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Interdisciplinary health research institute at the University of Bristol. We drive innovation in research to improve health for all. www.bristol.ac.uk/blackwell

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
New on Bristol Medical School (BMS) #Sustainability blog📢 🟢BMS ranked 1st in the Planetary Health Report Card 2026 🟢Are AI chatbots really free? The environmental costs of Generative AI 🟢BMS commits to 100% vegetarian & vegan catering 🟢Plant sale raises £215 for city farm 👉 tinyurl.com/2humwmmv
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The National Child Mortality Database @ncmd.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
In a new blog, we share for the first time work that we are doing alongside experts from @bristoluni.bsky.social's @ebibristol.bsky.social to strengthen processes for real-time child mortality surveillance. Read more here: elizabethblackwellinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2026/06/04/e...
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Explainable AI for early categorisation of child deaths: Real-time insights for prevention – Elizabeth Blackwell Institute News
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
🎉 Congratulations 🎉 to Prof @lucyselman.bsky.social who will be delivering her Inaugural Lecture @bristoluni.bsky.social, on 24 March 2026, 5-7pm. Title: 'Vulnerability as Strength: A journey in palliative care and bereavement research'. All welcome! 🎟️Tickets: tinyurl.com/6kfyjfwv @sapc.ac.uk
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
📢Coming up: Next in our webinar series:📢 'Tackling polypharmacy in primary care: Reflecting on learning from the IMPPP clinical trial' 📆Wednesday 25 March 2026 🕛1-2pm 🌐Online Contributors: Dr Jenny Scott, Dr Deborah McCahon & Prof Rupert Payne 👉 Register: tinyurl.com/2s4e4y3w #GPsky #PharmSky
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
📢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
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South West Secure Data Environment @southwestsde.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
🚀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
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New £1m fund to accelerate research access to data - southwestsde-nhs-uk
The South West Secure Data Environment (SDE) is encouraging organisations that hold health and social care data in the South West to share more of their data, to drive ground-breaking research and inn...
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Structural 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
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2025: Structural racism and cultural misunderstanding compound grief | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
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NIHR HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science @hpruebs.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
📰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
New HPV Inform website
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
⭐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
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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
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
University of Bristol research team with Workshop participants at Asian University for Women
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Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
How 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...
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffest/experiences-of-grief-in-ethnically-diverse-communities-panel-discussion-and-film-launch/e-xomklb
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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
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
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NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Bristol @bristolbrc.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
📣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...
📣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:
https://www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/PublicAdvisoryGroup/
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Bristol Health Partners @bristolhealthp.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
A 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...
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Pioneering group helping stroke survivors get back to work - Bristol Health Partners
A ground-breaking group in Bristol is helping stroke survivors prepare for returning to work. Sirona‘s Integrated Community Stroke Service piloted eight weekly group sessions as part of its rehabilita...
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
GPs 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
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2025: GPs need training to spot perimenopause-related mental health issues | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Webinar: 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
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BristolUni International Research Development @brisrdintl.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
@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...
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Research Development International Collaboration Awards | International Research Development | University of Bristol
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
🧠 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
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2025: Mental health literacy found to be a key factor in how CBT for depression works | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
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
Dr Emma Anderson visits the WHO Regional Office in Copenhagen in August to work with the Behavioural and Cultural Insights team. L-r: standing in front of pull up banners are Katrine Habersaat, Emma Anderson, Siff Nielsen and Martha Scherzer.
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Bristol Health Partners @bristolhealthp.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
💈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...
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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Experts 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
Miltary equipment on display at an international arms fair. Text overlay: 'Harms industry'. Caption: The BMJ Series on the arms industry and health. bmj.com/collections/arms-industry-health.
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University of Bristol @bristoluni.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
🚀 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
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NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Bristol @bristolbrc.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
🧑‍🦰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...
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People in Health West of England Community Gathering - Bristol Biomedical Research Centre
This annual event is to thank our patient and public contributors for working with health researchers and clinicians to help improve health and access to healthcare for everyone across the West of Eng...
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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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
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Bristol Health Partners @bristolhealthp.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
🙌🏽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
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Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB joins national rollout of groundbreaking exercise programme REACT - Bristol Health Partners
Older people in and around Bristol will soon be able to benefit from REtirement in ACTion (REACT), a group-based exercise programme proven to support people to improve and maintain their mobility and ...
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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
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...
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Bristol Health Partners @bristolhealthp.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
A 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
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NIHR HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science @hpruebs.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
📰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
Pregnant woman
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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
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...
Hasini De Silva, University of Bristol Master’s student in Bioinformatics
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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
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...
Dr Caroline Green University of Oxford's Institute of Ethics in AI Director of Research speaking at Elizabeth Blackwell Institute AI in Health workshop on 6 May 2025.Person using a smartwatchTeam working and training in a laboratory in Zimbabwe
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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
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...
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UK's most powerful supercomputer Isambard-AI comes online
The Isambard-AI supercomputer is made fully operational as the government unveils fresh AI plans.
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NIHR HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science @hpruebs.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
📰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
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
1/3 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
Portrait by Jake Hurle.Exhibition flyer
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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
📢 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
Stacks of gold coins with plant seedlings on top.
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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
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
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Bristol Health Partners @bristolhealthp.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
"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
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OPINION: People who work in research do not look like me. I want to change that. - Bristol Health Partners
Coming from Zimbabwe, it has always been hammered into me that education was the only way to succeed. So, I pursued most of the educational opportunities that came my way, with my last academic qualif...
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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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...
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Climate change and health
Climate change is one of the biggest health threats facing humanity. Together with Cabot Institute for the Environment, at the University of Bristol, we are working to improve knowledge of the health ...
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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
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
Jack Mellor, Professor of Neuroscience at the School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience at the University of Bristol
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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
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
L-r: Professor Dann Mitchell and Dr Eunice Lo
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Would 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
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New Friends and Family Handbook gives advice on how to support someone experiencing domestic abuse
A new Friends and Family Handbook, written by Dr Alison Gregory, an Independent Academic and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Academic Primary Care, University of Bristol, has been la...
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LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
📢 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 👇
Text graphic: Festival of Digital Health, South West England and Wales. 30 June - 4 July 2025
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Cabot Institute for the Environment @cabot-institute.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
📢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....
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Jean Golding Institute @jgibristol.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Bristol 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
Left to right, headshots of Eunice Lo, Andrew Barnes, James Salter, Helen Macintyre, and Ben WheelerGW4 AI and Data Science event series graphic with QR codeGroup of women sitting down at tables watching a talk
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Jean Golding Institute @jgibristol.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Open 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
Two women sitting down at a round table talking. The woman on the left is holding a disposable coffee cup.Sandwiches wrapped in white paper in a basketSandwiches in baskets on a long table. Multiple people are in front and behind the table picking up foodThree people standing up talking in front of the Jean Golding Institute banner whilst holding plates of food.
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NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Bristol @bristolbrc.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
🚀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...
The cover of the How-To Guide
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NIHR HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science @hpruebs.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
🚨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
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Optimizing the Implementation of Opt-Out Blood-Borne Virus Testing in Emergency Departments
Optimis ing the Implementation of Opt-Out Blood-Borne Viru s Testing in Emergency Departments By  Dr Tom May , Research Fellow,  NIHR Heal...
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Jean Golding Institute @jgibristol.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Want 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
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