The leaders of Ireland's new Rinn national research network.
I can only assume from this line-up that women in STEM initiatives are failing to produce results.
Elaine Burke
When you see a paper title and you just know who has funded/conducted the study.... you guessed it, Novo Nordisk [see Authors, Acknowledgement, Funding & COI statements]
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#CDoH #Obesity #WebOfInfluence #Framing
We're really excited to be participating in the Feminist Miscarriage Project Conference in London next week
The programme is stellar! feministmiscarriageproject.org/conference
Huge thanks to Victoria Browne, Susie Kilshaw & all involved for bringing it all together
@miscarriageproject.bsky.social
Statement from @researchireland.ie in response to open letter...
www.researchireland.ie/news/stateme...
Depressing
Introduction The economic burden that obesity places on society, both directly and indirectly, is considerable. It is acknowledged that obesity is associated with decreased economic productivity; ho...
📣 Call for Papers for Special Collection @healthpromint.bsky.social: Power, Equity & the Health of Women & Girls
📆 Submission deadlines:
Abstracts - 30 September 2026
Full papers - 01 March 2027
More information: academic.oup.com/heapro/pages...
@docsamantha.bsky.social
The open letter regarding industry and applied bias in Research Ireland's strategy is still open for signing ...
openletter.earth/concern-abou...
An updated list of sponsors of the International Congress on Obesity 2026, broken down by who is paying for what re mobile charging stations, lanyards, etc.
#Pharma #COI #WebOfInfluence #CorporatePlaybook #Marketing
And plenty of #CDoH researchers involved
icocongress.com/sponsors/
Some of the narrative here is quite misleading & not without harm
Private consultants giving public consultants a dig-out?
Focus on individuals (politicians, etc) & whether they have received private/public maternity care?
Who is really being served here?
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
Health Promotion International is a peer reviewed, fully open access journal that contains refereed original articles, perspectives, opinion pieces, policy piec
Also I feel very much like I was just at an Enterprise Ireland announcement, not a Research Ireland one. Major focus on industry, commercialisation of research, turning scientists into entrepreneurs, creating a talent pipeline for industry, and an overriding theme of fairly ill-defined "scale".
