New on Bristol Medical School (BMS) #Sustainability blog📢 🟢BMS ranked 1st in the Planetary Health Report Card 2026 🟢Are AI chatbots really free? The environmental costs of Generative AI 🟢BMS commits to 100% vegetarian & vegan catering 🟢Plant sale raises £215 for city farm 👉 tinyurl.com/2humwmmv

In a new blog, we share for the first time work that we are doing alongside experts from @bristoluni.bsky.social's @ebibristol.bsky.social to strengthen processes for real-time child mortality surveillance. Read more here: elizabethblackwellinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2026/06/04/e...

🎉 Congratulations 🎉 to Prof @lucyselman.bsky.social who will be delivering her Inaugural Lecture @bristoluni.bsky.social, on 24 March 2026, 5-7pm. Title: 'Vulnerability as Strength: A journey in palliative care and bereavement research'. All welcome! 🎟️Tickets: tinyurl.com/6kfyjfwv @sapc.ac.uk

📢Coming up: Next in our webinar series:📢 'Tackling polypharmacy in primary care: Reflecting on learning from the IMPPP clinical trial' 📆Wednesday 25 March 2026 🕛1-2pm 🌐Online Contributors: Dr Jenny Scott, Dr Deborah McCahon & Prof Rupert Payne 👉 Register: tinyurl.com/2s4e4y3w #GPsky #PharmSky

📢Coming up: Next in our webinar series: 📢 'Improving mental health in primary care: novel psychological and pharmacological interventions' 📆Monday 26 Jan 2026 🕛1-2pm 🌐Online Contributors: Prof Nicola Wiles, @charlotte-archer.bsky.social & Dr Daniela Strelchuk 👉Register: tinyurl.com/3myjjyb2

🚀New £1m ‘data readiness’ funding call! 🛠️Organisations holding health and social care data in our region can apply for a share of £1m to make their data research ready through our #SDE. 👍Find out more here: www.southwestsde.nhs.uk/new-1m-fund-... #PoweredByNHSData #DataSavesLives #Research

New £1m fund to accelerate research access to data - southwestsde-nhs-uk

The South West Secure Data Environment (SDE) is encouraging organisations that hold health and social care data in the South West to share more of their data, to drive ground-breaking research and inn...

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Structural racism & cultural misunderstanding compound grief for Black British/Black Caribbean communities, study finds. Authors call for widespread changes to improve bereavement experiences & access to support. 📰News: tinyurl.com/yc5tvucm 📄Paper: tinyurl.com/2eremjs4 #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek

2025: Structural racism and cultural misunderstanding compound grief | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol

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📰News!🎉We are delighted to announce the launch of a new HPV Inform website for families & professionals about the HPV vaccine. The website will contribute to overcoming misinformation & provide access to information which can help protect teenage children’s health. More ▶️ tinyurl.com/3ueeex3n

⭐New Bristol Continuity of Care Calculator ⭐ helps GPs measure continuity of care - a key step towards improvement. 🔹The tool, developed by @chris-salisbury.bsky.social & colleagues, launched today. 🔹It's free, easy-to-use & works with UK GP practice systems. 👉 tinyurl.com/mvrrr34u #GPSky

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose a major global public health challenge. Yet, most of these risk factors are preventable. Learn about research exploring the prevalence of NCD risk factors in Bangladesh and the role schools can play in promoting health. tinyurl.com/424b4zp

How is grief experienced in ethnically diverse communities? And how well do current services meet the needs of all bereaved people? Join us to explore these questions in a special panel discussion for #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek on 4 December at 7pm: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

Working with Jean Golding Institute, we've provided University of Bristol researchers with pump priming funding to pursue innovative AI in health or biomedical research. Meet the new awardees and learn more: tinyurl.com/3d4s8eme @jgibristol.bsky.social #AI #Health #Biomedical #Research

📣Your voice matters in our research! Whether you're a patient, carer, young person, community member - we're looking for new members of our Public Advisory Group. You'll help shape our research. Register your interest: www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/PublicAdviso...

A brilliant example of why our #HealthIntegrationTeams are so effective! Bringing organisations together to help people like Howard, who are affected by stroke, go back to work. @sironacic.bsky.social @bristolafterstroke.bsky.social www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/helping...

Pioneering group helping stroke survivors get back to work - Bristol Health Partners

A ground-breaking group in Bristol is helping stroke survivors prepare for returning to work. Sirona‘s Integrated Community Stroke Service piloted eight weekly group sessions as part of its rehabilita...

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GPs need training to spot perimenopause-related #MentalHealth issues - new research by Jo Burgin et al. published in @bjgp.bsky.social. Both patients and doctors frequently miss the connection between mood changes & hormonal shifts during #perimenopause, the study found. News: tinyurl.com/mpnv2j2d

2025: GPs need training to spot perimenopause-related mental health issues | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol

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Webinar: Evaluating impact in Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE). Join us for this FREE 90-minute session on the different approaches to evaluating PPIE in health research, led by PPIE experts. 📆Tues 21 Oct 2025, 1-2.30pm Register: tinyurl.com/5xvmpdmw @nihrspcr.bsky.social

@bristoluni.bsky.social Applications are open for our RDICA Funding Scheme, which supports collaborative research development between UoB and international researchers. Deadline 1st November 2025. Find out more: www.bristol.ac.uk/internationa...

🧠 Mental health literacy found to be a key factor in how CBT for depression works. New research by @charlotte-archer.bsky.social & colleagues published in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. 📰Read the news: tinyurl.com/y5kmv6jj #MentalHealth #CBT #Depression #HealthLiteracy @nihrspcr.bsky.social

2025: Mental health literacy found to be a key factor in how CBT for depression works | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol

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Find out how Dr Emma Anderson's research is improving vaccine conversations between doctors and parents in Azerbaijan. She's now working with the WHO to create online training to reach health workers across many countries. @emma-anderson.bsky.social #vaccines Read about it: tinyurl.com/3r5b8c9v

💈Today on the BBC: Barbers and hairdressers in Bristol are encouraging people to talk about sexually transmitted diseases. Keep up the great work Common Ambition Bristol🙌🏿 #Sexualhealthweek #SHW25 nihrarcs.bsky.social shipsexhealth.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Interested in exploring how climate change impacts our health? 🌍 🌡️ Don't miss this seminar on the effects of rising temperatures on the health of humans and other species on 17 September. Open to all online, or in person for University of Bristol staff and students. @cabot-institute.bsky.social

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Join us for this online seminar on the effects of rising temperatures on the health of humans and other species. The event will be of particular interest to those working at the intersection of climate change and health. More information: www.bristol.ac.uk/cabot/events...

Experts urge the medical profession to confront the global arms industry. In a new @bmj.com series uncovering the role of the arms trade in health, Mark Bellis, Gene Feder & colleagues call for greater scrutiny of its health-harming activities & relationship with governments. tinyurl.com/yc5mu9xb

🚀 The University of Bristol has been named Research University of the Year 2026! 🎓 We’ve also jumped to 8th in the overall league table! Learn more about the Daily Mail University Guide 👉 brnw.ch/21wUUUA

🧑‍🦰Are you a member of the public working with health researchers? 🧑‍🦱Or who would you like to to learn about becoming involved in health research? Join the People in Health West of England Public Contributors' Community Gathering 👇 24 September, 11am-3pm www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/people-in-he...

People in Health West of England Community Gathering - Bristol Biomedical Research Centre

This annual event is to thank our patient and public contributors for working with health researchers and clinicians to help improve health and access to healthcare for everyone across the West of Eng...

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Interested in exploring how climate change impacts our health? 🌍 🌡️ Don't miss this seminar on the effects of rising temperatures on the health of humans and other species on 17 September. Open to all online, or in person for University of Bristol staff and students. @cabot-institute.bsky.social

Cabot Institute for the Environment@cabot-institute.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Join us for this online seminar on the effects of rising temperatures on the health of humans and other species. The event will be of particular interest to those working at the intersection of climate change and health. More information: www.bristol.ac.uk/cabot/events...

🙌🏽More REACT classes coming to Bristol, North Somerset and South Glos! REACT is the evidence-based exercise programme which helps people to keep moving as they age. Thanks to @vivensa.bsky.social for funding this new @unibirmingham.bsky.social implementation study. bit.ly/3HqQcxQ

Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB joins national rollout of groundbreaking exercise programme REACT - Bristol Health Partners

Older people in and around Bristol will soon be able to benefit from REtirement in ACTion (REACT), a group-based exercise programme proven to support people to improve and maintain their mobility and ...

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Globalisation is causing profound changes in the health landscape in ways which are not yet fully understood. We funded research focussing on international research partnerships to tackle global health issues. Read about the findings: elizabethblackwellinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/07/09/g...

A whole year of impact summarised in 90 seconds? ✅ Thank you to everyone in our partnership and beyond who has helped us to achieve all this (and much more!) in 2024-25. For even more about the impact we're making to health and care locally, go to bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/impact