Professor of health psychology. President-Elect for @ehpsociety. Run & sew. serve 🐈🐈🐓🐓🐓🐓. RTs not endorsements
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Look, over there! A streaker! – Qualitative study examining streaking as a behaviour change technique for habit formation in recreational runners tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… loved this collab with @sdombrowski! Most interesting title of any of my publications! #healthpsychology
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Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. He has devoted his life to the study of mixture and plurality, and "in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures."
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"No survivor should be warned that speaking up could derail their career."
Universities should have a statutory duty of care so that they cannot look the other way when students are harmed, say Erin MacCabe & Gerald Herman @BMAstudents
@BMJStudent
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Delighted that my and @mgtmccartney @bmj_latest investigation about "Our Future Health" is a finalist in the @absw awards.
Judges said: "A powerful, yet balanced, investigative piece....Provides the reader with maximum room to take a view."
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Our Accelerator Awards aim to expand who can lead, shape and progress in the research landscape.
Researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK, who hold a UK undergraduate degree or PhD can apply. Each awardee will receive up to £200,000 for up to two years to strengthen their careers.
Learn more: wellcome.org/research-fundin…
ALT Diego Baptista, Head of Equitable Funding at Wellcome, says: "Our Accelerator Awards acknowledge historical inequities in who gets to participate in research. It’s one small piece of a larger puzzle to ensure the richness of society can contribute to research."
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the @rcgp is due to discuss conflicts of interest/sponsorship at the next council meeting. No surprises what I think. medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/ce… briefing note for any faculties who might find useful
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We’re proud to share that our BSc Paramedic Science course has been ranked 1st in Scotland and 1st in the UK in the Complete University Guide 2027! 💚
Discover what sets us apart. Take a tour of our facilities and see why we’re ranked number one. 👇
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Top journalists @BBCScotlandNews have praised a successful partnership with #UofStirling’s Division of Communications, Media and Culture.
Read the full story: brnw.ch/21x30hA
ALT (l-r) Robbie McAvenue, Logan Killiard, Keeva Miller, Ava-Lei O’Hagan
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Fear of Cancer Recurrence and Fear of Cancer Progression, Digital Resource Engagement and Health Literacy: A Review mdpi.com/3066468 #mdpicurroncol via @CurrentOncology
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May 28
"I should not like to leave an impression that all structural problems can be settled by X-ray analysis or that all crystal structures are easy to solve. I seem to have spent much more of my life not solving structures than solving them."
- chemist Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
ALT British chemist Dorothy Hodgkin at work, 4th December 1964. She is working in a laboratory setting with a microscope and other scientific equipment, surrounded by books and papers.
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Does anyone know of any insurance companies that are available for those having surgery such as metabolic bariatric surgery abroad?
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am going to write about this, but in meantime: here's a v good graphic from @CR_UK on the portion of benefits/risks of PSA screening news.cancerresearchuk.org/20….... overdiagnosis is a weird thing and counterintuative -
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🚨 NEW: The NHS has ruled against national prostate cancer screening because treatment would "cause more harm than good" - including loss of erections
It is the most common cancer in men in the UK, with 12,000 deaths every year
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and latest Cochrane review cochrane.org/evidence/CD0047… finds a small mortality benefit: "likely reduces the risk of dying from prostate cancer over 23 years of follow-up: 2 fewer men die of prostate cancer per 1000 men screened (evidence from 1 study with 162,241 men)"
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Are you a runner? Are you interested in #habit or #behaviourchange research? Check out this new article journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
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May 25
"If you're not failing, you're not pushing boundaries."
Hear medicine laureate Elizabeth Blackburn speak about the valuable lessons we can learn from failure.
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Yes! #UofStirling picks up a WIN for 'Innovative Use of Technology' at The Herald Education Awards! 😁 In recognition of our 'Design for Dementia and Ageing Postgraduate Studio'. 🙌🎉
Massive congrats to everyone involved. 💚
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3D technology has potential for health communication and patient education but comes with pitfalls. Check out our scoping review: The psychological impact of using 3D printing and imaging technology for patient education: a scoping review link.springer.com/article/10…
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Starting uni in September? Here are five things #UofStirling student Maura thinks you should know when starting University!
#uni #studying #unitips #uniadvice #1styear #1styearuni #unistudent #unihacks #studyhacks #studytips #universitystudent #1styearstudent
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Two #UofStirling staff members diagnosed with breast cancer within months of each other have been chosen to launch Scotland’s first @CR_UK @RaceforLife.
Full story ⬇️
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ALT Cathy Gallagher and Jayne Donaldson of the University of
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The Doctoral Award is now open for applications. This 3-year training award is designed to support the career development of all health and social care professionals through PhD research.
Find out more on how to apply, and register for our webinar to learn more about the Award on our website: nihr.ac.uk/funding/doctoral-…
ALT Funding opportunity: Doctoral Award Closing on 23 June 2026 Apply now
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