Dr Louise Marryat @lmarryat.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Flagging for @parentingscotland.bsky.social ! What a super idea to support families! 010
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatAddiction journal @addictionjournal.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Prenatal opioid exposure, and health, social and educational outcomes for school-aged children: A systematic review buff.ly/29Prygt @lmarryat.bsky.social @uofgshw.bsky.socialbuff.ly 022
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 20/07/2026Holy shit, we're actually getting there. "UCLA researchers develop low-cost blood test to detect multiple cancers and other diseases from a single sample [—] In tests, MethylScan detected about 63% of cancers across all stages and roughly 55% of early-stage cancers." (from April) #ShareGoodNewsToonewsroom.ucla.eduUCLA researchers develop low-cost blood test to detect multiple cancers and other diseases from a single sampleThe test could offer a more affordable approach to early disease detection. 22289412537
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Great to see the Guardian champion the SHAPE (Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences) subjects, but this piece gives impression that they are expensive, whereas many are 'cheap to teach' subjects subsidising more expensive subjects, mainly in STEM and medicine. The crisis demands better understanding.theguardian.comThe Guardian view on humanities cuts in universities: academic departments are more than cost centres | EditorialEditorial: Literature, the arts and social sciences must not be sacrificed as higher education funding is squeezed 6244105
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatThe Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 21/07/2026"It is essential that science is in no way a junior partner." Paul Nurse PRS has responded to changes including the merger of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology into a new Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade: royalsociety.org/news/2026/07...royalsociety.orgChanges to government science department | Royal SocietyThe new Prime Minister has merged the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology into a new Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade. 4127
Dr Louise Marryat @lmarryat.bsky.social · 21/07/2026New paper out! 📢 Our systematic review examined school-age outcomes following prenatal opioid exposure, bringing together evidence from 27 studies involving more than 31,000 exposed children. [1/3] onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @uofgshw.bsky.social @dundee.ac.uk @morayhouse.bsky.socialonlinelibrary.wiley.com 113
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatAcademy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social · 20/07/2026⭐New blog⭐With Andy Burnham announced as the new Prime Minister today, this blog by @davidwglasgow.bsky.social, @graemeroy.bsky.social, Prof James Mitchell & @stuartgmcintyre.bsky.social explores the implications of a Burnham premiership for Scottish regional development. acss.org.uk/what-burnham... 022
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatSigne Rudoviča @signeru.bsky.social · 20/07/2026"Have you ever dreamt of being a #reader-in-residence? Here’s your chance to be just that - #Edinburgh City of #Literature has put out a call for volunteers for its new readers-in-residence initiative" Call for Volunteers: Readers-in-Residence: edinburghshelfie.substack.com/p/could-you-...edinburghshelfie.substack.comCould you be a reader-in-residence?Volunteers needed 01113
Dr Louise Marryat @lmarryat.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Sad to see both James Timpson and Patrick Vallance depart government today. At a time when evidence-informed policymaking feels more important than ever, their support for bringing research and expertise into the heart of decision-making will be a significant loss. 031
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 20/07/2026This is a real shame - Patrick Vallance has been a really excellent and committed Science Minister who knew the territory and took a strategic view. Big shoes to fill 2438776
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatMia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Researchers at UCLA and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health projected that the continuing absence of USAID funding will cause 4.5 million child deaths under the age of five by the year 2030 Via The Lancet 82673324208
Dr Louise Marryat @lmarryat.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Wonderful to see this paper out! We loved doing this work in partnership with @restorationfife.bsky.social and funded by @rds-scotland.bsky.social You can watch the film which we also co-created here: youtu.be/eX0YPEnuBsY?...youtu.beMy data: an animated film, co-produced with people who use drugsYouTube video by Camila Biazus 011
Dr Louise Marryat @lmarryat.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Lijie Zeng ( @adr-uk.bsky.social PhD student of @jasminwer.bsky.social Bonnie Auyeung & myself) presenting her fascinating research on parental disability across childhood and educational attainment at @sllshome.bsky.social 010
Dr Louise Marryat @lmarryat.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Excellent plenary by @mkellyirving.bsky.social at @sllshome.bsky.social highlighting health inequalities as the result of structural factors brought about by a lack of political will and social justice, and embedded in the body across the lifecourse. "Alterative recommendations" below (brilliant!): 110
Dr Louise Marryat @lmarryat.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Great to see @calummacgillivray.bsky.social presenting his PhD research on associations between engagement & motivation, and primary-secondary school transitions using @growingupinscot.bsky.social data at @sllshome.bsky.social 010
Dr Louise Marryat @lmarryat.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Interesting presentation from @melodymayb.bsky.social on a longitudinal qualitative study exploring the transition to university for students with long-term conditions. Challenges highlighted around having single GP registration, finance and building social connections @sllshome.bsky.social 011
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatAberlour Children's Charity @aberlourcharity.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Every year, hundreds of young people arrive in Scotland alone with no family, no familiar faces, and a complex asylum system to navigate. At Guardianship Scotland, we make sure they don't face it alone. Here are 5 things you probably didn't know about the asylum process in Scotland. 01010
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatColin Angus @victimofmaths.bsky.social · 24/06/2026This is an important piece of work - looking at how alcohol prices in Australia's Northern Territory responded to the repeal of Minimum Unit Pricing last year. Unsurprisingly, they found an immediate increase in the availability of cheap alcohol. 133
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/06/2026The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.nytimes.comThe Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found. 4639991573
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatDundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Please tell at least one person about our public meeting to save jobs at the University of Dundee. We need to reach as many people affected by the closures to courses and services. Today, 6pm, Dundee Central Library. 01410
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatSHAAP @shaapalcohol.bsky.social · 22/06/2026🎧️ Conversations about Alcohol: podcast for primary care. Ep 4, part 2: Dr David McCartney is back sharing both his clinical expertise AND his lived experience of addiction and recovery. A particularly powerful episode that challenges stigma head on Listen for free: buff.ly/BeiA6Uo 111
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatAddiction journal @addictionjournal.bsky.social · 19/06/2026The association between naloxone distribution, buprenorphine treatment and retention and incident high-risk opioid prescribing with opioid overdose death in KY, MA, NY and OH, United States: An exploratory community-level cohort study of data from the HEALing Communities Studybuff.ly 011
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatParenting Across Scotland @parentingscotland.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Come join the Open Kindergarten team as a Training and Development Officer as part of phase 4! More details here: goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP...goodmoves.orgTraining & Development Officer - Open Kindergarten with Midlothian Sure Start – GoodmovesMidlothian Sure Start is a dynamic, award winning third sector organisation. It offers a quality support service to families with children up to age 12 across Midlothian. Midlothian Sure Start ... 003
Dr Louise Marryat @lmarryat.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Whilst looking at the Growing Up in Scotland age 17 report, I noticed that, of the third of 17 year olds who had been sexually active, more than half used no contraception or protection. Strikes me that something has gone very wrong in policy and service provision! www.gov.scot/publications...gov.scotLife at age 17: initial findings from the Growing Up in Scotland study (Sweep 11)Analysis of all key questions asked to young people at Sweep 11 of Growing Up in Scotland. 000
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatProf Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Horrifying to read how the ebola outbreak is worsening in large part due to aid cuts and a drastic lack of water infrastructure. Aid cuts impede efforts to to track virus spread as well as care and water infrastructure issues endangers control efforts. There is no vax for this strainnews.sky.comEbola: Largest ever outbreak of rare strain 'likely even greater' – and the 'first line of defence' has collapsedThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the DRC's Bundibugyo outbreak is the largest on record. Oxfam warns the number of cases is likely higher than official figures, as conta... 612978
Dr Louise Marryat @lmarryat.bsky.social · 18/06/2026An incredible vaccine success: between 2020 and 2024, NO cervical cancer deaths were recorded in women aged 20 to 24 in England - the first time ever in a 5yr period. Without vaccination, around 23 deaths would have been expected. share.google/Lc4of1e8ZFCR...share.googleHPV vaccine means young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer deathA new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008. 084
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatChristian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 11/06/2026New @privateeyenews.bsky.social. 7354571207
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatFionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Of the 48 people arrested in relation to the race related disorder last year, of 23 had been reported for domestic abuse. Nearly half. Even worse than the proportion in the Southport riots which as quite bad enough. Domestic abuse looking like a 🚩 marker for wider race related violence & disorder 19366211
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatDundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 09/06/2026£20m more staff cuts being put to the University’s Court today. Around 250 people will be made redundant if the plan goes through and remove all of that £20m every year from the local economy and high street. Over 1000 staff gone. @dundee.ac.uk @thecourier.co.uk @eveningtelegraph.bsky.social 22122
Dr Louise Marryat @lmarryat.bsky.social · 06/06/2026A terrific week in Oslo at the Life History Research Conference, meeting collaborators at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, and the Addiction Research Centre at the University of Oslo! 000
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatTes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The founding principal of an international school in Malta that has been waiting 3 years for renovation of its historic site talks to Tes about the challenges and triumphs of the projecttes.comIs this the most challenging international school build ever?In September, a 100-year-old former military hospital will become the home of Haileybury Malta, but the project has been complicated by challenges including the sudden death of a director and the discovery of Roman remains 011
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatKirsty Grainger @kirstygrainger.bsky.social · 27/05/2026"Our Fellowship is strengthened not only by individual distinction, but by the diversity of perspectives and experiences its members bring" "26% of this year’s intake of Fellows and Honorary Fellows are women" 33513
Dr Louise Marryat @lmarryat.bsky.social · 27/05/2026An interesting read. My FLF was demand managed and I very nearly didn't get put forward. My institution at the time could put forward 3 people - they chose 2, the 3rd place was between me and another. I understand someone on the panel championed my application. I worry about the objectivity here 1/2 121
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatUrban Studies & Social Policy @uofgussp.bsky.social · 27/05/2026📢 We’re Hiring: Lecturer in Public Policy, Data & AI Full-time (Fixed-term, 3 years) | £41,064–£46,049 (Grade 7) Come join us to deliver cutting-edge teaching at the intersection of public policy, data, and artificial intelligence. www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...jobs.gla.ac.ukLecturer in Public Policy, Data and AI (LTS Track)The postholder will be based in the Division of Urban Studies and Social Policy in the School of Social and Political Sciences. The Division wishes to appoint an applicant to this role with experti... 001
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatNational Centre for Social Research @natcen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026To hear more about the public attitudes and political shifts behind these findings, join us on Thursday 4 June, in London or online, for the latest British Social Attitudes 43 deep dive. natcen.ac.uk/events/briti... #BSA43 #BritishSocialAttitudes #Politics #HigherEducation #ReformUK 011
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatJan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 22/05/2026The 'Scotland Partnership Advancing Research Careers for Clinicians' will offer 'SPARCC awards' with buy-out for a defined time and purpose. Details to be announced soon with applications opening in July 2026, awards commencing in 2027. #DundeeUni 031
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatJan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 22/05/2026MRC / @ukri.org announces establishment of 10 Regional Accounts for Clinical Researchers www.ukri.org/news/new-mrc... #RACR ❗Important❗ They conceive "clinical" broadly, being open to nurses, midwives, dentists, pharmacists, #AlliedHealthProfessions #ClinicalPsychology #Nursing #Fundingukri.orgNew MRC investment supports clinical research careers in the UKWorking with NHS organisations to benefit around 200 clinicians, the new investment, of £9.7 million, will support clinical research careers across the UK. 141
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatJess Butler @jessbutler.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Wellcome Trust just published a beautiful report on how the UK ought to use its health data. Including a proposal for a sovereign AI initiative. wellcome.org/insights/art...wellcome.orgNew landscaping report sets out opportunities and challenges in improving access to UK health data | News | WellcomeA new report published today provides the most comprehensive overview of the UK’s health data research landscape. 011
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatGeorgia Tomova @georgiatomova.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Why we should rethink causal mediation, and what to do instead? Come to hear the answer from Vanessa Didelez at the next CIIG seminar! The seminar will be hybrid. If you are in London, come join us in person at UCL! Otherwise, you can join on Zoom as usual. Registration links in comment below. 44615
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatUKSG @uksg.bsky.social · 14/05/2026From the BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCranfield University to merge with King's College LondonCranfield and King's College London will merge from August 2027 042
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatRussell Webster @russellwebster.com · 02/04/2026What We Learned About England’s State-Funded Residential Rehab Extremely helpful research by @phoenixfutures.bsky.social www.phoenix-futures.org.uk/about-phoeni...phoenix-futures.org.ukWhat We Learned About England’s State-Funded Residential Rehab - Phoenix FuturesOver the last decade, England’s residential rehab sector has been quietly shrinking. Rehab placements have fallen by almost 50%, and the number of available services has declined by a similar proporti... 133
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatDarren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Infuriating. It was an overwhelming 66.4% to 33.6% referendum result from 8 years ago (!!). Cowardly to not follow with the appropriate legislation. 072
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 17/04/2026'Overall, the study finds that 84 per cent of the public have at least some trust in science, and only 2 per cent don’t trust it at all. But while 34 per cent of the public say they trust science a lot, this figure has fallen from 63 per cent in 2020.' 1/3 263
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatDrugs Research Network Scotland (DRNS) @drnscot.bsky.social · 17/04/2026📣 New blog post!✍️ 🗣️ The Ceasefire is Over: Documentation of a Mass Overdose Event on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) by Graeme Strachan 💻️ Read the full blog here: buff.ly/hdzBHod 122
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatUofG Centre for Public Policy @uofgpolicy.bsky.social · 17/04/2026NEW insights on unpaid care and women's work 📣 🗳️ As we approach the 2026 Scottish election, Dr Louise Lawson writes that unpaid care is one of the biggest drivers of economic inactivity, with women continuing to be impacted most. Read: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/... 153
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatReuters @reuters.com · 17/04/2026Gunmen kidnap students heading to exams in Nigeria's Benue state reut.rs/4sBoorVreut.rsGunmen kidnap students heading to exams in Nigeria's Benue stateGunmen abducted secondary school students heading to university entrance examinations and other travellers in central Nigeria's Benue state, the region's governor said late on Thursday - the first reported student abduction this year. 145
Dr Louise Marryat @lmarryat.bsky.social · 19/03/2026The women's running group I run with had glass bottles thrown at us by a group of young men when we were running after dark a couple of weeks ago. It really shook me. Police Scotland were not terribly helpful, so it's good to see other forces being more proactive www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukNorth Wales Police join female running groups to tackle street harassmentMore than half of female runners in the UK have experienced harassment or abuse, research shows. 031
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatAberlour Children's Charity @aberlourcharity.bsky.social · 19/03/2026The public debt crisis is sabotaging the lives of families. 👀report, with @trusselluk.bsky.social & @opfs.org.uk using data from @citizensadvicescot.bsky.social & @stepchange.bsky.social, on the gendered nature of public debt 👇 www.aberlour.org.uk/publications/ge… 023
Reposted by Dr Louise MarryatLeah Torres, MD @leahntorres.bsky.social · 19/03/2026It was bad before Dobbs, but it’s been getting worse. And we *knew* this was coming— Court-ordered major surgery against someone’s will. The violation of autonomy, let alone informed consent, is a violation of human rights. www.propublica.org/article/flor...propublica.orgThey Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has a... 01516