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In this episode we welcome Michelle Lokot, an esteemed researcher and practitioner, to explore the coloniality of gender and how it intersects with monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in humanitarian contexts. Michelle shares practical tools for fostering decolonial approaches to M&E, drawing on her extensive experience in feminist research, GBV, and qualitative methods. As Co-Director of the Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre at LSHTM, Michelle brings unique insights into the power hierarchies shaping gender, forced migration, and humanitarian aid. With years of frontline experience in Jordan, Nigeria, and Burundi, and collaborations with agencies like UNICEF and IRC, Michelle's expertise will challenge and inspire your perspective on humanitarian work. The link to the transcript is hereSources: Gani, J.K & Khan, R.M,  Positionality Statements as a Function of Coloniality: Interrogating Reflexive MethodologiesLokot, M., Pichon, M., Kalichman, B., Nardella, S., Falconer, J., Kyegombe, N., & Buller, A. M.,  Decolonising the field of violence against women and girls: A scoping review and recommendations for research and programming.Lokot, M., Reflecting on Race, Gender and Age in Humanitarian-Led Research: Going Beyond Institutional to Individual Positionality.Lokot, M.,  Whose Voices? Whose Knowledge? A Feminist Analysis of the Value of Key Informant Interviews.Meger, S, The Fetishization of Sexual Violence in International Security.Zreik, T., El Masri, R., Chaar, S., Ali, R., Meksassi, B., Elias, J., & Lokot, M., Collaborative Coding in Multi-National Teams: Benefits, Challenges and Experiences Promoting Equitable Research.

In this episode Dr Ben Warner discusses multimorbidity, also known as multiple long-term conditions, with Professor Frances Mair. They discuss what multimorbidity is, how the concept differs from frailty and how the burden of treatment and health inequalities impact patients with multiple long-term conditions. Professor Frances Mair is the Norie Miller Professor of General Practice, Head of General Practice and Primary Care, and Director of a Wellcome funded Multimorbidity PhD Programme for Health Professionals at the University of Glasgow. She co-leads the NHS Research Scotland Primary Care Network, promoting research activity in primary care and is a member of the MRC Clinical Academic Research Partnerships Panel. Professor Mair is also an International Advisor to the Norwegian Primary Care Research Network and the Australian Translating Research Outcomes into the Primary Health Interface (TROPHI) Scientific Advisory Group as well as acting as a Visiting Professor at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Dr Ben Warner is a Respiratory Medicine Specialty Registrar with clinical and academic experience of global public health, having completed the LSHTM's East African Diploma in Tropical Medicine and then worked for 18 months in rural South Africa. He is currently undertaking a PhD in multimorbidity in Malawi as part of the Wellcome-funded Multimorbidity PhD Programme for Health Professionals with the University of Glasgow. Recording date: 20 February 2024 -- Useful Links -- https://www.bmj.com/content/339/bmj.b2803 https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng56 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60240-2 https://www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvls/graduateschool/multimorbidity/ https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellbeing/staff/francesmair/ -- Follow us -- https://www.instagram.com/rcpedintrainees https://twitter.com/RCPEdinTrainees -- Upcoming RCPE Events -- https://events.rcpe.ac.uk/ Feedback: cme@rcpe.ac.uk

In this episode, released to coincide with World TB Day 2024, Dr Ben Warner discusses pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) with Dr David Connell. Dr David Connell first explains his personal interest in TB. They then discuss pulmonary TB in depth, including: epidemiology; pathogenesis, immune response, and transmission (a 'lymphatic disease with respiratory spread'); how TB presents and differential diagnoses; latent TB infection and reactivation; and management including the importance of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and the role of public health in contact tracing and the end goal of elimination. Dr David Connell completed higher specialist training in Respiratory and General Internal Medicine in North-West London including at St.Mary's Hospital, where he completed a PhD in the immunology of Tuberculosis, before becoming a Consultant at Ninewells Hospital in 2017 where he has a specialist interest in Complex Pulmonary Infections and TB. He is Co-Chair of the Scottish Health Protection Tuberculosis Network and is a Clinical Service Advisor to the BTS MDR-TB Advice Service. Dr Ben Warner is a Respiratory Medicine Specialty Registrar with clinical and academic experience of global public health, having completed the LSHTM's East African Diploma in Tropical Medicine and then worked for 18 months in rural South Africa, where he encountered the sharp end of the global TB pandemic. He is currently undertaking a PhD in multimorbidity in Malawi as part of the Wellcome-funded Multimorbidity PhD Programme for Health Professionals fellow with the University of Glasgow. Recording date: 1 March 2024 -- Follow us -- https://www.instagram.com/rcpedintrainees https://twitter.com/RCPEdinTrainees -- Upcoming RCPE Events -- https://events.rcpe.ac.uk/ Feedback: cme@rcpe.ac.uk

Social media, and the rate at which the online world is changing, is worrying - especially the speed at which health disinformation can speed around the globe. We look to tech companies for a solution to the problems of their own making - but Heidi Larson, director of the Vaccine Confidence Project, and professor of anthropology, risk and decision science at LSHTM, joins us to explain why we should be cautious about focussing our attention there. Next on the podcast, research just published in The BMJ looks at the efficacy of exercise at controlling depressive symptoms - but helps finally answer the key question - which exercise works best. Lead author, Michael Noetel, senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Queensland, joins us to explain the research, and how well exercise stacks up against pharmacological treatments. Finally, while it's tempting to try and put the pandemic behind us, its effects linger - and many healthcare staff are still dealing with their experience of that time. Rachel Clarke, a palliative care doctor in the UK, joins us to explain why she has felt the need to document the pandemic, first in a book and now in a new TV drama set to air in the UK next week.    06:15  Heidi Larson on vaccine confidence and social media 15:31 Exploring the effectiveness of exercise for depression 26:56 Rachel Clark on seeing her experiences reflected on screen   Reading list BMJ Collection: How are social media influencing vaccination Feature: Medical misinformation on social media—are the platforms equipped to be the judge? Research: Effect of exercise for depression      

Welcome back to our intercalation series! Join Afrida as she talks to Cathy Dominic, a finalist at Barts & the London and an incoming AFP doctor about what it's like to externally intercalate at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Learn more about the application process for an intercalated masters degree in Infectious Diseases here! Find out about dissertation topics, publishing research and lab work as well as top tips from any aspiring applicants.

Postgraduate researcher, Clare Matysova (University of Leeds), is interviewed by Emily Humphreys (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), as part of the Business School's Research and Innovation podcast series for International Women's Day 2023. In this episode, Emily and Clare discuss how the gender pay gap is linked with parental leave, the difference between inequalities and inequities within parental leave, and what practical solutions the government and employers should be considering to make parental leave more equitable. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in March 2023. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available.  About the speakers: Clare Matysova is a postgraduate researcher in the Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change at the University of Leeds, focusing on gender equality and exploring the impact of the UK's shared parental leave policy from the perspective of couples' decision-making. Clare also currently works as a Senior Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Partner at the University of Aberdeen. She has been working in EDI-related roles within HE for the past 15 years. Previously, she worked at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the University of East London and the University for the Creative Arts. Emily Humphreys is a part-time PhD student in social epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. She also works part time in public health, with experience in policy development and interests in mental health, wellbeing and health inequalities. She is particularly interested in how local or national government policies can affect health outcomes. She joined LSHTM as a research student in September 2021. Her research is investigating how changes to maternity, paternity and parental leave policies in the UK might have affected mental health for parents.

Hello everyone, and welcome back to Money Power Health. As I mentioned in the first episode, part of the goal of this podcast is to bear witness to some of the hidden forces that shape health, and the extent to which they relate to money and power. Sometimes it is hard to perceive, but everything from the quality of the air you are breathing, to the bacterial count in your tap water, or your proximity to a firearm, affects your health, and is in large part a consequence of the distribution of money and power. And that isn't just the case with the physical world. Many of us now also spend a large proportion of our lives and interact with others through social media. That digital world is shaped by commercial forces, just like the physical one is. The companies that produce these are sometimes incredibly large, and active political players, through funding political campaigns, co-designing and conducting research, and engaging in CSR efforts, including with UN organizations. Social media platforms are crucial conduits of information, and networks of influence, though often in highly selective and unequal ways. These are not simply utility providers. In the case of much of social media, while the platform itself is an environment we inhabit and interact with, it is designed by a company that relies to a large extent on maximising engagement, data collection, and ad revenue, through our presence on it. There has been increasing interest in how social media algorithms may amplify or inadequately moderate harmful content, including hate speech and misinformation, or be used by harmful product manufacturers to promote their products, or shape public discourse. Research is now beginning to consider the ways in which social media companies, and platforms, might be regarded as commercial determinants of health, and since you probably found the podcast via social media, I thought it would be good to devote an episode to understanding some of the health implications that arise as a result of the nature, incentives, platforms and activities of social media companies, since they are responsible for an increasing portion of our social worlds. To do this, I have invited two guests. The first is Professor Nora Kenworthy. She is an associate professor in the school of nursing and health studies at the University of Washington, who has conducted a range of research projects on the health implications of crowd-funding platforms and social media more generally. Joining her is Marco Zenone, a researcher and doctoral candidate at LSHTM who's studies focus on the intersection of public health, misinformation and marketing on social media. You can find an example of the work Nora referred to on crowdfunding here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8519036/ and an example of Marco's work here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/poi3.188 We wrote a short conceptual article on social media as a commercial determinant of health, which you can find here: https://www.ijhpm.com/article_4248_0357b3eafff74f9eec69cd6d310cd803.pdf The music in this podcast was by Daniel Maani. You can check out more of his music here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4GDF0XnCn78nce0gesJoC7 and here: https://youtalktoomuch.band

Recorded on 24 November 2022 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar and Q&A with Dr Lois Fergusson. This webinar plans to cover the humanitarian principles and evidence-based responses to the increasing, compounding and dividing crises that are plaguing our world. Lois Fergusson (Dr Lois Morgan, MB BChir, MRCGP, DRCOG) qualified as a GP in 2013 having completed GP VTS in east London. From December 2013, she has worked for Medair, a Christian faith based international NGO carrying out humanitarian relief and recovery activities. This has taken her to South Sudan, Switzerland and Jordan and seen her do jobs from health manager to being in the global advisory team, covering at various times programming in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Sudan as well as, at times, holding staff health and training responsibilities. Currently on a deliberate break from employment, she's undertaking an MSc in public health at LSHTM. To listen live to future ICMDA webinars, visit https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/

In this episode, we hear from Dr Rugema Lawrence from the University of Rwanda and Dr Julian Eaton from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and CBM Global Disability and Inclusion. Together they discuss the links between stigma, discrimination, mental wellbeing and chronic health conditions including Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), how these issues are currently being addressed with communities and the importance of ensuring mental health is part of an essential care package.  Guest host for this series Dr. Oluwatosin Adekeye Assistant Director of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry Ahmadu Bello University Hospital Zaria Kaduna A social scientist with varied experience in both clinical and research aspects of health among communities in Northern Nigeria. As a Clinical Psychologist, his work has been both on mental and behavioral disorders and the effects of chronic disease on the well-being of patients and caregivers. As a Social Scientist, he just concluded a study that documented the well-being of people with stigmatizing skin diseases and established a care and support group within the community. More recently he is working on developing a well-being tool for parents and children with disability.     Twitter Links: @TosinOluw @Sightsavers Dr Julian Eaton  Mental Health Director at CBM Global and Assistant Professor at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Julian Eaton is the Mental Health Director for CBM Global Disability and Inclusion. He works with a team focused on improving access to care and support, and promoting the voice of people with psychosocial disabilities in low and middle income countries. He is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Global Mental Health at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where he is currently leading a number of research projects looking at strengthening community-based mental health care, reform of public mental health systems in Africa, and Neglected Tropical Diseases. He leads the http://www.mhinnovation.net/ (Mental Health Innovations Network) at LSHTM, and is Chair of the Bond International NGO Mental Health Group. Julian trained as a psychiatrist in London where he now works, after living and working in West Africa between 2003 and 2017.  CBM Community Mental Health homepage:  https://cbm-global.org/what-we-do/community-mental-health  Blog on community participation:  https://cbm-global.org/blog/patient-and-communities-at-the-centre  SUCCEED homepage:  https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres-projects-groups/succeed    Twitter: @julian_eaton  @CBM_global  @MHInnovation.net  @GMentalHealth  @LSHTM  @SUCCEEDAfrika Dr. Lawrence Rugema   Lecturer, researcher and Consultant University of Rwanda – School of Public Health   Dr Rugema Lawrence is a public health professional at the University of Rwanda. Most of his research work has focused on mental health and reducing stigma related to mental illness.  Currently he co-leads implementation research on Podoconiosis in Rwanda under NIHR funded Global Research Unit on Neglected Tropical Diseases in collaborator with the Brighton Sussex Medical School. In this particular research, community health workers are critical to in reducing podoconiosis related stigma. Coordinate rapid community health needs assessment through outreach program to inform policy.  

In this series we are talking about responding to the challenge of non-communicable disease in East Africa together  In recent decades, rates of non-communicable diseases (NCD), such as diabetes and high blood pressure have risen sharply in sub-Saharan Africa and are now linked to approximately 2 million deaths per year. Countries across the continent are rapidly looking to address this new epidemic, but this is difficult with much of the healthcare system still focused on the treatment of communicable disease, such as HIV. This podcast series will explore many aspects of the problems related to NCDs across sub-Saharan Africa, including how African & European researchers from the RESPOND-Africa group, and healthcare providers and governments in East Africa are working with local communities to better understand the issues related to NCDs and how we can best address their care. In particular, we're interested in how integrating the care of NCDs with other, currently well treated conditions, like HIV can benefit the patients and local healthcare systems by improving care whilst saving them both time and money.  In this week's episode we hear from Dr Flazia Zalwango from the Medical Research Council/ Uganda Virus Research Institute and LSHTM and from Dr Anu Garrib, a consultant in public health medicine working at LSTM in the RESPOND Africa/NIHR Group for the prevention and management of HIV-infection and non-communicable diseases. Our guests discuss:  Barriers to engaging community groups across the life cycle, including children, adolescents, and older people to inform prevention, treatment and management of disease conditions like NCDs.   How to best engage policy makers in research uptake   The problem of NCDs in sub-Saharan Africa and how they are being addressed currently  How communities can be involved in addressing the problem of NCDs going forward  Why and how can integrated NCD & HIV benefit these communities Our guest host for this series is Dr Joseph Okebe Senior Research Associate, LSTM  My research looks at how primary healthcare services for people living with chronic health conditions such as diabetes, HIV-infection and hypertension can be improved. We recently completed a study in Tanzania and Uganda where we looked at the impact of having all these services together in the same clinic affect patient's retention in care and control of their health conditions.   https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/about/people/dr-joseph-okebe (https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/about/people/dr-joseph-okebe)   twitter@ jo_okebe  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-okebe-a049399/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-okebe-a049399/)   Dr Anu Garrib Principal research associate, RESPOND-Africa partnership, LSTM I am a consultant in public health medicine and have been working at LSTM in the RESPOND Africa/NIHR Group for the prevention and management of HIV-infection and non-communicable diseases in Africa since 2017.   My current research focusses on evaluating strategies for the integrated delivery of HIV and non-communicable disease care, as well as clinical studies on the prevention of diabetes. The study on integration of HIV and NCD services was a feasibility study aimed at determining if an integrated delivery of care for these conditions was acceptable to patients and healthcare workers, and involved extensive engagement with these groups to determine how best to structure the service. Although the clinical trial is a very different kind of study, the continued engagement of patients is critical as we try to determine how best to support patients so that they are able to continue the trial treatment for an extended period. Wider communication within the community and engagement with community leaders about aims of the trial is really important to pre-emptively address concerns that patients and their families may have...

The social conditions of war and conflict shape the landscape of mental health for those affected by violence, persecution, and displacement. The episode, hosted by Centre Research Assistant Milena Wuerth, considers how systems of funding and hierarchies of expertise shape how mental health is defined in humanitarian interventions. Our guests share personal, clinical, and academic insights that reveal the many layers within dominant concepts of ‘trauma'. Finally, they suggest ways to make research more equitable, sustainable and representative of lived experience for those enduring or fleeing violent conflict. Milena Wuerth joined King's College London in January 2022 as a Research Assistant on the Together to Transform: A mutual learning platform to develop a social paradigm for global mental health. Milena holds a BA in Social Anthropology from the London School of Economics and is currently pursuing a MSc in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Onwuzurike Ogan is a Master's student at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and works as a consultant psychiatrist for the Nigerian Ministry of Defence. Thurayya Zreik is a qualitative mental health researcher in mental health and has worked as a consultant for NGOs including the ICRC and War Child Holland and for Lebanon's National Mental Health Program. Doerte Bemme is a lecturer in Society and Mental Health at King's College London, and Tessa Roberts is a post-doctoral research fellow for the Centre for Society and Mental Health at King's College London. They are joint Principal investigators of the Together to Transform project, a mutual learning platform to develop a social paradigm for global mental health. To learn more about the Together to Transform, please visit our website: www.together2transform.org For more information about the GOAL project and similar research, visit the website of LSHTM's Centre for Global Chronic Conditions: https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres/centre-global-chronic-conditions Follow the Centre on Twitter @LSHTM_CGCC Read more about how to implement co-production principles in academic research, authored by Thurayya's colleauges at LSHTM: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354161201_Research_as_usual_in_humanitarian_settings_Equalising_power_in_academic-NGO_research_partnerships_through_co-production

Featuring guest speakers Timeo Mtenga from the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust and Naomi Walker from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, this episode looks as TB treatment challenges and future solutions- we cover topics including:  The challenges faced by people living with TB  The complexity of TB treatment  Guests' new research on TB treatment, and how this will affect change Dr Naomi Walker Senior Clinical Lecturer in Experimental Medicine, LSTM  Consultant in Infectious Diseases and General Internal Medicine, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust  I am a clinical academic specialising in Tropical Medicine and Infectious diseases. My major research interest is TB immunopathology and the influence of HIV infection on TB disease. I completed my PhD at Imperial College London and at University of Cape Town. Before moving to Liverpool, I was a Clinical Lecturer at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In addition to UK, I have clinical experience working in South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Sierra Leone and Australia.  Timeo Mtenga Research Clinician, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust I am Timeo Mtenga based in Zomba, Malawi. I have mainly studied HIV-TB, particularly in low resource settings. Under the LSHTM project, I am currently conducting two HIV-TB clinical trials (CASTLE and ITB-TBR) with the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust research organisation. In my 5 years of research experience, the STAMP study contributed to policy formulation of HIV-TB management at the national level and internationally informed other partners like WHO. Now I am pursuing a Master's degree in Clinical Trials with the University of London. 

Hello and welcome to the Alcohol Alert, brought to you by The Institute of Alcohol Studies.In this edition:Sugar content in wine bottles ranges from 0 to 15 teaspoons of sugar 🎵 Podcast feature 🎵House of Lords debates alcohol labelling and advertising 🎵 Podcast feature 🎵European Parliament ‘waters down’ alcohol labelling recommendationsAlcohol-related hospital stays fall in Scotland during pandemicGovernment inaction on leading risk factors driving ill healthAlcohol industry lobbies via the World Trade OrganizationHarmful commodity industry messaging creates doubtUtah’s lower drink drive limit saves livesTFL’s ban on HFSS ads is successful and paves the way for other ad bansMan in recovery launches campaign to move alcohol aisle away from checkoutAlcohol Toolkit Study updateWe hope you enjoy our roundup of stories below: please feel free to share. Thank you.IAS EventsThere’s still time to register for our final sustainability event on Wednesday 2 March at 10:00-11:30 GMT, where we will be discussing ‘Alcohol & Human Rights’ with:Chair: Professor Leslie London, University of Cape TownOlivier van Beemen, Investigative journalist - discussing his book Heineken in AfricaDr Sarah Hill, The University of Sydney School of Public Health - presenting on gender and health inequalityProfessor Amandine Garde, University of Liverpool Law School - looking at how human rights litigation can be used as a control policyRegister hereIAS BlogsTo read blogs click here.Sugar content in wine bottles ranges from 0 to 15 teaspoons of sugarResearch by the Alcohol Health Alliance, Alcohol Focus Scotland and Alcohol Change UK has found that bottles of the UK’s most popular wine contain a huge range of sugar, with the highest being enough to reach your recommended daily limit.The charity sent 30 bottles of wine (red, white, rosé, fruit, and sparkling wine) to an independent laboratory to test the sugar content. 15 of the bottles tested had 0-1 teaspoons of sugar, and were all red or white wines. Conversely the bottles that were generally weaker in alcohol content – predominantly the rosé, fruit, and sparkling wines – had far higher sugar content, with the most sugary having the equivalent of 15 teaspoons of sugar.The Government guidelines recommend no more than 30g of free sugars a day, meaning a drinker can reach that limit with only two medium-sized glasses of wine.None of the bottles had nutritional information on labels and calorie content was only on a fifth of the bottles.Highlighting the “absurd” situation that means non-alcoholic products have to have more labelling information than alcoholic products, Professor Sir Ian Gilmore said:“The Government must publish its planned consultation on alcohol labelling without further delay – which we have been waiting for since 2020. As well as calorie labelling and nutritional information, we need prominent health warnings and the UK Chief Medical Officers’ low-risk weekly drinking guidelines on labels. Studies suggest that this could help reduce alcohol harm by increasing knowledge of the health risks and prompting behaviour change.”In this month’s podcast we spoke to Alison Douglas, Chief Executive of Alcohol Focus Scotland, about the study.House of Lords debates alcohol labelling and advertisingOn a related note, the House of Lords debated the Health and Care Bill this month, with Baroness Finlay of Llandaff announcing a probing amendment* which would require the Government to publish a report on labelling that would consider certain mandatory labelling requirements, such as the CMO guidelines, cancer warnings, and full ingredients and nutritional information.In the same session Baroness Finlay also sought an amendment that would make the Government consult on calling alcohol a ‘less healthy product’ and therefore subject to the same advertising restrictions that HFSS foods will soon be.Although many peers supported Baroness Finlay, Lord Lansley – former Health Secretary 2010-2012 – said it was misplaced to treat alcohol like tobacco, which he felt these amendments would do. He argued that the alcohol marketing codes have made a great difference, including contributing to a reduction in children drinking, and that we should work with the junk food and alcohol industries as they’re not like tobacco where there’s no safe level. He said, “we deal with the food and drink industry because there are safe levels of food and drink consumption”.It is worth noting that when Lansley was Health Secretary he enlisted PepsiCo, Kellogg's, Unilever, Mars and Diageo to help write health policy, by drafting priorities and identifying barriers.Conservative Baroness Penn said in response that a consultation is unnecessary as the advertising restrictions are aimed at reducing exposure to children, and alcohol is already an age restricted product, furthermore “there are other measures in place that address the advertising of alcohol”. Baroness Finlay withdrew the amendments.In this month’s podcast we also spoke to Baroness Finlay regarding labelling of alcoholic products and next steps for Parliament. Finlay told us that:“If the Government doesn’t come forward with a date for the consultation we will have to push it to a vote and we have to defeat the Government and get it through, as the population deserves to know what is in the products they drink.”*A probing amendment means there’s no intention of the amendment being carried, but instead is used as an opportunity to discuss a particular topicEuropean Parliament ‘waters down’ alcohol labelling recommendationsAfter ‘fierce lobbying’ from the alcohol industry, Members of the European Parliament voted to ‘water down’ labelling recommendations. Instead of warning that any drinking can increase the risk of cancer, alcohol warning labels should only caution against excessive consumption and advise moderate drinking.MEP Dolors Montserrat, a former Spanish health minister, said they had stopped “the attempt to criminalise cava, wine and beer. We reject the abusive consumption of alcohol, which is harmful to health, and we defend the moderate consumption of wine and our well-known Mediterranean diet”.The resolution is non-binding but could guide new rules from the European Commission, such as those due in 2023 on labelling of alcoholic drinks and possible tax revisions to discourage consumption.The initial resolution had also called for a ban on sports sponsorship by alcoholic drinks companies, but the revised text instead said that the ban should only apply to events that were mainly attended by minors.Alcohol-related hospital stays fall in Scotland during pandemicBetween April 2020 and March 2021 alcohol-related hospital stays in Scotland fell by 10% on the previous period, with Public Health Scotland saying this is likely due to Covid preventing people from accessing necessary treatment.The rate dropped from 681 per 100,000 to 614. There were 35,124 stays in total, with the majority treated in acute hospitals. Men were 2.3 times more likely than women to be admitted for alcohol-related reasons, and people in deprived areas were 7 times more likely than those in least deprived areas: 968 compared to 144 per 100,000.Public Health Scotland also published an analysis of the latest data on alcohol sales and harms during the pandemic, which shows that while hospital stays fell, rates of alcohol-specific deaths increased – mainly due to increases in deaths in men and those aged 45-64. Alcohol sales were 9% lower in 2020 compared to 2017-2019 average and 16% lower in 2021.Alison Douglas, chief executive of Alcohol Focus Scotland, said:"While it is positive that overall Scots drank less during the last two years, this needs to be seen in the context of the devastating rise in deaths caused by alcohol during the same period."Drinking habits appear to have become polarised; some have cut down, while others - particularly heavier drinkers - have increased their drinking.”Government inaction on leading risk factors driving ill health The Health Foundation published a policy review on 23 February that analysed Government policy on the leading risk factors of preventable ill health: smoking, poor diet, physical inactivity and harmful alcohol use. The report highlights the lack of improvement over the past decade and that future targets will continually be missed if we continue along the same path.The report highlights the alcohol strategy of 2012 and the Government’s almost immediate backtracking “on all such policies” announced within it. The Health Foundation is firm in its criticism of Government inaction, drawing attention to:The report goes on to say that action to tackle harmful alcohol use “has been particularly weak” compared to control of other risk factors, with the Government avoiding effective intervention due to successful alcohol industry lobbying “against the introduction of policies to modify prices and marketing”.“In relation to both alcohol and food policy, governments have tended to avoid more deterrence-based, interventionist approaches. Instead, they have often trusted those responsible for producing harmful products to help improve public health voluntarily – regardless of possible conflicts of interest.”The report concludes that “Some of the biggest immediate gains could be made by implementing price-based policies, taxes and regulations designed to decrease affordability of unhealthy food and drink, and increase access to healthier options.”The following demonstrates the policy inaction, particularly policies under the responsibility of the Home Office.The Health Foundation: Summary of policy initiatives on alcohol 2012-2021Alcohol industry lobbies via the World Trade OrganizationA study by the London School of Economics has found that the alcohol industry has influence over the World Trade Organization (WTO), with WTO members using industry arguments to stall alcohol policy.The researchers analysed a decade of WTO member statements on ten alcohol labelling policies proposed by various countries. Over 55% of the statements featured industry arguments, such as:Reframing the nature and causes of alcohol-related problemsPromoting alternative policies such as information campaignsQuestioning the evidenceAnd emphasising wider economic costs of mandatory labelling policies.WTO members raising or subject to discussions on health warning labelling proposals at the TBT Committee meetings, 2010–19Arrows indicate statements raised by a member (left) to the corresponding member to whom the statement was directed (right). Arrow width corresponds to the number of statements raised.The authors concluded that because many of the arguments were industry arguments but few stated that they were, “Increased transparency about vested interests might be needed to overcome industry influence”.Read our blog by Dr Pepita Barlow on the study.Harmful commodity industry messaging creates doubtA new study looked at the use of “alternative causation” arguments by manufacturers of harmful products, and its impact on public understanding. The industries analysed were the alcohol, tobacco, fossil fuel and sweetened drinks industries.The study found that:“Across all industries, exposure to industry-sponsored messages led to greater reported uncertainty or false certainty about risk, compared to non-industry messages.”This excellent 6 minute video explains the study findings and implications:Utah’s lower drink drive limit saves livesAt the very end of 2018 the US state of Utah became the first, and as yet only, state to reduce its drink driving limit from 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood, to 50mg.As a reference, England and Wales have a limit of 80mg, which is the highest limit in Europe. Most other European countries have a limit of 50mg, including Scotland.The US’ Department of Transportation released a study at the end of February that evaluated the new limit and has found it led to a decrease in traffic deaths and more drivers arranging for alternative transport.Fatalities dropped by 19.8% in 2019, the first year it was reduced, compared to a 5.6% drop across the rest of the US. And 22% of people said they’d changed their behaviour when the law came in.Fatalities per 100 Million vehicle miles travelled (VMT)The study also found none of the negative economic impacts predicted occurred and there wasn’t a sharp rise in those arrested over the limit, suggesting people were adapting to the new law instead.TFL’s ban on HFSS ads is successful and paves the way for other ad bansIn February 2019, advertising of high fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) foods was restricted on the London transport network. A study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) evaluated the impact of the ban.The study found that calories purchased were 6.7% lower in the London households evaluated compared to the control households in the North of England. Energy from chocolate and confectionary purchases was 19.4% lower in London.Professor Steven Cummings of LSHTM said the study offers “a potentially effective intervention in other important public health policy areas such as the regulation of alcohol and gambling advertising”.The London Mayor’s office said that companies that previously advertised HFSS products were now advertising healthier options:“This shift has not only transformed the types of food and drink being advertised, but through engagement with the industry, TfL’s commercial media revenue actually increased by £2.3m during the first year of the policy.”Man in recovery launches campaign to move alcohol aisle away from checkoutA petition launched by a man in recovery for alcohol use disorder is asking supermarkets to move alcohol aisles away from checkouts to support those in recovery.Matthew Penn stopped drinking in May 2020 and has said one of the biggest obstacles to recovery was queuing along the alcohol aisle, which he said felt like a “ticking time bomb”.Mr Penn runs an online support group and said:“Every single person I speak to on my page says one of their biggest problems is going into shops. It can be so easily avoided. You’d think if you can cover up cigarettes then surely you could cover up alcohol.”IAS’ Dr Alison Giles said:“Strategically-placed alcohol in supermarkets is designed to increase purchasing and consumption, which subsequently leads to an increase in harm. To support those in recovery and reduce the cost of alcohol harm to society, a simple first step for supermarkets would be to move alcohol away from checkouts.”Dr Jyotsna Vohra, director of policy and public affairs at the Royal Society for Public Health, said the Government should incentivise retailers by considering business rate reductions where they show they are taking health seriously by improving layouts.Alcohol Toolkit Study: updateThe monthly data collected is from English households and began in March 2014. Each month involves a new representative sample of approximately 1,700 adults aged 16 and over.See more data on the project website here.Prevalence of increasing and higher risk drinking (AUDIT)Increasing and higher risk drinking defined as those scoring >7 AUDIT. A-C1: Professional to clerical occupation C2-E: Manual occupationCurrently trying to restrict consumptionA-C1: Professional to clerical occupation C2-E: Manual occupation; Question: Are you currently trying to restrict your alcohol consumption e.g. by drinking less, choosing lower strength alcohol or using smaller glasses? Are you currently trying to restrict your alcohol consumption e.g. by drinking less, choosing lower strength alcohol or using smaller glasses?All past-year attempts to cut down or stopQuestion: How many attempts to restrict your alcohol consumption have you made in the last 12 months (e.g. by drinking less, choosing lower strength alcohol or using smaller glasses)? Please include all attempts you have made in the last 12 months, whether or not they were successful, AND any attempt that you are currently making.The UK Alcohol Alert (incorporating Alliance News) is designed and produced by The Institute of Alcohol Studies. Please click the image below to visit our website and find out more about us and what we do, or the ‘Contact us’ button. Thank you. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit instalcstud.substack.com

How can physicians leverage their previous experiences and strengths to transition to becoming good entrepreneurs? What does the future look like for innovation in Ophthalmology? In this episode, we answer all these questions and more with our guest, Sophia Pathai, M.D.Sophia is a Venture Partner at Peppermint Venture Partners, a VC firm based in Berlin investing in early-stage healthcare companies across Europe. She invests in early-stage MedTech and BioTech with an ophthalmology focus. She is also an independent consultant, advising investors and founders on BioTech and MedTech portfolio companies and design of TPP to gain financing and eventual commercialization. Sophia holds a medical degree from University College London Medical School; a Masters in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and a Ph.D in ophthalmology and immunology also awarded from LSHTM.

“What is STS?” This is a question all STS students are asked on a regular basis – when travelling, joining a new sports club, at parties or family reunions, and when being interviewed for jobs. I find the question isn't as straightforward as most people want. I study Science and Society at University College London. In this episode, I explore what Science and Technology Studies (STS) is really all about. To do this, I interview three of my tutors about three ordinary things: the fruit fly Drosophila, the car and the idea of standard time. Each of these examples tells fascinating stories about science, technology, and society. Each displays the value of STS as a research skill or technique for investigation. When we ask the right questions, we can get underneath the subjects we study and engage fundamental questions. For example, how is science made? Why did a particular scientific development happen at the precise place and time that it did? How do technologies become established in our societies and how do they have the power to change our lives? Who benefits and who loses with innovation and discovery? How do the ways we imagine emerging technologies shape our future? Further material For an influential STS paper written about the fruit fly, see: For more about the example Dr Martin discussed (fruit fly): Robert E. Kohler, “Moral economy, material culture, and community in Drosophila Genetics” in Mario Biagioli, ed., The Science Studies Reader (NY: Routledge, 1999), pp. 243-257. For more about the example Professor Agar discussed (standard time): Peter Galison. 2000. “Einstein's Clocks: The Place of Time,” Critical Inquiry 26: 355-389. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1344127 For more about the example Professor Stilgoe discussed (the car): Jack Stilgoe. 2020. Who's Driving Innovation?: New Technologies and the Collaborative State (Palgrave). ISBN: ISBN: 978-3-030-32320-2 https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030323196    Featuring Presenter: Ms Odile Lehnen https://www.linkedin.com/in/odile-lehnen-326130188/ Interviewees: Dr Rebecca Martin, Research Fellow at LSHTM and Research Associate at Inter-change Research Ltd https://ucl.academia.edu/RebeccaMartin https://uk.linkedin.com/in/rebeccamartin386 Professor Jon Agar, Professor of Science and Technology Studies https://ucl.ac.uk/sts/agar Professor Jack Stilgoe, Professor in Science Policy https://ucl.ac.uk/sts/stilgoe Show host Professor Joe Cain, Professor in History and Philosophy of Biology https://ucl.ac.uk/sts/cain   Music credits “Rollin At 5,” by Kevin MacLeod https://filmmusic.io/song/5000-rollin-at-5 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Inside the episode, Odile uses this music: “Particles” by Rafael Krux https://filmmusic.io/song/5696-particles- “Sugar Fairies” by Rafael Krux https://filmmusic.io/song/5429-sugar-fairies- “Sneaky Snitch” by Kevin Macleod https://filmmusic.io/song/4384-sneaky-snitch “Garden Music” by Kevin Macleod https://filmmusic.io/song/3796-garden-music All music is available on https://filmmusic.io   Production information Editing and post-production by Professor Joe Cain.   Podcast information “WeAreSTS” is a production of the Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS) at University College London (UCL). To find out more, and to leave feedback about the show, visit us online: https://ucl.ac.uk/sts/podcast STS Students and staff also can find on the website information about how to get involved with our programme. “WeAreSTS” producer is Professor Joe Cain. Twitter: @stsucl #WeAreSTS  

Why are the countries which currently suffer the most direct health impacts from climate change some of the least likely to publish climate research? In the lead-up to COP26, Prof. Penny Murage of LSHTM discusses the field and her community work in sub-Saharan Africa, and Ayesha Tandon of CarbonBrief talks about her recent piece on inequality in climate research.Lancet Countdown: https://www.thelancet.com/countdown-health-climateCarbonBrief article: https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-the-lack-of-diversity-in-climate-science-research

Aebhric focuses on some aspects and some hints and tips for delivering prolonged field care in remote areas    Biography   Aebhric is a former US Army Green Beret, a Psychologist and a board-certified Critical Care Paramedic. He is the dean for the College of Remote and Offshore Medicine Foundation which offers medical education programmes for the remote, austere and offshore industries. Aebhric taught on the NATO Special Operations Combat Medic course in Pfullendorf, Germany and taught Battlefield Advanced Trauma Life Support (BATLS) for the MoD. He has earned the Diploma Tropical Nursing from LSHTM and is currently writing a clinical doctorate from the University of Stirling.    Top tips  Be. Here. Now. This is a survival technique from the bookDeep Survival. It forces you to be in the moment and not be blinded by the stress of the situation.  I always strive to be the dumbest person in the room. If I am in a room where I am the smartest person, I am in the wrong room. I need people around me who challenge me to be better.  Always be hungry. Hungry for learning. Hungry to continually better yourself.  

Tranexamic acid is proven to lower mortality rates among women who have postpartum haemorrhage, but it's still rarely used. Professors Haleema Shakur-Still and Ian Roberts of LSHTM discuss their new documentary on the subject and their research, while Dr. Taissa Vila and Professor Wilson Savino discuss Brazil's struggles with COVID-19.

SPI-M (the “Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling) is the government committee in charge of producing forecasts for the future direction of the pandemic in different circumstances. It was their report in early June, combining mathematical models from Imperial, Warwick and LSHTM, than persuaded Boris Johnson to delay the planned re-opening of society on 21st June to its current scheduled date of 19th July.In the weeks since that report, two things have become clear: the raw case numbers have been rising very rapidly, but the hospital admissions have been much lower than predicted when the PM made his decision. As of today, 1st July, just over 250 people per day are being admitted into hospital with Covid, compared to over 600 by now as forecast by SPI-M.Freddie Sayers spoke to Dr Mike Tildesley, an infectious disease modeller from the University of Warwick who sits on the committee and works on the models himself, about how his forecasts have performed against reality, and whether, knowing what we know now, the PM made the right decision.For more, read The Post from UnHerd See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to episode 52 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 9 June 2021] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and Dave Munday spoke with guests Katie Atmore, Dr Clare Dolman and Chris McCree about parenting and mental health. Katie completed a research M.Sc in Neuroscience at the University of Cape Town, studying the neurochemical impact of social isolation, before turning her interests to population health and undertaking the Global Mental Health M.Sc at KCL and LSHTM in 2017. She has since worked in mental health research in the UK, South Africa, Kenya and Mozambique on projects in intellectual disability advocacy, experiences of gender-based violence, human-centred design with young mothers and peer-education. She joined The Section for Women's Mental Health in 2019 as a research assistant working with Professor Louise Howard on The Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Community Perinatal Mental Health Services (ESMI-II) project. This work involves a realist evaluation of services through mixed-methods qualitative interviewing of service providers, mothers and significant others and service level data analysis. Dr Clare Dolman is a journalist and service user researcher whose PhD focused on women with bipolar disorder's decision-making regarding pregnancy and childbirth. She is a Patient and Public Involvement Lead for the NIHR-funded ESMI project on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of perinatal mental health services, based part-time at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College London. She also lectures on the Royal College of Psychiatrists' training courses on service user perspectives. Clare, who has bipolar disorder and suffered a postpartum psychosis after the birth of one of her children, is a trustee of the charities MMHA: Maternal Mental Health Alliance and APP - Action on Postpartum Psychosis , and an Ambassador for Bipolar UK. Chris McCree is a registered learning disability and mental health nurse with extensive experience of working in community mental health settings. Her roles have included working across Adult mental health and Children's Social care. Her current role as the Parental Mental Health lead within the Centre for Parent and Child Support's Helping Families team and the four borough Perinatal Community Mental health services in South London and Maudsley NHS Trust. In both roles, she is responsible for the implementation and development of a Think Family approach that aims to enhance partnership working and improve the experience of families who access these services. Some Twitter links to follow are: NL - https://twitter.com/niadla​​​​​​​​​​​​​ DM - https://twitter.com/davidamunday​​​​​​ Credits: Presenters: Nicky Lambert & Dave Munday Guests: Katie Atmore, Dr Clare Dolman and Chris McCree Theme music: Tony Gillam Production & Editing: Dave Munday

How do countries get access to COVID-19 vaccines in the first place? In this episode, Prof Daniel Bausch of LSHTM shares his thoughts on the global vaccine purchasing and distribution systems. An expert in the control of emerging viruses, Dan also discusses with host Naomi Stewart what the focus on COVID-19 means for other vaccination programmes and trials, how the pandemic may end, and how prepared we will be for future epidemics and pandemics. If you would like to get in contact with the team, or if you have a question you would like to ask our experts, you can email us: comms@lshtm.ac.uk.

In this episode we explore the crucial stages of clinical trials and testing vaccines. How do clinical trials account for different demographics? How do we know vaccines are safe for everyone? We are joined by Dr Ed Parker, Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and member of the Vaccine Centre. Ed walks us through the purpose of a clinical trial and its roots in ancient history, and provides insight behind LSHTM's vaccine tracker. Link to LSHTM short course on clinical trials: https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/courses/short-courses/clinical-trials

What is the role of a doctor at a digital health startup? Why are they needed? What jobs will they do? How do you find one? And how can you tell if they will be a fit for your team? If you're a doctor considering this move, you may have similar questions in reverse. What will it be like to be a “digital doctor”? How can I find opportunities? What new skills will I need to develop? How can I tell if the digital health startup I'm looking at has a shot? On this episode we talk with Sven Jungmann. He's a medical doctor with additional degrees in Public Health, Public Policy, and entrepreneurship. He's the Chief Medical Officer at FoundersLane in Berlin, Germany, where he advises digital health startups, and helps align other doctors with startups too. I can't think of anyone more qualified to discuss this topic with!   You'll learn:   Why many digital health startups really do need a doctor on their team. What the transition is like when moving from practicing medicine to the startup world. The drawbacks to doing this if you're a doctor. Six skills that make medical doctors indispensable for startups What a non-clinical founder should do to bring themselves closer to the medical side. That the problems in the U.S healthcare system are not unique when it comes to a lack of prevention and woefully inadequate data sharing. Why Corporate Venture Building is a powerful way to drive innovation.   We also discuss Sven's new book, FightBack NOW: Leveraging your assets to shape the new normal and his work at FoundersLane.   About Sven Jungmann   Sven Jungmann is a medical doctor with additional degrees in Public Health (Master, LSHTM), Public Policy (Master, Oxford), and entrepreneurship (Postgraduate Diploma, Cambridge). He worked in hospitals for several years. Today, as Chief Medical Officer, he heads the Healthcare Vertical for FoundersLane and advises start-ups in the digital health sector. He's co-author of FightBack Now. Connect with Sven on:  LinkedIn Instagram Twitter   About FoundersLane   FoundersLane is a Corporate Venture Builder that helps established organizations launch new digital offerings in the healthcare and sustainability space. FoundersLane is formed by serial full-stack entrepreneurs with experience in building tech companies from scratch to scale. Learn more: https://founderslane.com  Newsletter: https://founderslane.com/insights   Links and Resources   Episode 149: How Health Systems Think with Neil Carpenter Episode 103: Selling to Health Systems: Advice for Digital Health Startups (Part 1) Episode 105: Selling to Health Systems: Advice for Digital Health Startups (Part 2) Episode 85: Lessons on Selling in Healthcare w/ Dom Cappuccilli   The #HCBiz Show! is produced by Glide Health IT, LLC in partnership with Netspective Media.

Vaccines have arguably made the greatest contribution to global health of any human intervention apart from the introduction of clean water and sanitation. With new vaccines being developed at an incredible rate to tackle the current pandemic, we take a look at how vaccines work and what goes into each shot. Karl is joined by Helen Fletcher, Professor of Immunology at LSHTM, to take a look at what goes into a vaccine, how you design one and how the COVID-19 vaccines were created so quickly and safely. They also dispel some of the myths floating around about vaccines. Professor Beate Kampmann, Director of the Vaccine Centre at LSHTM, also stops by to answer some questions sent in by you, our listeners. You can find the video on vaccine safety that Karl and Beate talk about here. Learn more about the Vaccine Centre here. If you would like to get in contact with the team, or if you have a question you would like to ask our experts, you can email us: comms@lshtm.ac.uk

Welcome back to a new season of LSHTM Viral, where we will be taking a deep-dive into vaccines and speak to experts working real-time on COVID-19. LSHTM modeller Roz Eggo reacts to the UK's roadmap announcement on 22 February for easing lockdown restrictions, explaining the science behind the government's decision and how vaccination will forge a way out of the pandemic. John Edmunds, a UK government science advisor and professor of infectious disease at LSHTM discussed how new, potentially dangerous variants of the virus can emerge and key considerations for vaccination at this scale.

Descrição: Os vírus são mais personalizados que latinha de refrigerante com nome, tem as mutações da Paula, do Rogério e da Simone. Mas como saber se essas mutações geram variantes mais infecciosas? Quais são as variáveis que afetam a variância das variantes? E as variância da variáveis das variantes vacinas? Se você está entendendo, está entendendo demais (overfitting). - [Taxa de mutação por base por célula](https://jvi.asm.org/content/jvi/92/14/e01031-17/F1.large.jpg) - [Variantes no NYT](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/health/coronavirus-variant-tracker.html) - [Estudo da LSHTM compara modelos com maior transmissão pela variante britânica, mas não inclui modelo nulo sem aumento na transmissão](https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2021/new-modelling-estimates-potential-impact-new-covid-19-strain) -[Erik Volz et al. estimam transmissão da nova variante usando filodinâmica, mas método é aproximado e incerteza costuma ser alta](https://www.imperial.ac.uk/mrc-global-infectious-disease-analysis/covid-19/report-42-sars-cov-2-variant/) - [Maior carga viral em variantes?](https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.24.20248834v1) - [Câncer transmissível em cachorro](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2593932/) Música: Alcova Rubra - I; (incidental) MC Ray Ban- Bactéria Filha da Puta

Launching February 23rd 2021 Vaccines are widely regarded as one of the greatest achievements of modern civilization, but how vaccines work, How do you create a vaccine? And perhaps most importantly, how do you produce enough to vaccinate the entire world? Join Karl Byrne, Amy Thomas and Naomi Stewart every fortnight as they explore the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic and take a deep dive into vaccines and vaccinations. They will be talking about the latest pandemic news, answering your vaccine questions and speaking to experts from LSHTM and beyond, as they explore the past, present and future of vaccines. Find out more on our LSHTM podcast website.

Omar Moore speaks to Professor Beate Kampmann, pediatrician and director of The Vaccine Center at the London School of Hygiene And Tropical Medicine. The topics include inequities regarding vaccine distribution and supply, children and rates of Covid-19 infection on the African continent, specifically in The Gambia, where Prof. Kampmann also works with children. Topics also include vaccination rates on the African continent, Prof. Kampmann's work at the LSHTM, the differences between Covid-19 vaccines, and scientific analysis. Plus: messaging around vaccines, human behavior and more. Also: a mystery voice and a book recommendation as Black History (Year) rolls on. February 4, 2021. Featured in this episode— Professor Beate Kampmann on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatekampmann LSHTM main website: https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/ LSHTM Vaccine centre: https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres/vaccine-centre LSHTM Vaccine Tracker: https://vac-lshtm.shinyapps.io/ncov_vaccine_landscape/ Contact The Politicrat Daily Podcast: politicratpod@gmail.com NEW: Additional merchandise in the 2021 merchandise line (designed by Omar Moore) for THE POLITICRAT Daily Podcast Online Shop: https://bit.ly/3sZurJt VIDEO: Anatomy Of Scenarios in THE INCIDENT (1967) —contains mild spoilers https://bit.ly/3pmc8fk NEW SITE: WRITING MOORE: https://writingmoore.com NEW: Omar's feature-length audio commentary on film THE INCIDENT (1967): https://bit.ly/3peE4Sl The Politicrat Blog —This Is OUR Moment. Our Day. https://bit.ly/393lAhT MOORE ON MEDIUM: Read Omar's review of the powerful and unsettling 1967 film THE INCIDENT, which focuses on toxic versus “passive“ masculinity and the “captive audience”. bit.ly/3nXqBwH FULL VIDEO (Jan. 16): THE POLITICRAT VIDEOCAST—Canadian pollster and data analyst Barbara Justason of Justason Market Intelligence in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on polling and politics. https://bit.ly/35OR2yy The NEW website for The Politicrat Daily Podcast: ThePoliticrat.com The Politicrat Facebook page: bit.ly/3bU1O7c The Politicrat Blog: Annus Horribilis 2020, And How We Can Thrive In 2021 - https://bit.ly/2X2Ea32 MUST-SEE VIDEO: Omar Moore demonstrates how to put on, wear and remove a mask. December 26, 2020. https://bit.ly/38S8sen THE POLITICRAT daily podcast is now available on Pandora! https://bit.ly/3po1rbF Plus— FULL VIDEO (Dec. 24): THE POLITICRAT podcast episode—a conversation with virologist Dr. Cindy Duke, Medical Director and Laboratory Director of Nevada Fertility Institute, on vaccines, the pandemic, the People's Vaccine movement, technology, infertility, government experimentation in Black people, how to properly wear a mask, and more. https://bit.ly/3pt7CLo Please SUBSCRIBE to these: MOORE THOUGHTS: moore.substack.com Moore On Medium: medium.com/@omooresf The Politicrat YouTube page: bit.ly/3bfWk6V The Politicrat Facebook page: bit.ly/3bU1O7c The Politicrat blog: https://politicrat.politics.blog PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to this to this podcast! Follow/tweet Omar at: http://twitter.com/thepopcornreel

How exactly did planetary health come to be, and where is it headed? In this season finale, we speak to two pioneers of the field - Prof Andy Haines of LSHTM and Richard Horton, editor of the Lancet. They discuss the urgency of embedding planetary health into the policy agenda, the benefits of increased public engagement with science during COVID-19, and how to address the inequalities that could hamper our efforts.

Thank you so much to Shay Stabler-Morris for joining me for this episode! We discussed Public Health, how Barbados has been dealing with the Covid-19 Pandemic, and what it is like to be in an online graduate program! Helpful Links from Shay: LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shay-morris-doty-69a326133/ I periodically post original content related to public health education, as well as interesting things related to COVID-19 on my Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/shayymd/ For those interested in the distance learning MSc Epidemiology at LSHTM: https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/courses/masters-degrees/epidemiology-online I'm also a big fan of free online education, so things like Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/learn/basic-statistics#syllabus) are great sources to jump into statistics if someone has no exposure. Additionally, there are a growing number of online courses for those interested in learning more about COVID-19 from top researchers around the world: https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/courses/short-courses/free-online-courses/coronavirus https://www.coursera.org/learn/covid19-epidemiology https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/training/online-training Recorded and Created by Shawn Smallman Produced and Edited by Paige Smallman

In this week's episode of Conversations with Data, we caught up with Professor Heidi Larson, an anthropologist who is director and founder of The Vaccine Confidence Project. She talks with us about vaccine hesitancy along with her new book, "Stuck: How Vaccine Rumours Start and Why They Don't Go Away".

Could climate change or deforestation cause the next pandemic? In the final episode of our series on Science, Policy and a Green Recovery, host Dr Rob Doubleday and guest host Kate McNeil explore the links between planetary health and human health. Throughout the episode, they hear about how human activity is placing pressure on the natural world and how that can influence the risks posed by zoonotic and vector-borne diseases. They also address how unsustainable human activities and climate change are contributing threats to human health from non-communicable diseases and as a consequence of natural disasters. Throughout the episode, our hosts are joined by LSHTM's Professor Chris Drakeley, the Lancet Planetary Health's Editor-in-Chief Alistair Brown, the University of Liverpool's Professor Matthew Baylis, and the Yale School of Public Health's Professor Robert Dubrow. -- CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast is hosted by CSaP Executive Director Dr Rob Doubleday, and is edited and produced by CSaP Communications Coordinator Kate McNeil. If you have questions you would like us to address in a future week, please email enquiries@csap.cam.ac.uk. Music and sound effects used in this season of CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast are courtesy of FreeSound.org. This episode features sound effects from PannChie, JamboME, Zywx, and smacks999.

Welcome to a special episode of LSHTM Viral! The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the use of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, with mass national roll out following as early as the next couple of weeks. Karl is joined in this episode by Dr Pauline Paterson, Dr Sadie Bell, and Prof Liam Smeeth of LSHTM, as they take a look at the factors that affect people's confidence and hesitance around vaccines, how the recent news might affect peoples perceptions of vaccines, and discuss some of the logistical and communication challenges that the UK faces in vaccinating the population. If you would like to get in touch with your questions and comments, we'd love to hear from you! You can email us: comms@lshtm.ac.uk

We hear a lot about reducing air pollution, but why do we need to? Join Amy, Naomi and Karl exploring the ins and outs of air pollution including, how the particles affect the human body, and where they come from. We turn to new research that uses machine learning, satellite data and on-the-ground monitors to build a highly detailed pollution map of Great Britain, revealing exciting avenues for the future of air pollution and health research. Contributions from LSHTM's Prof Paul Wilkinson and Prof Antonio Gasparrini.

Why have COVID-19 contact tracing operations around Europe failed to avoid another round of lockdowns? Rosanna Peeling of LSHTM joins us to chat, and Melinda Buntin and Ines Hassan discuss the reasoning behind keeping schools open and the sacrifices involved.

From Africa's meningitis belt to the link between malaria and rice cultivation, and from mosquitoes in the Mekong Delta to mangoes in Mexico, the links between environmental change and infectious diseases are complex and, at times, surprising. Join Karl Byrne, Amy Thomas and guests as they delve into this fascinating topic. Karl and Amy chat about the US Presidential election and how it could impact America's efforts towards curbing climate change going forward. Karl is also joined by Professor Martin Antonio from MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM and LSHTM PhD candidate Kallista Chan to talk about their research on two very different infectious diseases that are affected by environmental changes - bacterial meningitis and malaria - as well as the complex interactions between human impact on the environment and its effects on other diseases. If you would like to get in touch with the team , you can email us at comms@lshtm.ac.uk You can find out more about the Centre of Climate Change and Planetary Health here.

What role does the private sector play in achieving sustainable yet nutritious food systems? In today's episode, Naomi Stewart explores the relationship between the private sector and climate change when it comes to the production of food, from small scale farmers to the mass industrialisation of plant-based alternatives. Our first guest is Francesca Harris, a PhD student at LSHTM who discusses the impacts of farming on water resources in India, and the ways that academia should or could interact with the private sector. Then, we speak to Adam Cheney, a R&D Manager at V2 - an Australian startup looking to develop scalable plant-based protein alternatives - about the perspective of the private sector and their mutual interest in a healthy, sustainable food future. Find out more about the Centre of Climate Change and Planetary Health.

Healthy and sustainable diets are essential for planetary health. Poor diets are a leading cause of ill health and death globally, and the food system is responsible for between 20% and 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions. On-going environmental changes are also having a direct impact on food production, and without substantial efforts to adapt to the new environmental conditions, the food system will struggle to deliver healthy and sustainable diets for all. In this episode, Karl Byrne has a chat with Professor Alan Dangour, the Director of LSHTM's Centre of Climate Change and Planetary Health, and Pauline Scheelbeek, Assistant Professor of Nutritional and Environmental Epidemiology, about the challenges our food systems face and what we have to do to ensure healthy, nutritional and sustainable food supplies to feed the world's ever growing population. Find out more about the Centre of Climate Change and Planetary Health.

Welcome to LSHTM Viral Season 2, which deep dives into planetary health with researchers from the newly formed Centre on Climate Change & Planetary Health at LSHTM, and other experts. In this episode we introduce the podcast team, Naomi Stewart, Karl Byrne and Amy Thomas. Sir Andy Haines, former director of LSHTM, also joins us to explain how the term planetary health came about, and why he became interested in this area.

For World Mosquito Day 2020, we explore the impact of COVID-19 on malaria control and prevention. A recent report from WHO says the continued disruption to malaria prevention could revert mortality to levels seen two decades ago. In this episode we speak to Prof of Epidemiology and Global Health, Sian Clarke, Co-Director of the Malaria Centre at LSHTM and Dr Corine Ngufor, Assistant Prof of Medical Entomology explains how we can adapt current malaria campaigns in West Africa while maintaining safety from COVID-19 transmission. More information: www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres/malaria-centre

COVID-19 cases are starting to rise across Africa. Researchers at The MRC Unit The Gambia, LSHTM, have developed a COVID-19 rumour tracking app to combat rumours and misinformation about COVID-19 circulating amongst the populations in The Gambia and neighbouring Senegal. Social Scientific Lead Dr Melisa Martinez-Alvarez, and Social Scientific Officer Lamin Leigh explain why the tracking app is needed and how it works. Link to the tracker: https://apps.mrc.gm/informationtracker

Anthropologist Heidi Larson has a new book titled, Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start -- and Why They Don't Go Away, which explains how logic and science alone cannot debunk vaccine denialism, and we explore how addressing the root 21st century cultural causes of distrust of medicine can help us overcome deliberate misinformation in the global fight against COVID-19.You can purchase the book here:https://global.oup.com/academic/product/stuck-9780190077242?cc=us&lang=en&For More Informationhttps://www.lshtm.ac.ukhttps://bayareaglobalhealth.orghttps://sfcommunityhealth.orghttps://coronavirus.ucsf.eduhttps://www.who.inthttps://www.cdc.govhttps://www.nih.govhttps://covid19.ca.govhttps://coronavirus.health.ny.govhttps://coronavirus.jhu.eduwww.ashotinthearmpodcast.comThis episode was made in partnership with the Bay Area Global Health Alliance. You can find this episode and past episodes of A Shot in the Arm Podcast with Ben Plumley on this (and other) podcast platforms. Please subscribe and give us 5 stars!

We bring you our fourth live Covid-19 Q&A, broadcast on Twitter and YouTube on 28 July with Professor Peter Piot, Director of LSHTM, Dr John Nkengasong, first Director of Africa CDC and presented by Sarah Boseley, Health Editor at The Guardian.

Next Tuesday 28th July we are hosting our fourth COVID-19 Live Q&A with Peter Piot, Director of LSHTM, and John Nkengasong, Director of Africa CDC. Join our Q&A streamed on LSHTM's Twitter and YouTube channels to ask your questions direct to world-leading experts with moderation by Sarah Boseley, Health Editor at The Guardian.

The new Global Burden of Disease paper forecasts major alterations in worldwide population over the next few decades. We ask Kathleen O'Reilly, of LSHTM, how models are made and how you account for a changing world, and we speak with paper author Stein Emil Vollset of IHME about the implications of his predictions.

It has now been six months since the first case of COVID-19 was announced in China. There are over 10.5 million infections worldwide, and tragically 500,000 deaths. We listen back to our very first episode with LSHTM's Prof John Edmunds in January, where he acknowledges the likelihood of the disease arriving in the UK, the day before the first case was announced.

Efforts to curb the devastating effects of COVID-19 have halted the global economy and left governments striving to repair the damage. As we tackle the global recession in the wake of this pandemic, there's a unique opportunity to push ahead on sustainable policies for our future. Sir Andy Haines, previous director of LSHTM and Professor of Environmental Change and Public Health explains how governments can put health and sustainability and the heart of our economic recovery.

As the momentum behind Black Lives Matter and placing social justice before social distancing grows worldwide, we speak to Dr Lioba Hirsch, a Research Fellow who is studying the colonial history of LSHTM. Dr Hirsch walks us through some of the challenges faced by Black, Asian, and minority ethnic people during COVID-19, what the impact of racism within healthcare systems looks like, and how we can start facing the legacy of colonialism in global health.

The Latest Malaria News, in 60 Seconds. Artefenomel is assessed against Plasmodium vivax infection in humans to determine the minimum effective dose required for parasite clearance and LSHTM launch a beta version of The Global Vector Hub. More: www.fightmalaria.uk/MalariaMinute

Nina is currently pursuing an MSc in One Health (Ecosystems, Animals and Humans) at the RVC and LSHTM. She is a remote grant-writer for Health In Harmony. She recently finished up a journalism internship with Mongabay.  Nina has publications on climate change and tungiasis (sand flea disease) in the works.  In this episode Nina and I discuss the current global pandemic (COVID-19), healthcare, international conservation, women in conservation, and the history of conservation.