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Helen Ward

@profhelenward.bsky.social
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Prof Public Health Imperial College. she/her. Social, genetic & environmental factors in health. Research & advocacy in long COVID, STI/HIV, inequalities. Patient Experience Research Centre

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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The skies over Deal today. Stunning
Read sunrise over sea Dawn reflectionsMorning calm seaEarly evening sunset pink skies
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our new article - in a philosophy journal! - on how we view participation in biobanks (research studies that collect blood or tissue samples). Discussion has focused on the presumed altruism of participation when reciprocity may be a more appropriate framing. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Biobanks, the ‘diagnostic misconception’ and the distinction between altruism and reciprocity - Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy
In this paper, we revisit the topic of genetic biobanks and the ethical issues surrounding them. Focusing on the centrality of altruism to their conception, design and governance, we explore the ways ...
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Summer’s not over yet
Spaniel with sunglasses
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy wet dog on the beach
A smiling, wet brown sprocker spaniel on a pebble beach with the sea in the background and the sun reflecting on the sea
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Never tire of this view
Sunrise in Deal, looking out over the North Sea and the pier
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
please stop calling this thuggery. It is terrorism.
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Long Covid UK @longcoviduk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We are excited to announce that Long Covid Support has become Long Covid UK. Nothing about our purpose has changed. We are still here to support people living with Long Covid and to drive the change that is urgently needed. 1/
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Hi - sorry I’m not around this week. Hope you enjoy the course!
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Sorry about Daisy - it’s such sad time for you.
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Bailey looks very huggable! Reya is nearly 6 (years) although you wouldn’t know it. No off switch….
Spaniel sitting on person and panting/smiling
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Chantal Britt @chantalbritt.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
More than 6 years after the pandemic started, people with long covid and myalgic encephalomyelitis are still struggling to cope with their physical disabilities as well as the stigmatisation and psychologisation, while research, healthcare and support are inadequate. www.rts.ch/info/sante/2...
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Six ans après la pandémie, que deviennent les malades du Covid long ?
Le 19 février dernier, un jeune Autrichien de 22 ans, Samuel, fait appel au suicide assisté pour mettre fin à sa "souffrance inimaginable" causée par le Covid long. Plus de six ans après le début de l...
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
She. But yes she is! A mad sprocker called Reya
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
My dog this morning (not called Akimbo) loving life
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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
State of the Gironde fires at 09:00 French time. They are extending.
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Would be a great name for a dog
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
My word of the day - akimbo which came to mind looking at how my dog was sitting. Surprised to see that it’s etymology is Middle English meaning sharp angle.
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George Davey Smith @mendelrandom.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Does the (live) shingles vaccine protect against dementia? Fergus Hamilton and colleagues provide important evidence in a new preprint using hospital data from the whole of England in a regression discontinuity design from which we *don't* show evidence of a meaningful protective effect /cont
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
But great game in the end!
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
3rd place? Hard to get too interested!
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Does anyone care?
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
So we can support the Malvinas and the GOAT on Sunday?!
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Yup - everyone sitting at home/ in the pub going WHY??? when he made those changes
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
OFID: Preparing for the Next Pandemic: Learning From COVID-19 to Build What Comes Next by Maria Van Kerkhove @mvankerkhove.bsky.social bit.ly/4phW8uw
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Preparing for the Next Pandemic: Learning From COVID-19 to Build What Comes Next
Abstract. WHO's efforts to strengthen pandemic preparedness—grounded in what the world learned during COVID-19 and what today's outbreaks of avian influenz
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
So little coverage of Arthur Fery’s progress at Wimbledon. Imagine if it had been Raducanu into the quarter finals…
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Imperial Medicine @imperialmed.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social researchers have secured £12.7 million in funding from the UK’s @aria-research.bsky.social to develop new ways to protect people from respiratory viruses. www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article...
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Imperial secures £12.7m from ARIA to develop broad protection against respiratory viruses
Imperial researchers have secured £12.7 million in funding from the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), to develop new wa...
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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
If you have #LongCovid how can you tell if you've fully recovered? 6 yrs of evidence & collective lived experience show us this is not an easy question to answer, yet reaching consensus on the definition of recovery is essential for research & care. Our piece @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/393/...
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What does it mean to recover from long covid?
Defining recovery is essential for research, clinical care, and patient experience, say Charlie Dennis and Nisreen A Alwan If you have long covid, how can you tell if you have fully recovered? Six y...
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
yes! Now in costa del kent...
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
rude...
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
You need one of these
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Imperial Patient Experience Research Centre (PERC) @imperialperc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
📣Our team is growing! We are looking for 5 new people to help us expand the work we are doing to support community engagement and involvement in translational research. Visit the Imperial College Jobs website and apply: tinyurl.com/3k7vmxzu
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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
This study shows an association between low emission zones and cardiovascular & all cause hospital admissions. If this is a causal effect the mechanism may not only be through air pollution but could be active travel behaviour through less noise, feeling safer etc www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Emergency hospital admissions fell after introduction of London’s T-charge and Ulez, study suggests
Imperial College scientists analysed health records before and after introduction of air pollution reduction zones
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
A proper spaniel walk - retrieving the ball, chasing stick, ‘find-it’ games (working dogs love it). And she found the only muddy water in the park of course…
My brown sprocker spaniel in the woods with a muddy nose, sitting on my knee and smiling
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I counter with feral pigeon, robin, blackbird, goldfinch, magpie, great tit, coal tit. And a squirrel, cat and dog
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I’m very jealous, it looks gorgeous. But at least it’s stopped raining in London!
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Are you climbing up there later?!
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
We are hiring 5 new posts for @imperialperc.bsky.social Posts are on the Imperial College Jobs website under Faculty of Medicine/ School of Public Health www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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We are hiring! 5 new posts in the Patient Experience Research Centre at Imperial College London to expand the work we are doing to support community engagement and involvement in translational… | Pro...
We are hiring! 5 new posts in the Patient Experience Research Centre at Imperial College London to expand the work we are doing to support community engagement and involvement in translational resear...
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
We are hiring 5 new posts for @imperialperc.bsky.social Posts are on the Imperial College Jobs website under Faculty of Medicine/ School of Public Health www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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We are hiring! 5 new posts in the Patient Experience Research Centre at Imperial College London to expand the work we are doing to support community engagement and involvement in translational… | Pro...
We are hiring! 5 new posts in the Patient Experience Research Centre at Imperial College London to expand the work we are doing to support community engagement and involvement in translational resear...
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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
All the professional organisations still on X, get off it now! What are you still doing there? Stop putting your head in the sand pretending it’s keep calm and carry on mode still. It’s not. Time to make a stand, otherwise you’re signalling that you just don’t care!
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
@matthewcobb.bsky.social
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Thanks, I wish. Based on other paintings I’ve seen. But I’ll get my own style one day!
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Yeah right. I’ve got a camera for such realism! My aim is more like this
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Please retweet.
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
A new initiative in partnership with our REACT study to help speed up demential trials. www.itv.com/watch/news/u...
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Harder to read on the tube or in bed…!
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Joseph Lewczak (Truth Seeker) @truthseeker59.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
This painting, "Sidekicks II" by Michele Poirier-Mozzone, is an oil on canvas from her Massachusetts-based "Fractured Light" series, exploring water and sunlight's effects on humans. It depicts an underwater perspective looking up.
This painting is titled "Sidekicks II" and was created by the American contemporary artist Michele Poirier-Mozzone. 
Based in Massachusetts, Poirier-Mozzone is known for her "Fractured Light" series, which explores the transformative effects of water and sunlight on the human form. This particular work is an oil on canvas piece that captures a unique underwater perspective, looking up toward the surface. Her work often emphasizes
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Finally!! www.thetimes.com/article/5e62...
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Publishers go paperback-first as readers shun bulky books
Hardback titles remain profitable, yet fewer readers favour the format
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
So proud of the work of my PhD student, @sarindiary.bsky.social for her inspiring work addressing racism in maternity care, alongside community partners like Phayza Fudlalla, pictured with Sarindi in this report, who works with @imperialperc.bsky.social. www.imperial.ac.uk/stories/sari...
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Advocating against racism in maternity care
#CelebratingEngagement with Sarindi Aryasinghe
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Interesting review!
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
A lobbyist who worked directly for Peter Mandelson, on the Palantir board, and on the board of *four* NHS trusts. Lobbying the NHS to hand over even more patient data to Palantir. This absolutely stinks. Get Palantir out of the NHS. Sign my petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
NHS official pushed to add patient data to Palantir platform whilst also advising company
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