Today we’re launching a series of films - Drugs: It’s Complicated - intended to tackle the stigma directed towards people who use criminalised drugs www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NAj...

Reimagining Drug Use (Drugs: It's Complicated - Film 2)

YouTube video by Drugs: It's Complicated

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📢Join @jasminekhouja.bsky.social & Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) on 24th Sept, 10–11am, for a Drug Education Forum webinar. Hear about the youth vaping survey, the Tobacco and Vapes Act & prevention work. Featuring recent TARG research! Register: tinyurl.com/mw4exy3w Paper: tinyurl.com/y7kem4pw

Drug Education Forum webinar #4: Youth vaping & the Tobacco and Vapes Act

Hear from initiatives pushing forward the harm reduction agenda, and key messages that can inform the drug education sector more widely.

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Our placement student Myah reflects on her year with us, the people she met, what she learned and what made the experience so special – including the great people who make TARG such a great place to work! A lovely read, especially for anyone considering a research placement 👇 tinyurl.com/34rvb7t9

Congratulations to Dr @clairevgarnett.bsky.social on winning the Human Behaviour & Society Poster Prize at the School of Psychology & Neuroscience Research Showcase at the University of Bristol, for her work on the Drink Less app! The Showcase celebrated research from individuals across the School👏

TARG's May blog post, written by @clairevgarnett.bsky.social, shares her experience of applying for fellowships. A useful and motivating read, with practical advice that's relevant well beyond fellowship applications. tinyurl.com/yzwmn6wu

📢 Do you want to help shape our future research? Join our Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) contact list and have your voice heard. We will contact you when opportunities arise and your time would be reimbursed. 👉 Sign up here: bit.ly/4raTve3 (or scan the QR code below)

Smartwatches are changing health research ⌚📊. Our new blog explores how wearable technology can detect behaviour in real time and deliver just-in-time support. Out today: targ.blogs.bristol.ac.uk @c-stone.bsky.social

Check out a new publication that TARG member @clairevgarnett.bsky.social contributed to, led by @sharoncox.bsky.social on exploring differences in gradual versus abrupt smoking cessation quit attempts and success by social grade: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Are there differences in gradual versus abrupt smoking cessation quit attempts and success by social grade? A population study in England

Smoking rates remain higher among individuals from less advantaged social grades, who tend to be less successful when they try to quit. Abrupt quittin…

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TARG has been at Cumberland Lodge for the last 3 days for our annual academic retreat. It's been a great few days discussing future plans and new grant ideas, as well as some competitive quizzing (thanks to Angela Attwood!) and games.

TARG researchers @oliviamaynard.bsky.social, Angela Attwood, @c-stone.bsky.social, Oliver Bastiani and @clairevgarnett.bsky.social were in Newcastle last week for the Society for the Study of Addiction annual conference.

Great news that the Society for the Study of Addiction @addiction-ssa.org are offering fully-funded PhD studentships and fellowships. Get in contact if you're interested in applying and working with us in TARG: www.addiction-ssa.org/news/advance...

Advance your career with a PhD studentship or fellowship

The SSA is offering fully-funded PhD studentships and fellowships through [...]

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We now have a new logo and new group name! We're still TARG, but this now stands for the Translational and Applied Research Group. This is to reflect the broader scope of our group since TARG was established in 2007.

The @addiction-ssa.org will soon begin advertising new PhD and Fellowship opportunities. The SSA’s Early Career Research Network has organised two webinars to support and provide tips for potential applicants... www.addiction-ssa.org/news/webinar...

🔊Did you read our latest blog yet? It’s about what happened after one of our field trials introducing a draught non-alcoholic beer in venues around the Bristol area. See quotes from venues and read the blog here: bit.ly/4mzFi7C

TARG researcher @c-stone.bsky.social interviewed by BBC Radio Coventry and Warwickshire for an item about alcohol units. Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Vic Minett - 30/09/2025 - BBC Sounds

Vic has great stories, great guests and The Rewind.

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🔊Blog out today: How a simple swap led to lasting changes in pub and bars across South West England - What happened after the alcohol-free draught beer introduction study? bit.ly/4mzFi7C

Looking for a MRC-funded PhD opportunity with TARG? We have four projects being advertised with @gw4biomeddtp.bsky.social (who have up to 17 4-year PhD studentships available for home & international students). Applications close on 20 Oct 2025 at 5pm: gw4biomed.ac.uk

GW4 BioMed MRC DTP - GW4 BioMed MRC DTP

The GW4 BioMed MRC Doctoral Training Partnership is a collaboration between Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter Universities.

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New paper! We used focus groups and arts-based methods to explore whether people ‘other’ when making judgements about harmful drinking and the drinking contexts and features of drinking contexts perceived as being indicative of harmful drinking. bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Objectives To explore whether people ‘other’ when making judgements about ‘harmful’ drinking and the drinking contexts (e.g., pub with friends) and features of drinking contexts (e.g., location, com.....

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Read the full research paper by Alice Porter, Elin Cawley, @laura-ann-chapman.bsky.social, Charlotte Crisp, Ruth Wadman, Sally Barber, Ian Penton-Voak, Angela Attwood, Russ Jago and Helen Bould in @bmj.com Open: bit.ly/4nUUuhd

🏆Top researchers have joined @teamgbofficial.bsky.social hockey player and #SportsInclusivity trailblazer Tess Howard to help teenage girls feel more comfortable in their school PE uniforms – and own bodies bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/university-e... #PhysicalActivity #PEkit #InclusiveSportswear

University experts team up with Team GB hockey Olympian to make school PE kits fitter for purpose and put ball in pupils’ court - Bristol Biomedical Research Centre

Top researchers have united with Team GB hockey player and sports inclusivity trailblazer Tess Howard MBE on a mission to help teenage girls feel more comfortable in their school PE uniforms – and own...

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Check out a new publication by TARG members @jasminekhouja.bsky.social and Benji Woolf that came out yesterday, exploring the impact of caffeine on sleep using Mendelian randomisation: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

<em>Journal of Sleep Research</em> | ESRS Journal | Wiley Online Library

Higher consumption of caffeinated beverages is associated with disturbed sleep patterns. Using genetic variants as proxies for caffeine consumption, caffeine metabolism, and sleep traits, we investig...

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New blog post by @holla-adam.bsky.social and Lucille Seppi on taking care in stigma reduction... www.antistigmanetwork.org.uk/blog/taking-...

Taking care in stigma reduction: Guest Blog by Adam Holland and Lucille Seppi — Anti-Stigma Network

Stigma can affect anyone who uses alcohol or other drugs, negatively impacting their health and wellbeing, and increasing the likelihood they experience drug-related harm. Fear of judgement or unkind ...

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Some TARG members contributed to a new study led by ‪‪@paniblanca.bsky.social investigating how public risk perceptions of nine hazards are interlinked and how these connections change with recent events @jasminekhouja.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Exploring public risk perception of multiple hazards through network analysis

How do people perceive multiple hazards simultaneously, and how do these perceptions change over time? This study uses network analysis to examine public risk perception of nine hazards across three t...

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TARG’s @laura-ann-chapman.bsky.social recently gave a brilliant interview on the Bodywhys podcast on her research on the experiences and support needs of mothers with eating disorders - well worth a listen! open.spotify.com/episode/0htT...

Episode 57: The experiences and support needs of mothers with eating disorders

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Looking for people aged 18-30 in the UK to take part in research about attitudes towards people who use drugs. For more information, and to sign up please see here: bristolexppsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Some nice coverage of our new study from the BBC here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

App to reduce drinking could save 4,500 lives, Sheffield study finds

University of Sheffield experts say promotion of the Drink Less app could save the NHS £500m.

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Colin Angus@victimofmaths.bsky.social · 2y ago

We've got another new study out. This one uses new modelling to estimate how two alternative approaches to increasing the uptake of the Drink Less app (a mass media campaign and promotion through primary care) might affect alcohol consumption, health and health inequalities in the longer term

We've got another new study out. This one uses new modelling to estimate how two alternative approaches to increasing the uptake of the Drink Less app (a mass media campaign and promotion through primary care) might affect alcohol consumption, health and health inequalities in the longer term

TARG researchers have been working with teenagers in South West England to co-create a series of videos that provide young people with information about vaping and how to stop vaping. Check them out here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Vaping Facts and Tips - YouTube

Some teenagers vape when they feel stressed, to fit in and are unsure of key facts around vaping. Explore the following 5 videos to learn key information aro...

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Read some exciting news about StopWatch and its recent media success :