Academy of Medical Sciences @acmedsci.bsky.social The Academy of Medical Sciences makes medical science work for everyone. Our vision is good health for all, supported by the best research and evidence.
Visit www.acmedsci.ac.uk for more info.
Richard Kemp @richardmskemp.bsky.social Podcaster for Bristol University Press & Policy Press. Writer. MA: UoG. Bylines: PopMatters & Bristol24/7. Posts about writing, music and pro wrestling. 🍉
✍🏻 & 🎧 https://muckrack.com/richardmskemp/portfolio
(he/him)
@ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social @ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social 
Mary Dixon-Woods @marydixonwoods.bsky.social Director @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk @uniofcam.bsky.social. I study how to improve and innovate in healthcare quality and safety. Views: Own
Stuart Weeks @stuartweeks8.bsky.social Hebrew Bible academic, NE England.
Eman Zied @ezied.bsky.social Spatial equality enthusiast, interested in maps, climate and health. PhD at Northumbria-Research Associate at Newcastle PHSI. Views own, mostly memes.
Leigh Day @leigh-day.bsky.social Leigh Day is a law firm established to combat injustice. Championing the underdog, the firm stands against entities and their wrong doings. Leigh Day secures compensation, influences legal changes, and restores justice. Learn more www.leighday.co.uk
Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social Professor of European Politics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Elections, parties, social democracy & the radical right. he/him. 🏳️🌈
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Dr Lucinda Hiam @lucindahiam.bsky.social 2025-26 Harkness Fellow @Brown School of Public Health and Boston College | GP and global public health doctor | Clarendon Scholar @UniofOxford | Commissioner on the @BMJ Future of the NHS | Member @RCGP | Honorary Member @FPH.
Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social Truth, justice, accountability, saving lives
7,000 bereaved families
Creators of the Covid Memorial Wall
Press: press@covidfamiliesforjustice.org
Patrick Fafard @pfafard.bsky.social Professor Emeritus/ Visiting Professor
Graduate School of Public & International Affairs, University of Ottawa.
Research Director, Global Strategy Lab, York University/UOttawa
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Rachel Baker @profrachelbaker.bsky.social Academic health economist working on social value(s), health inequalities and community led health. And learning how to do realist economic evaluation..
Oli Williams @oliwilliams.bsky.social Sociologist of Health & Illness | Lecturer in Co-designing Healthcare Interventions at King's College London.
ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health @kingscsmh.bsky.social Launched in 2020, the ESRC Centre at King's College London aims to transform understanding of how social, economic and cultural changes affect mental health.
Public Health Up North @phupnorth.bsky.social Public Health in the North of England. Account currently managed by Sohaib Akhtar. @sohaibakh.bsky.social
Shelina Visram Hodgson @shelinavh.bsky.social Senior lecturer in #PublicHealth at Newcastle University | #inequalities | #SDoH | #qualresearch | Own views | She/her
FPL Hippie @fplhippie.bsky.social https://youtube.com/@fplhippie
Very ADHD, so expect attention to detaal.
My best friend is a fox named Samantha.
I practice FPL Mindfulness.
"My team my way, your team your way."
UofG Centre for Public Policy @uofgpolicy.bsky.social Based at the University of Glasgow, we exist to help prepare the next generation of policymakers by sharing evidence, nurturing skills and creating spaces for fresh thinking.
Website 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/publicpolicy
Spotlight podcast 💡 www.uofgspotlight.com
Gerry McCartney @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social Professor of Wellbeing Economy
Consultant in Public Health
Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social Guardian columnist and journalist. Commentator of the Year 2024. Author of Who Wants Normal? (paperback out now) and Crippled.
E: frances.ryan.freelance@guardian.co.uk
Debbie Abrahams MP @debbieabrahamsmp.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Oldham East and Saddleworth. Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee.
Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health. Former NHS Trust Chair & PH academic. Tackling inequalities and fighting for fairness. 
EuroHealthNet @eurohealthnet.bsky.social A European partnership of public health bodies working to reduce health inequalities and improve health and wellbeing for all.
Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social Sociologist & Lecturer of Social Policy (uni of Salford) Food poverty, food banks, social security, and UBI.
Socialist and Republic of Cymru.
https://linktr.ee/thatsociologist
Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social Global HE news, data, insights and events
Sophia Brady @sophiambrady.bsky.social ARC Research Fellow North East North Cumbria, based at Newcastle University
Andrew Bell @andrewjdbell.bsky.social Professor of Quantitative Social Sciences, University of Sheffield. Multilevel models, age period cohort, Intersectionality, etc https://linktr.ee/andrewjdbell
Natalie Bennett @nataliecbennett.bsky.social Research Fellow at the University of Manchester. Health inequalities and advanced quant methods
Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health @fuseonline.bsky.social Fuse brings together 6 Universities in North East England & North Cumbria (Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Teesside, Cumbria and Sunderland) in a unique collaboration to deliver world-class #PublicHealth research. @nihrsphr.bsky.social member.
fuse.ac.uk- A Adam Todd @adamtodd.bsky.social
Chris Day @chrisday02.bsky.social Higher Education Leader, academic clinician, Dad of 5 aged 4 to 34, sport daft
Andrew Kingston @kingstonandrew.bsky.social 
Angela Topping @angelatopping.bsky.social MSc Qualified Coach & Mentor. Passionate about Social Justice, People & Disruptive Engagement. Lover of the outdoors. Hater of abuse of power.
Q Member. Samaritan. Ally.
Mark Jeffries @drmarkjeffries.bsky.social Qualitative health researcher & social scientist. Research Fellow - University of Manchester. Patient safety | Medication safety | Sociotechnical | AKI | Mental Health | Patient experience. Lover of theatre, books, the arts Patron @the-rsc.bsky.social
Fiona Matthews @fematthews.bsky.social Pro Vice Chancellor - Research and Enterprise. University of Hull @uniofhull Statistician and epidemiologist.
Views my own. She / they
@Newcastlepsrc @newcastlepsrc.bsky.social Bluesky feed of the NIHR Newcastle Patient Safety Research Collaborative (PSRC). Based at the University of Newcastle, our work is funded by the National Institution for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
@pdqnorman.bsky.social @pdqnorman.bsky.social 
Lisa Crowe @drlisacrowe.bsky.social Senior Research Associate at Newcastle University. Sociologist. Research interests include: Research of a highly sensitive and distressing nature; qualitative methodology; health inequalities; and paediatric VAD experiences. Personal views.
Inequality News @inequalitynews.bsky.social No wealthy ❌ No poor ❌ Just everyone living comfortably ✅
For all things #inequality related, plus a bit of politics and current affairs. #TaxTheRich #VoteTacticallyToStopReform
Find us also @radicalscribe.bsky.social
Supporting the charity #MissingPeople
Patrick Butler @patrickjbutler.bsky.social Social Policy editor, The Guardian. Winner of the Paul Foot Award for Investigative Journalism 2025.
NUQualSIG @nuqualsig.bsky.social Newcastle University Qualitative Research Special Interest Group
Zach Parolin @zparolin.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy, Inequality, and Opportunity at University of Oxford. Director, Inequality Programme at INET Oxford. Professorial Fellow at Nuffield College.
Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social Research Fellow, yoga teacher, allotment gardener, cyclist, mum. Health, wellness, equity, inclusion #actuallyautistic
Faculty of Public Health @fphuk.bsky.social The UK's professional membership body for #publichealth. We work with our members to protect and improve health for all. www.fph.org.uk
Coastal Community & Creative Health @coastalcch.bsky.social Research project on health equity in coastal regions in England, funded by AHRC (2024-27). ⛱️🩺🧠
Principal Investigators: Barbara Mezes & @lucyselman.bsky.social
Blackpool, Hastings & Weston-super-Mare
https://coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk
Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci Personality psych & causal inference @UniLeipzig. I like all things science, beer, & puns. Even better when combined! Part of http://the100.ci, http://openscience-leipzig.org
Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social Asst Prof of Comparative Politics Georgetown Qatar • Economic shocks, inequality, authoritarianism, class relations, populism, health • Political economy of development • FirstGen • former Fellow @ Harvard CES & Cambridge Sociology • gaborscheiring.com
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
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
Claire Sullivan @csullivan72.bsky.social Passionate about fairness, inequalities and women’s health. Enjoy travel, art, movies and time with friends
Healthier Futures at the University of Manchester @healthierfutures.bsky.social Developing interdisciplinary research and partnerships to address health inequalities.
University of Manchester
www.healthierfutures.manchester.ac.uk
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.
#FPL Newcastle United @fplmagpies.bsky.social 
Hannah Forde @hannahforde.bsky.social Senior Researcher & Wellcome Trust Early Career Awardee in the Sustainable Healthy Food Group @oxprimarycare.bsky.social | Visiting Research Fellow in the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol | she/her https://www.phc.ox.ac.uk/team/hannah-forde
Susan Bowett @thesuze.bsky.social Academic Research Manager | NIHR SPHR | Newcastle University
Moritz Oberndorfer @moberndorfer.bsky.social Postdoc at
Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health
Max Planck-University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health.
Affiliated with University of Glasgow
@hannahfairbrother.bsky.social @hannahfairbrother.bsky.social 
John Wildman @jwildman.bsky.social Economics and NUFC - not necessarily in that order! (And cricket, don't forget cricket!).
HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social Health Organisation, Policy and Economics, an interdisciplinary research group at The University of Manchester
https://hoperresearch.blog/
Equalise: ESRC Centre for Lifecourse Health Equity @equalise.bsky.social Research centre led from University College London focused on tackling and reducing health inequalities. Supported by a multi-disciplinary team of researchers and a wide range of health equity focused advocacy groups.
Jon Minton @jonminton.bsky.social Senior Statistician. Eclectic public and population health background. Very reluctant Twitter refugee. Distant memories of academia. “Evidence informed contrarian”
Bobbie Farsides @farsidesb.bsky.social Emeritus Prof of Clinical and Biomedical Ethics at Brighton & Sussex Medical School, Alto, displaced North Londoner, European. Was @Ethixbird in another place.
Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social Parent. Interdisciplinary biomedical researcher. Hardline scientist, Professor, PhD. New platforms and real-world impact, emphasis on scientific rigour, reproducibility, integrity and efficiency. Diverse interests.
@episky.bsky.social @episky.bsky.social 
Shona Haining @shonah.bsky.social Passionate leader of Health & Care research & evidence making a difference Love family , travel & Scotland 
May van Schalkwyk @maizie333.bsky.social Public health doctor & Research Fellow researching the commercial determinants of health @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social.
Anna Brook @ph-anna.bsky.social Yorkshire Public Health. Love collaboration, running, family, friends & reading. Less keen on climate breakdown, conflict & injustice Pronouns: she/her
Rob T @robtfpl.com Sharing market data to help with fantasy football decisions | FPL projections for @solioanalytics.com
Steph Scott @stephscott.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University, UK. Unapologetic sociologist. Justice-involved families. Health & Justice systems. Health inequalities. Longitudinal and creative qualitative methods. Trustee: NE Youth. Personal views. She/her
Prof Marieke Emonts @mariekeemonts.bsky.social Prof Paediatric Infectious Diseases Newcastle University, Paediatrician, aim to improve care, mum, wife, dancer, love life views are my own
Jason Scott @drjscott.bsky.social Associate Professor of Health and Social Care Quality. Deputy Director, IDEAS National Evaluation Team
Daniel La Parra @daniellaparra.bsky.social Espacio disponible para su publicidad
#Sociología #Estructurasocial #DeterminantesSocialesdelaSalud #SaludPública #Unpocodetodo (es decir, bicis).
Dr Will Ball @wpball.com Interested in working out how to reduce unfair and avoidable differences in health. Mostly youth mental health.
Chancellor's Fellow at Robert Gordon University | Social Epidemiologist | Pro Cycling | Rstats | Causal Inference 🇮🇪🏴🍉
Dave Finch @davefinch.bsky.social Assistant Director, Healthy Lives
The Health Foundation
Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social Professor of Social & Public Policy at University of Glasgow
Perimenopausal | neurodivergent | navigating parenting kids with SEND
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.
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.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV, AIDS & Sexual Health @appghiv.bsky.social The All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV, AIDS & Sexual Health Co-Chaired by David Mundell MP Florence Eshalomi MP Baroness Barker and Michael Payne MP
Ben Baumberg Geiger @benbgeiger.bsky.social Social policy researcher (though sometimes pretends to be a philosopher), Prof co-leading WelfareExperiences project and kcl.ac.uk/csmh work & welfare strand. Was at @BenBaumberg at the other place.
@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social Visiting Professor in Public Policy, Sunderland University. Sunderland AFC loyalist. Inveterate Remainer. Durham City, UK.
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/bob-hudson
Val Hudson @valhud.bsky.social Feminist, international socialist very pro EU. Worked hard to get the Tories out and hope for a fairer society & electoral system. Patient advocate for people with severe lung disorders . Labour Party member #SAFC family
Ellen Stewart @profellenstu.bsky.social probably typing with a cat on my shoulder | Professor of Public Policy & Health @uofgussp University of Glasgow | Editor, Sociology of Health & Illness | Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences | author 'How Britain Loves the NHS' @policypress
Prof Amelia Lake @lakenutrition.bsky.social Dietitian & Public Health Nutritionist at Teesside University.
Deputy Director for Fuse https://fuse.ac.uk/
Researching Food Inequalities & Insecurity, Food Environments, Energy Drinks.
https://research.tees.ac.uk/en/persons/amelia-lake
Hannah Davies @hannahdavies.bsky.social CEO Northern Health Science Alliance www.thenhsa.co.uk
Executive Director Health Equity North
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk
Carer ME/CFS
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Policy, health, equality, people, science and the North. Music, art & coffee.
Mary Madden @feministgothic.eurosky.social Twitter migrant. Retired senior academic precariat. Sociologist. Applied qual research (health and lack of social care). Concerned about research quality and integrity. Monsters. Lit. Cult.
'A woman's place is in the resistance'
Alexis Darby @alexisdarby.bsky.social 
Health Equity North @healthequitynorth.bsky.social Health Equity North is a virtual institute focused on place-based solutions to public health problems and health inequalities
www.healthequitynorth.couk
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social Politics of inequality, population health, social policy, methods (esp qual), Europe, teaching & learning. S2/A1, dog lover, cook. ME/CFS hEDS MCAS PsA.
Getting Better is open access: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/getting-better
Mark Thomas @retiredmark.bsky.social Retired early due to ill health. A little isolated. Interested in politics, culture and Public Health.
Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social Research Fellow at University of Glasgow - Urban Studies and Social Policy. Research on the role of citizen voices in policy-making processes, public engagement and lived experience as a form evidence. 
Professor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy and LGBTQ+ Studies, and Head of Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology, University of Stirling he/him 🏳️🌈
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2014-1241
Michelle Addison @drmichelleaddison.bsky.social Associate Professor, Durham University | Editorial Board BJC #inequality #stigma #harm #intersectionality #marginalisation #health #criminalisation
Proud Northerner + First Gen Scholar 💛 she/her
https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/michelle-addison/
Ben Jane @benjane.bsky.social Snr Lecturer, MPH Prog Leader, #PhysicalActivity & #PublicHealth, #HealthPromotion, #ExerciseReferral, #EdTech. #Plymouth, not as much time on twitter anymore
Ryan - Football Chatbox | FPL and Football @footballchatbox.bsky.social YT: Football Chatbox | @ffscoutfpl.bsky.social Host of Scout The Gameweek | 14 Seasons playing #FPL | 4 x Top100k
Professor Melinda Mills @melindacmills.bsky.social Professor Demography & Population Health, University of Oxford & Director, Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science
www.melindacmills.com
Eric Schneider @ericbschneider.com Professor of Economic History at LSE studying health, demography, living standards and economic growth; working on global historical child stunting.
Website: www.ericbschneider.com
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) is one of the largest demographic research bodies in Europe and part of
Max Planck Society (@maxplanck.de). www.demogr.mpg.de/go/press
Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social Prof of Demography & Population Health @oxforddemsci.bsky.social | Mortality, Epidemiology, Infections/Immunity, Biosocial science, COVID-19. | Science Communicator 🇺🇸 in 🇬🇧.
Substack: https://jenndowd.substack.com