Laura Lamming
@lauralamming.bsky.social
Research Fellow for PHIRST Connect (@nihr-phirst.bsky.social) and PHAB Lab, Uni of Herts, interested in public health, well-being, effective altruism, research for social good, dogs, gluten free pastries. Views my own.
Research=dating. I'm in the honeymoon phase of new project, coyly learning a new topic & waiting to find out its annoying quirks. Simultaneously, breaking up with an older project, feeling like I learnt a lot, but its me, not you (I've got to start the new project), but I will always love you.
a man and a woman are standing next to each other in a room .
ALT: a man and a woman are standing next to each other in a room .
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October 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Research=dating. I'm in the honeymoon phase of new project, coyly learning a new topic & waiting to find out its annoying quirks. Simultaneously, breaking up with an older project, feeling like I learnt a lot, but its me, not you (I've got to start the new project), but I will always love you.
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Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls.
As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.
#HealthForAll
As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.
#HealthForAll
August 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls.
As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.
#HealthForAll
As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.
#HealthForAll
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Off to @local.gov.uk conf nxt week? #Liverpool.
Join our PHIRST sessions @nihrlambethhdrc.bsky.social @helenmw66.bsky.social @dph-mashton.bsky.social @lauralamming.bsky.social @pvandergraaf.bsky.social @profkebrown.bsky.social @susiesykes.bsky.social @janedwills.bsky.social
Join our PHIRST sessions @nihrlambethhdrc.bsky.social @helenmw66.bsky.social @dph-mashton.bsky.social @lauralamming.bsky.social @pvandergraaf.bsky.social @profkebrown.bsky.social @susiesykes.bsky.social @janedwills.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Off to @local.gov.uk conf nxt week? #Liverpool.
Join our PHIRST sessions @nihrlambethhdrc.bsky.social @helenmw66.bsky.social @dph-mashton.bsky.social @lauralamming.bsky.social @pvandergraaf.bsky.social @profkebrown.bsky.social @susiesykes.bsky.social @janedwills.bsky.social
Join our PHIRST sessions @nihrlambethhdrc.bsky.social @helenmw66.bsky.social @dph-mashton.bsky.social @lauralamming.bsky.social @pvandergraaf.bsky.social @profkebrown.bsky.social @susiesykes.bsky.social @janedwills.bsky.social
I have evolved from following my dog round checking what's in her mouth, to following my dog round with her cooling mat and attaching a cold 'cape' in the form of a teatowel. #PokemonDogMumEvolution #Colddogizard
June 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I have evolved from following my dog round checking what's in her mouth, to following my dog round with her cooling mat and attaching a cold 'cape' in the form of a teatowel. #PokemonDogMumEvolution #Colddogizard
M&S using 'all the small things' for their latest ad. That's it, hell has frozen over.
June 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
M&S using 'all the small things' for their latest ad. That's it, hell has frozen over.
I've always said David Tennant was my Doctor but damn, I'm claiming Ncuti Gatwa as my Doctor too!! 10/10 Doctoring! Knew he'd be excellent! #DrWho
May 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I've always said David Tennant was my Doctor but damn, I'm claiming Ncuti Gatwa as my Doctor too!! 10/10 Doctoring! Knew he'd be excellent! #DrWho
Very worrying and not impressed by the veiled dig at junior docs who absolutely deserved their pay increase. I don;t know what to say! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
NHS plans 'unthinkable' cuts to balance books
Diabetes care, rehab centres, end-of-life services and talking therapies at risk in England.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Very worrying and not impressed by the veiled dig at junior docs who absolutely deserved their pay increase. I don;t know what to say! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Can't believe no-one told me that the best way to stop scam calls is to drop your phone down the toilet #LifeHacks
April 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Can't believe no-one told me that the best way to stop scam calls is to drop your phone down the toilet #LifeHacks
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*Free/subsidised place opportunities for NHS and Local Authority colleagues to attend the 2025 Society for Social Medicine and Population Health Annual Conference in Bradford (10-12 Sept)*
10 to those in the Bradford district; 10 from elsewhere in the UK and Ireland.
Apply here: bit.ly/3FCh8JR
10 to those in the Bradford district; 10 from elsewhere in the UK and Ireland.
Apply here: bit.ly/3FCh8JR
March 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
*Free/subsidised place opportunities for NHS and Local Authority colleagues to attend the 2025 Society for Social Medicine and Population Health Annual Conference in Bradford (10-12 Sept)*
10 to those in the Bradford district; 10 from elsewhere in the UK and Ireland.
Apply here: bit.ly/3FCh8JR
10 to those in the Bradford district; 10 from elsewhere in the UK and Ireland.
Apply here: bit.ly/3FCh8JR
Great news for women's health and reducing health inequalities in the UK! Bravo! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Morning-after pill to be made free at pharmacies in England
The government hopes the move will end the
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March 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Great news for women's health and reducing health inequalities in the UK! Bravo! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Yesterday was #SocialPrescribingDay.
In a new blog, Loreen and Nurajahan explore the role of shared leadership in social prescribing.
Read the full blog. buff.ly/w3zDbe9
In a new blog, Loreen and Nurajahan explore the role of shared leadership in social prescribing.
Read the full blog. buff.ly/w3zDbe9
Shared Leadership Is Crucial To Integrating And Maximising Social Prescribing In Neighbourhood Health | The King's Fund
Loreen Chikwira outlines what needs to be done to enable shared leadership so as to maximise social prescribing.
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March 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Yesterday was #SocialPrescribingDay.
In a new blog, Loreen and Nurajahan explore the role of shared leadership in social prescribing.
Read the full blog. buff.ly/w3zDbe9
In a new blog, Loreen and Nurajahan explore the role of shared leadership in social prescribing.
Read the full blog. buff.ly/w3zDbe9
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Happy birthday, BF Skinner! (1904-1990)
This quote, which rings even more true today than ever, is from Contingencies of Reinforcement: A Theoretical Analysis (1969)
This quote, which rings even more true today than ever, is from Contingencies of Reinforcement: A Theoretical Analysis (1969)
March 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Happy birthday, BF Skinner! (1904-1990)
This quote, which rings even more true today than ever, is from Contingencies of Reinforcement: A Theoretical Analysis (1969)
This quote, which rings even more true today than ever, is from Contingencies of Reinforcement: A Theoretical Analysis (1969)
Heathrow willing, we will be completing our data collection in NI next week for our process eval of the implementation of a whole systems approach to obesity! We're finding some really interesting stuff which we can't wait to share with you this summer! For more: phirst.nihr.ac.uk/evaluations/...
Getting RREAL about implementation of a Whole Systems Approach (WSA) to obesity prevention in Northern Ireland (NI): A process evaluation - NIHR Public Health Interventions Responsive Studies Teams (P...
A process evaluation of the implementation of a Whole Systems Approach to obesity prevention in Northern Ireland.
phirst.nihr.ac.uk
March 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Heathrow willing, we will be completing our data collection in NI next week for our process eval of the implementation of a whole systems approach to obesity! We're finding some really interesting stuff which we can't wait to share with you this summer! For more: phirst.nihr.ac.uk/evaluations/...
Come and play with us, lovely local governments! Check out our website for the sorts of evaluations we've done so far phirst.nihr.ac.uk WE WANT YOU!
March 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Come and play with us, lovely local governments! Check out our website for the sorts of evaluations we've done so far phirst.nihr.ac.uk WE WANT YOU!
Aah it's nice to be back in academia, receiving insane spam emails inflating my standing: "Dear Professor Lamming..." Sadly, I will respond to nothing less than my chosen honorific: Integalactic Leader of the Empire and Goose Juggler Extraordinaire, Madam Lamming. Predatory journals take note.
a man with a gun says well my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle ..
ALT: a man with a gun says well my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle ..
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March 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Aah it's nice to be back in academia, receiving insane spam emails inflating my standing: "Dear Professor Lamming..." Sadly, I will respond to nothing less than my chosen honorific: Integalactic Leader of the Empire and Goose Juggler Extraordinaire, Madam Lamming. Predatory journals take note.
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Our PHIRST Connect Team has published a research article on their evaluation of Green Health Prescriptions (GHPr) in Scotland using the APEASE criteria
Acceptability
Practicability
Effectiveness
Affordability
Spillover effects
Equity (1/8)
rdcu.be/eaU19
Acceptability
Practicability
Effectiveness
Affordability
Spillover effects
Equity (1/8)
rdcu.be/eaU19
March 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Our PHIRST Connect Team has published a research article on their evaluation of Green Health Prescriptions (GHPr) in Scotland using the APEASE criteria
Acceptability
Practicability
Effectiveness
Affordability
Spillover effects
Equity (1/8)
rdcu.be/eaU19
Acceptability
Practicability
Effectiveness
Affordability
Spillover effects
Equity (1/8)
rdcu.be/eaU19
Rollercoaster of a week for millenials, Buffy's Michelle Trachtenberg dead (sob, apparently she wrote her own invesnted story arc to convince stupid Whedon to give her a part, gotta respect the fandom) and 5ive reuniting. My heart is very conflicted!
a close up of a woman 's face with the website emilianadarling.tumblr.com visible in the corner
ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with the website emilianadarling.tumblr.com visible in the corner
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February 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Rollercoaster of a week for millenials, Buffy's Michelle Trachtenberg dead (sob, apparently she wrote her own invesnted story arc to convince stupid Whedon to give her a part, gotta respect the fandom) and 5ive reuniting. My heart is very conflicted!
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Having an employer that supports wellbeing makes all the difference. This blog written for the Society of Occupational Medicine describes how SMEs can get over barriers they may face in supporting employee wellbeing www.som.org.uk/supporting-e... @profkebrown.bsky.social @lauralamming.bsky.social
Supporting Employee Wellbeing in SMEs: Addressing Barriers and Taking Action | The Society of Occupational Medicine
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February 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Having an employer that supports wellbeing makes all the difference. This blog written for the Society of Occupational Medicine describes how SMEs can get over barriers they may face in supporting employee wellbeing www.som.org.uk/supporting-e... @profkebrown.bsky.social @lauralamming.bsky.social
Highly recommend going to see Buffy ReVamped while it's on tour. My cheeks hurt from laughing and I'm hoarse from whooping. #SpikeSlayed
February 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Highly recommend going to see Buffy ReVamped while it's on tour. My cheeks hurt from laughing and I'm hoarse from whooping. #SpikeSlayed
THIS! A powerful, hopeful and enjoyable presentation of some really valuable work around the barriers and facilitators for politicians trying to change food policy for the better. Phenomenal 'elite participants' + excellent avocado earrings @dollyvantulleken.bsky.social Bravo!! #WholeSystemsApproach
If you missed last week's excellent Food Thinkers webinar from Dr Dolly van Tulleken you can now watch the recording on our YouTube channel 👇 📺
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjSv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjSv...
January 2025 Food Thinkers: Dolly van Tulleken
YouTube video by Centre for Food Policy
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February 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
THIS! A powerful, hopeful and enjoyable presentation of some really valuable work around the barriers and facilitators for politicians trying to change food policy for the better. Phenomenal 'elite participants' + excellent avocado earrings @dollyvantulleken.bsky.social Bravo!! #WholeSystemsApproach
As a public health researcher, my inability to spell 'imporving' and 'intervnetion' is the bane of my life....#improving #intervention #SpellCheckIsMyGod #publichealth
January 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
As a public health researcher, my inability to spell 'imporving' and 'intervnetion' is the bane of my life....#improving #intervention #SpellCheckIsMyGod #publichealth
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Women’s health has long been overlooked and neglected. Could digitalisation help improve this situation? Find out in Loreen Chikwira and Danielle Jefferies' new blog: www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
January 31, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Women’s health has long been overlooked and neglected. Could digitalisation help improve this situation? Find out in Loreen Chikwira and Danielle Jefferies' new blog: www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
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Great that PHIRST Connect Green Health Prescription evaluation phirst.nihr.ac.uk/evaluations/... in @naturescot.bsky.social report Realising the Potential of Scotland's Natural Health Service www.nature.scot/doc/realisin... @profkebrown.bsky.social @lauralamming.bsky.social @afwellings.bsky.social
Green Health Prescription Evaluation (GRAPPEL) for Dundee, Highland, and North Ayrshire - NIHR Public Health Interventions Research Studies Teams (PHIRST)
PHIRST evaluation of Green Health Prescriptions, using green spaces to encourage healthy activities in nature across three areas of Scotland.
phirst.nihr.ac.uk
January 31, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Great that PHIRST Connect Green Health Prescription evaluation phirst.nihr.ac.uk/evaluations/... in @naturescot.bsky.social report Realising the Potential of Scotland's Natural Health Service www.nature.scot/doc/realisin... @profkebrown.bsky.social @lauralamming.bsky.social @afwellings.bsky.social
Listening to the inauguration. Think I sicked up in my mouth a bit...
January 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Listening to the inauguration. Think I sicked up in my mouth a bit...
Fixed it. "Trump's inauguration moved indoors to hide poor turnout this time around" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Donald Trump's inauguration moved indoors due to 'dangerous' cold
The last president to be sworn-in indoors was Ronald Reagan in 1985, when cold weather also plagued the US Capitol.
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January 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Fixed it. "Trump's inauguration moved indoors to hide poor turnout this time around" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...