Must-read thread below - summarising new paper led by Nason Maani on alcohol industry bodies seeking to influence public health (in the form of Public Health England) Paper (£0) is available at dlvr.it/T5HpBq

🚨Publication🚨 Today we publish the largest ever study of conflicts of interest and the European medical device industry • Between 2017-2019 medical device companies disclosed €425 million in ‘education’ payments • This is likely the tip of the iceberg sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🚨New publication🆕 Editorial by Nathan Critchlow and Niamh Fitzgerald from Institute for Social Marketing and Health - UoS and John Holmes from SARG - SCHARR out now in Addiction Journal. They disentangle the myriad terms used to describe the marketing of alcohol-free/low-alcohol. Read more👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ad…

ONS have published alcohol-specific deaths data for 2022 for England & Wales today, so we now have data for the whole of the UK. The picture is pretty grim, with deaths surpassing 10,000 for the first time on record - up 32.8% since 2019. ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

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…

Come join our lovely Institute for Social Marketing and Health - UoS team! It’s a great opportunity for ECRs wanting to work on public health research, including #CDoH

"A campaign in Ireland has led to educational programmes funded by the alcohol industry being removed from schools. But industry backed groups still provide alcohol education in UK schools" Great to see Ireland leading the way. Well done Alcohol Forum Ireland, Create & Inspire Change AlcoholActionIreland Social Democrats

Register now for our 3rd Alcohol Occasional seminar! James Morris & Dr Gemma Mitchell will discuss how the language we choose may help us to reduce alcohol-related harms. 🗓️ Wed 22 May ⏰ 12.45 - 2pm 🌐 Online bit.ly/4attK0q

🚨 JOB POSTING📢 Reminder that Institute for Social Marketing and Health - UoS are looking for new Hastings Fellows. Dr Gemma Mitchell, one of our first Fellows, tells us about their experience. 🌐 Ad: stir.ac.uk/9vs 📅 Closing: 3rd June ❓ Questions? See quoted post or get in touch! 🔁 RTs appreciated

Just over a week to go until our 3rd Alcohol Occasional seminar! James Morris & Dr Gemma Mitchell will discuss how the language we choose may help us to reduce alcohol-related harms. 🗓️ Wed 22 May ⏰12.45 - 2pm Register here for free: bit.ly/4attK0q

🚨Come work with us in RCSI🚨 PhD opportunity Commercial determinations of health: towards new political and economic models that work to sustain, rather than damage, people and the planet Supervised by Prof. Mary Lynch, Dr. Caitriona Cahir and me rcsi.com/dublin/researc…

Please read our new HealthPolicyPlanning paper: “Unfair knowledge practices in global health: a realist synthesis” doi.org/10.1093/heapol… We systematise the complaints literature in GH using epistemic injustice + pose/gaze + realist frameworks. HT: Prince Prince Claus Chair & Australian Research Council DECRA

Incl. case studies of policy wins in Sierra Leone and South Africa, and an in-depth study of the power of the alco and tobacco Industries in policy making. Worth a read! Honoured to have been co-editing this issue.

Delighted to see our paper on alcohol policy in Burundi is now available online! It was a pleasure to be involved in the study, led by Egide HARAGIRIMANA and with Dr Isabelle UNY Also looking forward to reading the other papers in the #IJADR special issue

Fully funded PhD studentships on #CDoH #SDoH now available at Tobacco Control Research Group! Links to each advert at the bottom of the page here: blogs.bath.ac.uk/tcrg/2024/06/1… 2 are funded as part of the new @UKRI Population Health Improvement cluster on #CDoH

Such an important addition to the youth drinking decline conversation. Not everywhere, not everyone.

Should we stop using the word #stakeholder in #participatory #engagement research & practice? Our paper critically examines the limitations of "stakeholder" and its ambiguity, normativity, potential for (further) exclusion & marginalisation. Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

The global alcohol industry makes more in revenue than almost every country's GDP, and much of this is from drinking that damages people's health. Watch our Big Alcohol film for more info: youtube.com/watch?v=Hfij4r… Ft. Aveek Bhattacharya Mark Petticrew & Dr Gemma Mitchell

Join our World Health Organization (WHO) 🇺🇳 31 July 14 – 16 CEST webinar on: “Community Engagement for Addressing Commercial Determinants of Health’’ Chaired by Prof Freudenberg and co-moderated be me, we'll dive deep on the role for communities in addressing business practices and power and the levers

Good advice for us as researchers too. It’s jarring to see images of people drinking and socialising when alcohol harm is being discussed.