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Thanks so much to Movendi International for hosting this, it was an inspiration to learn from amazing colleagues from around the world. Global Health Policy Unit School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh Global Alcohol Policy Alliance IAS Alcohol Focus Scotland AlcoholActionIreland SHAAP #CDoH Mark Petticrew May van Schalkwyk
Link with recording of our recent World Health Organization (WHO) webinar on governance and commercial determinants of health is available here: who.int/news-room/even… Fran Baum kent buse Monika Kosinska Adriana Blanco Marquizo Gita Sen Global Health Policy Unit SPECTRUM Research Consortium Commercial Determinants Research Group at LSHTM School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh
made a small contribution to an article in The Bulletin of the World Health Organization on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control hopefully a basis for more research on corporate political strategy, tobacco growing and how to ensure public accountability
A new IAS blog just out by Mark Hellowell from Global Health Policy Unit and Katherine Smith 🧡: "Can a health case sustain a new Public Health Supplement in Scotland?" School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh
See a new paper ($0) led by Rob Ralston with Jeff Collin Sharon Friel and colleagues in Policy and Society: NGOs and Global Business Regulation of Transnational Alcohol and Ultra-Processed Food Industries #CDoH Global Health Policy Unit School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh academic.oup.com/policyandsocie…
new open access paper in Soc Sci & Medicine on the WHO Foundation and corporate philanthropy we argue that the creation of a foundation at one remove from WHO has displaced issues of financing to more secluded spaces less amenable to scrutiny doi.org/10.1016/j.socs…
Thanks to Rob Ralston for leading us on this paper in Society for Social Medicine & Population Health with Tracey Wagner-Rizvi May van Schalkwyk and Jeff Collin "The WHO Foundation in global health governance: Depoliticizing corporate philanthropy". Link below Global Health Policy Unit School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh #CDoH Monika Kosinska G-CAN Network
Thanks to Mark Petticrew May van Schalkwyk for their partnership on this written evidence submission, seeking to correct some of the claims made in relation to prevention, partnership, and harms. IAS Global Health Policy Unit School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh
Honored/daunted to serve as deputy director/ Global Health Policy Unit work package lead for new UK Health Hub on Commercial Determinants of Health led by Anna Gilmore Tobacco Control Research Group with amazing colleagues/institutions to address #CDoH at local level. UK Research and Innovation Tobacco Control Research Group bath.ac.uk/announcements/…
Huge thanks to Alison Douglas David McColgan for sparing time to share honest reflections on advocacy, leadership, values and resilience for our Global Health Policy Unit policy panel yesterday. Inspirational way to end our social determinants of health and public policy course School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh
In the UK, the alcohol industry remains an active participant in alcohol policy development. Policy discourse should not be polluted by commercial interests, say Nason Maani May van Schalkwyk Alice Wiseman Mark Petticrew bmj.com/content/385/bm…
A pleasure to write this with colleagues in The BMJ. The UK needs a new alcohol strategy, and discourse on it can't be polluted by the industry as it was earlier this year #CDoH Global Health Policy Unit SHAAP IAS Alcohol Focus Scotland EurocareBrussel Movendi International Global Alcohol Policy Alliance
New article “Perils of Partnership: Interactions Between Public Health England, Drinkaware, and the Portman Group Surrounding the Drink Free Days Campaign” in IJHPM (0$) b #FOI dlvr.it/T5HpBq with Mark Petticrew May van Schalkwyk #CDoH Global Health Policy Unit School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh Spectrum SportsNet
Come work with us: Global Health Policy Unit is now accepting applications for a lecturer (assistant professor) in global health policy jobs.ac.uk/job/DHE146/lec…
Come work with us Global Health Policy Unit School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh! 4 year full time global health policy lecturer (assistant professor) post: jobs.ac.uk/job/DHE146/lec… Closing date 14th May 2024 @ecrssm MCR_SSM
We are hiring @GHPU! Details below for a 2 year research fellow post on commercial determinants working with our work package on the UKRI health hub on commercial determinants. Deadline 20/5! Do get in touch with any questions! #CDoH School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh G-CAN Network elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…
Pleased to be hosting an online open day event for our 2024/2025 MSc in Global Health Policy applicants on 24th June Global Health Policy Unit. Details/registration here: ed.ac.uk/studying/postg…. If you haven't applied to the programme yet, there is still time (3 weeks till closing!)
Great to be at the launch of the Global Futures Hub between the Universiteit Leiden and The University of Edinburgh in Den Haag/The Hague. Great opportunities for students and staff from School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh to collaborate and study.
Grateful to be a part of this new landmark report by WHO/Europe on commercial determinants of NCDs with May van Schalkwyk Mark Petticrew #CDoH Global Health Policy Unit School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh NCD Alliance Scotland
Congratulations to all our 2024 prize winners! #EdinburghGrad P&IR Edinburgh SocAnth Edinburgh UoE Social Policy Global Health Policy Unit SocialWorkUnivEdin Research Training Centre - University of Edinburgh