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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 07/07/2026

📢 Our team has co-authored a new Editorial introducing a Special Issue in Geographical Analysis to highlight how new data, methods & interdisciplinary research can deepen our understanding of health inequalities—and why evidence must be matched by political commitment and action. Read:👇

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 02/07/2026

A warm welcome to Tom, Amy and Hazel. Delighted to be part of this exciting @phiuk.bsky.social initiative. There are still a few spaces available for funded fellowships please get in touch if have an active interest in population health policy challenges we are looking to address.

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 30/06/2026

📢Join Prof Nik Lomax at the International Microsimulation Association World Congress in Brussels for his #SyntheticData workshop exploring how synthetic populations can address data gaps and support policy modelling & research. 📅 1 July 2026 | 9:00am | P61 ima26.brussels/blog/workshop_nik/

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Creating and Utilising Synthetic Population Data: Examples, Innovations and Pitfalls

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 23/06/2026

Congratulations to our Director, @pmeierprof.bsky.social, on being elected to the @fphuk.bsky.social Fellowship through Distinction at a ceremony in London last week. This prestigious honour recognises Petra's outstanding contribution to public health research, advocacy and policy impact. 👏

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 09/06/2026

🎥 Webinar recording - Thanks to all who joined SimPaths: A dynamic microsimulation model with our researcher Dr David Sonnewald @cempaessex.bsky.social introducing us to this open-source framework for modelling individual and household life-course events Watch youtu.be/fqfNmjTWUEA

SimPaths: A dynamic microsimulation model for life courses

Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 04/06/2026

Excited to be part of Day 1 at the Glasgow Science Festival 2026! Join our research team from @uofgshw.bsky.social at the Riverside Museum today (11am–3pm) to try Simulation Station and explore how choices and policies shape lives. For more about our work: www.phiuk.org/policy-modelling-for-health

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 02/06/2026

Can employability programmes improve health as well as employment outcomes? Drawing on participatory research with young people in Inverclyde, this blog explores what a ‘health-promoting’ approach to employability support might look like. www.phiuk.org/news/blogs/p...

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 21/05/2026

Adding our warmest congratulations from all the Policy Modelling for Health team. We are delighted that our Director, Professor Petra Meier, has today been elected a Fellow of the prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences. @acmedsci.bsky.social @pmeierprof.bsky.social @phiuk.bsky.social

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 12/05/2026

Lunchtime Webinar | 21 May, 12:30pm SimPaths: a dynamic microsimulation model for life courses. Join Dr David Sonnewald for an introduction to this important open-source model and how it helps us evaluate policy impacts on health and inequality. 30–40 mins Plus Q&A 👉 Register now - bit.ly/424eunV

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Centre for Microsimulation & Policy Analysis @cempaessex.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Join us for the online workshop "New Evidence on Benefit Take-Up: Determinants, Measurement, and Policy Implications" on Tuesday, 19 May, 10:00-12:00 (UK time). More information and the registration form are available here: www.microsimulation.ac.uk/about/events...

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New Evidence on Benefit Take-Up: Determinants, Measurement, and Policy Implications - Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis

Online workshop, Tuesday 19 May 10am-12pm This online workshop brings together researchers and policy analysts to discuss new evidence on benefit take-up. The programme is comprised of two parts: 1.…

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

📄 NEW - young people's transition from school to work has lasting effects on whether they own a home or assets by their early 30s, with family background a factor - by @vincentrramos.bsky.social and @ann-berrington.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social Full story: www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_...

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Ellen Stewart @profellenstu.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

In today's @healthmod.bsky.social meeting we had a very constructive conversation (prompted by @profkatsmith.bsky.social & @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social) about not using 'NEET' as a noun. The 'NEET rate' is, I think, similarly problematic (and sounds unhappily like an infectious disease).

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 05/05/2026

🚨Final week to get your application in for our funded UK PhD opportunity with @healthmod.bsky.social exploring methods of incorporating public preferences into public health policy decision making using Multi-Criteria Decision Modelling - Deadline is Monday 11 May 2026

Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 30/04/2026

🎥 Webinar recording now available - Thanks to all who joined - The Health and Wellbeing Effects of Wealth Poverty in Great Britain from our @uofgshw.bsky.social Researchers. An insight as to what wealth poverty means for self-rated health and wellbeing. ▶️ Watch the recording: youtu.be/eXlc3UIF-0c

The health and wellbeing effects of wealth poverty in Great Britain

Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 21/04/2026

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Still time to join us today. How does living without a financial safety net affect health and wellbeing in Great Britain? Find out more at our lunchtime webinar 🗓 Today | 12:30 | 30–40 mins 🎤 Rebeka Balogh & Sarah Amele 👉 Register: bit.ly/4uWvtWK #PublicHealth #HealthInequalities #Policy

The health and wellbeing effects of wealth poverty in Great Britain

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 15/04/2026

📢 Funded PhD opportunity @sheffielduni.bsky.social (UK students) Explore methods of incorporating public preferences into public health policy decision making using Multi-Criteria Decision Modelling as part our team - Apply by 11 May 👇 #PhD #PublicHealth #MCDM

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 08/04/2026

Research shows severe wealth poverty takes a real toll on health and wellbeing in GB. Want to know how living without a financial safety net affects wellbeing and self-rated health? Join our lunchtime webinar Tue 21 April | 12:30 | 30–40 mins Rebeka Balogh & Sarah Amele 👉 Register bit.ly/4uWvtWK

The health and wellbeing effects of wealth poverty in Great Britain

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 01/04/2026

Policy models are meant to inform real-world decisions, but who gets to shape them? Our new review shows public involvement in computational modelling is still narrow—focused on experts, split between light feedback and rigid formats. We suggest more inclusive, ongoing, and power-aware engagement 👇

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 12/03/2026

A productive Policy Modelling for Health Full Team Meeting in Leeds over the last two days. A valuable chance to reconnect face-to-face with colleagues and review progress at our programme midpoint. Really excited about our future plans! @phiuk.bsky.social

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 10/03/2026

🎉Congratulations to our three colleagues who have reecently been elected Fellows of the @acadsocsciences.bsky.social -FAcSS 🎉 @celsenbroich.bsky.social 🎉 Prof Alison Heppenstall 🎉 @profellenstu.bsky.social Recognised for outstanding contributions to social science research, policy and practice.

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 05/03/2026

As we move into the final afternoon at @phiuk.bsky.social, UKPRP, @nihr.bsky.social, #preventionresearch26 our team has three excellent presentations - AI and how modelling can transform policy decision-making - How we are harnessing systems modelling - New tools for policy analyses. Details 👇

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 05/03/2026

Day 2 #preventionresearch26 and first up this morning we have Jonny Stokes & Daniel Kopasker from our Causal Estimation team with Best practices for building trust in public health policy modelling (ID:129) 11:00–12:00📍 E5 Symposium | Vox 5 And please don't forget to visit our two posters 👇

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 04/03/2026

And we are pleased our PhD student Ilana McQuillan Booth will also be engagaing aduiences Boardroom 2 from 2pm #preventionresearch26 "What are the impacts of childhood low-income and Adverse Childhood Experiences on health outcomes in adulthood for women in high-income countries? (ID: 94)

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 04/03/2026

If you are at #Preventionresearch26 then we encourage you to visit Parallel Session B in Vox 3 and listen to two presentations by members of our @healthmod.bsky.social team looking at health and wellbeing effects of wealth poverty and local, exploring how regional & national policy powers interact

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Jo Winterbottom @policynerd.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Tickets still available for Wellbeing Economies Film "Purpose" + panel discussion @weallscotland.bsky.social @glasgowcc.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk @uofgshw.bsky.social Join us for lively debate on how we can redesign the economy for people and planet www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/purpose-a-...

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Purpose: A Wellbeing Economies Film - Glasgow Screening with Panel Q&A

Join us for a screening of Purpose: A Wellbeing Economies Film, to energise and spark discussion around our future economic system.

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 26/02/2026

📢 Policy Modelling for Health will be presenting across #PreventionResearch26 in Birmingham next week! With 2 posters, 5 presentations and the Interactive Roundtable “Reimagining Healthier and More Equitable Futures” hosted by our Director @pmeierprof.bsky.social - we’d love to see you there! 👇

Advert for Prevention Research Conf 4-5 March 2026 Image of Birmingham skyline plus host organisation logos Prevention Research Network, PHI UK and NIHR and QR code to event website

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 18/02/2026

How will the Autumn Budget 2025 affect poverty, inequality, and household incomes across the UK? Using UKMOD #microsimulation - modelling to simulate behaviour and interactions - our new report assesses winners, losers and fiscal impacts from 2026–2030. www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_1246769_smxx.pdf

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 18/02/2026

Thanks to everyone already booked for tomorrow's Lunchtime Webinar with @pmeierprof.bsky.social - there is still time to register for this free online Zoom event - a must for anyone who is, or wants to become involved in, delivering ambitious, multi-partner research programmes. Details👇

Ellen Stewart @profellenstu.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

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@uofgussp.bsky.social has a fab community of participatory researchers. Now advertising for RA w participatory methods experience to join us and work across two of our large grants: @healthmod.bsky.social and @changingrealities.bsky.social

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 11/02/2026

📢 Join the 2nd Winter Microsimulation Workshop: Modelling behaviour in dynamic microsimulation models 📅 27 February 2026 | 09:30 GMT | University of Turin - Campus Luigi Einaudi, Italy Plus Streaming online Explore a great programme and register to attend www.microsimulation.ac.uk/about/events...

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2nd Winter Microsimulation Workshop: Modelling behaviour in dynamic microsimulation models - Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis

Date: 27 February 2026 Venue: Campus Luigi Einaudi, Lungo Dora Siena, 100, 10153 Torino, Italy Streaming will be available. To obtain a link, please register here. Program CET time – for UK time remov...

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 10/02/2026

📢 Book Now - Managing Complexity: Leading Large-Scale Research Projects 🗓 Thursday 19 February 2026 | 12:30 pm | 30–40 mins Our Director @pmeierprof.bsky.social on leading large, interdisciplinary research consortia, the opportunities, challenges, and practical strategies. 🔗 Register bit.ly/4jNI4Gl

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 06/02/2026

📸 Community Insights Exhibition Inverclyde Launching today, we share young people’s lived experiences of finding work in Inverclyde. Created with Project SEARCH it brings real voices into conversations about policy, opportunity, & health. Open to all Parklea Community Hub, Port Glasgow until 28 Feb

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 05/02/2026

This work reminds us why lived experience matters — it shows dimensions of housing and health that standard evidence too often overlooks,

Lisa Garnham @lisagarnham.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

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🎉 Free research support for third sector & community orgs! Launching the Centre for Health Policy's new Community Research Cafes! First cafe: Wed 25 Feb, 2-4pm at Townhead Village Hall, 60 St Mungo Ave, G4 0PL. Drop in for tea, cake & expert advice on your research & evaluation ideas ☕ 🍰

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Our Community Research Cafe | University of Strathclyde

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 04/02/2026

Delighted to see our consortium partners at Public Health Scotland launch their new 10-year strategy, Together We Can. A bold and important step towards improving life expectancy and reducing health inequalities across Scotland. Proud to be working together on this challenge.

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 03/02/2026

We’re hiring! 📣 @uofgshw.bsky.social is recruiting a FT Senior Programme Manager to support our £7.5m consortium - part of UKRI-funded @phiuk.bsky.social network shaping how policy affects health and equity. 📍 Glasgow | 💷 £50,253–£58,225 ⏰ Deadline 17 Feb 2026 www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/senior-p...

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Senior Programme Manager

Job PurposeThe University of Glasgow is seeking to appoint a talented and highly motivated Senior Programme Manager to join the £7.5m Policy Modelling for Health consortium, funded by UKRI’s Popula...

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 03/02/2026

📢 How can systematic reviews better address health equity—even when equity isn’t the main focus? A paper by Dr Mhairi Campbell, with @vkatikireddi.bsky.social (Causal Estimations package) sets out practical ways to build equity into evidence reviews that shape health decisions. Read: bit.ly/3ZfkCIE

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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

👇 A reminder to join the Conversations on Commercial Determinants of Health (#CDoH) webinar this Wednesday, 4 February at 9:30am, featuring @lhgp.bsky.social Director Prof Anna Gilmore. zoom.us/webinar/regi... #PublicHealth #CDoH

Conversations on CDOH (Commercial Determinants of Health), Dr. Upendra Bhojani, The series aims to foster a dialogue on CDOH by bringing together scholars, practitioners, and thought leaders from India and beyond. The discussions will aim to contextualise CDOH concepts to India’s unique context while exploring how India’s experiences can contribute to and shape global perspectives on these concepts. Episode 4"Public Health & Demerit Goods” Prof. Anna Gilmore, Department forH ealth, University of Bath, UKMs. Jhumki Dutta, Partners in Change, Dr, Sarit Kumar Rout, Indian Institute of Public Health, Bhbanesshwar, Dr. Upendra Bhojani, Centre for Commercial Determinants of Health, Institute of Public Health Bengaluru

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 02/02/2026

🎥 Webinar recording now available - Thanks to everyone who joined our Lunchtime Webinar -Inside Policy Modelling for Health: People, Partnerships, and Purpose with our Deputy Director Julian Cox. A great overview of our work — and why it matters. ▶️ Watch the recording: youtu.be/Sf2bUkAdsnY

Inside Policy Modelling for Health: People, Partnerships, and Purpose Webinar

Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 07/01/2026

Join our first Webinar of 2026 - a fast-paced introduction to Policy Modelling for Health — who, what, and why it matters. 🗓 Tue 20 January, 12–12:40pm 🎙 Inside Policy Modelling for Health with @julescox.bsky.social, our Deputy Director & Assistant Director – Research GMCA. Register: bit.ly/445i5DK

Inside Policy Modelling for Health: People, Partnerships, and Purpose

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UofG Centre for Public Policy @uofgpolicy.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

NEW EVENT: Join us on Monday 19 January 2026, as we explore Scotland’s progress towards public service reform 📣 🗓️ 🎙️ Stop/Start: Making Public Service Reform Stick in Scotland Find out more and book your place on Eventbrite 🔗 Book now: www.eventbrite.com/e/stopstart-... 1/2

Stop Start - Making public service reform stick in Scotland. Monday 19th January 2026. In Person at the University of Glasgow

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Policy Modelling For Health @handle.invalid · 11/12/2025

Many thanks to everyone who joined last week’s Policy Modelling for Health Lunchtime Webinar “When Real is Not Enough: Synthetic Population in Research and Policy.” Great talk from Andi and questions! Missed the session or want to rewatch? Watch here: youtu.be/7RBcv3fpQLo

When Real is not enough:Synthetic Population in research and policy