Richard Amlôt

A few of our FPH events!

📅 19/03/26 - FPH/FPM joint seminar: Health Misinformation

📅 19/03/26 - FPH and NHSE webinar on artificial intelligence

📅 30/03/26 - Discover the Portfolio Pathway

📅 22/04/26 - Academic Public Health: Early Careers Advice Hour

See more️ www.fph.org.uk/events-cours...

Our presentation today (with Holly Carter , UKHSA) as part of NFCC National Resilience training for fire service personnel on mass casualty decontamination.

More here:
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...

Graduation today at @sussex.ac.uk including for @freyamills.bsky.social

Great day John, good to see you!

The changing face of antimicrobial resistance in the UK: long-term observation and a future resource By Dr Rosy Reynolds, Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, Population Health Sciences. Antimicrobial resistance – who cares and why? Do you have a friend or family member […]

📢 New blog! 📢 Antibiotic resistance isn’t a distant worry — it’s already reshaping modern medicine. A major 20‑year UK review reveals how quickly bacteria adapt, how MRSA was pushed back, and why E. coli now leads bloodstream infections. @bristoluni.bsky.social
Read more ➡️ tinyurl.com/ynke2j34

New guidance on creating accessible patient information leaflets for clinical trials - Bristol Biomedical Research Centre New guidance on how to create accessible and inclusive patient information leaflets is available to researchers who want to recruit patients to their clinical trials. The guidance was created by healt...

🚨 New guidance on creating accessible patient information leaflets for clinical trials 🚨

🧑‍⚕️ Are you a health researcher? Want to recruit patients to trials?
👉 Find out how to make your patient information leaflets more accessible and inclusive:
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/new-guidance...

The impact of COVID-19 self-isolation on healthcare workers’ psychological wellbeing: a systematic review AbstractBackground. Self-isolation is a key public health strategy for infectious disease control. Globally implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, self-

My final publication of 2025 🎉
New review out with @nihr-hprfa-orb.bsky.social

TL;DR: Future outbreaks (e.g., mpox) will keep requiring HCWs to self-isolate after exposure—but we still lack evidence-based interventions to protect their wellbeing. Time to fix that.

tinyurl.com/3ywf4334

New evidence review identifies the most effective ways to increase vaccine uptake A comprehensive new review led by researchers from the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in Evaluation and Behavioural Science at the University of Bristol, in collaboration with the HPRU [&...

📰News! A new evidence review identifies the most effective ways to increase vaccine uptake. 💉
The comprehensive review combined data from more than 200 trials comprising over 6 million participants.
More➡️ tinyurl.com/yuy7xse3 @ukhsa.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social

Doctor consultation

📰News!📰A new NIHR funded initiative could transform how #HIV is diagnosed & prevented in UK general practice.
Developed by Bristol researchers, PATH-GP boosts HIV testing & access to free PrEP (a tablet that prevents HIV).💊
More➡️ tinyurl.com/mw6sx2p @jokesten.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social

Banner for the “Building Capability in Behavioural Research” 2026 Conference, organised by Centre–UB and Behavioural Research UK. The event date is 30 June 2026. The banner announces that abstract submission and registration are now open and provides the website link: uobevents.eventsair.com/bcbr2026. The background shows people walking across a large open plaza viewed from above.

📢Building Capability in Behavioural Research 20206 Conference open for registrations!

Join leading researchers, practitioners, & policymakers at for engaging keynotes, presentations, and networking sessions, designed to strengthen collaboration & innovation in behavioural research.

Can you beat the snot monsters? Using an interactive game to engage with children and young people Discovery Day is the flagship event of the Futures Festival of Discovery. It is a free event aimed at showing children and young people what researchers at GW4 universities, including […]

Proud to be part of #FUTURES2025 Discovery Day! We used bubbles & our game “Can you beat the snot monsters?” to show children & young people how far germs travel & how public health research helps stop the spread. More➡️ tinyurl.com/3vjpz9hn @engagebristol.bsky.social @wethecurious.bsky.social

New website launch

📢New website launch!🎉
Six months into our new chapter of funding, we’re thrilled to unveil our new digital home! Explore our refreshed look, designed to make accessing our latest projects, research & collaborative opportunities easier than ever.
More➡️ tinyurl.com/bdfyyvf2 @nihr.bsky.social

Shaping a migrant health research agenda through public involvement meeting

📢New blog📢Shaping a migrant health research agenda through public involvement.
Long-term infections like Hep B, C, HIV & TB are more common among migrants than in those UK born. Tackling these infections is vital to address unfair differences. More➡️ bit.ly/3Isktg9 @carmel93.bsky.social

@poppyellislogan.bsky.social's excellent work featured by King's College London. A very worthy Public Policy Impact Prize Winner. Watch the video below!

Three men stood around a laptop attending an online group discussion about what boys and men know about their reproductive health.

📢Blog!📢What do boys & men know about their reproductive health? @bristoluni.bsky.social PhD Student Ewan Walker attended the HPRU EBS Dragons Den initiative exploring men’s knowledge of testicular health & fertility aiming to improve their awareness & when they sought help. More➡️ bit.ly/4fqIy2Q

Pregnant woman

📰News!📰 New research shows worldwide scale of HCV among babies & children.
“Given the availability of effective medicine & further progress in this field, it’s vital that testing & diagnosis rates improve so more people can be treated & cured.”
➡️ bit.ly/4oh4zFI #WorldHepatitisDay @nihr.bsky.social

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 12th August 2025.
More details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... (7/7)

It is particularly suited to candidates with academic backgrounds in Industrial Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Management Science, Operations Research, Transport studies, or a closely related discipline. (6/7)

This is a cross-disciplinary project that sits at the intersection of aerospace systems, emergency logistics, public health, and intelligent operations. (5/7)

The project will examine how these technologies can be integrated with existing infrastructure to support the timely and effective delivery of expertise, equipment, and medical resources in response to complex and large-scale emergencies across the United Kingdom. (4/7)

...specifically electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) and uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), within the context of national emergency logistics. (3/7)

The student will work with Somayeh Allahyari (Birmingham), Thomas Finnie (UKHSA) and others, on a project focused on the development, optimisation, and coordinated deployment of advanced aerial platforms... (2/7)

Another New PhD studentship opportunity alert! Please share with your networks. We are recruiting a PhD student to work in the new University of Birmingham-led Emergency Preparedness and Response Health Protection Research Unit, a partnership with UK Health Security Agency. Details below: (1/7)

Evaluation of psychology-based training for improving interoperability in the emergency services: A comparison of online and in-person delivery methods Recent research highlights the importance of incorporating psychological perspectives to improve interoperability in multi-agency emergency response i…

🌟Evaluation of psychology-based training for improving interoperability in the emergency services: A comparison of online and in-person delivery methods
📢Available open access
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@profjohndrury.bsky.social @richardamlot.bsky.social @alexhaslam.bsky.social

Many thanks! 😁

Professor Robin May will join UKHSA as Interim Chief Scientific Officer in September

We’re pleased to welcome Professor Robin May as UKHSA’s Interim Chief Scientific Officer from September.
Robin joins us from @foodgov.bsky.social, bringing expertise in public health threats, and continues as Professor of Infectious Disease at @unibirmingham.bsky.social.

Please re-post through your networks - a fantastic opportunity to secure research funding, part of ESRC's investment in building national capability for behavioural research.

Co-developing a model for community readiness in emergency response with emphasis on groups experiencing disproportionate health burden at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Co-developing a model for community readiness in emergency response with emphasis on groups experiencing disproportionate health burden at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.co...

Closing date for applications, Thursday 31st July 2025. More details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... (3/3)

The student will work with Ameeta Retzer, Tony Belli (UoB), Emma Bennett (UKHSA) and others, on a project to co-develop a model for community readiness in emergency response that places particular emphasis on groups experiencing a disproportionate burden of health challenges. (2/3)

New PhD studentship opportunity alert! Please share with your networks. We are recruiting a PhD student to work as part of the new University of Birmingham-led Emergency Preparedness and Response Health Protection Research Unit, a partnership with UK Health Security Agency. Details below: (1/3)