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Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB MFPH @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Delighted the Board of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (@fphuk.bsky.social) has admitted me into membership (MFPH). Very thankful to colleagues @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social & @ukhsa.bsky.social whose support got me to this point. #PublicHealth

Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB MFPH @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Delighted the Board of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (@fphuk.bsky.social) has admitted me into membership (MFPH). Very thankful to colleagues @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social & @ukhsa.bsky.social whose support got me to this point. #PublicHealth

Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB MFPH @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Join us to discuss 'Synergy Drivers for Sustainability' 17/3/26 13:00–15:45 (UK time, zoom). I'm talking on the panel on my @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social @sussexsrp.bsky.social work integrating medicine & conservation. universityofsussex.zoom.us/j/8544053006... ID: 854 4053 0068 Passcode: 125907

Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB MFPH @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Article by me @the-independent.com: 'Scabies is surging across the UK & Europe. Here’s what we know'. Based on my ongoing @nihrarcs.bsky.social #PublicHealth action research @bsmspcph.bsky.social y.social. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Scabies is surging across the UK and Europe. Here’s what we know

Scabies is a skin infestation with tiny mites called Sarcoptes scabiei

independent.co.uk

Global Health MSc @Brighton and Sussex Medical School @globalhealthmsc.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Very helpful & clearly written piece about #scabies in UK & Europe by @drjmiddleton.bsky.social theconversation.com/scabies-outb... We look forward to Dr Middleton teaching on our postgraduate Health Protection module in February! bsms.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Scabies outbreak in UK and Europe – what you need to know

An expert answers your questions about the rising cases and effective treatments.

theconversation.com

Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB MFPH@drjmiddleton.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New by me @uk.theconversation.com, written for a public audience amidst rising cases & harmful myths. Based on my @nihrarcs.bsky.social supported #PublicHealth action research @bsmspcph.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social (collab @sussex.ac.uk @uniofbrighton.bsky.social @uhsussex.bsky.social).

Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB MFPH @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New by me @uk.theconversation.com, written for a public audience amidst rising cases & harmful myths. Based on my @nihrarcs.bsky.social supported #PublicHealth action research @bsmspcph.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social (collab @sussex.ac.uk @uniofbrighton.bsky.social @uhsussex.bsky.social).

The Conversation UK@uk.theconversation.com · 10mo ago

An expert answers your questions about the rising cases and effective treatments.

Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB MFPH @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I highly recommend attending @rgsibg.bsky.social Monday Evening lectures: rgs.org/events/upcom.... Last nights was particularly inspiring, with Dr Rosa Vasquez Espinoza outlining how combining indigenous knowledge, biodiversity science, & the #RightsofNature is helping conserve rainforest in Peru.

Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB MFPH @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · last yr.

'Middleton, Cassell, Walker. 'Scabies Management in Institutions' book chapter now free to read: sussex.figshare.com/articles/cha... . Very pleased its Open Access after 2-year embargo. For published version (paywall): link.springer.com/chapter/10.1.... Full book: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Scabies management in institutions, by Jo Middleton, Jackie A Cassell, Stephen L Walker. Scabies is a particular problem in semi-closed institutions such as residential settings for elderly people, children, and those with learning disabilities; refugee camps and other settings for displaced persons; prisons; schools; hospitals; hostels. What many of these diverse places have in common is a range of transmission drivers which enable scabies to reach very high prevalence including: high densities of potential hosts, social behaviours involving prolonged contact, bed and clothes sharing, manual handling, reduced access to laundry facilities, and immunocompromise. We describe the epidemiology of institutional scabies outbreaks across settings, and based primarily on recent and longstanding evidence from adult health-care we draw out general strategic priorities for case management and outbreak control. The tools and information necessary to carry out an epidemiological assessment of an institutional scabies outbreak are provided, along with guidance on control measures. A summary checklist of the key steps to take in responding to an institutional outbreak concludes the chapter.

Jacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠@drjacekdebiec.bsky.social · last yr.

"The forest of New Guinea will stand or fall in one human generation. And what will mainly determine the outcome is going to be the tenacity and the resistance of forest peoples and the work of indigenous researchers and conservationists." #ClimateSky #GreenSky

Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB MFPH@drjmiddleton.bsky.social · last yr.

New @sussex.ac.uk film on my @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social @sussexsrp.bsky.social work with indigenous peoples providing health services & protecting rainforest (inc. beautiful photos by @drjastockdale.bsky.social). Buy meds for the conservation clinic: wildhealth.org.uk/wanang youtu.be/qWlO9lR0oHo

WildHealth CIC @wildhealthcic.bsky.social · last yr.

New @sussex.ac.uk film on allying with indigenous peoples to provide medical services & protect rainforest. Features our chair @drjmiddleton.bsky.social & photos by @drjastockdale.bsky.social. #PlanetaryHealth Buy medicines for the conservation clinic: wildhealth.org.uk/wanang youtu.be/qWlO9lR0oHo

Jo Middleton: Action on Health and Rainforest Conservation

YouTube video by University of Sussex

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Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB MFPH @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · last yr.

New @sussex.ac.uk film on my @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social @sussexsrp.bsky.social work with indigenous peoples providing health services & protecting rainforest (inc. beautiful photos by @drjastockdale.bsky.social). Buy meds for the conservation clinic: wildhealth.org.uk/wanang youtu.be/qWlO9lR0oHo

Jo Middleton: Action on Health and Rainforest Conservation

YouTube video by University of Sussex

youtu.be

Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB MFPH @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · last yr.

Folk have been making overblown medical claims for cold water for a long-time. Turns out one of the first proposals for a controlled trial (on #scabies fwiw) was a C19th Irish Dr trolling a cold-water proponent. Our new #OpenAccess @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Man swims in cold water. Credit: Oleg Dubyna from Poltava, Ukraine. From Wikimedia, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license, see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Man_swims_in_cold_water_(34807325734).jpg

Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB MFPH @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · last yr.

Folk have been making overblown medical claims for cold water for a long-time. Turns out one of the first proposals for a controlled trial (on #scabies fwiw) was a C19th Irish Dr trolling a cold-water proponent. Our new #OpenAccess @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

WildHealth CIC @wildhealthcic.bsky.social · last yr.

Last day today of the Lewes exhibition showing of SURFACES. Learn how opening a clinic for forest peoples improved community health & enabling #conservation of 150 km² of biodiverse #rainforest (storing 1.5M tonnes of carbon). Photos @drjastockdale.bsky.social, story @drjmiddleton.bsky.social.

WildHealth CIC @wildhealthcic.bsky.social · 2y ago

Article by our Chair + friends @uniofbrighton.bsky.social evaluating tick hazard across #SouthDownsNationalPark, with action suggestions for land managers: wildhealth.org.uk/britains-nat... Funders: British Deer Society @britishecologicalsociety.org @royalsocbio.bsky.social #LymeDisease #Ticks

Survival International @survivalinternational.org · last yr.

⚠️ A health crisis is overwhelming the Yanomami people in Venezuela ⚠️ “We have a very, very serious pandemic that is attacking children. Diarrhoea, parasites, high fever. Children are bleeding from their noses.” - a Yanomami health agent from Mavaca.

Sussex Sustainability Research Programme (SSRP) @sussexsrp.bsky.social · last yr.

How has setting up a health clinic in Papua New Guinea protected 150 km² of rainforest from being destroyed by logging companies? 🏥 🌲 Find out in 'SURFACES', a multimedia exhibition which is part of the Climate Action! Festival at the Lewes Depot, from July 5: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

WildHealth CIC @wildhealthcic.bsky.social · last yr.

#WildernessFirstAid training to empower indigenous #biodiversity scientists to manage fieldwork injuries in New Guinea's threatened #rainforest. Explore project videos & articles: wildhealth.org.uk/papua-new-gu... Donate meds for Wanang #Conservation Area's clinic: wildhealth.org.uk/wanang

$Three indigenous biodiversity scientists on training on how to manage fieldwork injuries (pictured splinting fractures) in Papua New Guinea's threatened rainforest.$

Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB MFPH @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · last yr.

Exhibition tour begins on how we (@sussexsrp.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social + friends) opened a clinic for forest peoples, improving community health & enabling #conservation of 150 km² of biodiverse #rainforest (storing 1.5M tonnes of carbon). Photos @drjastockdale.bsky.social, story by me.

Exhibition poster: SURFACES: Integrating medicine, conservation, and climate action in Papua New Guinea’s threatened rainforests — a joint exhibition with photographs Dr Jessica Stockdale and story by Dr Jo Middleton. 5 – 17 July 2025, Depot, Lewes, East Sussex.

The verdant tropical rainforest of New Guinea is the third largest remaining on the planet. It is home to myriad unique species, and diverse human cultures speaking 800+ languages. However, these forests are being stripped away by multinational logging companies, and their populations face significant daily health challenges.

SURFACES is a free exhibition using photography, narrative, and video to tell the story of successful action in response to these crises. As part of an indigenous-led conservation alliance researchers have established medical services for forest peoples, funded by the UK Darwin Initiative and Sussex Sustainability Research Programme. This has improved community health, and enabled protection of 150 km² of biodiverse rainforest, storing 1.5 million tonnes of carbon.

This showing of SURFACES is being hosted by Depot, a charity-run cinema, restaurant, and bar in Lewes (East Sussex, UK), as part of its annual Climate Action Festival. If your not from the area, why not make a day of it and see the many historic sights of Lewes, recently ranked by The Telegraph as Britain’s prettiest town. Depot is next to Lewes train station (1 hr 2 mins direct train from London Victoria, travel directions).

Everyone is welcome, and please spread the word!

Exhibition details: https://wildhealth.org.uk/f/lewes-exhibition-about-conservation-health-in-papua-new-guinea#2ff73be2-315e-43f1-81c9-2bfea5f3652b

Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB MFPH @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · last yr.

Exhibition tour begins on how we (@sussexsrp.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social + friends) opened a clinic for forest peoples, improving community health & enabling #conservation of 150 km² of biodiverse #rainforest (storing 1.5M tonnes of carbon). Photos @drjastockdale.bsky.social, story by me.

Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB MFPH @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · last yr.

We published this paper 1yr ago today on #Tick hazard in the #SouthDownsNationalPark + how to control without reducing ecosystem health. Free-to-read in @peerj.bsky.social: peerj.com/articles/17483. Funding & support: @rsb.org.uk @southdownsnp.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org + others

Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB MFPH @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · last yr.

We published this paper 1yr ago today on #Tick hazard in the #SouthDownsNationalPark + how to control without reducing ecosystem health. Free-to-read in @peerj.bsky.social: peerj.com/articles/17483. Funding & support: @rsb.org.uk @southdownsnp.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org + others

Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB MFPH @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · 2y ago

Interview with myself by @sussexsrp.bsky.social about our @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social & @sussex.ac.uk #PlanetaryHealth project in #PapuaNewGuinea. Outlines how and why we are providing medical services to forest peoples to support their expansion of conservation areas. #ConservationBiology #OneHealth

Sussex Sustainability Research Programme (SSRP) @sussexsrp.bsky.social · 2y ago

Did you know that Papua New Guinea is home to the THIRD largest rainforest on Earth? 🌲 For #ForestDay, our researcher Jo Middleton of @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social tells us about their vital work combining forest protection and medical provision in the region. Read: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...