SIPHER developed systems science to reduce health inequalities by promoting healthy public policy. This account inactive after grant funding ended March 2025.
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SIPHER Consortium retweeted
Health and Sustainability : a panel discussion with Sir Michael Marmot #GlasgowChangingFutures
🗓️Tue 16th September, 4-6pm
📍Senate Room, Gilbert Scott Building, University of Glasgow
@MichaelMarmot @ManiraAhmad @P_H_S_Official
Register 👇buytickets.at/universityofgl…
SIPHER Consortium retweeted
Abstract submission is now open for #PreventionResearch26 4-5 March 2026
📄Abstracts are invited from all corners of the prevention research community
🎤 Oral/poster presentations, Symposia and Workshops
📅 Deadline: 10 Sept 2025.
Link in reply...
SIPHER Consortium retweeted
Innovating with people, places and communities - the PHI UK Annual Review 2024-25 is now available.
This Review captures the foundations being laid in our first year, and the ways in which our research is already making a difference.
Watch a short intro. Links in the reply.
SIPHER Consortium retweeted
We're very pleased to announce that PHI UK and the UKPRP Prevention Research Network will be hosting Prevention Research 2026 in Birmingham, 4-5 March.
Connecting research, policy and practice for health equity.
Register interest at preventionresearch26.co.uk/
#preventionresearch26
ALT Social media card. Reads as follows Prevention Research 2026, Birmingham, March 4-5th preventionresearch26.co.uk Connecting research, policy and practice for health equity [email protected] linktr.ee/prevention_research_26
SIPHER Consortium retweeted
"Health inequity is not an accident."
@WHO's new report looks at why health outcomes are so different for different people & confirms that to ⬇️avoidable health gaps we must address the non-medical root causes that shape most of our health and wellbeing.
WHO’s new report highlights how people with limited access to quality housing, education, and job opportunities have a higher risk of illness & death. Health inequity is not an accident. It is caused by the way society allocates resources & opportunities: bit.ly/44qC4Oi
SIPHER Consortium retweeted
📢How does housing affect children's health?
Come along to hear @amyclair503 present findings from #admindata in the UK and Australia.
📅17 June, 12.30pm
✍️Register now: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/r…
ALT MatCHNet webinar: Understanding associations between children’s housing and health using quantitative data Tuesday 17 June 12.30-1pm (BST) The Maternal and Child Health Network warmly invite you to join our lunchtime webinar series, which will showcase existing evaluations of policy in the early years. Amy Clair from the Australian Centre for Housing Research, University of Adelaide will use data from the UK and Australia to give an overview of the evidence linking children’s housing and health with an emphasis on the shift towards private renting that characterises housing in the UK and Australia.
SIPHER Consortium retweeted
How do we tackle health inequalities for our communities?
Our virtual public health conference taking place 1-3 April with @ADPHUK will explore this. We’ll have expert speakers, best practice and much more.
Sign up for free: orlo.uk/lQG4k
SIPHER Consortium retweeted
📣Join us for our sandpit event on the Built Environment & Population Mental Health, exploring how this shapes population mental health & inequalities.
📅Weds 5th March 12pm-5:30pm📍Manchester Uni.
We're hosting a Q&A webinar on Mon 3rd Feb 4pm. Register📥eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-built…
SIPHER Consortium retweeted
The Mental Wealth Initiative, in partnership with EBC, @hjerneradet, @epc_eu, @WorldBank, @BakerInstitute & @EMEAorg, proudly announce the release of their report, “The Value of Social Production in Norway,” during @wef in #Davos.
🔎 Read more: braincouncil.eu/social-produ…
SIPHER Consortium retweeted
Because the places where we live, work and play are so important for our health, we are working to support public health teams forge closer relationships with planning departments so that places can be developed with health & wellbeing in mind.
Visit ➡️bit.ly/3WmqMoq
Tens of millions of people feel their health is being made worse by the places they spend time. 🏘️
But what if this wasn't the case? What if our environments improved our health instead?
Today, we're calling for a change in how we think about health ➡️ ow.ly/XjSv50UBFaR
SIPHER Consortium retweeted
New paper from Local Health & Global Profits researchers: Why didn’t the ‘critical juncture’ of the COVID-19 pandemic lead to the re-integration of public health into urban development policy in England? tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… #phiuklhgp
ALT A screengrab of the abstract from the paper that can be read in the link.
SIPHER Consortium retweeted
📢🎓New Funded PhD Project at PHI UK: Policy Modelling for Health / University of Sheffield. Project will explore the use of public preferences to help develop a new Multi-Criteria Decision Modelling approach findaphd.com/phds/project/in…
SIPHER Consortium retweeted
With elections in Scotland and Wales approaching in 2026, Prof Ken Gibb (@Gibb6781) outlines pressing housing issues and opportunities for policy reform in the first in a new regular series of blogs about housing.
housingevidence.ac.uk/it-is-…
SIPHER Consortium retweeted
📢VACANCY
We are looking for an Executive Officer and Portfolio Manager to provide high-level research and administrative support to Prof Petra Meier and her team.
🔗gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/appoi…
🗓️Closing date: 4th December
#TeamUofG
ALT A stack of post-it notes with the words APPLY NOW! in bold
SIPHER Consortium retweeted
New publication: Community-based interventions on the social determinants of mental health in the UK: an umbrella review. Nia Williams, James B. Kirkbride. Journal of Public Mental Health doi.org/10.1108/JPMH-07-2024… #phiukpmh
SIPHER Consortium retweeted
Explore the dynamics of the UK #HousingMarket in this new publication co-authored by @CElsenbroich, @ajheppenstall, Yahya Gamal & Kashif Zia.
A Behavioural Agent-Based Model for Housing Markets: Impact of Financial Shocks in the UK
🔗jasss.org/27/4/5.html
#OpenAccess #ABMs
ALT Housing development panorama
SIPHER Consortium retweeted
Ahead of this week’s Budget, we have produced a briefing with our analysis of the current funding picture for the NHS, social care and public health.
Find it on our website 👇
health.org.uk/news-and-comme…
SIPHER Consortium retweeted
In his blog this month, ADPH President @felly500 shares his concerns about using weight-loss drugs to tackle the country's rising levels of obesity.
👀Read in full➡️adph.org.uk/2024/10/glp-1dru…
SIPHER Consortium retweeted
This new report from @HealthFdn provides a welcome opportunity to discuss how the #PublicHealth system can be strengthened to best promote and protect health and wellbeing for EVERYone⬇️⬇️
NEW: Our latest briefing calls for government action to address the challenges in England's fragmented public health system.
Prevention is key to the government’s health mission. Crucial to this is a system that is fit for purpose.
Read more ⬇️
health.org.uk/publications/l…
SIPHER Consortium retweeted
New report highlights challenges in addressing health and socio-economic inequalities in Scotland. There is a critical gap in evidence to determine whether policy is having expected impact.
Read analysis by our new Scottish Health Equity Research Unit 👇
scothealthequity.org/wp-cont…
ALT 'The work of SHERU will be critical in shaping the policy landscape in future years. By funding research and analysis to bring greater scrutiny to Scottish policy debates, the Health Foundation is hopeful that it can play a part in reversing the trends in health inequalities.' Chris Creegan, Programme Director at Driving improving health and reducing inequalities in Scotland programme