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Helen Skirrow

@helenskirrow

Public Health Medicine Doctor.
Imperial College London.
Interested in childhood and pregnancy vaccine uptake.
NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow.

ID: 987328902673596416

linkhttps://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/h.skirrow calendar_today20-04-2018 13:55:28

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“A major barrier to adult catch-up vaccination for missed routine immunisations in migrant communities in the UK is the limited opportunities, recommendations or tailored vaccination information presented to migrants by the NHS.” Our article in Vaccine. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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"Children who live in more deprived areas are less likely to get vaccinated, and we need to understand why." Imperial School of Public Health's Dr Helen Skirrow's work aims to improve the uptake of maternal and childhood #vaccines such as the #MMR vaccine. #WIW2024 imperial.ac.uk/stories/women-…

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#Whoopingcough is a preventable disease. Make sure you and your family are protected: 🔵 childhood vaccination schedule: nhs.uk/vaccinations/n… 🔵 whooping cough vaccination in pregnancy: nhs.uk/pregnancy/keep…

#Whoopingcough is a preventable disease.

Make sure you and your family are protected:

🔵 childhood vaccination schedule: nhs.uk/vaccinations/n…

🔵 whooping cough vaccination in pregnancy: nhs.uk/pregnancy/keep…
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Solidarity with anyone else on parental leave trying to find childcare… Availability so much worse since my 1st maternity leave 11 years ago Third time around it seems that in order to return to work after one year I should have applied for a nursery place pre conception 🤦‍♀️

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Women who received Covid-19 vaccination were less likely to be hospitalised for Covid-19 during pregnancy. But vaccine uptake among pregnant women during the pandemic was low; particularly in younger women, Black women and women living in poorer areas. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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Congratulations to all students who obtained a university place this year. Do ensure that you are up to date with your MenACWY (meningitis) & MMR vaccines before you start your course. Vaccination protects you from the risk of serious illness and death and reduces NHS pressures.

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Our new #RSV vaccination programme has just started, and will protect thousands of children & older adults. This blog post explains what RSV is and who can get vaccinated - click below for more info: ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2024/07/17/wha…

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Want to know about co-producing research with a community? Read our blog on the "Why did nobody ask us?" project! Mosaic Community Trust and Helen Skirrow worked together to understand low vaccination rates in children NIHR Involvement NIHR Imperial BRC Celine Lewis tinyurl.com/yjzdb2kx

Want to know about co-producing research with a community? Read our blog on the "Why did nobody ask us?" project! <a href="/TheMCTrust/">Mosaic Community Trust</a> and <a href="/HelenSkirrow/">Helen Skirrow</a> worked together to understand low vaccination rates in children <a href="/NIHRinvolvement/">NIHR Involvement</a> <a href="/ImperialBRC/">NIHR Imperial BRC</a> <a href="/CelineLewis23/">Celine Lewis</a> 

tinyurl.com/yjzdb2kx
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❔"Why did nobody ask us?" 📖 Have a read of this interesting blog all about co-producing research with a community, including findings, reflections and advice for other researchers interested in co-producing research: blogs.imperial.ac.uk/perc/2024/09/0… Imperial PERC #PPI

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Elizabeth Whittaker (Liz Whittaker Wyld) has been promoted to Professor of Practice. Her research focuses on the impact of maternal infection, vaccines on neonatal outcomes and how co-infection with viruses impacts immune control of tuberculosis.

Elizabeth Whittaker (<a href="/lizWWyld/">Liz Whittaker Wyld</a>) has been promoted to Professor of Practice.

Her research focuses on the impact of maternal infection, vaccines on neonatal outcomes and how co-infection with viruses impacts immune control of tuberculosis.
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"They nearly lost me during the night.” 🏥 At 42, Saijal thought it was a sore throat, until measles sent her to the ICU with organ failure. Read her story in our blog post, a reminder that measles isn’t just a childhood illness. 🔗 ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/04/25/my-… #WorldImmunisationWeek

"They nearly lost me during the night.” 🏥
At 42, Saijal thought it was a sore throat, until measles sent her to the ICU with organ failure. Read her story in our blog post, a reminder that measles isn’t just a childhood illness.
🔗 ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/04/25/my-…
#WorldImmunisationWeek
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Widcombe Junior School Bath - what an outstanding place 🥰 Bath school where students can't put books down declared 'outstanding' somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-…