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The Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA) is a health and life sciences partnership between the leading NHS trusts and universities in northern England.
@thenhsa.bsky.socialHow can women’s health innovation respond to genuine unmet need and move successfully from research into practice?
Dr Vanessa Hearnden, Dr Rebecca Mawson, Dr Emma Lucas, Alex Wilkinson and Hayley Morris are exploring how women’s health research and innovation can best respond. #WomensHealth
@thenhsa.bsky.socialDr Eva Caamaño Gutierrez and Jessica Shilton are discussing gendered experiences in biomedical data science careers and why representation and leadership influence the direction and quality of research. #WomensHealthNorth
@thenhsa.bsky.socialProfessor Suzanne Mason is examining diversity and under-representation in health datasets. Better data matters, but it must represent the women most affected by the questions being studied.
@thenhsa.bsky.social“Together, we are so much stronger”
Great to hear from Professor Shakila @thangaratinam.bsky.social on the work being done in @liverpooluni.bsky.social and across the North for cardiovascular disease prevention among women.
@thenhsa.bsky.socialChaired by @hannah.davies.bsky.social, Professor Shakila Thangaratinam, Dr Oluwaseun Esan, Fatima Khan-Shah (@shutcake.bsky.social), Aaishah Javeed and Professor Dame Lesley Regan are asking: can the system turn strategy into better outcomes for women?
@thenhsa.bsky.socialDr Nasima Akhter is presenting evidence on the experiences of minority ethnic women and the need for better data, accessible care, trusted relationships and meaningful community involvement.
Read more in this new report: www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/hidden-inequ...
@thenhsa.bsky.social@profbambra.bksy.social is exploring how place, deprivation and the wider conditions in which women live and work should shape the delivery of women’s health services across the North. #WomensHealthNorth 2/3
@thenhsa.bsky.socialProfessor Dame Lesley Regan is outlining the opportunity presented by the Renewed Women’s Health Strategy and what coordinated national, regional and local implementation must deliver for women. #WomensHealthNorth 1/3
@thenhsa.bsky.socialProfessor @louiseckenny.bsky.social and @profbambra.bksy.social are opening today’s event with a shared challenge: how can the North turn evidence on women’s health inequalities into practical, sustained action? #WomensHealthNorth
@thenhsa.bsky.socialWe’re in Sheffield for Women’s Health in the North of England: Turning evidence into action with @acmedsci.bsky.social, bringing research, health, policy, innovation and community perspectives together. Follow #WomensHealthNorth for updates throughout the day.
@thenhsa.bsky.socialGreat to be at the @labourlist.bsky.social fringe event today listening to an incredible panel discuss how the North can turn strengths into investment and prosperity #LabourPartyConference
@thenhsa.bsky.socialWe are in Liverpool ready for a full programme of events at #LabourPartyConference.
Find out about our 2026 events on our website: www.thenhsa.co.uk/events/labou...
If you're here and want to find out more about our work, feel free to send the team a message!
@thenhsa.bsky.socialOur new report with the @acmedsci.bsky.social explores how funding gaps – alongside barriers around capacity, connections and processes – affect collaboration across the North.
Read the full report: www.thenhsa.co.uk/app/uploads/...
@thenhsa.bsky.socialOur roundtable at #LabourPartyConference will bring together policymakers, industry leaders, and experts from our member organisations, focusing on how the North can develop a more connected, scalable and impactful research and innovation ecosystem.
Please note this is an invite-only event.
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@thenhsa.bsky.socialNorthern regions and their cities are showcasing the potential for innovation-led growth, but persistent barriers remain.
Fully unlocking the economic growth of the North relies on building on its existing strengths in health research and innovation.
www.thenhsa.co.uk/events/labou...
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@thenhsa.bsky.socialThe North has world-leading health and life sciences expertise, but barriers can stop that expertise connecting.
Our new report with @acmedsci.bsky.social sets out steps to ease collaboration – from finding partners & securing funding to turning ideas into impact.
@thenhsa.bsky.socialBEACON is one of ten MRC-funded Regional Accounts for Clinical Researchers, delivered through a partnership of universities and NHS organisations across the North of England, convened by the Northern Health Science Alliance.
🔗 Read more: newcastlehealthresearchpartnership.org/newcastle-he...
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@thenhsa.bsky.social📅 Application deadline: 23 October 2026 (4pm)
Want to find out more? 🔗 MRC RACR: BEACON Award Application Webinar: newcastlehealthresearchpartnership.org/events/mrc-r...
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@thenhsa.bsky.social📢 Applications are now open for the MRC BEACON Award funding call The funding will support protected research time for registered healthcare professionals with a PhD or MD, helping to strengthen clinical academic careers and research capacity across the North of England. 1/3
@thenhsa.bsky.socialSpeakers will be announced across our channels soon.
Find out more about our programme at #LabourPartyConference: www.thenhsa.co.uk/events/labou...
@liverpooluni.bsky.social, @york.ac.uk, @newcastleuni.bsky.social, @healthequitynorth.bsky.social
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