Professor of the Sociology of Science & Medicine I Director of Research @EdinUniUsher I Co-Director @one_phd I Associate Director @BiomedSelfSoc
The University of Edinburgh
Joined July 2013
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Martyn Pickersgill retweeted
An update from our GS @DrJoGrady following the meeting of our higher education committee
💪Three days of action in November
🆙Escalating in the new year
Full details next week - the ball is in the employers' court
UCU and PROUD
#ucuRISING
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Wasn't it just?! Thanks to you all who spoke and participated in our Recovery, Rehabilitation & Remission in #MentalHealth conference @BirkbeckUoL yesterday. Keep an eye out for news on a future special issue of @HistHum ft. the speakers & let's keep the conversations going...
This was SO much fun - thank you, @Han_Blythe and @SarahVMarks, for organising a brilliant event with some amazing speakers!
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Delighted to be at the @uk_icn AGM today in #Cambridge talking about #COVID science, including behaviour and social science!
This was SO much fun - thank you, @Han_Blythe and @SarahVMarks, for organising a brilliant event with some amazing speakers!
Online tickets now available for our hybrid conference, Recovery, Rehabilitation & Remission in #MentalHealth: Historical & Contemporary Perspectives on 3rd November. Programme and registration available on eventbrite #histmed #histpsych #medhums eventbrite.co.uk/e/recovery-…
The @AcadSocSciences is recruiting for a new Head of Policy and Public Affairs: acss.org.uk/news/academy-job…
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Join @SarahVMarks and me for a one-day conference on Recovery, Rehabilitation and Remission in Mental Health: Historical & Contemporary Perspectives
On Thurs 3rd Nov, hosted at @BirkbeckCIRMH, supported by @SSHMedicine
Programme and registration: bit.ly/3fN4smo
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Thrilled to share cover of my forthcoming book @UNC_Press in their Social Medicine Series. Open access Spring ‘23
It’s about how corporatization of health care delivery and immigration policies are deeply connected in rural America. And so much more!
This book is close to my ❤️
ALT Book cover depicting two different farmland tracts. Book title: Landscapes of care: Immigration and Health in Rural America by UNC Press
Clinicians with some training in #socialscience and interested in doing a PhD in health sociology/sociology of biomedicine are also eligible for this scheme. Please get in touch with @Sarah_C_Burley or I if that's you!
RECRUITING NOW for up to 5 outstanding individuals to join in '23. ECAT-i Clinical Lectureships combine clinical training & a @wellcometrust #phdforhealthprofessionals. Open to all med & surg specialties & primary care professionals from all across the UK. bit.ly/3DTpQjr
Upcoming event at @RCPEdin on 'The arts, medicine and healing − tools for challenging times': bma.org.uk/events/sandy-maca… #medhums
Important new volume edited by @literarti, @aldersonday, and @cfernyhough: global.oup.com/academic/prod…
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Including papers from @Han_Blythe Grace Whorral-Campbell, Claire Hilton, David Jones, @becka_sh
Ulrich Koch, Ruth Kloocke, Kiara Wickremasinghe
@kentishscribble Jeanette Cooper, Suzanne Hollmann & discussion from @PickersgillM @HSpandler & @SarahVMarks
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It’s my first day as an Assistant Professor @StanfordBioethx - I’m thrilled! When I was in undergrad, @duanaful had a profound impact on what I saw as a possible career path for myself. Today that dream becomes a reality.
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Really looking forward to the new role as #SocialWorkLecturer @EdinburghUni with @JDev65 and colleagues at #SPS starting today
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CAN I ASK ALL UCU MEMBERS TO RT THIS THREAD
It covers potential strike action, strategy, negotiations and next steps.
We have not taken our foot off the pedal.
#ucuRISING
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.@BiomedSelfSoc - This workshop at Scottish Storytelling Centre on 12th November is for people who want to try out writing short stories, especially for those with an interest in how we tell stories about the body. bit.ly/3U88g0k
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The CHIPS and Science Act strengthens US economic and national security and advances a vision for an equitable science and technology ecosystem, free from harassment.
Tomorrow at 2pm, OSTP convenes a roundtable on preventing sexual harassment in research.
whitehouse.gov/ostp/events-w…