Elizabeth Blackwell Institute

In our latest Bulletin: Welcome to our new Director 👋 Weather extremes 🌡️ Cancer immunology 💉 New Global Health Fellows 🌍 Mood and music 🎧 Autism research 🧒 Watch AI in Health talks ▶️ ...and more: https://lnkd.in/gEB3SRCV

📢 The BDFI 2024 Seedcorn Funding Call is OPEN! 📢 💡 Do you have an ambitious idea to do digital innovation differently? Are you looking to use sociotechnical approaches that support inclusive, sustainable and prosperous futures? 💷 We have a total fund of £50K available, accepting individual applications of anything up to £10K. 📅 Deadline for applications is 4 July 2024. Read more and apply 👉 https://bit.ly/4aDDPah

We're delighted to see this great report by Haley Hazlett of Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) summarizing the key takeaways from a workshop we co-organized with them and Elizabeth Blackwell Institute to improve #DEIA in pre-award processes. Look out for updates later this year on a follow-up project we are currently all working on! https://lnkd.in/eSpvH5rC

📢 Elizabeth Blackwell Institute to welcome new Director 📢 We are delighted to announce that Professor Pat Kehoe has been appointed as the Director of the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute. We are a hub for interdisciplinary health research at the University of Bristol supporting researchers and bringing together people with different knowledge, experience and skills to address health research challenges. Pat’s research expertise is in dementia research, and he brings a wealth of experience in interdisciplinary health research through his role as Health and Life Science Faculty Research Director. Professor Pat Kehoe will take up the post of Institute Director from 1 August 2024. Pat Kehoe said: “I am genuinely honoured to be given this opportunity to help take the institute further forward in the same ground-breaking spirit as the truly impressive person after whom it is named. We now have an amazing opportunity to build on the fantastic research communities the Institute has already grown and supported to date, whilst nurturing the new ideas and conversations that are emerging from the coming together of new colleagues, groups and Schools following the University re-structure. He continued: “I really can’t wait to get stuck in with this very experienced team and work with them to develop and grow our Equitable and Sustainable Health Research from every corner of the University. Most importantly I am hoping we can have some fun in doing so working with inspiring and enthusiastic people on what could be exciting health-related research that could be life-changing for many people.” Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/eR4d_Zrk

Our Seedcorn Fund supports new ideas that cross disciplinary boundaries 🌱 💡 University of Bristol researcher Dr Eunice Lo applied for seedcorn funding to explore the impacts of heat stress on women's health. In this video Eunice explains more about the project and it's impact ☀ 🌡 The Cabot Institute Seedcorn Fund is supported by alumni and friends. The video was created by Beeston Media. Visit https://lnkd.in/euDabWSs for more info on our Climate Change and Health research with Elizabeth Blackwell Institute #heat #health #interdisciplinary #workshop #climatechange #seedcorn

In June 2024 we're hosting four in-person research sandpit workshops at M Shed in Bristol. These events will provide an introduction to the Hub's four research themes and funding call process. The workshops are aimed at individuals from companies, academia, NHS, social care, and VCSEs across the Digital Health community in South West of England and Wales. Each workshop will focus on a different theme bringing together participants with relevant interest and expertise. 📅 The themes and dates are: Care outside the hospital Wednesday 5 June 2024 14:00 - 18:30 (Register by 20 May) Service and resource planning Friday 7 June 2024 14:00 - 18:30 (Register by 22 May) Frailty, fall prediction and fall prevention Monday 10 June 2024 14:00 - 18:30 (Register by 23 May) Smartphone and wearable technologies Monday 17 June 14:00 - 18:30 (Register by 30 May) If you're interested in applying for research funding from the Hub, you're keen to collaborate with other professionals from the region and you want to be part of the conversation about these themes and their relationship to digital health then please register your interest today! Full details and registration forms are on the LEAP Hub website: https://lnkd.in/e-qyzphE

We're delighted to see this report from Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) on the work we did with their funder discussion groups, building on a Wellcome Trust-funded project conducted by Elizabeth Blackwell Institute (EBI) on improving EDI in pre-award funding processes. It includes some really helpful examples of work already being done on this at Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment in New Zealand, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) in Australia, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and Wellcome themselves. Thanks to support from University of Bristol we're continuing to work with EBI and DORA on this important topic - more on that to follow! https://lnkd.in/enkBhmm4

Fantastic to see people from different fields coming together today for our AI in Precision Psychiatry event. We heard how AI is already advancing mental health research, and we had the chance to connect to explore its future potential. Find out about our AI in Health research and join our community: https://lnkd.in/eRgtJjDC

Check out our latest Bulletin for stories on: - AI in Health - Science of happiness - Autism acceptance - Combatting Strep A - Funding equality - Immune cell therapy for cancer - Smoking and surgery - Inclusion in dentistry - Events Read: https://lnkd.in/eW5tP3Ka Subscribe: https://lnkd.in/eKTq-JsR

How can we persuade patients who face surgery to keep off tobacco? Although there have been considerable efforts to curb its use in the UK and elsewhere, over 13 percent of UK adults continue to smoke tobacco. After surgery, patients who use tobacco are more likely to experience cardiovascular and pulmonary complications, as well as wound infections and intensive-care admissions – all of which influence overall mortality rates. Researchers from the University of Bristol investigate the best way to help surgical patients to stop smoking. https://lnkd.in/gVaZsWdJ #NoSmokingDay2024 #smokingcessation #nosmoking