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Developing and Evaluating Complex Interventions @NCRMUK training course 🗓️6th-8th May, Glasgow This intermediate level course will provide participants with an understanding of the #ComplexIntervention research process. @andybaxter @theSPHSU @UofGHEHTA ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.…

Our final lunchtime Webinar💻Evaluation of a complex systems science programme 📅 is this Wednesday 26 Feb with Dr Liz Such @UniofNottingham . Learn how SIPHER started, grew and developed to deliver on its ambitions over 5 years. Please join us! 📷bit.ly/3YJeBo6

🚀New resource alert! Engaging Children with Health Data: A Toolkit Designed for researchers, this toolkit offers interactive slides & hands-on activities to make #healthdata fun & accessible for young learners. 🔗Explore: eprints.gla.ac.uk/345833/ #STEMEducation

SIPHER Webinar🏠 Housing as a Social Determinant of Health this Thursday 20 Feb, 12:30 PM. Join Dr Lisa Garnham for an overview of SIPHER’s qualitative and quantitative research on the relationship between housing and health. Secure your spot now! 👉bit.ly/3YJeBo6

New research in @BMC_GPH examines whether income has a direct impact on health outcomes. Findings suggest higher income is linked to lower odds of depression, smoking, and mortality – plus a reduction in BMI. #PublicHealth #IncomeHealth Read more➡️doi.org/10.1186/s44263…

NCRM is inviting researchers to contribute to its unique new event, the Research Methods Rendezvous! The two-day, online event will provide attendees with the opportunity to present research ideas and develop them with other researchers. Read the call: ncrm.ac.uk/training/RMR/i…

📣Join the @NIHRresearch OPTIMA project's webinar this Wednesday to explore how Scotland’s urban planning, policy and outcomes operate and intersect. A free and insightful discussion with Euan Leitch @SURFscot. 🗓 Feb 5 | 12:30 PM 🔗Register now: events.bookitbee.com/university-of-…

Glasgow has been awarded £5m research funding from NIHR over the next 5 years to help improve the lives of citizens and tackle #healthinequalities Prof Laurence Moore is the @UofGlasgow lead in the partnership with @GlasgowCC @NHSGGC @UniStrathclyde ➡️gla.ac.uk/news/headline_…

Our first @NIHRresearch OPTIMA project's blogs are now live. We discuss the '20-minute neighbourhood' and health (inequalities), both potential benefits: gla.ac.uk/research/az/op… ; and potential harms: gla.ac.uk/research/az/op… @UofGSHW @theSPHSU

📢 Out now! SIPHER Bulletin No. 17. All the latest on our work including reports on life expectancy & child poverty, new webinar dates plus a feedback request to Evidence & Gap Map users. Explore: bit.ly/4h7rRd8 Want to get directly subscribe now: bit.ly/3HvNGTq

The Mental Wealth Initiative, in partnership with EBC, @hjerneradet, @epc_eu, @WorldBank, @BakerInstitute & @EMEAorg, proudly announce the release of their report, “The Value of Social Production in Norway,” during @wef in #Davos. 🔎 Read more: braincouncil.eu/social-product…

New #NaturePlay web tool developed by @theSPHSU 🧑‍🏫 For Early Years practitioners, nursery managers & providers 📌 Maps factors influencing outdoor play & their connections 🌱 Explores the benefits of nature-based learning in Scotland 🔗 nature-play.glasgow.ac.uk #OutdoorLearning

A new research project involving @vkatikireddi is aimed at improving policymakers’ understanding of the impact of smartphones and social media on young people📱 Led by @Cambridge_Uni, the work has been commissioned by @SciTechgovuk More 👉gla.ac.uk/news/headline_…

Check this out — a photovoice exhibit exploring adolescent sleep by one of our PhD students, @CatrionaLEwart!

New SIPHER Webinars 🏠 Housing as a Social Determinant of Health 📅20 Feb, 12:30 PM 👩‍⚕️Presenter: Dr Lisa Garnham AND 📊 Evaluation of a complex systems science programme 📅26 Feb, 12:30 PM 👩‍🔬Presenter: Dr Liz Such Secure your spot now! 👉bit.ly/3YJeBo6

Free Glasgow Skeptics talk by Prof Kristin Mitchell – ‘Putting the sex into wellbeing’ 🗓️21st January, 7.30-9pm 📍The Admiral Woods bar, Waterloo St, Glasgow 🔗tinyurl.com/29r989h2 @KMitchinGlasgow @GlasgowSkeptics @UofGPE @theSPHSU

Not everyone has the same opportunities to lead a long and healthy life—so it's fantastic to see #HealthInequalities as a key theme of the MVLS #CollegeFutures PhD Programme. 🩺🎓