Sophia McCully
@sophiamccully.bsky.social
Horizon scanning, futures and foresight at @nuffieldbioethics.bsky.social
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Blimey. UK life expectancy worst in Western Europe - OECD report
www.thetimes.com/article/52c5...
www.thetimes.com/article/52c5...
November 20, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Blimey. UK life expectancy worst in Western Europe - OECD report
www.thetimes.com/article/52c5...
www.thetimes.com/article/52c5...
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A woman born in Wokingham can expect to live 15 more years in good health than a woman born in Blackpool.
This inequality is played out in communities around the country. Find out more about what drives #HealthInequalities ⬇️
This inequality is played out in communities around the country. Find out more about what drives #HealthInequalities ⬇️
Health inequalities | The Health Foundation
Improvements in life expectancy have stalled and there are wide inequalities in health within and between local areas
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April 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
A woman born in Wokingham can expect to live 15 more years in good health than a woman born in Blackpool.
This inequality is played out in communities around the country. Find out more about what drives #HealthInequalities ⬇️
This inequality is played out in communities around the country. Find out more about what drives #HealthInequalities ⬇️
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Nature have picked up our survey. We think it's the largest survey of AI researchers ever conducted. Here's a quick thread on some of the headlines @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Will AI improve your life? Here’s what 4,000 researchers think
Scientists working on artificial intelligence are more confident than the public that the technology will benefit people.
www.nature.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Nature have picked up our survey. We think it's the largest survey of AI researchers ever conducted. Here's a quick thread on some of the headlines @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...
We will miss you so much, Ale. www.progress.org.uk/remembering-...
Remembering our friend Alessandro Coatti | PET
Following the death of Alessandro Coatti – an expert in science and policy aspects of genome editing, who was much loved by his friends and colleagues – Sandy Starr and Sophia McCully pay tribute...
www.progress.org.uk
April 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We will miss you so much, Ale. www.progress.org.uk/remembering-...
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📺Fantastic to see NELI, the Nuffield Early Language Intervention, feature in this BBC #Panorama, Lockdown Kids: Five Years On.
NELI is a well-evidenced catch-up programme for four and five-year-olds who need extra support with their speech and language.
Watch here: ow.ly/TZsX50VpLq2
NELI is a well-evidenced catch-up programme for four and five-year-olds who need extra support with their speech and language.
Watch here: ow.ly/TZsX50VpLq2
Panorama - Lockdown Kids: Five Years On
Branwen Jeffreys meets with families and teachers to find out how they are helping some of the youngest children impacted by lockdown to catch up on their education and social development.
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March 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
📺Fantastic to see NELI, the Nuffield Early Language Intervention, feature in this BBC #Panorama, Lockdown Kids: Five Years On.
NELI is a well-evidenced catch-up programme for four and five-year-olds who need extra support with their speech and language.
Watch here: ow.ly/TZsX50VpLq2
NELI is a well-evidenced catch-up programme for four and five-year-olds who need extra support with their speech and language.
Watch here: ow.ly/TZsX50VpLq2
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Today’s poverty statistics show that in 2023/24 31% of children were in poverty in the UK
Reducing this is now harder for govt's child poverty strategy with planned cuts to disability and health-related benefits to leave a further 50,000 children in poverty in 2029/30
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Reducing this is now harder for govt's child poverty strategy with planned cuts to disability and health-related benefits to leave a further 50,000 children in poverty in 2029/30
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Households Below Average Income: an analysis of the UK income distribution: FYE 1995 to FYE 2023
www.gov.uk
March 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Today’s poverty statistics show that in 2023/24 31% of children were in poverty in the UK
Reducing this is now harder for govt's child poverty strategy with planned cuts to disability and health-related benefits to leave a further 50,000 children in poverty in 2029/30
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Reducing this is now harder for govt's child poverty strategy with planned cuts to disability and health-related benefits to leave a further 50,000 children in poverty in 2029/30
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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An emotional day - I can announce I'll be the first director of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at the LSE, supported by a £4m grant from the Jeremy Coller Foundation. Our mission: to develop better policies, laws and ways of caring for animals. (1/2)
www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...
www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...
LSE announces new centre to study animal sentience
The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at LSE will develop new approaches to studying the feelings of other animals scientifically.
www.lse.ac.uk
March 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
An emotional day - I can announce I'll be the first director of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at the LSE, supported by a £4m grant from the Jeremy Coller Foundation. Our mission: to develop better policies, laws and ways of caring for animals. (1/2)
www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...
www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...
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Job alert!!
Could you be Ada's new Associate Director in Emerging Tech & Industry Practice, leading a fab team and a highly impactful research programme?
It's a pretty amazing gig, @agstrait.bsky.social has built something incredible (no pressure). Get in touch if you have Qs!
Could you be Ada's new Associate Director in Emerging Tech & Industry Practice, leading a fab team and a highly impactful research programme?
It's a pretty amazing gig, @agstrait.bsky.social has built something incredible (no pressure). Get in touch if you have Qs!
Associate Director, Emerging Technology and Industry Practice - Ada Lovelace Institute
The Ada Lovelace Institute (Ada) is a hiring an Associate Director to lead our Emerging Technology & Industry Practice research directorate and collectively set its agenda and workplan in our next...
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March 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Job alert!!
Could you be Ada's new Associate Director in Emerging Tech & Industry Practice, leading a fab team and a highly impactful research programme?
It's a pretty amazing gig, @agstrait.bsky.social has built something incredible (no pressure). Get in touch if you have Qs!
Could you be Ada's new Associate Director in Emerging Tech & Industry Practice, leading a fab team and a highly impactful research programme?
It's a pretty amazing gig, @agstrait.bsky.social has built something incredible (no pressure). Get in touch if you have Qs!
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The John #MaddoxPrize recognises researchers who stand up + speak out for science +evidence-based policy, advancing public discussion around difficult topics, despite challenges or hostility.
Know someone who fits that description? Nominate them for the prize today 👉 tinyurl.com/4ma3n86t
Know someone who fits that description? Nominate them for the prize today 👉 tinyurl.com/4ma3n86t
March 20, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The John #MaddoxPrize recognises researchers who stand up + speak out for science +evidence-based policy, advancing public discussion around difficult topics, despite challenges or hostility.
Know someone who fits that description? Nominate them for the prize today 👉 tinyurl.com/4ma3n86t
Know someone who fits that description? Nominate them for the prize today 👉 tinyurl.com/4ma3n86t
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Good to see the FT editorial draw attention to this less well known casualty of the US regime - official statistics
on.ft.com/43Tejhn
on.ft.com/43Tejhn
The White House war on federal statistics
Economists and scientists worry over disappearing data and advisory groups
on.ft.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Good to see the FT editorial draw attention to this less well known casualty of the US regime - official statistics
on.ft.com/43Tejhn
on.ft.com/43Tejhn
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This is really interesting! More for the FOI precedent perhaps than what it reveals. I'm amazed to find how many people (mainly not the sort of people who post on Bluesky) are already replacing Google with ChatGPT.
🚨 @newscientist.com SCOOP: I've exclusively obtained Peter Kyle's interactions with ChatGPT using FOI laws - in what I believe may be a world-first transparency release. The chatbot said "Lack of Government or Institutional Support" slowed UK AI adoption www.newscientist.com/article/2472...
Revealed: How the UK tech secretary uses ChatGPT for policy advice
New Scientist has used freedom of information laws to obtain the ChatGPT records of Peter Kyle, the UK's technology secretary, in what is believed to be a world-first use of such legislation
www.newscientist.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is really interesting! More for the FOI precedent perhaps than what it reveals. I'm amazed to find how many people (mainly not the sort of people who post on Bluesky) are already replacing Google with ChatGPT.
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Responding to news of NHS England's abolition @hughalderwick.bsky.social says, while there is logic in bringing the workings of NHS England and the government closer, it will cause disruption and divert energy when attention should be focused on improving care.
Our full response ⬇️
buff.ly/Cnu8ME0
Our full response ⬇️
buff.ly/Cnu8ME0
March 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Responding to news of NHS England's abolition @hughalderwick.bsky.social says, while there is logic in bringing the workings of NHS England and the government closer, it will cause disruption and divert energy when attention should be focused on improving care.
Our full response ⬇️
buff.ly/Cnu8ME0
Our full response ⬇️
buff.ly/Cnu8ME0
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A tribute to the wonderful Prof Margot Brazier, pioneer in healthcare law, from Emily Jackson and me, in BioNews @pet-bionews.bsky.social www.progress.org.uk/obituary-pro...
Obituary: Professor Margaret Brazier | PET
Margaret Brazier, known as Margot, was a professor at the University of Manchester's School of Law and a leading figure in modern healthcare law.
www.progress.org.uk
March 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
A tribute to the wonderful Prof Margot Brazier, pioneer in healthcare law, from Emily Jackson and me, in BioNews @pet-bionews.bsky.social www.progress.org.uk/obituary-pro...
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Genome editing success for the first time in nine patients with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, a heritable disease which can cause cirrhosis and emphysema, affecting ~100,000 Americans, which is similar to the prevalence of sickle cell disease
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...
Mutated DNA Restored to Normal in Gene Therapy Advance
The small study in patients with a rare disorder that causes liver and lung damage showed the potential for precisely targeted infusions.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Genome editing success for the first time in nine patients with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, a heritable disease which can cause cirrhosis and emphysema, affecting ~100,000 Americans, which is similar to the prevalence of sickle cell disease
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...
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We've set out our strategic direction and priorities for 2025-30 in a new @phgfoundation.bsky.social publication. In a related post I describe where I think efforts to 'make science work for health' have brought us and what PHG's role can be: www.phgfoundation.org/blog/policy-...
Policy, governance, ethics: refreshing the PHG Foundation's strategic focus - PHG Foundation
We want to make science work for health but we also want science that works for health. Here's how
www.phgfoundation.org
February 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We've set out our strategic direction and priorities for 2025-30 in a new @phgfoundation.bsky.social publication. In a related post I describe where I think efforts to 'make science work for health' have brought us and what PHG's role can be: www.phgfoundation.org/blog/policy-...
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Royal Society will meet amid campaign to revoke Elon Musk’s fellowship: More than 1,300 scientists have signed a letter calling on the world’s oldest science society to reassess the billionaire’s membership following cuts to US science. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Royal Society will meet amid campaign to revoke Elon Musk’s fellowship
More than 1,300 scientists have signed a letter calling on the world’s oldest science society to reassess the billionaire’s membership following cuts to US science.
www.nature.com
February 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Royal Society will meet amid campaign to revoke Elon Musk’s fellowship: More than 1,300 scientists have signed a letter calling on the world’s oldest science society to reassess the billionaire’s membership following cuts to US science. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I am thrilled to share the 'Navigating Genomics and Education' Report, the result of a joint project between the @nuffieldfoundation.org
and Nuffield Council on Bioethics that I’ve been leading over the past year!
www.nuffieldbioethics.org/news-blog/ne...
and Nuffield Council on Bioethics that I’ve been leading over the past year!
www.nuffieldbioethics.org/news-blog/ne...
New scoping report identifies scientific and ethical challenges in exploring genetic influences on traits related to education - Nuffield Council on Bioethics
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics and the Nuffield Foundation have published an overview of scientific developments in genomics and education. We urge caution over the use of polygenic indices (PGIs) ...
www.nuffieldbioethics.org
February 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I am thrilled to share the 'Navigating Genomics and Education' Report, the result of a joint project between the @nuffieldfoundation.org
and Nuffield Council on Bioethics that I’ve been leading over the past year!
www.nuffieldbioethics.org/news-blog/ne...
and Nuffield Council on Bioethics that I’ve been leading over the past year!
www.nuffieldbioethics.org/news-blog/ne...