How do economic policies shape health and health inequalities? And how can robust evidence support better policymaking? At @phiuk.bsky.social Policy Modelling for Health we're bringing together expertise, partnerships and innovative modelling to answer these important questions. Want to learn more👇

Our July newsletter is out. This month, we're highlighting key developments on the #CommercialDeterminantsOfHealth – the ways businesses influence our health. mailchi.mp/updates.bath...

🎲 Can a board game help explain how policy shapes our lives? Our latest blog by Reese Green, our Data Visualiser explores how Simulation Station brought microsimulation modelling to the public sparking conversations about inequality, opportunity and health. Read more: www.phiuk.org/blogs/pmfh-f...

📢 Our Director @pmeierprof.bsky.social is co-author on a new systematic review from @ioppublishing.bsky.social exploring how spatial microsimulation can help estimate the health impacts of climate change to support better policy decisions. Read: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Estimating the health impacts of climate change for policy decision-support: a systematic review of spatial microsimulation methods

Estimating the health impacts of climate change for policy decision-support: a systematic review of spatial microsimulation methods, Brunn, Ariel A, Picetti, Roberto, Ferguson, Lauren, Ruiz, Francis, ...

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🎥 New on the Equalise YouTube channel: Professor @zetkin.bsky.social explores why evidence doesn't always translate neatly into policy, and what alternative models can teach us about research impact. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSfc... How can researchers better influence policy? #Policy

Alternative Models of the Research/Policy Relationship: Equalise seminar with Mel Bartley

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The @rcpch.bsky.social has published its State of Child Health report today. Three of the indicators - obesity, asthma, mental health - show how children's health is influenced by the environments they grow up in, including food systems, air quality and social media. www.rcpch.ac.uk/work-we-do/s...

📢 Our team has co-authored a new Editorial introducing a Special Issue in Geographical Analysis to highlight how new data, methods & interdisciplinary research can deepen our understanding of health inequalities—and why evidence must be matched by political commitment and action. Read:👇

A warm welcome to Tom, Amy and Hazel. Delighted to be part of this exciting @phiuk.bsky.social initiative. There are still a few spaces available for funded fellowships please get in touch if have an active interest in population health policy challenges we are looking to address.

Population Health Improvement UK@phiuk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Three more Policy Professionals join PHI UK / CSaP Policy Fellowship Cohort. In this programme, Fellows are undertaking a two-year programme with a tailored programme of one-to-one meetings shaped around their policy questions and interests. www.phiuk.org/news/three-m...

📢Join Prof Nik Lomax at the International Microsimulation Association World Congress in Brussels for his #SyntheticData workshop exploring how synthetic populations can address data gaps and support policy modelling & research. 📅 1 July 2026 | 9:00am | P61 ima26.brussels/blog/workshop_nik/

Creating and Utilising Synthetic Population Data: Examples, Innovations and Pitfalls

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Congratulations to our Director, @pmeierprof.bsky.social, on being elected to the @fphuk.bsky.social Fellowship through Distinction at a ceremony in London last week. This prestigious honour recognises Petra's outstanding contribution to public health research, advocacy and policy impact. 👏

🎥 Webinar recording - Thanks to all who joined SimPaths: A dynamic microsimulation model with our researcher Dr David Sonnewald @cempaessex.bsky.social introducing us to this open-source framework for modelling individual and household life-course events Watch youtu.be/fqfNmjTWUEA

SimPaths: A dynamic microsimulation model for life courses

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Excited to be part of Day 1 at the Glasgow Science Festival 2026! Join our research team from @uofgshw.bsky.social at the Riverside Museum today (11am–3pm) to try Simulation Station and explore how choices and policies shape lives. For more about our work: www.phiuk.org/policy-modelling-for-health

Can employability programmes improve health as well as employment outcomes? Drawing on participatory research with young people in Inverclyde, this blog explores what a ‘health-promoting’ approach to employability support might look like. www.phiuk.org/news/blogs/p...

Adding our warmest congratulations from all the Policy Modelling for Health team. We are delighted that our Director, Professor Petra Meier, has today been elected a Fellow of the prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences. @acmedsci.bsky.social @pmeierprof.bsky.social @phiuk.bsky.social

School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow@uofgshw.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Congratulations to Professors Frances Mair and Petra Meier who have been elected as Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences in recognition of their world-changing public health research. @acmedsci.bsky.social @francesmair.bsky.social @pmeierprof.bsky.social www.gla.ac.uk/schools/heal...

Lunchtime Webinar | 21 May, 12:30pm SimPaths: a dynamic microsimulation model for life courses. Join Dr David Sonnewald for an introduction to this important open-source model and how it helps us evaluate policy impacts on health and inequality. 30–40 mins Plus Q&A 👉 Register now - bit.ly/424eunV

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Join us for the online workshop "New Evidence on Benefit Take-Up: Determinants, Measurement, and Policy Implications" on Tuesday, 19 May, 10:00-12:00 (UK time). More information and the registration form are available here: www.microsimulation.ac.uk/about/events...

New Evidence on Benefit Take-Up: Determinants, Measurement, and Policy Implications - Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis

Online workshop, Tuesday 19 May 10am-12pm This online workshop brings together researchers and policy analysts to discuss new evidence on benefit take-up. The programme is comprised of two parts: 1.…

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📄 NEW - young people's transition from school to work has lasting effects on whether they own a home or assets by their early 30s, with family background a factor - by @vincentrramos.bsky.social and @ann-berrington.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social Full story: www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_...

In today's @healthmod.bsky.social meeting we had a very constructive conversation (prompted by @profkatsmith.bsky.social & @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social) about not using 'NEET' as a noun. The 'NEET rate' is, I think, similarly problematic (and sounds unhappily like an infectious disease).

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The UK’s NEET rate was already high by EU standards in 2019, and has risen further since. So, simply reversing recent trends alone must not be the limit of policy makers’ ambitions. Read our latest report examining the UK's rising NEET rate➡️ buff.ly/gABGpwv

🚨Final week to get your application in for our funded UK PhD opportunity with @healthmod.bsky.social exploring methods of incorporating public preferences into public health policy decision making using Multi-Criteria Decision Modelling - Deadline is Monday 11 May 2026

Policy Modelling For Health@healthmod.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📢 Funded PhD opportunity @sheffielduni.bsky.social (UK students) Explore methods of incorporating public preferences into public health policy decision making using Multi-Criteria Decision Modelling as part our team - Apply by 11 May 👇 #PhD #PublicHealth #MCDM

🎥 Webinar recording now available - Thanks to all who joined - The Health and Wellbeing Effects of Wealth Poverty in Great Britain from our @uofgshw.bsky.social Researchers. An insight as to what wealth poverty means for self-rated health and wellbeing. ▶️ Watch the recording: youtu.be/eXlc3UIF-0c

The health and wellbeing effects of wealth poverty in Great Britain

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Still time to join us today. How does living without a financial safety net affect health and wellbeing in Great Britain? Find out more at our lunchtime webinar 🗓 Today | 12:30 | 30–40 mins 🎤 Rebeka Balogh & Sarah Amele 👉 Register: bit.ly/4uWvtWK #PublicHealth #HealthInequalities #Policy

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Policy Modelling For Health@healthmod.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Research shows severe wealth poverty takes a real toll on health and wellbeing in GB. Want to know how living without a financial safety net affects wellbeing and self-rated health? Join our lunchtime webinar Tue 21 April | 12:30 | 30–40 mins Rebeka Balogh & Sarah Amele 👉 Register bit.ly/4uWvtWK

📢 Funded PhD opportunity @sheffielduni.bsky.social (UK students) Explore methods of incorporating public preferences into public health policy decision making using Multi-Criteria Decision Modelling as part our team - Apply by 11 May 👇 #PhD #PublicHealth #MCDM

Research shows severe wealth poverty takes a real toll on health and wellbeing in GB. Want to know how living without a financial safety net affects wellbeing and self-rated health? Join our lunchtime webinar Tue 21 April | 12:30 | 30–40 mins Rebeka Balogh & Sarah Amele 👉 Register bit.ly/4uWvtWK

The health and wellbeing effects of wealth poverty in Great Britain

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Policy models are meant to inform real-world decisions, but who gets to shape them? Our new review shows public involvement in computational modelling is still narrow—focused on experts, split between light feedback and rigid formats. We suggest more inclusive, ongoing, and power-aware engagement 👇

A productive Policy Modelling for Health Full Team Meeting in Leeds over the last two days. A valuable chance to reconnect face-to-face with colleagues and review progress at our programme midpoint. Really excited about our future plans! @phiuk.bsky.social

🎉Congratulations to our three colleagues who have reecently been elected Fellows of the @acadsocsciences.bsky.social -FAcSS 🎉 @celsenbroich.bsky.social 🎉 Prof Alison Heppenstall 🎉 @profellenstu.bsky.social Recognised for outstanding contributions to social science research, policy and practice.

As we move into the final afternoon at @phiuk.bsky.social, UKPRP, @nihr.bsky.social, #preventionresearch26 our team has three excellent presentations - AI and how modelling can transform policy decision-making - How we are harnessing systems modelling - New tools for policy analyses. Details 👇

Day 2 #preventionresearch26 and first up this morning we have Jonny Stokes & Daniel Kopasker from our Causal Estimation team with Best practices for building trust in public health policy modelling (ID:129) 11:00–12:00📍 E5 Symposium | Vox 5 And please don't forget to visit our two posters 👇

And we are pleased our PhD student Ilana McQuillan Booth will also be engagaing aduiences Boardroom 2 from 2pm #preventionresearch26 "What are the impacts of childhood low-income and Adverse Childhood Experiences on health outcomes in adulthood for women in high-income countries? (ID: 94)

If you are at #Preventionresearch26 then we encourage you to visit Parallel Session B in Vox 3 and listen to two presentations by members of our @healthmod.bsky.social team looking at health and wellbeing effects of wealth poverty and local, exploring how regional & national policy powers interact