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Iain Buchan

@profbuchan.bsky.social
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W.H. Duncan Chair in Public Health Systems, Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Innovation, University of Liverpool @LivUni; public health physician; data scientist; social impact seeker; views own

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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @livunihls.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
In a joint article for the British Medical Journal, Professor Iain Buchan (@profbuchan.bsky.social) explains how the UK's new new Health Data Research Service aims to improve scientific discovery, clinical trials, and the development of AI for healthcare 🔗 bit.ly/3LquSdV #TeamLivUni
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Dr Edward Hill @edmhill.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
1/ 🎙️ New 'Health Data Decoded' episode! #SciComm ❓ What does it take to bridge clinical practice, data science and public health innovation? 👤 Guest: Iain Buchan (@profbuchan.bsky.social), Director of CHIL (@livunichil.bsky.social). 📹 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHA9... 🎧 Spotify👇
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Health Data Decoded | CHIL director – Iain Buchan [Ep. 10]
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University of Liverpool @liverpooluni.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
One week left! 📣 Apply for our five-year AI Research Fellowships. We’re seeking early career researchers with bold ideas for AI-driven discovery. Fellows receive protected research time, tailored support, and a path to a permanent post. Apply now ▶️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/10/24/u...
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Paediatric Pharmacologist (Dan) @pharmaforkids.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
New paper from Alice Lee, a fab @liverpooluni.bsky.social PhD student @iansinha.bsky.social & I supervise, combining hyper-local delivery & regional data (h/t @profbuchan.bsky.social & team), improving bronchiolitis hospitalisation rates @alderhey.nhs.uk adc.bmj.com/content/earl... #paedsky #pedsky
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Evaluating the impact of a parent champion model on bronchiolitis hospitalisation rates: a difference in differences study
Background Bronchiolitis and its outcomes have strong socioeconomic determinants. In Liverpool, a city with high deprivation and above-average bronchiolitis hospitalisations, we implemented the Respir...
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Civic Health Innovation Labs (CHIL) @livunichil.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social AI Summit is back for the second year on the 23rd October. CHIL's @profbuchan.bsky.social is delighted to be a panellist talking about AI in Health & Life Sciences. See the programme for more details: liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk/ai-summit
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AI Summit | Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
Bringing together leading thinks and practitioners from the UK and beyond, the summit will advance the national debate on Artificial Intelligence in a city region determined to become a global leader ...
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Papyraceous poppy petals, unfurled this morning
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University of Liverpool News @livuninews.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
NEWS | Prof Iain Buchan told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry what Liverpool’s testing pilot taught us, highlighting ways to handle future pandemics more effectively. Read more ⬇️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/05/19/l... @profbuchan.bsky.social ‪@liverpooluni.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social
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The Pandemic Institute @thepandemicinst.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
.@profbuchan.bsky.social has recently provided evidence for Module 7 'Test, Trace and Isolate' of the COVID-19 Inquiry. You can find Professor Buchan’s evidence at the inquiry and read a summary of his major points here: www.thepandemicinstitute.org/news/profess...
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Prof Tom Solomon CBE @runningmadprof.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
@profbuchan.bsky.social is a member of our Internal Scientific Advisory Panel at @thepandemicinst.bsky.social and his insights draw on Liverpool’s pioneering work in mass community testing and highlight lessons for future public health preparedness. You can read more on the link below. #covid19
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Dr Edward Hill @edmhill.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
1/ 🎧 New 'Health Data Decoded' episode! 🎧 #DataScience #SciComm ❓What are the responsibilities of a Research Programme manager? What is the Data Action Accelerator (DAA)? 👥 DAA Programme Manager, Seonaid Lafferty, joins us to discuss! 📹 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6JW... 🔗 Spotify👇
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Data Action Accelerator Programme Manager - Seonaid Lafferty | Health Data Decoded - Episode 2
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Gifts of Spring aglow
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Dr Edward Hill @edmhill.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
2/ 👥 With @edmhill.bsky.social @profbuchan.bsky.social @cathymonty-psy.bsky.social & André Charlett. 🏫 Part of NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging & Zoonotic Infections (HPRU-EZI). @hpruezi.bsky.social ⏳ Application deadline: 07 May 2025 🗓️ Start date: October 2025 - March 2026 /end
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Thomas House @tah-sci.com · 02/04/2025
Great PhD opportunity with @edmhill.bsky.social @profbuchan.bsky.social and others, please circulate to anyone interested! www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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Optimising Vaccination Outreach Through Epidemiological-Behavioural Modelling and AI
Vaccine hesitancy is a complex, time-varying problem leading to suboptimal vaccination coverage for individuals, groups and populations. In turn, this has serious consequences for individuals and popu...
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Ben Barr @benjaminbarr.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
The impact of Citizen's Advice on Prescription on mental health. Showing it reduced mental health related service use and was likely cost saving to the NHS. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @felly500.bsky.social @profbuchan.bsky.social with @roberta-piroddi.bsky.social @kdaras.bsky.social
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The impacts of Liverpool Citizen's Advice on Prescription (CAP) on mental health outcomes– an Instrumental Variable (IV) approach
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The Pandemic Institute @thepandemicinst.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Great to be featured on BBC NW last night with @runningmadprof.bsky.social, Dr Subramaniam & @profbuchan.bsky.social talking about the work carried out in Liverpool during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the work we are doing to prepare for future pandemics Watch from 13:23 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Inspired by Vietnam’s vision and ambition for health and care evolution with civic data approaches. We hosted colleagues from Ho Chi Minh twice at CHIL @livunichil.bsky.social in the past year and have the pleasure of detailed work with colleagues here this week #DataSavesLives
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
An honour to pay my respects at Liverpool’s #COVID19 remembrance today in our secular ‘cathedral’ St George’s Hall. An apt reflection of the grit and grace that delivered so much by and for so many in this City’s response to the pandemic. Humbled to serve this true collective heart of #PublicHealth
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Inspired by Liverpool City Region residents at today's Assembly. Mobilising data into action well becomes real in health systems where organisations are accountable to one another and to the residents they serve - a national grid of civic data & AI is overdue - see: www.thenhsa.co.uk/app/uploads/...
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Roberta Piroddi @roberta-piroddi.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I am mad about data, and work with lots of teams sharing the madness. A bunch of us Northerners, inspired by @profbuchan.bsky.social, wrote of working together as big team of Unis, NHS, local gov, charities and citizens to use data+combined skills to innovate. 👉 www.thenhsa.co.uk/app/uploads/...
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The Pandemic Institute @thepandemicinst.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Take a look at the film by @profbuchan.bsky.social exploring the Liverpool mass community testing scheme during the Covid-19 pandemic and how we can use data to respond in future pandemics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Z6...
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Pandemic Preparedness - Purpose & Data Driven Testing
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Roberta Piroddi @roberta-piroddi.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Identifying households with children who have complex needs: a segmentation model for integrated care systems, my new paper with A. Astubury, W. Baker, K. Daras, @joerafferty.bsky.social, @profbuchan.bsky.social and @benjaminbarr.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Identifying households with children who have complex needs: a segmentation model for integrated care systems - BMC Health Services Research
Background Adversity in childhood is increasing in the United Kingdom. Complex health and social problems affecting children cluster in families where adults also have high need, but services are rare...
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Thomas House @tah-sci.com · 14/02/2025
Co-ordinated by the estimable @profbuchan.bsky.social, some of us contributed to the evidence to the Science Innovation and Technology Committee Inquiry into Innovation Growth and the Regions on use of Data and AI in civic learning systems. committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
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Ben Barr @benjaminbarr.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Identifying households with children who have complex needs, using linked data. A piece of work that has been a long time in development - now being piloted in primary care in Liverpool, with a live interactive tool supporting services to join up support link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Identifying households with children who have complex needs: a segmentation model for integrated care systems - BMC Health Services Research
Background Adversity in childhood is increasing in the United Kingdom. Complex health and social problems affecting children cluster in families where adults also have high need, but services are rare...
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
PhD in data science of health protection with Oxford and Liverpool - dynamic evaluation and adaptation of public driven apps, AI and pandemic preparedness #DataSavesLives @livunichil.bsky.social
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome site visit: great people, great science, great impact #PublicHealth
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Great opportunity for a Lecturer position with Simon Maskell and @livunichil.bsky.social in #HealthDataScience and #HealthTech Engineering - with Bayesian computational novelty and real-world application in the NHS and wider civic data systems: my.corehr.com/pls/ulivrecr...
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Birch genetics redirected by hormonal effects of a fungus en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taphrin... - complex cohabitat or gall / witch’s broom. Nature never ceases to make me understand more of the world we should care for and learn from.
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Delighted this little one’s sight is saved after a month of ofloxacin, own-serum, and lubricant eye drops. Cone off and tail wagging. Best Christmas present.
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Mother Nature's flourish before Winter's sleep: daffodils in a sheltered spot, aptly facing Wales from Wirral; carp still coming to say hi when most of his shoal-mates have submerged to sleepier depths
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Friendly carp, even comes to say hi when most have slowed and submerged with winter’s advance
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Looking forward to speaking about purpose- and data-driven testing at the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin today #DataSavesLives @livunichil.bsky.social @thepandemicinst.bsky.social
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Rob Parsons @robparsonsna.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Liverpool City Region - and mayor @metromayorsteve.bsky.social - held its first international AI summit today I spoke to a city expert (@profbuchan.bsky.social) who says the "gritty" city is ideally placed to lead the way on harnessing AI to transform public services linkedin.com/pulse/gritty...
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Exploring #CivicAI at #AISummitLCR today - purpose led, data savvy engineering of AI solutions for better health, better care and better value public services: the technology of we > me - essence of Liverpool’s grit and determination to innovate for the right reasons
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Giving our Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust service users a practical right to benefit from participation in research through their data #DataSavesLives - www.mric.uk seeking more #InclusiveTrials and greater fairness in health research www.merseycare.nhs.uk/count-me-in
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Warming mix on a chilly night; thanks @profcalumsemple.bsky.social and bees
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Who could say no?
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
A short film to thank the people of #Liverpool for showing the way forward in #COVID19 community testing in November 2020, and a framework for future pandemic testing preparedness from a series of expert panels for #UKHSA #DataSavesLives #PublicHealth youtu.be/60Z6c0V_VKg
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Pandemic Preparedness - Purpose & Data Driven Testing
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Ben Barr @benjaminbarr.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
We have 4 post-doctoral positions, working with linked data to improve public health and health services with www.liverpool.ac.uk/population-h... and www.liverpool.ac.uk/civic-health... #episky #econsky #AcademicSky @profbuchan.bsky.social
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Health Inequalities Policy Research Group (HIP-R) | Institute of Population Health | University of Liverpool xlinkedinUniversity of Liverpool on FacebookLivUni on InstagramLivUni on XLivUni on ...
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Testing to return sooner from isolation or quarantine to relieve hospital staff pressures as Omicron surged: marginal benefit of doubling up lateral flow tests; fixed period (CDC 5-day rule) return to work guidance was flawed: 19.4% had viable virus: rdcu.be/dZUfH #PublicHealth #Covid19 #Pandemics
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Can self-testing be enhanced to hasten safe return of healthcare workers in pandemics? Random order, open label trial using two manufacturers’ SARS-CoV-2 lateral flow devices concurrently and nested v...
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
As Omicron spread and isolated/quarantined hospital staff levels posed care risks, we showed marginal benefit from dual lateral flow testing to accelerate safe return to work, and we saw viable virus in 19.4% beyond the CDC 5-day threshold for safe return: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Can self-testing be enhanced to hasten safe return of healthcare workers in pandemics? Random order, open label trial using two manufacturers’ SARS-CoV-2 lateral flow devices concurrently and nested v...
Background Covid-19 healthcare worker testing, isolation and quarantine policies had to balance risks to patients from the virus and from staff absence. The emergence of the Omicron variant led to dan...
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Great to welcome Chandra Hart and Eldrid Jordaan to the Civic Health Innovation Labs to share experiences of enabling data and AI to work for society, efficiently and fairly e.g. www.govchat.org #DataSavesLives
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
Great to welcome HDRUK technical team to CHIL and explore how to multiply insights across a national grid of civic data-action using local and national data sources with a commons of code and a cooperative of engineers and analysts #DataSavesLives
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 02/11/2024
Garden colours and scents are a such a gift in November
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
Privilege to serve on Advisory Board supporting Switzerland’s bold journey in mobilising data for patient and public health over the past 7 years. Challenging starting position and structural obstacles but solid progress. Watch this space. #DataSavesLives sphn.ch
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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
Building a Swiss national grid of action-ready data for health care, planning and research; looking forward to progress update #DataSavesLives sphn.ch
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