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UK & Ireland Public Health Science conference
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A national conference dedicated to new research in Public Health in the UK and Ireland https://ukpublichealthscience.org/
The 2027 UK & Ireland Public Health Science Conference abstract submission is now open! Submit your abstract by Friday 16th October 2026, to share your research and help improve health and wellbeing through policy and practice. Info, submission guidelines and form at ukiphs.org
September 21, 2026 at 12:28 PM
We are pleased to share that the 2027 UK & Ireland Public Health Science conference will be hosted by the School of Health and Wellbeing at @glasgow.ac.uk, with the support of Head of School Professor Emma McIntosh.
July 10, 2026 at 1:33 PM
And our #UKPHS2026 poster prize winners 👏🏆👇
April 22, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Many congratulations again to all our #UKPHS2026 oral presentation prize winners! 👏🏆 Pics below 👇
April 22, 2026 at 8:15 AM
And that’s a wrap for this year! We wish all our delegates a safe journey home and look forward to seeing you again next year in Glasgow - in collaboration with University of Glasgow’s School of Health and Wellbeing. See you in 2027!
April 21, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Want to know more about the research presented at #UKPHS2026 today?? Read all conference abstracts here 👉 jech.bmj.com/content/80/S...

With many thanks to the team at JECH!
jech.bmj.com
April 21, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Our oral presentation prize winners (2/2):

3. NHS/LA prize winners:
Katherine Todd (best oral presentation) & Zainab Akhter (runner-up)

4. VCSE prize winners:
Andrea Burrows (best oral presentation ) & Victoria Nunn (runner-up)

Many congratulations to all our prize winners!! 👏👏👏
April 21, 2026 at 7:23 PM
And these are our oral presentation winners (1/2):

1. ECR prize winners:
Paris Lee (best oral presentation) & Ana-Maria Cirstea (runner-up)

2. Lived experience prize winners:
Kate Frazer (best oral presentation) & Andrea Mountain (runner-up)
April 21, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Our poster prize winners (2/2):

3. NHS/LA poster prize winners:
Louis Goffe (best poster) & Lisa Nevens (runner-up)

4. VCSE poster prize winners:
Sundus Mahdi (best poster) & Lisa Davies (runner-up)
April 21, 2026 at 6:57 PM
First, our poster prize winners (1/2):

1. ECR poster prize winners:
Kirsten Morris (best poster) & Jodi Ventre (runner-up)

2. Lived experience poster prize winners:
Lucy Johnson (best poster) & Kate Cowen (runner-up)
April 21, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Stay tuned for the #UKPHS2026 prize ceremony!! 🏆🏆
April 21, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Fantastic final session with lots of ideas for how to improve public health policy and practice, including our own workforce diversity! Thanks to all our speakers today who have shared their findings with us and have inspired us to continue to reduce inequalities and improve population health! 👏👏👏
April 21, 2026 at 3:34 PM
And last but definitely not least, Katherine Todd describes a nurse-led telephone outreach intervention to increase flu vax uptake in 2-3 year olds in West Wales. #UKPHS2026
April 21, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Genevieve Groom discusses the structural barriers experienced by people from ethnic minority backgrounds when pursuing local authority public health careers: “We have to work twice as hard.” #UKPHS2026
April 21, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Ali Feizollah used Natural Language Processing analysis of Google reviews of UK dentists to examine socioeconomic inequalities in patient-provider communication - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ reviews do not necessarily equate to feeling listened to!
April 21, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Next up, Ana-Maria Cîrstea explores community care for South Asian families living with dementia, demonstrating support through socialising, but also how family relationships can get strained when caring roles go against socio-cultural norms. #UKPHS2026
April 21, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Our third and final session, Implementing PH science in policy and practice, is kicked off by Liam Spencer, who discusses how schools and youth organisations can be supported to prevent and respond to self-harm and suicide by youth #UKPHS2026
April 21, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Another excellent keynote by our third and final keynote speaker, Professor Nason Maani:

“We can’t treat ourselves out of the ill health caused by the social determinants of health.”

Read all about it in his new book “A healthier profit” 👉 nasonmaani.substack.com/p/a-healthie...
April 21, 2026 at 2:18 PM
And Newcastle University. Read about their MPH programme here: www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Thanks to all our sponsors for their support of our conference!!
Public Health MPH | Postgraduate
Our postgraduate programmes in Public Health offer a broad range of competencies. You'll gain research skills to progress in public health.
www.ncl.ac.uk
April 21, 2026 at 2:12 PM
The NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration Newcastle Upon Tyne - sign up for their mailing list here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
April 21, 2026 at 2:09 PM
The NIHR Research Support Service Specialist Centre for Public Health: www.nihr.ac.uk/support-and-...
April 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration 👉 ukllc.ac.uk
April 21, 2026 at 1:56 PM
The Society for Social Medicine - learn more about their work and become a member here 👉 www.socsocmed.org.uk
April 21, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health - access their research briefs here: fuse.ac.uk/research/bri...
April 21, 2026 at 1:50 PM
A big shout out to our sponsors too! The NIHR School for Public Health research sphr.nihr.ac.uk
April 21, 2026 at 1:48 PM