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Beck Smith

@beck_smith

Associate Director, Policy @WellcomeTrust working on Mental Health, Climate & Health, Infectious Disease and Global Health Financing. itsbecksmith.bsky.social

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Alessandro Massazza *now at alemassazza.bsky.soci* (@alemassazza) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🤷‍♂️ Are you interested in climate and health but do not know where to start? 👀 The World Health Organization (WHO) has just released a new FREE e-learning course on climate and health 🥇First pilot module released with more to be released throughout 2024 👉Sign up here: web-staging.lxp.academy.who.int/coursewares/co…

🤷‍♂️ Are you interested in climate and health but do not know where to start?

👀 The <a href="/WHO/">World Health Organization (WHO)</a> has just released a new FREE e-learning course on climate and health

🥇First pilot module released with more to be released throughout 2024

👉Sign up here: web-staging.lxp.academy.who.int/coursewares/co…
Clare Ryan (@msclareryan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Political tensions weaken battle against biggest diseases, warns John-Arne Røttingen in his first interview as CEO of Wellcome "the north-south divide on issues like equity and access to medicines has been increasing.” ft.com/content/108dc9…

Anna Cronin de Chavez (@drannachavez) 's Twitter Profile Photo

With 2 groundbreaking interviewees and a quick learning team we have our very first podcast! Grab a ☕️ and listen to something positive about how mental health can be supported in disaster & conflict situations 🌍⚠️ MH InnovationNetwork Mental Health Innovation Network Asia Hub Red de Innovación en Salud Mental LAC SUCCEED Africa FCDO Global Health Research

Beck Smith (@beck_smith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Delighted to have met with Dr Adelheid Onyango, Dr Benido Impouma, and their colleagues this morning to discuss our mutual prioritisation of work on Climate and Health and the Lusaka Agenda #wha

Delighted to have met with <a href="/Ad_Onyango/">Dr Adelheid Onyango</a>, <a href="/DrBenido/">Dr Benido Impouma</a>, and their colleagues this morning to discuss our mutual prioritisation of work on Climate and Health and the Lusaka Agenda #wha
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Great to see Paul Spencer, Wellcome’s Head of Mental Health Policy kicking off a #wha discussion on closing the #mentalhealth financing gap organised by the Coalition for Mental Health Investment - our partnership with McKinsey Health Institute, Kokoro and Clinton Global Initiative.

Great to see Paul Spencer, <a href="/wellcometrust/">Wellcome</a>’s Head of Mental Health Policy kicking off a #wha discussion on closing the #mentalhealth financing gap organised by the Coalition for Mental Health Investment - our partnership with McKinsey Health Institute, Kokoro and <a href="/ClintonGlobal/">Clinton Global Initiative</a>.
Beck Smith (@beck_smith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Kicking off Thursday at #WHA with the launch of the Africa CDC #mentalhealth leadership program with John-Arne Røttingen speaking to Wellcome’s support of this initiative and the important role for science in making progress on mental health.

Kicking off Thursday at #WHA with the launch of the <a href="/AfricaCDC/">Africa CDC</a> #mentalhealth leadership program with <a href="/jarottingen/">John-Arne Røttingen</a> speaking to <a href="/wellcometrust/">Wellcome</a>’s support of this initiative and the important role for science in making progress on mental health.
Martin Smith (@martinrsmith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Universities are the backbone of a high knowledge, high-tech society but the current research funding model is not sustainable.” ⁦Wellcome⁩ CEO ⁦John-Arne Røttingen⁩ in the Times today thetimes.com/comment/column…

Eliot (@softleftlabour) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Actually, its only a Portillo Moment if it comes from the Portilleux region in France otherwise its just sparkling seat loss

Rhea Newman (@rheanewman15) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Check out Wellcome's latest mental health funding call focusing on digital mental health interventions, which is launching very soon. More info will be available from w/c 29 July 👇

Beck Smith (@beck_smith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 We're looking for two Policy Advisers with global health policy experience to join my brilliant Policy Team at Wellcome. 💷£59,474 ⏰ Thursday 25th July Find out more and apply here: wellcome.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellcome…

International Pandemic Preparedness Secretariat (@ippsecretariat) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The declaration of the #mpox PHEIC by World Health Organization (WHO) is an important step in ensuring a commensurate response is rolled out to contain this outbreak as rapidly as possible. 🧵(1/4)

Beck Smith (@beck_smith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What keeps Prof Miranda Wolpert up at night is how we get mental heath solutions out at scale and in an equitable way. The launch of the Coalition for Mental Health Investment at this year's Clinton Global Initiative is a significant step forwards.

Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum. @diarmidcl.bsky.social (@diarmidcl) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Huge thanks to ⁦Wellcome⁩ for this renewed & scaled-up support as WHO elevates climate as a top health priority! Wellcome announces US$25mn for climate and health as part of US$50mn commitment to World Health Organisation | News | Wellcome wellcome.org/news/wellcome-…

Martin Smith (@martinrsmith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Multiple sources with knowledge of discussions underway told RPN that with the amount of funding UKRI is already legally committed to next year, a budget squeeze of £1bn could force the agency to stop all spending on new grants in 2025-26.” researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…

Beck Smith (@beck_smith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are very lucky to have Gemma on rotation to the Policy Team as part of Wellcome’s graduate scheme. Not only is she doing fantastic policy work, we are also benefiting from her incredible baking skills. Today it’s the #SDGs in biscuit form! 🤯

We are very lucky to have Gemma on rotation to the Policy Team as part of <a href="/wellcometrust/">Wellcome</a>’s graduate scheme. Not only is she doing fantastic policy work, we are also benefiting from her incredible baking skills. Today it’s the #SDGs in biscuit form! 🤯
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Happy 1st Birthday #LusakaAgenda. To celebrate, Clare Battle has pulled together a fantastic thread capturing what's happened over the last year to implement this important agenda, with so much more to come.