Nai Rui Chng 莊乃叡
@nairuichng
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Science | Practice | Social Change for Planetary Flourishing
Glasgow, Scotland
Joined June 2013
RT @paimadhu: Global health suffers from two forms of elite capture: the global and the local @d_krugman covers the first @RantingSid & @…
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RT @IamProHuman: Why do humans get stuck in Trauma while wild animals recover naturally? In the 1970s, Dr. Peter Levine noticed something…
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@CumbriaRdWatch @HighwaysNWEST @CumbriaCrack @BBC_Cumbria Traffic is moving again. Emergency services did a fantastic job
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RT @vicstic76: Please consider signing the petition against the redundancies at SPHSU, i am one of the 80+ staff at risk.
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@gerrymccartney1 What I’d like to know is, why didn’t they look at the austerity evidence? Seems like a no brainier?
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“Despite this evidence, few public health agencies or thinktanks looked at the austerity evidence, meaning that politicians and the public were badly advised. This allowed politicians to claim that the causes were uncertain long after the evidence was clear”
1/12 Our book, ‘Social Murder? Austerity and life expectancy in the UK’, by David Walsh and I, is out today. It details how mortality stopped improving in the UK and other countries as a result of austerity policies damaging the building blocks of health. Here’s a brief summary:
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RT @JulieR282: University of Glasgow has placed more than 80 staff from its Social and Public Health Sciences Unit (SPHSU) at risk of redun…
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Word.
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RT @NAChristakis: The bacteria in your gut depend on where you are in the social network. And the microbes within us treat our social netw…
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Amazing winners - very proud to be part of the @UofGByresHub community that @suzgrant and her team have painstakingly nurtured ❤️ 👏🏼
👏Congratulations to #UofGPeopleExellence Glasgow Changing Futures winners @UofGByresHub AND the collaboration between @oliver_stoner and the @WHO to monitor global use of polluting household energy👏
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So proud of my two wonderful colleagues @dnblane @UofGSHW @gppcglasgow and @kirstynbrunker! @UofGSBOHVM @rabidbites They are both amazing RISEN stars in my eyes and I’m very lucky to be working with them both as part of their stardust 😛
These emerging #TeamUofG talents have all been recognised for their outstanding achievements and contributions within and beyond @UofGlasgow: 🌟Eamon Keane @UofGSocSci 🌟Joy Farnaby @UofGSciEng 🌟@kirstynbrunker @UofGMVLS 🌟@DrTimPeacock @UofGArtsHums
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The fine line between fighting with love and fighting like a monster.
To mark the centenary of James Baldwin, I wrote a short essay for @TheLancet. On what he's taught me RE responding to pushbacks. To beware of "strategic ignorance" and "the imaginary line of selective judgement". James Baldwin: ignorance, power, justice
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RT @NIHR_PHIRST: It can be hard to talk about money. This week is #TalkMoney Week & we’re asking if Social Navigators support financial, he…
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RT @globalhlthtwit: Today's Lancet climate and health report presents 56 indicators of health and climate change across FIVE domains. (Dow…
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