Working with LSHTM Environmental Health Group on research strategy, partnerships & policy in WASH 🌏💧💩. DrPH student. Mother of 2. Views my own.
Joined October 2013
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Meriel Flint-O’Kane retweeted
Interested in an #epidemiology #OneHealth #PhD at @LSHTM_EHG @LSHTM starting Oct 2024?
Apply now for our @OneZooCDT project 'Identifying exposure pathways for environmentally transmitted zoonoses in climate-vulnerable urban settlements in Brazil'!
#EpiTwitter #phdlife #rstats
Meriel Flint-O’Kane retweeted
To accelerate progress towards attaining SDG 5 - gender equality and 6 - clean water & sanitation, @APHRC & @LSHTM are hosting a convening on gender, sanitation, & quality of life. Our ED, @CKyobutungi attended the opening session, giving an overview of our work.
#WeAreAfrica
Using #LEGO to facilitate hygiene systems thinking=really fun+great way to visualize ideas 💡 These ones represent ideas for evidence needs to enable progress acceleration in hygiene systems for health @RGHIHygiene4All
#globalhealth #hygienesystems #funfacilitation
Happy @LSHTM_EHG team after a brilliant retreat; catching up, discussing future #WASHresearch priorities and #partnerships, lots of great career development chats & most importantly, pausing to #celebratesuccess as a team💧💩🎉
Everyone busy showing their #gratitude to colleagues in the @LSHTM_EHG wall of appreciation at our annual summer retreat. #KindnessMatters #TeamWork #WASHresearch
Meriel Flint-O’Kane retweeted
PLEASE SHARE THIS JOB W/ CLIMATE & HYGIENE PEOPLE
Assist. or Assoc. Prof (£50-70k) at @LSHTM_EHG
re: hygiene & climate / AMR / One Health
Are you a planetary health & hygiene expert?
👉 buff.ly/3nJwnYP
- full-time, funded for 2yrs
- £150k to develop new research
Meriel Flint-O’Kane retweeted
*Senior* job klaxon at @LSHTM_EHG re: hygiene & climate / AMR / One Health!
We’re seeking a planetary health & hygiene expert at Assistant or Assoc Prof level (£50-70k)
👉 jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.asp…
- full-time, funded for 2yrs
- £150k to develop new research
#WASHtwitter
Meriel Flint-O’Kane retweeted
Today 350 anaesthetists, trained purely in anaesthesia for the last 3 years, were turned down for the next stage of anaesthetics training in the UK. This is despite @RCoANews stating there is a "current shortage of 1400 anaesthetists in the UK"...🧵
Meriel Flint-O’Kane retweeted
🚨BREAKING: YOU DID IT!
We have agreed a two week period of calm after breakthroughs in talks covering:
- pensions
- ending zero hour contracts
- ending casualisation
- tackling workload
- pay
Watch and RT
#ucuRISING
Great to hear @julie_hennegan @RGHIHygiene4All Fellows meeting virtually to share study plans for #MenstrualHygiene cohort study in #Bangladesh thanks to #hybrid enabled global research gathering 🌏
Sitsofe Gbogbo @UHASGhana presenting on her work in adolescent #mentalhealth in relation to #menstrualhygiene for @RGHIHygiene4All Fellows meeting
Meriel Flint-O’Kane retweeted
Registration open for the (free!) WASH economics conference on 30-31 March at @LSHTM & on Zoom.
To stay updated about this year (& future) pls join the mailing list
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To register, in-person or online
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#WASHecon
Meriel Flint-O’Kane retweeted
PhD opportunity!
I have a project advertised in @LSHTM / Nagasaki Uni joint PhD prog
lshtm.ac.uk/study/research/n…
deadline *15 Jan*
the project aims to characterise uncertainty around (i) @JMPWASH estimates for water coverage; (ii) costs of piped water
lshtm.ac.uk/study/research/n…
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📢We are hiring! Role for outstanding research Programme Manager to help us deliver+drive fwd our portfolio of global WASH research. Busy+dynamic team based in Ldn+working with our brilliant international collaborators. More info 👉jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.asp… Deadline: 4th Dec
Great opportunity for #HealthEconomists to submit an abstract for this WASH Economics conference taking place in March 2023. Organised by @IanRossUK @AugsburgBritta
Hybrid and in person @LSHTM
Deadline for abstracts: 18th November
call for abstracts!
WASH Economics conference, 30-31 March 2023
Hybrid: London & Zoom
Full PDF call:
👉 washeconomics.com/conference…
- 300-400wd abstract by 18 Nov
- non-econs encouraged to submit
- funding for LMIC ECRs from @RoyalEconSoc
- free!
- @AugsburgBritta and I organising
As mum of 2 girls (1&3) who deals with 💩 a LOT, I loved learning about how mums around the world are disposing of their baby and toddler feces 🪣 🚽 and hearing positive outcomes from an intervention to improve safe disposal in Odisha, India. #UNCwaterandhealth #poounitesusall💩
Understanding scale of challenge for WASH in Ugandan schools: 58% of primary schools have drinking water facilities & 56% have access to hand washing facilities. $121million gap in the annual government budget for WASH provision in schools. #WASHinschools #UNCwaterandhealth
Closes today! Apply now to join the brilliant @jackie_knee at @LSHTM_EHG
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Great to be at #UNCwaterandhealth First session this morning by @UNICEF on their game plan to reach safely managed sanitation by 2030 #sanitationsystems #sanitationforall #WASH
Meriel Flint-O’Kane retweeted
We are seeking to appoint experts in global health research, and community engagement and involvement, to join Funding Committees for three of our programmes. Applications from individuals based in LMICs are welcome and encouraged. Apply to join: nihr.ac.uk/committees/profes…
