Shelina Visram
@ShelinaVisram
Senior lecturer in #PublicHealth @UniofNewcastle | Member @SocSocMed @fuse_online @NIHRSPHR @NIHR_ARC_NENC | #inequalities | #SDoH | #qualresearch | Own views
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This is not true - we’ve had to wait 28mins and people on the other platform have been waiting longer. Anyone trying to use Tyne and Wear Metro this weekend can claim a refund if they wait longer than 15mins: nexus.org.uk/metro/tickets/…
Congratulations to everyone on this list, including one of my fantastic PhD students Cara Leavey. Great to see inspiring women at all levels being recognised here. Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all 🥳
Excellent blog by Peter van der Graaf 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇬🇧 and others, on the importance of talking about and learning from our failures 👏🏽
Such a romantic way to spend our 8th wedding anniversary - attending the same NIHR Research funding webinar Phil Hodgson 😆 ❤️
Research request: Are you involved in running a UK #babybank ? Please take a few minutes to complete our survey: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/newcastle/an…. There is the option to enter a prize draw & take part in a follow-up interview. Please RT Little Village Baby Bank Network Bristol Baby Basics
Excited to see our paper published. This review provides evidence based information for stakeholders and will hopefully help to inform decision making around the ban of energy drink consumption among CYP.
Thanks Prof Amelia A Lake
Shelina Visram Annabel van Griethuysen
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Experts call for urgent Government action as Fuse research shows that energy drinks are associated with increased risk of mental health issues in children & young people.
New paper published today Public Health led by Fuse Associate Director Prof Amelia A Lake
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In our new Fuse paper published today in Public Health we review the health outcomes associated with children and young people’s consumption of Energy Drinks (EDs). Shelina Visram Chinwendu Ajibo Annabel van Griethuysen Teesside University Newcastle University
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Had to get an Uber to the airport on Tuesday morning after the metro was a no-show. Landed back in the UK, dashed out of the airport, tried to change to a St James metro and… now I’m in an Uber again. At least Tyne and Wear Metro is consistent (= consistently delayed) 🙄
Saw this #energydrinks cabinet in a Helsinki supermarket and of course thought of Prof Amelia A Lake. In Finland, children and young people under 15 years aren’t sold energy drinks due to risk of addiction and other negative effects: yle.fi/a/3-10021510#:….
‘Healthy, happy children is not something nice to have, it’s a basic right that has economic urgency.’
Well, this is refreshing to read & the importance of child health recognised by Keir Starmer
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Today's The Michael Marmot Institute of Health Equity UCL report shows that health is mostly determined by our social circumstances.
The next Gvt must introduce a dedicated health inequalities strategy & consider the health impact of EVERY decision so that everyone has an opportunity to live a long, healthy life.
