Jack Birch

@jackmbirch

Research Associate @NIHR_PRUBaSS @UniofNewcastle. PhD from @Cambridge_Uni @HomertonCollege @MRC_Epid. Public health nerd. All views my own. He/him

Newcastle upon Tyne/Cambridge jackmbirch.wordpress.com Joined June 2009

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Jack Birch @jackmbirch Oct 8, 2024

With a new wave of PhD students having recently started, some may find it helpful to read this @academicvoices blog I wrote earlier this year about my experiences completing a PhD whilst getting diagnosed with a serious mental illness.

Voices of Academia @academicvoices Jun 7, 2024

🚨📝 New blog

Completing a PhD whilst Getting Diagnosed with a Serious Mental Illness by Jack Birch @jackmbirch

"In England, mental health service provision is different depending on where you live"

voicesofacademia.com/2024/06/07/com…

#AcademicMentalHealth
#AcademicChatter
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Jack Birch @jackmbirch May 7

Love this

Sunderland AFC Verified account @SunderlandAFC May 7

Ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week, our Black Cats have become Black Dogs 🖤

A symbol of the battles that so many people face every single day - often silently.

Football is family. And family looks out for each other. No matter who you are, or what you’re going through, you are never alone.

It’s okay to talk.

@livescore

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Jack Birch @jackmbirch Aug 8, 2025

Very happy to see a big paper from my PhD *OUT TODAY*

We explored if there were inequalities in the attendance & effectiveness of behavioural weight management interventions in an individual participant data meta-analysis.

See the thread for findings 👇

bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/3/2/e0…

Jack Birch @jackmbirch Jun 6, 2025

Had a great time seeing @mattforde perform tonight. Second time seeing his stand up (first time way back in 2016 at the Soho Theatre). So funny

Jack Birch @jackmbirch May 30, 2025

Very happy to see this out!

As well as the below, Alison and I discuss how factors associated with populism - such as online misinformation - may exacerbate health inequalities.

blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

Please do reach out to let us know what you think

blogs.lse.ac.uk To improve public health, we need to tackle inequality | LSE British Politics Health inequalities track social and economic inequalities, as highlighted during COVID. The research, policy and service sectors must collaborate to reduce the impact inequalities have on health.

NIHR PRU Behavioural and Social Sciences @NIHR_PRUBaSS May 30, 2025

In this @LSEpoliticsblog, our researchers Dr Alison McKinlay and Dr @jackmbirch discuss how collaboration between research, policy, and service sectors is needed to improve public health and tackle inequality.

Read here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

@UCLBehaveChange @UniofNewcastle
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