Spring in #Edinburgh ❤️

My latest column on Scotland’s life expectancy theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

News podcast: Linda Bauld The University of Edinburgh on #smokingban , Dr Dean Lomax on #Ichthyosaur , Michael Palmgren University of Copenhagen on weeds, Rory Clarkson Rolls-Royce UK on planes and volcanic ash, and Bencie Woll @UCL and Victoria Mousley Birkbeck, University of London on deafness.

thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/naked…

Raises the spirits to walk home 19:30/20:00 in #Edinburgh with the light nights just starting & more to come ❤️🌷🌤️

As always an insightful & informative talk this evening from friend & colleague Prof Tim Stockwell CISUR 🇨🇦 - was pleased to chair & thanks to SHAAP IAS for organising and RCPEdin for hosting.

Research highlights the effectiveness of high street vouchers in helping new mums stay smoke-free after pregnancy. 🚭 🤰

Read more at edin.ac/3WkzwNJ

Linda Bauld

Tobacco and Vapes Bill moves to Committee Stage with overwhelming support from MPs backed by tobacco retailers, the public, including smokers, and health leaders #BacktheBill to create a #SmokefreeGeneration

Director of Healthy & Sustainable Diets
Soil Association
Bristol or Edinburgh
£58,000-£63,000
Closes 28 April
Public Health jobs
zgnutrition.co.uk/jobs/job588/

Thanks to Edinburgh Science for inviting me to the annual church service St Giles' Cathedral in #Edinburgh . A privilege to speak on the festival's theme of Shaping the Future (for #publichealth ) while building on the past #EdSciFest Live stream link (32:45 mins in) youtube.com/watch?v=NIIedW…

🚨Interested in the application of behavioural research within governments?

Come work with us! Behavioural Research UK

We are looking for a Senior Policy Fellow based within UCL's UCL Centre for Behaviour Change and seconded to Go-Science. 36 month contract too.
👇
ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…+

Just out: write-up of our SPECTRUM Research Consortium funded pilot data on gambling behavior and risk of harm from gambling in the UCL_Tobacco_Alcohol Smoking & Alcohol Toolkit Study.
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/4/e…

The FPH Healthy Places SIG is hosting a webinar on indoor air quality, with a focus on recent work on indoor damp and mould.

Register via our website.

fph.org.uk/events-courses…

Delighted to see both of our Co-Directors speaking at this event today to celebrate the achievements of Professor Susan Michie and the UCL team in the development of the UCL Centre for Behaviour Change over the past 10 years. Linda Bauld is speaking (right now!) on behaviour research in the UK (& us!)

We are looking for a Head of Research Interpretation to work on our Global Cancer Update Programme
👉 Permanent, full time; 37.5 hours a week
👉  #Hybrid  working -  #London #N1
👉 Deadline, 5pm Thursday 2 May 📆

For more information and to apply:
wcrf.org/latest/about-u…

Promises to be an excellent conference - a few tickets left for those interested in joining us 👇

Life course epidemiology and public health

TLDR
1. Start early
2. Start way upstream
3. Shift contexts and structures
4. Relying on individual behaviour change later in life is very far from optimal

thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…

Are you a UK based #startup #scaleup using #behaviouralresearch in your work?
If yes, please tell us about your work & where you would like to develop capability. Our survey can be completed in under 10 minutes (& could be done while you drink your ☕️) form.typeform.com/to/kVT4DWLk?

New roles, all over the UK!

Secondments particularly welcome

Please share & have a look at locations

(Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Dumfries, Walsall, E. Sussex, Bury, Pembrokeshire, North Wales, Neath Port Talbot, Carers NI, Mencap NI, NI Centre for Independent Living, and many more)

PhD applications open for colleagues interested in #behaviour #behaviour alscience from many disciplines - great opportunity for those considering a research career with links to a range of sectors 👇