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Bright Minds: What's the point of a pint with no alcohol?

Join PhD student Lucy Burke in this online webinar where she explores the links between why we drink alcohol, who is drinking alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks, and the implications for health inequalities.

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Take a look at our Rapid Review Methods course

This online short course is primarily for you if you are currently undertaking, or anticipate embarking upon a rapid review. The course aims to equip you with a greater insight into the range of review methods available.
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The PHEM-B toolbox of methods for incorporating the influences on Behaviour into Public Health Economic Models

This work provides a useful resource for modellers, behavioural scientists and policymakers to identify and use appropriate methods and behavioural theory within health economic models of public health interventions to better inform policy decisions.
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The Gut-Brain Connection

In this episode of the Communicable Research Podcast, we are exploring the connections that exist between the gut and the mind.
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Mystery disease kills dozens in Congo – what we know so far

Professor Andrew Lee outlines the difficulties in identifying the disease, and the possible solutions being tried by the World Health Organisation.

| Published by The Conversation
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How can research funders make the most of the knowledge they already have?

Discussing a new project to mobilise research-based knowledge for public health, Liz Such, Andy Tattersall, Joe Langley and Fiona Marshall outline how local government, civil society groups and researchers can collaborate in mutually beneficial ways.

| Published by LSE Impact Blog
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Five reasons weight-loss jabs alone won’t help get people back to work

Lucie Nield, Senior Lecturer in Nutrition, argues that the Government's plan to trial weight-loss injections to help unemployed people return to work doesn’t address the many core reasons why weight gain and unemployment occur in the first place.

| Published by The Conversation
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School of Medicine and Population Health at ISPOR Europe 2024

Our colleagues are back on the road and travelling to Barcelona for this year's ISPOR Europe conference, taking place from 17-20 November. As ever, we have a packed programme of presentations from our staff and students.
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Mobilising NIHR research in public health planning and delivery

Episode 33 of the Communicable Research Podcast examines the topic of mobilising the NIHR's research portfolio to aid public health planning and delivery.