As part of the Wider Determinants of Mental Health Programme SIPHER Consortium is working with stakeholders from different policy areas and those with lived & professional expertise. Findings will inform delivery plans for the Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy. bit.ly/3UImF5l

New JCPH lit review w. Ellen Stewart asks what qualitative accounts tell us about public understandings of health inequalities, social determinants of health (SDH) & excess mortality in Scotland: doi.org/10.55016/ojs/j… (Funded by The Health Foundation) Key findings summarised in🧵1/5

Our Housing Scotland Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee consultation response calls for stable, secure tenancies with genuine tenant control. Done well we believe it can reshape housing, boost health & wellbeing, and reduce inequalities, especially for lower-income households. bit.ly/4bqGiWG

Spots available in this new NCRM agent-based modelling course - held at UofG School of Health & Wellbeing in July!

We are looking for a Research Assistant and a Research Associate for the OPTIMA project – evaluating the health effects of 20-minute neighbourhood policies. 🗓️20th June closing date. ➡️jobs.ac.uk/job/DHV318/res… ➡️jobs.ac.uk/job/DHV100/res…

We are looking for a Senior Programme Manager to oversee the running of two major, multi-institution public health research initiatives: SIPHER Consortium and Policy Modelling for Health (HealthMod). 🗓️Closes 19th June Vacancy ref: 148069 my.corehr.com/pls/uogrecruit…

New paper out today: How can agent‐based modelling provide new insights into the impact of minimum unit pricing in Scotland? with Jen Boyd John Holmes Drug and Alcohol Review (£0) Systems Science in Public Health SCHARR onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/da…

📢 We are offering a fully-funded UK Research and Innovation #PhD studentship to explore the dynamic relationship between health and wealth inequalities. Lead supervisor: Petra Meier 🇩🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 UofG School of Health & Wellbeing Application deadline: 31st July 2024 Find out more: tinyurl.com/5dnmpxvt

Hiring Spree Part III😀: I have funding for a⁦UK Research and Innovation⁩ PhD studentship (home fees). 3.5 years. Topic: Dynamic relationships between Health & Wealth. Part of a large interdisciplinary consortium. ⁦University of Glasgow⁩ ⁦UofG School of Health & Wellbeing⁩ Improving Health⁩ gla.ac.uk/schools/health…

🚀Have you explored our new look SIPHER website yet! Find us at 🌐 sipher.ac.uk – with new sections and more on our research, products & policy work. Check out Systems Science In Public Health Podcasts with Petra Meier 🇩🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 for some great insights bit.ly/3KUc5E1

New JOB?🚨Hiring Spree Part IV: Research Associate (systems thinking or complexity methods applied to socio-environmental systems transformation in two projects: climate resilient cities, healthy economy). University of Glasgow UofG School of Health & Wellbeing Public Health jobs Public Health Jobs UK jobs.ac.uk/job/DIC803/res…

What a great team! In person launch event for our new UK Research and Innovation Population Health Improvement UK Policy Modelling for Health consortium. Important team building accomplished - we now know who can solve a Rubik’s cube or has unusual pets.

📍Post-doc opportunity Definitely worth working with a fantastic group of ABMers and Public Health Specialists! If you can use #agentbasedmodels, and are interested in #20minuteneighbourhood and #healthinequalities, apply now 👍🏽

Closing date this Friday (5th July)! Last chance to get your applications in to help us explore health inequalities and 20-minute neighbourhoods using your ABM/geo data skills! 3-year post on an NIHR-funded project, OPTIMA Jon Olsen Alison Heppenstall Heeseo Rain Kwon

Excited to be part of Social Policy Assoc Conf University of Strathclyde. Join Corinna Elsenbroich Corinna Elsenbroich SIPHER Co-Director later today for Symposium 53 - Social Policy Futures 1, 15:55-16:55, and Social Policy Futures 2, 17:00-18:00, both in Conference Room 8.🌟#SPA2024

📣New research on #ukhousing market dynamics using agent-based models. Findings could underpin exciting future research, help predict unexpected shocks & determine policy moves to ease economic downturns. Co-authors: Corinna Elsenbroich Alison Heppenstall doi.org/10.1080/174777…

📢Delighted our SIPHER Synthetic Population is now available via UKDataService & thanks to Understanding Society for their support. Want to explore but don't do coding! No problem we've developed a new 'click and explore' dashboard just for you. Visit: bit.ly/3LiKKLM

*Vacancy* Professor of Clinical Trials & Methodology Based in the School of Health & Wellbeing and University of Glasgow Centre for Excellence in Trials Collaboration (CETC) in partnership with Glasgow Clinical Trials Units. ➡️ gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/ (ref 151229) 🗓️ 7th October

Excited to be officially starting on our NIHR-funded OPTIMA project today, 'Orienting Policy Towards Inequality Minimising Actions (OPTIMA): A systems science approach to 20-minute neighbourhood policy and evaluation' ...

🚨Join Andreas Hoehn (OP78) #SSM2024 for Methods Session 3 tomorrow 09:30-11:30, Conf Rm 2 and hear details of our SIPHER Synthetic Population for GB: its creation, validation & applications. jech.bmj.com/content/78/Sup… Nik Lomax Jo Winterbottom Alison Heppenstall Gillian Fergie Julian Cox