Prof. Sonia Saxena 💙
@SoniaKSaxena
GP/ Professor of Primary Care, Imperial College London | President, Child & Adolescent Health, European Public Health Assoc
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NIHR have put together a new Collection which brings together major NIHR research, including several SPCR funded projects, on the prevention and treatment of eczema.
Read more: spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/eczema-in…
#primarycare #eczema #prevention
What a delight to cycle exhausted in the rain from my workplace Department of Primary Care & Public Health to witness this amazing team break #universitychallenge record scores and make history-proud to be Imperial As One tonight. Future is bright
~64 min/day of walking & ~5.0 min/day of stair climbing associated with a favourable cardiometabolic risk profile
Great paper by Emmanuel (Manos) Stamatakis et al
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
In January 2024, there were 553 cases of #whoopingcough in England compared with 858 cases for the whole of 2023.
Increasing vaccine uptake is critical to controlling pertussis outbreaks, say Maggie Rae and colleagues
bmj.com/content/385/bm…
Thrilled to be at #RCPCH24 to present our work - if you’re at the ICC Birmingham come by for a chat! NIHR ARC Northwest London Imperial Child Health Unit
Thank you for inviting me to speak Incubator for Clinical Education Research at your #celebrateClinEd event, it was a privilege to take part and congratulations on all of the achievements so far!
🗣️ 'Investing in the early years is one of the most important things we can do as a society to build a better future & promote the nation’s health, wellbeing and prosperity.'
Thanks to Katie Harron for the The Conversation piece on our child health report 👇
theconversation.com/child-health-i…
New #SPHR research suggests that physical activity insecurity is stopping young people from getting active and that more work is needed to create environments where they feel confident to exercise and play sport
nihrsphr.link/PhysicalActivi…
Fuse NIHR Research Durham University
New paper exploring young peoples perspectives on physical activity insecurity from Dr Caroline Dodd-Reynolds and the SPHR CYP team: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…