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Academic, epidemiologist, curious and a cultured wannabe.

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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Dame Prof Carol Brayne of #CambridgeUniversity giving the Pemberton Lecture to close the @socsocmed.bsky.social annual conference. Epidemiology, public health and dementia: a very insightful population perspective!
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Richmond Nketia, PhD student @glasgow.ac.uk, presenting two posters at the @socsocmed.bsky.social Annual Conference at @qmul.bsky.social in London.
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Blood pressure reduction effective in preventing cardiovascular disease even in those with low 4-year predicted CVD risk; presented at #ESCCongress by Prof K Rahimi on behalf of #BPLTTC & published (shortly) @nejm.org @escardio.bsky.social #hypertension #treatment #metaanalysis
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Meeting a robot at the European Congress of Cardiology in Munich @escardio.bsky.social #AI #cardiology
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Just arrived for the @escardio.bsky.social Congress in Munich. First stop, remind myself of the Bavarian fare…. 🤭
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Cam #coffee morning in a backstreet where mysteries ‘happen’….. 😜🎃#bodiesinthebookshop #espressolane
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
@lner.co.uk , what’s up? On a train (to London King’s Cross) stuck at Doncaster. Nearly 30 min delay now, but there’s no announcement at all. Very uncharacteristic, I thought…. 😏
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Horrid rail disruptions at the east coast line earlier today. But this lovely fella, an 8-week puppy, on board the @lner.co.uk improved everyone’s mood!
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Happy World DNA Day (belatedly)! Didn’t know it is being celebrated until now…. 😊
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Just sharing results from the Blood Pressure Treatment Lowering Trialists Collaboration (BPLTTC) showing efficacy of #antihypertensive drug treatment in patients with and without #chronickidneydisease. #ckd #rct #metaanalysis www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
thelancet.com
Pharmacological blood-pressure lowering for the prevention of cardiovascular disease and death across the full spectrum of chronic kidney disease severity: an individual-participant data meta-analysis
In the context of cardiovascular risk reduction, the relative benefit of blood-pressure lowering in patients with CKD is similar to that in individuals without CKD, with consistent efficacy across all...
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Wooohooo! Many congratulations!!!!! 🤩
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Dr Andrew Kingston and Dr Yu-Tzu Wu speaking at the launch of @newcastleuni.bsky.social Centre for Ageing (NUAGE) (www.ncl.ac.uk/ageing/) at the Business School’s St James’ View conference hall.
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
@nihr.bsky.social-funded @ai-multiply.bsky.social’s end-of-project conference, “Patient journey in health: Bringing AI along for the ride”, currently being held @newcastleuni.bsky.social. Prof Nick Reynolds (Newcastle) and Prof Mike Barnes (Queen Mary) welcoming attendees.
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Pleased to have received a hard copy of this book edited by Prof Roger E Thomas, publisher @elsevierconnect.bsky.social #AcademicPress. Co-authored a chapter on antihypertensive meds with Dr Robert Barker. @newcastleuni.bsky.social @ai-multiply.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/book/edited-...
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
First time to see artworks of Gilbert and George at #HaywardGallery. Riot of colours - and messaging!
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Too poor now to buy Greggs after several courses of Wegovy treatment?? 😯😵‍💫🫢 Curious of the evidence for blaming weight-loss drugs on their poor sales…. 🙄 #evidencebased www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Weight loss jabs affecting Greggs, boss says
The Greggs boss says there is
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Ice skating in….. #Oxford?!? 😯🫢😵‍💫 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
bbc.co.uk
Watch: Ice skating on Oxford's frozen-over Port Meadow
Port Meadow in Oxford has become a favourite for ice skaters when the temperatures freeze the field.
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Freezing North streetscape. #NewcastleuponTyne #snow #winter #servicelane #wheeliebins
Narrow lane flanked with wheelie bins on each side. Street covered in snow. Early wintry morning shows a hint of blue skies and an almost full moon behind a thin veils of clouds. Brightly lit street lamp on the foreground.
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Bus driver, whose bus got brushed by a car after driver failed to check their mirror, complains to a fellow bus driver. “Nobody in Cambridge knows how to cross the street, ride a bike or drive a car!” 😳🫣🥴 #Cambridge #busdriver #Cambridgedriving #Cambridgecyclists #Cambridgepedestrians
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Oh, they’re here! Looking forward to BBC’s Radio 4 live broadcast of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King’s College Cambridge tomorrow. 🤓 @kingscollege.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/festi...
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Massive delays on the East Coast line this afternoon due to an incident. More than doubled travel time. Fortunately, staff on this @lner.co.uk train has been fab. Keeping us informed. And fed. 🤓
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
A spur of the moment visit to #GraingerMarket, stopping by to have prawns at Chirton Fisheries stall and Ethiopian Yirgacheffe at Pumphrey’s Coffee #prawns #localmarket #coffeeroaster #NewcastleuponTyne
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
What my neighbours are up to…… 👻
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Overheard young teens chatting on a tram…. “Correlation is not causation…” 😅 #epidemiology
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Broken corkscrew…. 🤭🤭🤭
Brokken corkscrew, embedded in a wine cork.
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
I could see from my train window the glorious full moon rising on the horizon. Tried taking a snapshot. The camera sees my reflection on the window instead. Silly me. 🤪
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Due to an incident, there’s rail travel ‘chaos’ affecting the north east of England today. But staff of @lner.co.uk on board 18:29 train towards London has been fab. When you typically just hear dead silence, we receive regular updates. And even if there was nothing update, you hear reassurance. 🤗
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Seen on a rail station in Northern England. ☺️ @samaritans.bsky.social
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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Step this way for a whistle-stop tour of Curious Cures, with its curator Dr James Freeman! Book your FREE Curious Cures exhibition tickets now: loom.ly/kVqsPRY #CuriousCures #CambridgeUniversityLibrary
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Lost keys found #Bath #BathSkyline walk #BathwickFields @nationaltrust.org.uk
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
What can happen on East Coast rail travel on a benign weather? Let me count the ways. First, a delayed train arrival at Newcastle due to an earlier ‘failure’. @lner.co.uk
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Finally, after 6 months or so, there’s a new menu @lner.co.uk! 🙃😋
Menu offered by LNER.
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Many congratulations, Victoria! Recognition well deserved! 🤩👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Great to see how arts meet science, especially when a research collaborator is involved in this engagement. #NationalGallery @newcastleuni.bsky.social youtu.be/gYTWp_iLRh4?...
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Do you see the same colours I see? | Stories in Colour Podcast S1 Ep1 | National Gallery
YouTube video by The National Gallery
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
It’s been a long while since I’ve been to #PaddingtonStation. So I missed the great transformation around the Praed St main entrance.
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
I never tire of this view from the train. 😊 #DurhamCathedral
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UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · 29/05/2025
🚨Calling all UK-based researchers (of any discipline) and public engagement professionals! Help us better understand the factors affecting public engagement by taking part in The Royal Society's survey👇 www.research.net/r/RS_public_...
Factors Affecting Public Engagement by UK Researchers 2025
Introduction
About the study

The Royal Society has commissioned Technopolis to conduct a study on the factors affecting public engagement by UK researchers in 2025.

The primary objective is to understand…
What public engagement means and entails in 2025
The value and significance of public engagement
Enablers and barriers, and opportunities and risks of public engagement
Effective implementation and support strategies
How these elements have changed over time
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Finally, after much anticipated new trains servicing the local metro, I’ve finally boarded one! 😆 @my-metro.bsky.social #NewcastleUponTyne #Gateshead
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Preparing for the marathon….. #royalballetandopera #roh #CoventGarden #DieWalküre #Wagner
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Dr. Tom Frieden @drtomfrieden.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
In the @thelancet.bsky.social, we explain why measuring blood pressure for all patients visiting primary care facilities is the best way to diagnose and control hypertension—and save millions of lives.
thelancet.com
Improved hypertension care requires measurement and management in health facilities, not mass screening
Improved hypertension control can save millions of lives, but mass hypertension screening, a commonly used approach, is a barrier to progress. Although politically appealing, mass screening diverts re...
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AI-MULTIPLY @ai-multiply.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Co-l Prof Nick Reynolds @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social presented findings from @qmul.ac.uk collaborators on analysing #readmission using #burstydynamics: it's not just about events, it's about patterns too! #clinicians do this subliminally - can we define it informatically& #informpractice? #MLTC #AI
Nick Reynolds on stage presenting findings from the AI MULTIPLY project.
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AI-MULTIPLY @ai-multiply.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
The message from the #MLTC #PPIE panel: 1) Better #health education, information & encourage self-advocacy for patients & carers, 2) Link all #data together, across health & #socialcare, #dentistry etc so health & social care professionals can make better informed decisions for individual patients
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AI-MULTIPLY @ai-multiply.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Great flash talk from one of our PPIE contributors, Sue Mountain B.E.M., on AI MULTIPLY's research collaboration with #PPIE & #ECR members of the team - mutual benefits in terms of research education & public opinions included in the decisions being made about the data and AI models
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Society for Social Medicine & Population Health @socsocmed.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Just over 1 week left for NHS/Local Authority colleagues to apply for a free/subsidised place to attend our 2025 Annual Conference in Bradford (10-12 Sept)! Deadline: 6 May (23:59 BST) To apply + for more details: bit.ly/3FTdhb7 @bihr.bsky.social @nihrsphr.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 21/04/2025
💻 Join our Editor-in-Chief, Richard Horton, in a @researcheracad.bsky.social webinar on April 24. The webinar will address skills & frameworks to present evidence clearly, including how to discuss funding sources, review status & scientific uncertainty. bit.ly/42mgqsX @senseaboutsci.bsky.social
Promotional card for the Elsevier Researcher Academy webinar, Talking about the quality and reliability of evidence. April 24 at 10 am ET, 2 pm UTC, 7.30 pm IST. In collaboration with Sense about Science. A woman leans on a bench with a pencil in hand, taking notes from a laptop.
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
By chance, I came across #BodiesintheBookshop, which specialises in murder books, in #Cambridge along Botolph Lane. The display caught my attention. 1/3
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AI-MULTIPLY @ai-multiply.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Thank you to everyone who joined the AI MULTIPLY Full Team meeting in Newcastle yesterday. It was a great day sharing progress updates on the project across the work packages. #Social Action for Health #Queen Mary University of London #The University of Edinburgh #Newcastle University
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Victoria updating on PPIE activities at the AI MULTIPLY Collaboration full team meeting held recently at Newcastle University. @newcastleuni.bsky.social @ai-multiply.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
You better buy me coffee. 🤭 #indigocoffeehouse #Cambridge
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Dex @dexmd.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Coffee morning. #indigocoffeehouse #Cambridge
Cafe frontage, outside view looking in, man having a cuppaCafe counterCafe view looking out, with view of the rear of old buildings lining up a little passageView from the cafe, over a cuppa, in black and white
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