The University of Hull is looking to recruit London-based temporary research assistants for its ProACTIVE, which is examining the impact and effectiveness of Alcohol Care Teams in England. jobs.hull.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r… Philippa Case

But remember, this is modelling, not evidence. #brassneck

What is she doing with the bodies if she's not taking prisoners?

Calling all local government colleagues: if you have a public health intervention which would benefit from evaluation please consider applying to the PHIRST scheme, where academic teams are fully funded to coproduce evaluations with LA partners nihr.ac.uk/funding/2449-p…

APPLICATIONS OPEN: Improving Research Community Builder Award £200-800 (+£150 prize money) to support UK-based Pre-PhDs/PhDs/Postdocs hosting local university events focused on improving research practices and culture 1st Deadline: 10/09/24 orben.group/improving-rese…

🚨 As trust in science faces new challenges, our new study with Francesco Capozza Prashant Garg explores the impact of scientists' political expression on SM. Looking at 98K US scientists on Twitter, we observe their ideological polarization and test impact on public perceptions🧵

**New SARG Paper** The latest paper from our 'No/Lo Project', published in Drug&AlcoholReview 'Characteristics of consumers of alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks in Great Britain: A cross-sectional study' Parvati Perman-Howe John Holmes Jamie Brown Inge Kersbergen doi.org/10.1111/dar.13…

New paper from our MRC funded TIDDLES project. Given people drink in a variety of different contexts, we wanted to explore how helpful context-specific tactics for alcohol reduction were perceived as being amongst risky drinkers pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39167598/

New paper from our work on alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks. KEY MESSAGES: These products are consumed increasingly widely but usually infrequently. Consumers are more likely to be higher income/SES and have riskier drinking patterns.

I don't necessarily disagree with this, but the pointlessness depends on whether you look from an individual or population perspective. For individuals, the risks may be small. At the population level, a substantial proportion of cancers are due to low alcohol consumption.

I'm giving a talk for Sheffield Skeptics in the Pub on the evening of the 16th September about alcohol and health. It may feature the odd graph or two. Feel free to come along if that sounds like your kind of thing. Details: aske-skeptics.org.uk/sheffield.html

Pre-orders for my collection, Fernseed, are open! Folk-singers harvest the music of the dead. A Victorian quarry-pit calls in its debts. And on the Old Way you'll meet queer dragonslayers, lichen-lovers and Children of the Hum...

⏰ SAVE THE DATE ⏰: We are thrilled to officially announce that #CAGR2025 will be held in Glasgow on 16 and 17 June 2025. Our first confirmed keynote speaker is the illustrious Charles Livingstone from Monash University, Australia 🥳🥳

Come and work with us! Grade 7 Research Fellow position to work on a project investigating use of non-cigarette tobacco products in England. Details here: jobs.ac.uk/job/DJP164/res…