Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 08/07/2025www.ukri.org/opportunity/...ukri.orgPre-announcement: Local Innovation Partnerships FundThe Local Innovation Partnerships Fund is a UK-wide programme that will provide up to £500 million funding to grow high potential innovation clusters. 020
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Jarrett’s genius bringing perspective to my Monday afternoon. 120
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 28/06/2025www.ukri.org/news/mrc-cen...ukri.orgMRC centre to develop brain stimulation device-based therapiesA new MRC centre aims to develop brain stimulation devices to treat conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, dementia, stroke and childhood epilepsy. 010
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 23/06/2025youtu.be/HyiiCJuMFTg?...youtu.beYou're My EverythingYouTube video by Osaka Jazz Channel 000
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 13/06/2025www.thebraintumourcharity.org/get-involved... The BrainTumour Charity’s Scotland Steering Committee is seeking volunteer members. I’m proud to be a member. Would you consider joining us??thebraintumourcharity.orgVolunteer from homeExplore our flexible digital volunteer opportunities that can be done from home, in your own time. 020
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 11/06/2025What a story! Intrepid ! apple.news/A0240WpQkTGq...apple.newsAn 84-Year-Old Woman on a Pony Inspires Awe—and Concern—in the U.K. — The Wall Street JournalJane Dotchin treks hundreds of miles every year on a journey that is wearing her down; ‘My sister thinks I’m an idiot.’ 000
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 10/06/2025We refreshed our mission at SNAP Solutions Group. Partner with us. Your mission is our purpose. snapsolutionsgroup.com/who-we-aresnapsolutionsgroup.comSNAP SolutionsTransforming your vision into success. Tailored business & mission strategies, and executive coaching. 000
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 10/06/2025a punch in the face for sustained-release Naltrexone www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....cochranelibrary.comSustained‐release naltrexone for opioid dependence - Kornør, H - 2025 | Cochrane LibrarySelect your preferred language for Cochrane reviews and other content. Sections without translation will be in English. 000
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Owen’s Substack owenfielding.substack.com?r=mt42s&utm_...owenfielding.substack.comOwen’s Substack | Owen Fielding | SubstackMy personal Substack. Click to read Owen’s Substack, by Owen Fielding, a Substack publication. Launched a few seconds ago. 000
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Is this study a missed opportunity to spend research funds wisely? Few participants re-engaged, many continued to inject, despite £ incentive. Given the large number of users in Glasgow, participant uptake was poor. One wonders whom is the more desperate; the drug user or the researcher??sciencedirect.comA novel, multi-component contingency management intervention in the context of a syndemic of drug-related harms in Glasgow, Scotland: First year of the ‘WAND’ initiativeTo address high levels of drug-related harms among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Glasgow, a novel contingency management intervention was develope… 000
Reposted by Owen FieldingOwen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 03/03/2025The Yellowjackets demonstrating they’ve still ‘got it’. music.apple.com/gb/album/com...music.apple.comComin' Home Baby by Yellowjackets on Apple MusicSong · 2025 · Duration 5:21 001
Reposted by Owen FieldingEppie Sprung @eppiesprung.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Remember, if you work for a charity and would like some free copies of my (very beautifully illustrated!!!) children’s book for your service users, please reach out. 031
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 27/05/2025bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.comEfficacy of non-invasive brain stimulation in reducing craving in patients with alcohol use disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis - BMC PsychiatryBackground Craving plays a central role in reinforcing alcohol use disorder (AUD), and non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) has shown potential as a therapeutic intervention in AUD. We aim to evaluat... 000
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Mossyard, Dumfries & Galloway. Blessed to have this on our doorstep. 000
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 16/05/2025apple.news/A1C7JMVigRCC... Prison staff, as Crown officers, should be above criminal / inappropriate behaviour and not make lame excuses about low morale and so on as drivers for such behaviour. I worked for 12 years in very difficult prison conditions and we took pride in our responsibilities.apple.newsLow morale and manipulation: why prison officers are having relationships with inmates — The GuardianKerri Pegg, ex-governor of HMP Kirkham, is latest in series of convictions of corrupt staff amid Prison Service crisis 000
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Surprised and delighted to enjoy a quality jazz playlist while my wife shopped in Rogersons Shoes, Ayr, Scotland. Kurt Ellington. Kenny Burrell. Miles Davis among the luminaries. Nice! 000
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 08/05/2025www.ias.org.uk/2025/05/06/c...ias.org.ukClosing the gap between academic research and service delivery: the addictions research and practice SIG - Institute of Alcohol StudiesThe addictions research and practice Specialist Interest Group (SIG) connects researchers and frontline professionals to improve how addiction research is translated into everyday clinical practice. T... 000
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 30/04/2025This is worth looking at - our NHS in crisis and not valuing their amazing staff resource substack.com/@jujuliagrac...substack.comDr Julia Grace Patterson💙 on SubstackArgh! 000
Reposted by Owen FieldingUK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · 31/03/2025Thanks to the Naked Scientists pod for featuring another one of our tech stories! This week, we meet the enzymes that could help us turn the tide on plastic waste - and the scientists preparing them for their rollout into recycling plants. Listen 🎧 www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/int...thenakedscientists.comHow biological enzymes are fighting the plastic crisisThe breakdown on the breaking down... 072
Reposted by Owen FieldingBritish Neuroscience Association @britishneuro.bsky.social · 25/04/2025We asked Dayne Beccano-Kelly - @ukri.org Future Leaders Fellow, Group Leader @ukdri.ac.uk @cardiffuni.bsky.social, & BNA2025 Organising Committee Co-Chair - what he’s most excited about for #BNA2025 Be part of a movement influencing the future of #neuroscience meetings.bna.org.uk/bna2025/bna2... 033
Reposted by Owen FieldingMiles Wischnewski @miles2708.bsky.social · 12/03/2025🚨 New Publication!! 🚨 In this article @desmondagboada.bsky.social, Zhihe Zhao, and I discuss the mechanisms by which transcranial alternating current stimulation #tACS can result in effects that last beyond the duration of stimulation. #brain #neuroscience doi.org/10.3389/fnhu...doi.orgFrontiers | Neuroplastic effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS): from mechanisms to clinical trials 052
Reposted by Owen FieldingNext Chapter Scotland @nextchapterscotland.org.uk · 14/04/2025📣 Have a conviction? We want to hear from you. Our Amplifying Voices survey is your chance to share your experience & shape future support. It’s quick, anonymous, and powerful. 💬 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #NextChapterScotland #YourVoiceMatters #SupportNotStigmadocs.google.comAmplifying Voices surveyThank you for taking the time to complete this survey for our Amplifying Voices project. This survey is open to anyone with a criminal conviction or a close family member with a conviction who curren... 031
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 09/04/2025www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.com‘Knowing how it works for me’: a qualitative interview study of the use of personalised approaches to manage common challenges during Dry JanuaryParticipation in temporary abstinence challenges such as Dry January is associated with benefits including enduring reductions in alcohol consumption. However, undertaking temporary abstinence requ... 000
Reposted by Owen FieldingImaging Neuroscience @imagingneurosci.bsky.social · 09/04/2025New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Mario Severino, Mattia Veronese, et al: Molecular connectivity studies in neurotransmission: a scoping review doi.org/10.1162/imag... 0106
Reposted by Owen FieldingJohn Caudwell @johncaudwell.bsky.social · 04/04/2025I have one simple question for the ultra-wealthy: What are you waiting for? With the scale of inequality and enormous needs and crises around the world, it's time for all @forbes.com #ForbesBillionaires to join the Giving Pledge. My Daily Express op-ed: bit.ly/3EjB0kmbit.ly'I'm a billionaire - there's one thing that the world's richest are missing'Exclusive: Phone for U founder John Caudwell has one simple question for other fabulously wealthy people: What are you waiting for? 021
Reposted by Owen FieldingThe Ferret @theferret.scot · 24/03/2025“He was sent to Addiewell on remand, was there for almost a year, and when he came home to me it was in a box.” Jordan Burns’ mother says the prison served her son a death sentence. She’s calling for accountability — and change. theferret.scot/addie...theferret.scot'Addiewell sentenced my son to death': Grieving mother speaks out over 'neglect' by Scotland's private prisonA family is preparing to sue Scotland’s only private prison, HMP Addiewell, for negligence after their 22-year-old son died alone in his cell while awaiting mental health support. 0115
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 27/03/2025www.linkedin.com/posts/secret... RFK, not holding back on reformlinkedin.comWe are streamlining HHS to make our agency more efficient and more… | Secretary Kennedy | 202 commentsWe are streamlining HHS to make our agency more efficient and more effective. We will eliminate an entire alphabet soup of departments, while preserving their… | 202 comments on LinkedIn 000
Reposted by Owen FieldingBlue Triangle @bluetriangleha.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Homelessness isn’t black & white. People become homeless for many reasons—escaping violence, eviction, or leaving care or prison. It’s complex, & every story is unique. At Blue Triangle we provide safety, support, & a fresh start. Let’s challenge misconceptions and break the stigma. #BlueTriangle50 011
Reposted by Owen FieldingDrugs Research Network Scotland (DRNS) @drnscot.bsky.social · 20/03/2025The call for abstracts for our Annual Conference will close tomorrow! 001
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Such a privilege for me to be involved in the development and clinical research around this unique monotherapy Neuromodulation device for the treatment of substance use disorder. 000
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 15/03/2025apple.news/AIu7dUEOQTX6...apple.news‘Brain pacemakers’: implants to be tested to help alcohol and opioid addicts — The GuardianTrial will determine whether electrical pulses can control and decrease yearnings 000
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Non-invasive brain stimulation for opioid use disorder is gathering momentum in Kentucky with NET Device as an FDA-cleared treatment monotherapy. today.wayne.edu/medicine/new...today.wayne.eduClinical trial led by Wayne State Professor Mark Greenwald, Ph.D., proves neurostimulation device to treat opioid use disorder is effectiveA self-administered neurostimulation device for people with opioid use disorder who choose to undergo opioid discontinuation is an effective, safe and well-tolerated short-term therapy for rapidly sup... 000
Reposted by Owen FieldingJohn Caudwell @johncaudwell.bsky.social · 07/03/2025"WHY DO BILLIONAIRES WORK?" Tweeter @lowerformofwit seems to think people only work for money. I can't speak for all "f*cking freaks", but that absolutely doesn't apply to me. 👉 Does it apply to you? Why do you work? #meantweets #billionaires 101
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 09/03/2025music.apple.com/gb/album/its... The great Keith Jarrett is with me as I garden on this fine day.music.apple.comIt's Easy to Remember by Keith Jarrett, Paul Motian & Gary Peacock on Apple MusicSong · 1992 · Duration 7:47 000
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 07/03/2025novaramedia.com/2025/03/04/w...novaramedia.comWhy Are There So Many Drug Deaths in Scotland? | Novara MediaScotland has the highest rate of drug deaths in Europe - and three times more than the next country on the list. The reasons why aren’t just what you might expect, writes Adam Ramsay. 000
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 03/03/2025The Yellowjackets demonstrating they’ve still ‘got it’. music.apple.com/gb/album/com...music.apple.comComin' Home Baby by Yellowjackets on Apple MusicSong · 2025 · Duration 5:21 001
Reposted by Owen FieldingTBTC Healthcare Engagement Team @healthcareengage.bsky.social · 03/03/20251 in 3 people affected by a brain tumour depend on benefits for most or all of their household income. However, many people aren't aware of the financial support they could be eligible for. That's why we're launching our new benefits checker tool: www.thebraintumourcharity.org/living-with-...thebraintumourcharity.orgBrain tumour benefits checkerUse our brain tumour benefits checker to see which benefits you may be entitled to. Get the support you need during this difficult time. 021
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Good to see this collaborative initiative emerge, led by Public Health Scotland. Health inequality is unacceptable and contributes to avoidable early deaths, breakdown of family & community, and erodes hope. I have hope that this is more than good intention by PHS.publichealthscotland.scotBold new collaboration to tackle health inequalities launches in three local areas in Scotland - News - Public Health ScotlandThe Collaboration for Health Equity in Scotland launches plans to bring about significant change to reduce health inequalities in three of Scotland’s local authority areas - Aberdeen City, North Ayrsh... 000
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Ben Patersonyoutube.comPlaying some blues with my hood buddy Luke Sellick on bass, the head is Charlie Parker’s ‘Passport’YouTube video by Ben Paterson 000
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 23/02/2025The blues - timeless; especially in the hands of great exponent like Peter Martin on Open Studio. A great forum for aspiring jazz musicians.youtube.comWe Got A Friend In Oscar PetersonYouTube video by Open Studio 042
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 23/02/2025As a muso learning to play piano expressively & freely, I marvel at Scotland’s jazz talent: world-class musicians, tutors and composers, even a jazz conservatoire. Take time to celebrate this; nurture it. Keep music live. #jazz #JazzScotland #CreativeScotland #JazzFestivalcreativescotland.comScotland's JazzScotland is home to a vibrant jazz scene of musicians of all ages, whose creations range across many styles, from traditional forms to free improvisation. 020
Owen Fielding @snapsolutionsgroup.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Neuromodulation for OUD is next-level drug-free effective treatment. It was a privilege to be on the research team for this study of FDA-cleared NET Device. #noninvasive #brainstimulation #addiction #fentanyl www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...frontiersin.orgFrontiers | A randomized, sham-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the NET Device™ for reducing withdrawal symptom severity during opioid discontinuation 010
