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UCL Centre for Behavioural Medicine @ucl-cbm.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

As 2025 comes to a close, we’re reflecting on a year of research, engagement and collaboration. We want to thank our participants, collaborators and PPI contributors who made this work possible. Wishing everyone a restful break, and looking ahead to 2026 ✨

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UCL Centre for Behavioural Medicine @ucl-cbm.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Today, we say farewell to Comfort Nanbam Sariem, a post-doctoral fellow who’s been with CBM for 9 months, supported by the Africa Research Excellence Fund. Her research focuses on improving Type 2 diabetes treatment adherence using the Necessity-Concerns Framework. Thank you & good luck Comfort!

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UCL Centre for Behavioural Medicine @ucl-cbm.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Excited to have Prof Rob Horne delivering a seminar next week (20th May) on 'Why don't you do right?' Applications of the Necessity Concerns Framework (NCF) to understanding and addressing nonadherence' as part of the King's College London Health Psychology Open Seminar Series!

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UCL Centre for Behavioural Medicine @ucl-cbm.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

We are excited to welcome Lewis Benjamin to the Centre for Behavioural Medicine (CBM). He recently joined the CBM to work on the TRANSFORM project, and to lead on grant applications to expand on this work to other cancer care disparities. 1/3

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UCL Centre for Behavioural Medicine @ucl-cbm.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Dr Kayonda Ngamaba presented at the Men's Conference on Sat 29th March where the theme was "Let's Talk Health", covering various topics, including Prostate Cancer, Improving Black health Outcomes, Living well, Mental illness, Stroke survival, & the role of Robotics in healthcare.

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UCL Centre for Behavioural Medicine @ucl-cbm.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

The CBM have been busy presenting their work today at the UCL School of Pharmacy @ucllifesciences.bsky.social Research Day 2025!

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UCL Centre for Behavioural Medicine @ucl-cbm.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Dr Comfort Sariem has been away presenting her research at #SBM2025 in California

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UCL Centre for Behavioural Medicine @ucl-cbm.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

The CBM has been busy at #UKSBM2025 conference in Bristol this week! Dr Comfort Sariem presented on 'Effect of a Cognitive Intervention Based on the Necessity-Concerns Framework on HIV Treatment Adherence and Outcomes in Jos, Nigeria' 1/2

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UCL Centre for Behavioural Medicine @ucl-cbm.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Our Director, Prof Rob Horne, has been featured in the NZ Listener!

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UCL Centre for Behavioural Medicine @ucl-cbm.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

🚨New CBM Paper! Aysenur Kilic explores how tuberculosis stigma can impact engagement with testing and treatment for TB infection – a crucial but often overlooked step in ending TB. 1/2

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UCL Centre for Behavioural Medicine @ucl-cbm.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

We are excited to have CBM group leader Prof Rob Horne all the way over with our friends in New Zealand delivering a seminar at @aucklanduni.bsky.social on 11th March!

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UCL Centre for Behavioural Medicine @ucl-cbm.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

It was great to have @beccatodd18.bsky.social representing us at the Edinburgh Breast Cancer Special Symposium (EBCSS) last month. She presented a poster on the SWITCH study highlighting the key aims of the study, proposed workstreams & ways HCPs attending the conference could get involved

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UCL Centre for Behavioural Medicine @ucl-cbm.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Last month one of our research fellows - Kayonda Ngamaba – attended the @pcr-uk.bsky.social London Marathon Fundraising Event on 15th February to present research from the TRANSFORM project (funded by @pcr-uk.bsky.social) to athletes ahead of the London Marathon next month.

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INHALE @inhale-trial.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

1/2 The INHALE WP3 randomised trial provides multi-centre evidence that rapid syndromic PCR, delivered at the point-of care in the ICU improved antibiotic stewardship by 21% in absolute terms. Equivalence of clinical cure was not demonstrated link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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INHALE WP3, a multicentre, open-label, pragmatic randomised controlled trial assessing the impact of rapid, ICU-based, syndromic PCR, versus standard-of-care on antibiotic stewardship and clinical out...

Purpose INHALE investigated the impact of seeking pathogens by PCR on antibiotic stewardship and clinical outcomes in hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia (HAP and VAP). Methods This ...

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UCL Centre for Behavioural Medicine @ucl-cbm.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Exciting news! Our group leader Prof Rob Horne has been providing expert opinion as part of the Steering Group for a new report with The Physiological Society - ‘Physiology Passport: Putting personalised prevention at the heart of resilient health systems’ with @phgfoundation.bsky.social

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UCL Centre for Behavioural Medicine @ucl-cbm.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

The UCL Centre for Behavioural Medicine (CBM) is now on Bluesky! Follow us for updates on our research, the group and everything in-between relating to behavioural medicine. For future reference, likes, reposts and follows ≠ endorsement. Views are our own and not that of UCL.

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