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PhD viva passed with minor corrections! šŸ§‘šŸ»ā€šŸŽ“

#HealthyStreetlife #PhDlife

Lovely to see so many people at the @afallen 5 year birthday bash last night, including a few tooters @calvjones @noreenblanluet šŸŽ‰

Lots of nature surrounding our poster Making Space for Nature at Healthy City Design Congress International in Liverpool. It was great to work with collaborators including Prof. Merideth Gattis & Dr Matluba Khan from Cardiff University on this project with Ysgol Pen Rhos in Llanelli.

See our project profile for this work here too: https://urban-habitats.com/portfolio/making-space-for-nature-community-co-design/

making space for nature | community co-design

An academic and enterprise partnership centred around the aim of working with local communities to co-produce plans for making space for nature.

Urban Habitats

Thank goodness I figured out after many hours how to get #WordPress to show more than 10 projects! Now there's more than 10 I wanted to show them all šŸ˜‚šŸ„“. #SmallBusiness

https://urban-habitats.com/urban-habitats-our-work/

Urban Habitats | our work

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Urban Habitats
The 31st Pumphandle Lecture and my 1st! Looking forward to hearing from Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of the World Trade Organization. I've got my coffee in the appropriate receptacle! #JohnSnowSociety #LSHTM #RSPH

Greatly looking forward to being in Liverpool in 3 weeks for Healthy City Design 2023!

Last year we were awarded for the Best Research Paper so the bar is high! Presenting our work with Public Health Wales: health in climate adaptation: global case studies and lessons for practice.

#HealthEquity #HealthyPlaces #PublicHealth #UrbanHealth

Tickets + Programme: https://healthycitydesign2020.salus.global/conference-show/healthy-city-design-2020

The UK Home Secretary says, ā€œThey mustn’t fear ending up in the dock for carrying out their duties.ā€ On the contrary police should absolutely be prepared to be scrutinised in the appropriate setting including court if applicable on the same basis as everyone else - not guilty until proven otherwise.

Surely professionalism in any role is precisely about using your skills in decisions that might affect other people’s lives, even life and death decisions: doctors, police, drivers, architects. You are required to be acutely aware of the balancing required and be prepared to justify your actions, in court if necessary. I hope any armed police officer who feels unable to do that hands in their permit.

Met officers turn in weapons https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66906201

Chris Kaba: MoD offers military support after armed Met officers turn in weapons

Review into armed police is set up as dozens turn in weapons after an officer faces a murder charge.

BBC News

Retracted research papers continue to be cited after retraction, such as Wakefields paper on autism and vaccines, some including this have received more citations *after* being retracted! #RetractionWatch

https://retractionwatch.com/the-retraction-watch-leaderboard/top-10-most-highly-cited-retracted-papers/

I’ll be having my flu vaccine this Autumn, so why not Covid also? I managed to avoid Covid till January 2023 as far as I know and the impact of catching it has been material. Being self-employed I will take time off if ill but I’d rather mitigate that risk with a vaccine.

Why aren’t we all being offered an autumn Covid booster? We can’t let cost prevent us keeping Britain healthy.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/08/autumn-covid-booster-britain-uk-vaccine-long-covid-economy

Why aren’t we all being offered an autumn Covid booster? We can’t let cost prevent us keeping Britain healthy

The UK’s limited vaccine offer ignores the serious threat of long Covid – and the knock-on effects on the economy, says immunologist Sheena Cruickshank

The Guardian