK ✨ (Opinions my own) ✨
Gareth Hollands @gjhollands.bsky.social Behavioural science + evidence synthesis at UCL • population health • interventions • environments • unpopular culture • architecture (& morality) • "fun-sponge boffin" (Daily Star)
🔗 https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/92345-gareth-hollands
🌍 London, UK
Policy Modelling For Health @healthmod.bsky.social Developing advanced computational models to show how economic policy ideas might affect population health and inequalities across the UK. www.phiuk.org/policy-modelling-for-health
Behavioural Science and Public Health Network @bsphn.bsky.social BSPHN is the independent voice for behavioural and social science applied to UK population and public health. We advocate for the use of behavioural and social sciences to reform policy, practice and service delivery to deliver a fairer, healthier UK.
Centre for Population Health @populationhealth.bsky.social A not-for-profit think tank working in UK and globally to improve lives and create equity through education, training, advocacy and support. We enable health, social care and community leaders to come together, share ideas and drive a better future.
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.
Lucy Westerman @lucywesterman.bsky.social Scrutinising determinants of health - especially social and commercial factors around #NCDs, focused on prevention, health promotion & teaching health communications.
Joined bsky 07/23
Australia / UK / Global / lewest on X
Kerry Pearson @kapearson.bsky.social Prevention Policy Advisor at Cancer Research UK (specialising in tobacco and vaping, with wider interest in public health)
Views my own.
Manjari Engelhard @engelhard.bsky.social Public Health Registrar in East of England.
Oxford Population Health @oxpop.bsky.social Nuffield Department of Population Health | @ox.ac.uk | Leading human health forward.
@markabellis.bsky.social @markabellis.bsky.social
University of Bristol @bristoluni.bsky.social Top 10 UK Uni 📚 Leading research 🔬 World-class teaching 👩🎓 Vibrant city 🙌 Ranked 51st in the 🌍 (World University Rankings 2026) #WeAreBristolUni
bristol.ac.uk
Kamran Abbasi @kamranabbasi.bsky.social Medical editor. Cricket writer. Internationalist.
Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social International Editor, The BMJ.
Former editor The Lancet, icddr,b and PLOS Medicine. Adjunct faculty UofT and UCL. 🇨🇦 in 🇬🇧. Views mine.
Robert Muggah @muggah.bsky.social Co-founder of Igarapé Institute, SecDev, and Bioverse | Geopolitics, security, technology, cities and nature enthusiast | TED speaker | Lancet Commission | Bosch Academy | Author of Terra Incognita | SuperNature | robertmuggah.org
University of Washington School of Public Health @uwsph.bsky.social Official UW SPH | Working towards a world of healthy people 🌎💜 For more stories of our impact, visit sph.uw.edu or discover our channels @uwsph
All Island Institute of Public Health (IPH) @instpublichealth.bsky.social The All Island Institute of Public Health (IPH) informs public policy in Ireland and Northern Ireland to support a healthier population.
We do this through evidence, policy, and partnership.
More details >>>www.instituteofpublichealth.org
Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social Research Fellow at the Family Wellbeing Research Team @ Uni of York, UK. Perinatal mental health, loneliness, and addressing the social determinants of mental illness. Mum + lover of the outdoors. Views my own. http://lonelyparents.org
Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social Commercial determinants of health. Harm reduction. Baseball. Crabs. Punk rock.
He/him. Good-bad (not evil).
Monika Kosinska @monikakosinska.bsky.social WHO global lead for economic and commercial determinants of health. All things health and human rights, equity and social justice. She/her.
Centre for Health and Society @chsresearch.bsky.social Research centre at Aston University looking at all things health and society including: health inequalities, all determinants of health, public health, digital health and more. https://www.aston.ac.uk/research/bss/research-centres/centre-health-society
Patricia Louie @plouie.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology @UW. Racial inequality in health and health care; social determinants of health; mental health; discrimination.
Ben Barr @benjaminbarr.bsky.social Professor in Applied Public Health Research. Head WHO collaborating centre for policy research on the determinants of health equity.
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/population-health/staff/benjamin-barr/ . Was once an anthropologist, maybe I still am.
Alex Kennedy @kennedyalex.bsky.social Policy person at the Health Foundation - working on wider determinants of health, missions etc.
Previous jobs about mental health and homelessness. E17.
Sarah Todd @sarah-todd.bsky.social Commercial determinants of health reporter @STAT, previously @qz
she/her
DM me on Signal: @sarahlizchar.47
newsletter: http://fororagainst.substack.com
Catherine Best @cathbest.bsky.social Quantitative data analysis and statistics #StatsSky . Public health. Commercial determinants of health. Maternal mental health. Associate Professor at University of Stirling Faculty of Health, Sport and Society.
Health Services Research UK @hsruk.bsky.social The voice of UK health and care services research.
🌐 https://hsruk.org/
✉️ info@hsruk.org
Amy O'Donnell @profamyodonnell.bsky.social Professor of Applied Health & Social Care Research | Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, UK | Research interests: Substance use; Mental Health; MLTC; Complex Needs | Mother of 2 giant adults (1 w/AuHD + anxiety) & 3 smaller cats.
Chloe Reeves @chloereeves.bsky.social Social care and health. Policy and research. Formerly ADASS, British Red Cross, Richmond Group of Charities, ILC-UK and local government. Crime fiction, gaming & muttering at the radio. Own views.
European Centre for Environment & Human Health @ecehh.org A transdisciplinary centre conducting cutting edge research into the complex links between climate, environment, and health. Part of the University of Exeter Medical School and based in Cornwall, UK.
https://www.ecehh.org
Kieran Walshe @kieranwalshe.bsky.social Professor of health policy and management at University of Manchester, UK. Research health reform, governance, workforce, quality, evidence - ideas not ideologies. Ultrarunner. Citizen of UK, Ireland & Europe. Son of an immigrant. He/him.
Association of Medical Research Charities @amrc-uk.bsky.social The membership organisation of leading medical and health research charities in the UK.
www.amrc.org.uk
Robin Hewings @robinhewings.bsky.social Currently, Head of Health and Prevention Policy (maternity cover) at Cancer Research UK
I've previously worked on loneliness and social connection, diabetes and tobacco.
UK Health Alliance on Climate Change @ukhealthclimate.bsky.social UKHACC brings together health professionals to advocate for responses to climate change that protect & promote public health.
Find out more: https://ukhealthalliance.org/
Subscribe to our newsletter: https://action.ukhealthalliance.org/page/69209/subscri
Dr Elvira Garcia, Public Health, MD, MPH, CPHM @elgarph.bsky.social Consultant Public Health Medicine- Health Protection- Immunisation- NHS Scotland UK 🏴 FFPH- Preventivista
Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming @sustainweb.org We believe everyone should have access to healthy and sustainably produced food that protects people, animals and planet.
https://www.sustainweb.org/
Sage Journals @journals.sagepub.com News and research from Sage Journals at Sage. #SageJournals
journals.sagepub.com
Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social School leaders’ favourite newspaper. Multi-award winning journalism, determined to get past the bluster and explain the facts. Published by EducationScape
Barbara Crowther @barbscrowther.bsky.social Foodie, birder, campaigner & executive coach for social justice & environmental changemakers 🏳️🌈🇵🇸
Alcohol Focus Scotland @alcoholfocus.bsky.social Scotland's national charity working to prevent and reduce the harm caused by alcohol.
Website: https://www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/
Alcohol Free Childhood Campaign: https://www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/Alcohol-Free-Childhood/
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social DEI hire. Prof of Primary Care, Uni of Oxford. Researching digital health/ inequities, covid prevention (masks/ air quality). Wild swimmer. Mum to Rob (marine bio) & Al (doc). She/her. https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=QDCqsJwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman @phsombudsman.bsky.social We investigate complaints about the NHS in England, UK government departments and public bodies, including museums. Our service is free, fair and independent.
Manpreet Singh @manpreet1.bsky.social Work on global health and development strategy @gatesfoundation. Escaped doctor from the UK with a public health background. Dad to two kids. Opinions are mine (he/him)
Prof Viv Hope @vivprof.bsky.social Professor of Public Health at PHI, LJMU, UK.
* drug use & harm reduction
* LGBTQI+ well-being
* preventing infections
* reducing health inequalities
https://profiles.ljmu.ac.uk/11344-vivian-hope
🏳️🌈
Steve Penfold FRSPH FCMI @stevepenfold.bsky.social Passionate about public health, health services, & photography.
14 years in England’s NHS & Dept. of Health;
16 years in int’l development, mainly with #USAID.
Looking for career options in UK.
Grateful for intros
Kathryn Ingold FFPH @kathryningold.bsky.social Consultant in public health, children and families. Leeds, UK.
Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social نسرين العلوان
Pronounced /nisri:n/ with an s not a z and a long ee ☺️
Professor of Public Health MBE
Southampton
Not afraid of my voice
Still curious
Posting my personal views not those of any organisation
Reposts not necessarily endorsements
💚 🧿 🌻
LSHTM Centre for History in Public Health @lshtmhistory.bsky.social CHiPH is part of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social and at the forefront of historical research into public health and health services
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres/centre-history-public-health
Inequalities in Cancer Outcomes Network (ICON) @icon-lshtm.bsky.social Academic research group describing & explaining regional & socio-demographic differences in cancer outcomes, to influence policy and improve outcomes for all.
Global Health Economics Centre @lshtm-gheco.bsky.social Based at LSHTM, the Global Health Economics Centre is one of the world's largest groups of global #HealthEconomics academics from a variety of research disciplines.
Data & Statistical Science for Health, LSHTM @lshtm-dash.bsky.social Bringing together data science expertise across LSHTM to tackle the biggest global health problems.
NIHR Policy Innovation and Evaluation Research Unit (PIRU) @piru-lshtm.bsky.social The NIHR Policy Research Unit in Policy Innovation and Evaluation (PIRU) is an independent team of researchers from LSHTM, LSE and University of Glasgow aiming to improve UK health and social care policymaking.
UK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social The UK’s largest collection of UK and international social, economic and population data. Funded by UKRI through the ESRC. https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/
Michael Marmot @michaelmarmot.bsky.social Professor Sir Michael Marmot is Professor of Epidemiology at University College London, Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity and Past President of the World Medical Association
Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social Technology, Parkinson’s, #sophiefromromania
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Steve Senior @stevensenior.bsky.social Consultant in Public Health. Recovering civil servant. Lapsed neuroscientist. Ex-paper boy and former donut stand operator. Ultracrepidarian. Elaborate food pipe. Denizen of West Yorkshire. Opinions my own, re-posts are not endorsements.
Julia Robinson @juliarobinson.bsky.social Executive Editor, PLOS Global Public Health (@plosgph.bsky.social). Parent, activist, feminist, reader, runner, quilter, outside-goer. Pronouns she/her.
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.
Kate Ardern@KateAlvanley @ardernkate.bsky.social Public health doctor, hon Professor @salforduniversity, health policy wonk, former Director of Public Health, Scouser & @FT Women of 2020 ❤️all arts especially music & film, wildlife, photography, history, politics & sci-fi
Prof. Kevin Fenton @profkevinfenton.bsky.social 🦋London’s Public Health Director
🦋I Explain Health Trends & Disease Threats
🦋Wellbeing Tips & Public Health Career Advice
🦋Following/being followed ≠ Endorsed.
🦋Follow For A Healthier You.
Catherine Kyobutungi @ckyobutungi.bsky.social #Bosslady at APHRC (http://www.aphrc.org)/ | Aspiring Feminist | Global Health | #DGH | Epi | #NCDs | "No one is free until everyone is free" | Editor-in-Chief Plos Global Public Health | co-Director of CARTA (https://cartafrica.org/)
Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/
The BMA @bma.org.uk We’re the trade union and professional body for UK doctors and medical students.
The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social Working to solve society’s challenges with evidence and expertise. Based at King's College London 🔗 kcl.ac.uk/policy-institute
Event invites & updates ➡️ https://kcl.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=1fbc849719098ca1a31f3263e&id=9ba63cb1ff
@HSJnews @hsj.co.uk The UK's leading resource for healthcare leaders. Winner AOP best specialist media brand 2017.
Listen to the HSJ Health Check podcast: http://bit.ly/2stifX2
Royal College of Physicians @rcphysicians.bsky.social
The professional home of physicians. Supporting our membership community, setting standards and using our voice to improve patient care. Together we're shaping the future of medicine.
David Buck @davidjbuck.bsky.social Senior fellow in public health and health inequalities at The King's Fund (https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/). Bit of a magpie, don't necessarily agree with those i (re)share. Also over at twitter @davidjbuck.
Local Government Association (LGA) @local.gov.uk We are the national voice of local government, working with councils to support, promote and improve #LocalGov
Visit our website: https://www.local.gov.uk/
Health Equals @healthequals.bsky.social The UK’s campaign for improving health opportunities. Together, let's #MakeHealthEqual.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/healthequals
BJGP @bjgp.org We are the BJGP - the British Journal of General Practice. We publish primary care research + comment to serve the international community. Editor: @euanlawson.social here on Bluesky.
BJGP: bjgp.org | BJGPLife: bjgplife.com
The Royal Society @royalsociety.org The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.
https://royalsociety.org/
UK Parliament @ukparliament.parliament.uk Where the House of Commons and the House of Lords scrutinise the work of the Government. Learn more about Parliament, its people and our unique heritage.
linktr.ee/ukparliament
Nick Codling @nickcodling.bsky.social External Affairs @healthfoundation.bsky.social. Former journalist at LBC & Global stations. All views my own.
Hugh Alderwick @hughalderwick.bsky.social Director of policy at the Health Foundation
Ruth Lowe @ruthlowe.bsky.social health inequalities policy | work @ health equals (hosted by the health foundation) | previously @ nhs confed / leigh day / academy of medical sciences / nhs hee | views my own
Jennifer Dixon @jenniferthf.bsky.social Dr Jennifer Dixon, Chief Executive @healthfoundation.bsky.social
More on our mission and the latest work of the Health Foundation at www.health.org.uk
All views my own.
NHS Providers (now known as The NHS Alliance) @nhsproviders.bsky.social NHS Providers is now part of The NHS Alliance, the independent membership body that represents and supports the health and care system in England, Wales & NI.
thenhsalliance.org