Elizabeth Blackwell Institute
Interdisciplinary health research institute at the University of Bristol. We drive innovation in research to improve health for all.
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- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute📢Coming up: Next in our webinar series: 📢 'Improving mental health in primary care: novel psychological and pharmacological interventions' 📆Monday 26 Jan 2026 🕛1-2pm 🌐Online Contributors: Prof Nicola Wiles, @charlotte-archer.bsky.social & Dr Daniela Strelchuk 👉Register: tinyurl.com/3myjjyb2
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute🚀New £1m ‘data readiness’ funding call! 🛠️Organisations holding health and social care data in our region can apply for a share of £1m to make their data research ready through our #SDE. 👍Find out more here: www.southwestsde.nhs.uk/new-1m-fund-... #PoweredByNHSData #DataSavesLives #Research
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteStructural racism & cultural misunderstanding compound grief for Black British/Black Caribbean communities, study finds. Authors call for widespread changes to improve bereavement experiences & access to support. 📰News: tinyurl.com/yc5tvucm 📄Paper: tinyurl.com/2eremjs4 #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute📰News!🎉We are delighted to announce the launch of a new HPV Inform website for families & professionals about the HPV vaccine. The website will contribute to overcoming misinformation & provide access to information which can help protect teenage children’s health. More ▶️ tinyurl.com/3ueeex3n
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute⭐New Bristol Continuity of Care Calculator ⭐ helps GPs measure continuity of care - a key step towards improvement. 🔹The tool, developed by @chris-salisbury.bsky.social & colleagues, launched today. 🔹It's free, easy-to-use & works with UK GP practice systems. 👉 tinyurl.com/mvrrr34u #GPSky
- Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose a major global public health challenge. Yet, most of these risk factors are preventable. Learn about research exploring the prevalence of NCD risk factors in Bangladesh and the role schools can play in promoting health. tinyurl.com/424b4zp
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteHow is grief experienced in ethnically diverse communities? And how well do current services meet the needs of all bereaved people? Join us to explore these questions in a special panel discussion for #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek on 4 December at 7pm: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...
- Working with Jean Golding Institute, we've provided University of Bristol researchers with pump priming funding to pursue innovative AI in health or biomedical research. Meet the new awardees and learn more: tinyurl.com/3d4s8eme @jgibristol.bsky.social #AI #Health #Biomedical #Research
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute📣Your voice matters in our research! Whether you're a patient, carer, young person, community member - we're looking for new members of our Public Advisory Group. You'll help shape our research. Register your interest: www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/PublicAdviso...
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteA brilliant example of why our #HealthIntegrationTeams are so effective! Bringing organisations together to help people like Howard, who are affected by stroke, go back to work. @sironacic.bsky.social @bristolafterstroke.bsky.social www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/helping...
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteGPs need training to spot perimenopause-related #MentalHealth issues - new research by Jo Burgin et al. published in @bjgp.bsky.social. Both patients and doctors frequently miss the connection between mood changes & hormonal shifts during #perimenopause, the study found. News: tinyurl.com/mpnv2j2d
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute❓ What has ARC West achieved since it formed 6 years ago? 👉 Follow #6YearsOfARCWest to find out… In the last 6 years, we have: 👨⚕️ Carried out 202 projects 📓 Published 596 papers 👉 Read more: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/six-years-of... #ARCimpacts
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteWebinar: Evaluating impact in Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE). Join us for this FREE 90-minute session on the different approaches to evaluating PPIE in health research, led by PPIE experts. 📆Tues 21 Oct 2025, 1-2.30pm Register: tinyurl.com/5xvmpdmw @nihrspcr.bsky.social
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute@bristoluni.bsky.social Applications are open for our RDICA Funding Scheme, which supports collaborative research development between UoB and international researchers. Deadline 1st November 2025. Find out more: www.bristol.ac.uk/internationa...
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute🧠 Mental health literacy found to be a key factor in how CBT for depression works. New research by @charlotte-archer.bsky.social & colleagues published in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. 📰Read the news: tinyurl.com/y5kmv6jj #MentalHealth #CBT #Depression #HealthLiteracy @nihrspcr.bsky.social
- Find out how Dr Emma Anderson's research is improving vaccine conversations between doctors and parents in Azerbaijan. She's now working with the WHO to create online training to reach health workers across many countries. @emma-anderson.bsky.social #vaccines Read about it: tinyurl.com/3r5b8c9v
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute💈Today on the BBC: Barbers and hairdressers in Bristol are encouraging people to talk about sexually transmitted diseases. Keep up the great work Common Ambition Bristol🙌🏿 #Sexualhealthweek #SHW25 nihrarcs.bsky.social shipsexhealth.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute🎨Join our webinar 'Building ideas: Using creative and inclusive techniques in research' on 6 Nov 🖍️Discover how creative methods, from LEGO to drawing, can transform research. 🤓Researchers will share practical examples, insights and ethical reflections www.eventbrite.com/e/1691048394...
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteExperts urge the medical profession to confront the global arms industry. In a new @bmj.com series uncovering the role of the arms trade in health, Mark Bellis, Gene Feder & colleagues call for greater scrutiny of its health-harming activities & relationship with governments. tinyurl.com/yc5mu9xb
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute🚀 The University of Bristol has been named Research University of the Year 2026! 🎓 We’ve also jumped to 8th in the overall league table! Learn more about the Daily Mail University Guide 👉 brnw.ch/21wUUUA
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute🧑🦰Are you a member of the public working with health researchers? 🧑🦱Or who would you like to to learn about becoming involved in health research? Join the People in Health West of England Public Contributors' Community Gathering 👇 24 September, 11am-3pm www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/people-in-he...
- Interested in exploring how climate change impacts our health? 🌍 🌡️ Don't miss this seminar on the effects of rising temperatures on the health of humans and other species on 17 September. Open to all online, or in person for University of Bristol staff and students. @cabot-institute.bsky.social
- Join us for this online seminar on the effects of rising temperatures on the health of humans and other species. The event will be of particular interest to those working at the intersection of climate change and health. More information: www.bristol.ac.uk/cabot/events...
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute🙌🏽More REACT classes coming to Bristol, North Somerset and South Glos! REACT is the evidence-based exercise programme which helps people to keep moving as they age. Thanks to @vivensa.bsky.social for funding this new @unibirmingham.bsky.social implementation study. bit.ly/3HqQcxQ
- Globalisation is causing profound changes in the health landscape in ways which are not yet fully understood. We funded research focussing on international research partnerships to tackle global health issues. Read about the findings: elizabethblackwellinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/07/09/g...
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteA whole year of impact summarised in 90 seconds? ✅ Thank you to everyone in our partnership and beyond who has helped us to achieve all this (and much more!) in 2024-25. For even more about the impact we're making to health and care locally, go to bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/impact
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute📰News!📰 New research shows worldwide scale of HCV among babies & children. “Given the availability of effective medicine & further progress in this field, it’s vital that testing & diagnosis rates improve so more people can be treated & cured.” ➡️ bit.ly/4oh4zFI #WorldHepatitisDay @nihr.bsky.social
- Read our latest guest blog to hear what @bristoluni.bsky.social Master’s student, Hasini De Silva, learnt at our recent AI in Health workshops: tinyurl.com/ux7da59f ▶️ You can watch all the talks from our #AI in #Health workshop series on our YouTube playlists: www.youtube.com/@EBIHealthRe...
- In our latest Bulletin: ▶️AI & Health workshops - talk recordings & blog 🤝International research partnerships 🫀Heart failure & physical activity ⌚Smartwatch technology 🌧️Flood & drought risk 🌍Research voices from Zimbabwe 🧠Cognition & industry 🤖Explainable AI in healthcare mailchi.mp/bristol/eliz...
- Technology Secretary Peter Kyle "flicked the switch" on Isambard-AI machine - UK's most powerful supercomputer, saying AI will enable 'huge, unimaginable advances in the cure of disease'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Read our related blog - AI to develop vaccines thanks to world-leading supercomputer: elizabethblackwellinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/03/11/a...
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute📰In the news!📰 📢Continuing to #vaccinate for #mpox through a routine targeted programme for #gay & #bisexual men delivered by sexual health services will greatly reduce the number of cases & save the #NHS millions, new research has found. More➡️ bit.ly/402nw4m @bristoluni.bsky.social
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute1/3 Coming up: Life in a Coastal Town - a new free exhibition exploring #MentalHealth and community, Weston Museum, Weston-super-Mare, 8-17 July 2025. The exhibition shares original artwork by local people exploring their experiences during some of life's toughest times. More info: bit.ly/4ltc4H8
- 📢 AI in Health funding available 📢 Pump-priming funding call open to University of Bristol researchers to support innovative applications of AI in health or biomedical research. Closing date: 9 Sep 2025 More info: www.bristol.ac.uk/blackwell/wh... @jgibristol.bsky.social
- A packed day of talks, discussion and networking to explore how Data Science and AI can help to inform early detection, more accurate diagnosis, and personalised treatment strategies for Congenital heart disease (CHD). #data #AI #health #research @jgibristol.bsky.social
- Harnessing AI and Data Science in Congenital Heart Disease 📆 09:30–15:30, 9 July, Wills Memorial Building 📝 Registration: tinyurl.com/4jvs9u7w Collaborators: @ebibristol.bsky.social, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social, and University Hospitals Bristol & Weston
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute"People who work in research don't look like me. I want to change that." Meet Connie, team member, clinical research nurse and @nihr.bsky.social Senior Research Leader. www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/constan... #nursing #inclusion #research @researchnbt.bsky.social
- Such important research. Dr Eunice Lo is part of a community of experts looking at the health impacts of our changing climate. You can find out more here: www.bristol.ac.uk/blackwell/wh...
- ☀️Heatwaves☀️, like the one we're having this week, will be made even more dangerous by climate change. Dr @eunicelo.bsky.social is on a mission to map how heat can affect people living in cities like Bristol. #heatwave @bristoluni.bsky.social @ebibristol.bsky.social
- We caught up with Jack Mellor, Professor of Neuroscience at the School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience at the University of Bristol to find out about his research journey, and how his lab collaborates with other departments, clinicians and industry partners. tinyurl.com/ms629j7j
- Many congratulations 🎉 to @eunicelo.bsky.social and @climatedann.bsky.social who have been jointly presented with the RMetS Award for Impact 2024! Climate change is affecting our health - University of Bristol research is helping us understand and adress these impacts. More: tinyurl.com/3e9e3rcf
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteWould you know what to do or say if someone you know is, or may be, experiencing domestic abuse? A new 'Friends and Family Handbook' written by @dralisongregory.bsky.social and published by @womensaid.bsky.social gives advice & support. Find out more: bit.ly/3ZdG6WV #DomesticAbuse #VAWG
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute📢 Bookings are now open for the Festival of Digital Health! The Festival will run from Monday 30 June - Friday 4 July with events taking place in Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter. View the full programme here: leap-digital-health-hub.github.io/festival/ Keep reading for some regional highlights 👇
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute📢Register now to attend the first in a series of Climate Change and Health seminars which will be of particular interest to those working at the intersection of climate change and health. Registration link for viewing online: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/fff0d7....
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteBristol Data Week, @gw4alliance.bsky.social AI and Data Science: AI, Climate and Health This event will provide an insight into how AI has become an integral part of tackling climate and health solutions. Register your free place now: tinyurl.com/4nfxu4uc #BristolDataWeek2025 #BDW2025
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteOpen to all: daily networking lunches during Bristol Data Week🥪 The themes include: 🌦️ Climate and AI 🩻 Health and AI 👨💻 AI and Society 💡 Research Collaboration 👩🏫 Careers in Data Science and AI Register now: 2ly.link/26AmK #BDW2025 #BristolDataWeek2025
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute🚀Just launched! Our How-To Guide on how to use co-developed theatre for disseminating research on sensitive subjects. 🎭Download the guide www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/how-to-guide/ 📃Read @thebeetlebox.bsky.social's blog about how the guide came about www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/like-russian...
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute🚨New blog🚨In 2022, to increase access to Blood-Borne Virus (BBV) testing in areas with very high #HIV prevalence, NHS England introduced routine opt-out testing for HIV & #Hepatitis B&C in emergency departments. Read more about optimising this method➡️ bit.ly/44oaUaJ @jhorwood.bsky.social
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteWant to know what's in store for Brsitol Data Week 2025? We partnered with @beestonmedia.bsky.social to create our latest Bristol Data Week promotional video. Check out the video to find out what kind of sessions you can expect this year: tinyurl.com/4a74u69f #BristolDataWeek2025 #BDW2025
- Fantastic to hear from so many different experts at our AI in Health: socio-digital transformation, ethics and governance workshop this week. It provided a space to learn about current research and explore opportunities for new collaborations. We'll be sharing recordings of the talks soon ▶️
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteRegistration for this year's Bristol Data Week at @bristoluni.bsky.social is now open! Join us from 2 - 6 June as we showcase exciting data science research through a range of free seminars and workshops. Check out the full schedule now: 2ly.link/26AmK #BDW2025 #BristolDataWeek2025
- AI is set to transform healthcare decision-making, but building trust remains crucial. Our latest guest blog explains research aiming to evaluate how clinicians understand and interact with explainable AI to improve patient care. elizabethblackwellinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/04/17/e...
- Great to have supported this work. The findings will inform primary and community care professionals about what services and advice should be available.
- How can health professionals support people with heart failure who want to be physically active? Findings from the HAPPY Study published in #BMJOpen reveal what people with heart failure need, recommending a personalised approach that focuses on both physical & mental health. bit.ly/3Ec6Uzm #GPSky
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteNew research to support a thriving health and care workforce has been launched. The NIHR-funded Same Day and Urgent Care (SURGE) Workforce Research Partnership is led by @chcr-uwe.bsky.social & a collaboration with CAPC + 7 other UK academic institutions/2 NHS Trusts. Find out more: bit.ly/4lmmKIf
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- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute🎭Theatre can bring research to life. But if the research is on a sensitive subject, it must be produced with care. 🔍Join us on 15 May for a webinar to launch a new how-to guide to co-developed theatre for disseminating research on sensitive subjects. bit.ly/3XZnitx
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteA powerful new film shines light on the healthcare responses to violence against women in low-resource countries. The film, created through the HERA Study, documents the transformative potential of healthcare systems to support women affected by domestic violence. Watch: youtu.be/JzJ_0118Toc?...
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteHow we can ensure #AI development doesn’t deepen global inequities but instead helps bridge them? Kerstin Nothnagel sets out three strategies in this new blog. i2insights.org/2025/04/08/a... @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @ebibristol.bsky.social #HealthInequalities
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute🎬Our new film is a must watch for anyone working with people affected by #stroke. @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social @bristolafterstroke.bsky.social @researchnbt.bsky.social www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/stroke-...
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteNew guide to conducting personalised annual reviews for people with multiple long-term conditions published. The approach, developed by CAPC & @arc-west.bsky.social researchers, involves conducting a ‘whole-person’ review instead of individual disease-specific reviews. bit.ly/3FDiKTo #PrimaryCare
- Results of Bristol-led research show that new smartwatch technology could help people give up smoking. The study tested a custom smartwatch which used in-built motion sensors to detect typical smoking movements. elizabethblackwellinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/03/25/s...
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteIncludes important issues around: 🧩Fragmentation ⚙️Taskification 🩺➡️📲Deprofessionalisation 🔀Complexification 📡 Distanciation 🌍Disembedding 🎭Responsibilisation 🤖Facsimilisation Intrigued? Watch @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social's @ebibristol.bsky.social lecture here:
- An opportunity to watch a recording of the 2025 @ebibristol.bsky.social Annual Public Lecture given last month by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social on 'Healthcare in the Digital Age: A new era of inequality?'. ⬇️
- ▶️ Watch our 2025 public lecture with @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social Her thought-provoking talk on digital health inequalities included fascinating insights and character case studies to highlight how healthcare needs to be developed to include and serve everyone. youtu.be/dZm8Fh9W-io?...
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute🚨New blog🚨Drug deaths are rising in the UK. Many of these deaths involve a combination of #opioids & #benzodiazepines or z-drugs. We set out to understand how these drugs work together & why this makes a fatal overdose more likely. More➡️ bit.ly/41V80bG
- 📢In our latest Bulletin... Watch our public lecture ▶️ Meet our new awardees 🧑🔬 Toolkits for fairer funding ⚖️ AI and vaccines 💉 Climate change and health prize 🌍 Modern methods for longitudinal modelling 📈 AI in Health workshops 🗓️ Read: tinyurl.com/au7wmbmu Subscribe: tinyurl.com/42u6e254
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteIn today's @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social @alicemeadows.bsky.social reports on our recent work w/ @ebibristol.bsky.social & @dorassessment.bsky.social to improve #DEI in pre-award research funding applications. Our thanks to all involved in this project! scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/06/e...
- AI in Health workshops for researchers at the University of Bristol, NHS and other orgs with an interest in AI in Health. Socio-digital transformation, ethics and governance, 6 May 2025, 11.30-13.30 Genomics, protein design and drug discovery, 22 May, 11.30-13.30 www.bristol.ac.uk/blackwell/ev...
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteMy Bristol-UCT team are in Cape Town to meet with national and local stakeholders about how they provide & use impact-based extreme weather warnings. More meetings to go and a lot more insights to gain! @cabot-institute.bsky.social @ebibristol.bsky.social @acdi.bsky.social
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteWe are looking forward to our webinar on 4th March sharing a bit about our research and how members of the public from across the UK can help. Please do join us - and please share to help us reach others. Joining the webinar does not commit you to further involvement. shop.bris.ac.uk/conferences-...
- The involvement of patients and the public is important in public health research. We are holding a free webinar on 4th March, 7pm to share a bit about our research and how the public can get involved. Do join us! shop.bris.ac.uk/conferences-...
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteJoin us on Wednesday 5 March for an inspiring afternoon of talks highlighting the careers and research conducted by women* in the field of climate and health using data science and AI. This is an inclusive event open to all and free of charge. Get your ticket now: tinyurl.com/mpr388nv
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteWe're proud to have worked on this important project w/ the lovely people at @dorassessment.bsky.social @ebibristol.bsky.social & @bristolbrc.bsky.social - special thanks to everyone at @nihr.bsky.social ERC & FNR who contributed to the case studies
- 🌟 Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Let’s celebrate with a new set of tools for funding organizations that aim to reduce inequalities at the pre-award stage. Find out more bit.ly/DORA-toolkit... Led by @ebibristol.bsky.social, @morebrains.coop, @bristolbrc.bsky.social
- New toolkit for funding organisations aims to reduce inequalities at pre-award stage. Explore case studies and checklists to help you plan your own interventions: tinyurl.com/3kxrwz8f Led by @ebibristol.bsky.social @morebrains.coop @bristolbrc.bsky.social @dorassessment.bsky.social
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteBrilliant to meet @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social before her lecture to share a little about #ConnectED research - building research capacity in #AdultSocialCare. Digital inequalities abound in social care too! Thanks to her and to @ebibristol.bsky.social for organising.
- Huge thank you to @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social for her thought-provoking lecture last night on digital inequalities. Fantastic turn out at City Hall in Bristol, with a light show to welcome everyone! We will be sharing a recording of the talk soon for those unable to make it in person.
- Reposted by Elizabeth Blackwell InstituteThanks @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @ebibristol.bsky.social for a fantastic lecture on how GP practices are navigating digital access to healthcare while trying to dodge unintended consequences & growing inequalities risk. There was a great CAPC turn-out & post event discussion. 🙏 #GPsky 🔽
- Huge thank you to @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social for her thought-provoking lecture last night on digital inequalities. Fantastic turn out at City Hall in Bristol, with a light show to welcome everyone! We will be sharing a recording of the talk soon for those unable to make it in person.
