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Civic Health Innovation Labs (CHIL) @livunichil.bsky.social · 5d

The @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social AI Summit is back for the second year on the 23rd October. CHIL's @profbuchan.bsky.social is delighted to be a panellist talking about AI in Health & Life Sciences.

See the programme for more details: liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk/ai-summit

AI Summit | Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Bringing together leading thinks and practitioners from the UK and beyond, the summit will advance the national debate on Artificial Intelligence in a city region determined to become a global leader ...

liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk

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christldonnelly.bsky.social @christldonnelly.bsky.social · Jan 28

Please spread the word - a funded (home fees) DPhil (PhD) studentship available in @oxfordstatistics.bsky.social

Social optimisation of public-facing digital tools for health protection and trial frameworks for non-pharmaceutical interventions
www.stats.ox.ac.uk/research-stu...

Research Studentships | statistics

www.stats.ox.ac.uk

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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · May 31

Papyraceous poppy petals, unfurled this morning

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University of Liverpool News @livuninews.bsky.social · May 19

NEWS | Prof Iain Buchan told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry what Liverpool’s testing pilot taught us, highlighting ways to handle future pandemics more effectively.

Read more ⬇️

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/05/19/l...

@profbuchan.bsky.social ‪@liverpooluni.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social

A picture of a smartly dressed man speaking into a table microphone with text overlaid that reads: 'News, Public Health expert presents at Covid-19 inquiry'

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The Pandemic Institute @thepandemicinst.bsky.social · May 16

[email protected] has recently provided evidence for Module 7 'Test, Trace and Isolate' of the COVID-19 Inquiry. You can find Professor Buchan’s evidence at the inquiry and read a summary of his major points here: www.thepandemicinstitute.org/news/profess...

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Ed Hill @edmhill.bsky.social · Apr 25

1/ 🎧 New 'Health Data Decoded' episode! 🎧 #DataScience #SciComm

❓What are the responsibilities of a Research Programme manager? What is the Data Action Accelerator (DAA)?

👥 DAA Programme Manager, Seonaid Lafferty, joins us to discuss!

📹 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6JW...

🔗 Spotify👇

Data Action Accelerator Programme Manager - Seonaid Lafferty | Health Data Decoded - Episode 2

Health Data Decoded · Episode

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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · Apr 6

Gifts of Spring aglow

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Ed Hill @edmhill.bsky.social · Apr 3

2/ 👥 With @edmhill.bsky.social @profbuchan.bsky.social @cathymonty-psy.bsky.social & André Charlett.

🏫 Part of NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging & Zoonotic Infections (HPRU-EZI). @hpruezi.bsky.social

⏳ Application deadline: 07 May 2025

🗓️ Start date: October 2025 - March 2026

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Thomas House @tah-sci.com · Apr 2

Great PhD opportunity with @edmhill.bsky.social @profbuchan.bsky.social and others, please circulate to anyone interested!

www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Optimising Vaccination Outreach Through Epidemiological-Behavioural Modelling and AI

Vaccine hesitancy is a complex, time-varying problem leading to suboptimal vaccination coverage for individuals, groups and populations. In turn, this has serious consequences for individuals and popu...

www.liverpool.ac.uk

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Ben Barr @benjaminbarr.bsky.social · Mar 27

The impact of Citizen's Advice on Prescription on mental health. Showing it reduced mental health related service use and was likely cost saving to the NHS. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @felly500.bsky.social @profbuchan.bsky.social with @roberta-piroddi.bsky.social @kdaras.bsky.social

The impacts of Liverpool Citizen's Advice on Prescription (CAP) on mental health outcomes– an Instrumental Variable (IV) approach

www.sciencedirect.com

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The Pandemic Institute @thepandemicinst.bsky.social · Mar 26

Great to be featured on BBC NW last night with @runningmadprof.bsky.social, Dr Subramaniam & @profbuchan.bsky.social talking about the work carried out in Liverpool during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the work we are doing to prepare for future pandemics

Watch from 13:23
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · Mar 17

Inspired by Vietnam’s vision and ambition for health and care evolution with civic data approaches. We hosted colleagues from Ho Chi Minh twice at CHIL @livunichil.bsky.social in the past year and have the pleasure of detailed work with colleagues here this week #DataSavesLives

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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · Mar 9

An honour to pay my respects at Liverpool’s #COVID19 remembrance today in our secular ‘cathedral’ St George’s Hall. An apt reflection of the grit and grace that delivered so much by and for so many in this City’s response to the pandemic. Humbled to serve this true collective heart of #PublicHealth

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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · Mar 6

Inspired by Liverpool City Region residents at today's Assembly. Mobilising data into action well becomes real in health systems where organisations are accountable to one another and to the residents they serve - a national grid of civic data & AI is overdue - see: www.thenhsa.co.uk/app/uploads/...

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Roberta Piroddi @roberta-piroddi.bsky.social · Mar 6

I am mad about data, and work with lots of teams sharing the madness. A bunch of us Northerners, inspired by @profbuchan.bsky.social, wrote of working together as big team of Unis, NHS, local gov, charities and citizens to use data+combined skills to innovate.
👉 www.thenhsa.co.uk/app/uploads/...

www.thenhsa.co.uk

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The Pandemic Institute @thepandemicinst.bsky.social · Feb 17

Take a look at the film by @profbuchan.bsky.social exploring the Liverpool mass community testing scheme during the Covid-19 pandemic and how we can use data to respond in future pandemics.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Z6...

Pandemic Preparedness - Purpose & Data Driven Testing

YouTube video by The Pandemic Institute

www.youtube.com

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Thomas House @tah-sci.com · Feb 14

Co-ordinated by the estimable @profbuchan.bsky.social, some of us contributed to the evidence to the Science Innovation and Technology Committee Inquiry into Innovation Growth and the Regions on use of Data and AI in civic learning systems.

committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...

committees.parliament.uk

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Roberta Piroddi @roberta-piroddi.bsky.social · Feb 5

Identifying households with children who have complex needs: a segmentation model for integrated care systems,
my new paper with A. Astubury, W. Baker, K. Daras, @joerafferty.bsky.social, @profbuchan.bsky.social and @benjaminbarr.bsky.social

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Identifying households with children who have complex needs: a segmentation model for integrated care systems - BMC Health Services Research

Background Adversity in childhood is increasing in the United Kingdom. Complex health and social problems affecting children cluster in families where adults also have high need, but services are rare...

link.springer.com

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Ben Barr @benjaminbarr.bsky.social · Jan 30

Identifying households with children who have complex needs, using linked data. A piece of work that has been a long time in development - now being piloted in primary care in Liverpool, with a live interactive tool supporting services to join up support link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Identifying households with children who have complex needs: a segmentation model for integrated care systems - BMC Health Services Research

Background Adversity in childhood is increasing in the United Kingdom. Complex health and social problems affecting children cluster in families where adults also have high need, but services are rare...

link.springer.com

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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · Jan 29

PhD in data science of health protection with Oxford and Liverpool - dynamic evaluation and adaptation of public driven apps, AI and pandemic preparedness #DataSavesLives @livunichil.bsky.social

christldonnelly.bsky.social @christldonnelly.bsky.social · Jan 28

Please spread the word - a funded (home fees) DPhil (PhD) studentship available in @oxfordstatistics.bsky.social

Social optimisation of public-facing digital tools for health protection and trial frameworks for non-pharmaceutical interventions
www.stats.ox.ac.uk/research-stu...

Research Studentships | statistics

www.stats.ox.ac.uk

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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · Jan 28

Malawi Liverpool Wellcome site visit: great people, great science, great impact #PublicHealth

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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · Jan 6

Great opportunity for a Lecturer position with Simon Maskell and @livunichil.bsky.social in #HealthDataScience and #HealthTech Engineering - with Bayesian computational novelty and real-world application in the NHS and wider civic data systems: my.corehr.com/pls/ulivrecr...

Job Specification

my.corehr.com

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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · Dec 30

Birch genetics redirected by hormonal effects of a fungus en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taphrin... - complex cohabitat or gall / witch’s broom. Nature never ceases to make me understand more of the world we should care for and learn from.

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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · Dec 14

Delighted this little one’s sight is saved after a month of ofloxacin, own-serum, and lubricant eye drops. Cone off and tail wagging. Best Christmas present.

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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · Dec 8

Mother Nature's flourish before Winter's sleep: daffodils in a sheltered spot, aptly facing Wales from Wirral; carp still coming to say hi when most of his shoal-mates have submerged to sleepier depths

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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · Dec 8

Friendly carp, even comes to say hi when most have slowed and submerged with winter’s advance

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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · Nov 29

Looking forward to speaking about purpose- and data-driven testing at the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin today #DataSavesLives @livunichil.bsky.social @thepandemicinst.bsky.social

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Rob Parsons @robparsonsna.bsky.social · Nov 21

Liverpool City Region - and mayor @metromayorsteve.bsky.social - held its first international AI summit today

I spoke to a city expert (@profbuchan.bsky.social) who says the "gritty" city is ideally placed to lead the way on harnessing AI to transform public services

linkedin.com/pulse/gritty...

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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · Nov 21

Exploring #CivicAI at #AISummitLCR today - purpose led, data savvy engineering of AI solutions for better health, better care and better value public services: the technology of we > me - essence of Liverpool’s grit and determination to innovate for the right reasons

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Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social · Nov 20

Giving our Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust service users a practical right to benefit from participation in research through their data #DataSavesLives - www.mric.uk seeking more #InclusiveTrials and greater fairness in health research www.merseycare.nhs.uk/count-me-in

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