IN MICE ⁦justsaysinmice⁩ bbc.com/news/health-68…

“The call to act comes at a cost”. Efeso Collins July 2021.

So devastated by this news. We have lost a leader, scholar and gentleman. 💔

Thanks Janine Paynter ⌛🔥🌡 you were super helpful with the interview for this as well. As you said yesterday - anything for our babies.

Key concern from our study on Pacific infant care practices using Growing Up in NZ data: the health system neglects to connect with families who are not the dominant language/culture group. And so the injustices continue, and more of our little ones are at risk than need to be.

They must have known…. The name of our room for our nights accommodation in Rockhampton for our road trip to Cairns, as part of Minister husband Jake Langridge Sabbatical.

“I am the quantifiable product of what’s lost in this country,” he says. “I am the manifestation of it.” newsroom.co.nz/2023/12/03/fro…

That time I found Nemo but I think it was too late.

Capped off a tough end to the year with finding out my application for promotion to “senior” research fellow is confirmed starting Feb next year.

Just wish the senior bit entitled me to a gold card but hey you can’t have it all right?

#AcademicChatter #promotion #bittersweet

Best barber in town just opened his own shop riosbarbers.com. Our boys refuse to get cut by anyone else. Congrats Jonathan Suavaga.

When a loved one passes it’s hard to breathe, much less grieve. My sister died last week, her husband just over 5 years ago. They were 47 and 54. There aren’t enough words for all the emotions. And so I just concentrate on the next breath.

As always, an absolute pleasure to work with these amazing colleagues and friends.

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