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Prof. Sonia Saxena

@profsoniaksaxena.bsky.social
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GP/ Prof of Primary care, Director Child Health Unit, School of Public health Imperial College London UK | NIHR Senior investigator | President Child & Adolescent Public Health, European Public Health Association

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NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) @nihrarcs.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
#ARCadvent day 1️⃣6️⃣: A theatre production based on the @arceastofengland.bsky.social Lost Mothers project has been shedding light on the experiences of imprisoned women who are mandatorily separated from their babies arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/news-blogs/n... @lostmothers.bsky.social @herts.ac.uk
NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research. #ARCadvent Top ARC stories of the year. Day 16: Play explores the impact of enforced separation between mothers & newborn babies in UK prisons. Picture: Black and white photograph of a pregnant woman cradling her bump.
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BJGP @bjgp.org · 16/12/2025
BJGPLife: Becoming a doctor, becoming ourselves: socialisation, power, and the hidden curriculum in medical training bjgplife.com/becomin... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
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Prof. Sonia Saxena @profsoniaksaxena.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Children’s antibiotic prescribing in UK primary care peaked in winter 2022 after the covid19 pandemic driven by sharply rising group A streptococcal bacterial infections. Responsive universal health systems may protect children but watch for Antimocrobial resistance #eph25
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Prof. Sonia Saxena @profsoniaksaxena.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Congratulations kim
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Kim Foley @kafoley.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Excited to be at the @imperialecri.bsky.social showcase today! Come by to spin the wheel and hear me talk about one of the ways we can use electronic health records to improve children’s health!
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Imperial Patient Experience Research Centre (PERC) @imperialperc.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
🎉 Discover Kimberley Foley’s @kafoley.bsky.social inspiring blog on the Public Involvement work Kim led at the Ealing Community Involvement in Research event 👏 This blog was co-authored with a community member. Visit the link below: tinyurl.com/2avat9rb and let us know your thoughts!
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Researchers and community members working together to shape research on respiratory infections in young children - Patient Experience Research Centre
This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Ealing Community Involvement in Research Event 2024Ealing Community Involvement in Research Event 2024Researchers and community members working together to shap...
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BJGP @bjgp.org · 19/06/2025
GP consultations for respiratory tract infections in children aged <5 years are ~15% lower than pre-COVID-19 pandemic. However, the increase (~60%) in bacterial infections in December 2022 warrants monitoring doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @kafoley.bsky.social @arc-nwl.bsky.social #PrimaryCare
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Prof. Sonia Saxena @profsoniaksaxena.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Just out our paper showing how children’s GP visits for respiratory infections are changing since covid 19 …👀 @kafoley.bsky.social #primarycare @nihrarcs.bsky.social www.arc-nwl.nihr.ac.uk/news/fewer-g...
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Fewer GP Visits for Young Children’s Respiratory Infections Since COVID
Fewer GP Visits for Young Children’s Respiratory Infections Since COVID — But Bacterial Cases Are Rising
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Prof. Sonia Saxena @profsoniaksaxena.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Congratulations Kiya - richly deserved 👏👏👏
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Prof. Sonia Saxena @profsoniaksaxena.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Fantastic having the Imperial child health unit team in force again #Asmsphr and honorary Prof David Taylor Robinson from l’pool uni
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Prof. Sonia Saxena @profsoniaksaxena.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Academic medicine needs a revolution. The BMJ has launched its Commission on the Future of Academic Medicine @bmj_latest Read our first paper Vision 2050 🎬 launched 2025 🌍 6 regions globally ⚖️ 3 cross cutting themes 🗣️Join the debate 📩Send in your submissions 🙏Share 👇 www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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Vision 2050: a revolution in academic medicine for better health for all
The chairs of the BMJ Commission on the Future of Academic Medicine set out principles for transforming academic medicine and to help improve population and planetary health Academic medicine is in u...
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EPH Conference @ephconference.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
🔹 Another great year for #EPH2025! We received 3,011 abstracts and 292 workshop proposals. Public health science is active, engaged, and essential. Thanks to all who submitted — you’ll hear from us in June! #PublicHealth #EPHConference
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EUPHA @eupha.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
#EUPHW2025 may be over, but the movement continues. 💬 From local events to global voices, this week proved that real change in public health happens together. As @charlottemar.bsky.social says: “EUPHW is not a moment. It’s a movement.” #PublicHealth #HealthEquity #StrongerTogether #OneHealth
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EUPHA @eupha.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
European Public Health Week 2025 was our biggest yet — thanks to the small but mighty team behind the scenes. This year, we marked two exciting milestones: 🌍 Record number of events 🏛️ First-ever launch event in @europarl.europa.eu From logistics to content, they made it happen. #EUPHW #EUPHW2025
Photo of five of the EUPHA team members in Parliament
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Prof. Sonia Saxena @profsoniaksaxena.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Kicking off day 1 with super keen (row2) Imperial child health unit team. Excited to focus on #publichealth in the city that gave birth to thee Industrial Revolution, and now decolonisation art and science coming together #asmsphr2025 @nihrsphr.bsky.social
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