Final day of #SRNT2024 : UCL_Tobacco_Alcohol analysis of increasing patterns of non-cig smoking rates, led by Sarah Jackson & Jamie Brown. Find it at final poster session, now also published in N&TR: academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-ar…

New Social Biobehavioural Research Group paper BrainBehavImm. #loneliness is risk for increasing chronic inflammation. Social engagement maybe protective. Isolation less consistent. Stronger results in those w/ genetic MDD risk. Shown in two cohorts, venous & dried blood samples.

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Does it matter if you stopped smoking because you wanted to or felt obliged to? Exciting new analysis by UCL_Tobacco_Alcohol , led by Sharon Cox presented at #SRNT2024 !

📢Very excited to present in the CLOSER Emerging Longitudinal Scholars seminar in April, discussing my paper recently published in the European Journal of Epidemiology.
🔗link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Grateful to CLOSER for the initiative!Please register bellow 👇

Introducing the new L3 ECR fellowship group led by Dr. Florence Sheen Zeynep Nas & me!

Our aims:
✅Identifying funding
✅Advice on preparing applications from fellow ECRs
✅Friendly support & networking
✅Career development & more!

The Drink Less app, developed UCL, can help people cut down on unhealthy drinking more than the NHS alcohol advice webpage, finds a large randomised controlled trial led by Dr Melissa Oldham Behavioural Science & Health UCL & Dr Claire Garnett University of Bristol NIHR Research
ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/mar/…

Disentangling effects of social smokers. New UCL_Tobacco_Alcohol analysis at #SRNT2024 led by Dimitra Kale. Less dependent, more motivated to quit but no more likely to succeed! Targeted education may be needed.

Congratulations to Dr Jess Bone & Hei Wan (Karen) Mak who were awarded the UCL Grand Challenges Mental Health & Wellbeing Network and Community Building award to work on enhancing children & young people's arts & cultural engagement! 🎊

More about the awards 🔗 shorturl.at/qHOX3

Pleased to present at the #APS2024UK AmPsychosomSociety in #Brighton our work on #stress #HRV showing a protective effect of #Mediterranean #dietarychoices on #cognitiveperformance ✍️🙎‍♂️👨‍👨‍👧‍👧🙅‍♀️
with #EviStefanova Dr Ruth Hackett AndrewSteptoe Behavioural Science & Health UCL
BSMS Clinical Neuroscience
BSMS
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📢PUBLISHED TODAY - Our pilot trial findings exploring the feasibility & acceptability of the APPROACH intervention!🎉Read it➡️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ca…
#APPROACHRCT Behavioural Science & Health UCL UniLeedsMed&Health 💙 Primary & Palliative Care @ Leeds Dr Pippa Lally Dr Fiona Kennedy Abi Fisher Sue Smith Yorkshire Cancer Research

Counting down to close registrations!

⏳ Join us in celebrating #10YearsCBC on 10th April.

Last chance to register by 4th April midday.

Be part of the change: ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-chan…

Me in today’s The Guardian discussing the raising the age of sale, and other measures…

Lots of quotes, thanks for the insightful and engaged interview Archie Bland

amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

Exited to be taking about our learning on developing #socialprescribing pathways in #CAMHS (corresponding with the launch of our implementation manual to support those wanting to star SP!) UCL IEHC Behavioural Science & Health UCL Social Biobehavioural Research Group Social Prescribing Youth Network Social Prescribing Network London Social Prescribing 🧡 CISP_ICPS Anna Freud Evidence Based Practice Unit

Excellent presentation by Sarah Jackson on harm perceptions of e-cigarettes over time, the picture is poor and it has been getting worse. We cannot attribute the increase in vaping (in England) to people thinking it is harmless/low risk #srnt2024

VERY excited that the main findings from the Drink Less trial are out today.
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Open Access - Trends in purchasing cross-border, illicit and home-brewed alcohol: A population study in Great Britain, 2020–2023

Sarah Jackson Melissa Oldham Colin Angus John Holmes Jamie Brown

Behavioural Science & Health UCL SPECTRUM Research Consortium The University of Sheffield

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/da…

New blog post! 📰

Saoirse Finn, Research Fellow in Epidemiology & Statistics, shares how the We-EngAGE team are working with a cross-sector & interdisciplinary advisory group to explore leisure engagement & health. ✍️

Give it a read 👇 sbbresearch.org/we-engage-refi…

People with cancer in the UK are treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy less often than in comparable countries, according to two major new studies co-led by Prof YoryosLyratzopoulos & Dr Matthew Barclay Behavioural Science & Health UCL UCL IEHC, funded by Science and Innovation at Cancer Research UK Cancer Research UK Health Professionals bit.ly/3IrHHzr

wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/9-149… Very pleased to have our paper out w/ WellcomeOpenResearch, from my PhD. I conducted an ethnography across 4 different 'social prescribing' community groups (football, singing, gardening and reading), exploring mechanisms underlying their mental health impact

Important to see this study in context - what it can and cannot tell us. Some insightful expert reactions here: sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reactio…. Bottom line, this study does not show that vaping causes cancer! Science Media Centre UK Cancer Research UK Behavioural Science & Health UCL ASH KCL Nicotine Research Group