Research Associate in the Department of Primary Care and Public Health at Imperial College London @Imperial_CHU @ARC_NWL 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 She/her.
Joined June 2012
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Kim Foley retweeted
Children’s antibiotic prescribing in UK primary care peaked in winter 2022 after the covid19 pandemic from sharply rising group A streptococcal bacterial infections. Responsive universal health systems protect children but watch for #amr @KA_Foley @NIHRresearch
#EPH @EUPHActs
Kim Foley retweeted
🚨 The ECR Showcase results are in!
First up are our Creativity Prize winners 🪄
Congratulations to:
🎖️Ella Orme (@ImperialMaths)
🎖️Belen Gimeno Molina (@ImperialMDR)
🎖️Kimberley Foley (@ImperialSPH)
🎖️Amelia Clark (@ImperialBioeng)
👏👏👏 #ECRShowcase
Kim Foley retweeted
We’re hosting a paid public health internship this summer as part of the @NIHRresearch Undergraduate Internship Programme.
Join our team at ARC NWL & @Imperial_PCPH
£20.82/hr | White City Campus | Travel subsidy for non-Imperial students
Apply by 23 May → arc-nwl.nihr.ac.uk/vacancies…
Kim Foley retweeted
The #MohnLaunch is here 🚀✨
Join us for a week of activities at our new home in the School of Public Health @ImperialSPH 🏡
Sign up to our events on our website - we look forward to seeing you there 💛
Kim Foley retweeted
1 million children live in destitution.
1 in 5 households with children are food insecure.
Poverty is worsening health inequalities and poorer education outcomes - Sir Michael Marmot.
Government must take action and invest in our children’s futures. #RCPCH24 #ShiftTheDial
Kim Foley retweeted
✍🏽 Registrations are now open for our Spring Collaborative Learning Event!
🔗 Reserve your free place here: eventsforce.net/eventage/fro…
#CLEvent
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Unlocking the joy of movement 🏃♂️
Read @DrBinaRam's blog on engaging children to learn about #PhysicalActivity
buff.ly/3wDVbW5
Kim Foley retweeted
Exciting opportunity alert!📣Join NIHR ARC NWL's Public Partners Advisory Group and help shape the future of healthcare in NWLondon. From advising on priorities to working on research projects, your voice matters. Join us now!
💻arc-nwl.nihr.ac.uk/vacancies @nihrarcs #MakeADifference
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Kim Foley retweeted
Congratulations to all of the authors of the BJGP Open Top 10 2023! 🎉
Read Editorial Board Member Alex Burrell and Editor-in-Chief @HDambhaMiller's Special Editorial discussing each article of the ⭐️BJGP Open Top Ten 2023⭐️
➡️doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0…
Kim Foley retweeted
📣 The ⭐️BJGP Open Top 10 Most Read Research Articles 2023⭐️ countdown starts next week, from No 10 on Monday through to No 1 on Thursday!
Stay tuned on Thursday for a special editorial on the Top 10 by Editorial Board Member Alex Burrell & Editor-in-Chief @HDambhaMiller
Kim Foley retweeted
📢News Alert!📷Our latest study findings from the Child Population Health theme's @HelenSkirrow discover that mothers who receive pregnancy vaccines are more inclined to have their child vaccinated against MMR. 📷📷Read the full story here: arc-nwl.nihr.ac.uk/news/stud… #Vaccination
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Kim Foley retweeted
Here's our @NIHRSPHR blog on engaging children to learn about #PhysicalActivity - part of the Children, Young People, and Families programme on how school environments can encourage children to be active @SoniaKSaxena @Imperial_CHU @Imperial_PCPH @ARC_NWL
shorturl.at/pADTY
Kim Foley retweeted
📢Calling health researchers! Free training sessions co-designed w/young trainers to boost involvement in #CYPresearch. Mould training topics & have your say in our survey. Let's enhance interventions for #childhoodobesity #ChildrensMentalHealth & #healthinequalities @AYPHcharity
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Kim Foley retweeted
Reporting of participant ethnicity in paediatric randomised controlled trials in the UK
33% in UK trials
79% in US trials
With significant variation in health outcomes, ethnicity reporting needs to become the norm
adc.bmj.com/content/early/20…
Kim Foley retweeted
We stand on the shoulders of giants Dr @KA_Foley with Charles Darwin, Alan Turing, Rosalind Franklin, David Attenborough. And Day 2 her own postdoctoral research…#primarycare #childhealth @Imperial_PCPH @ImperialSPH @ARC_NWL @NIHRresearch
Kim Foley retweeted
Day 19 #ARCadvent:
Hard to reach or easy to ignore? Engaging diverse boroughs
There is evidence of systemic barriers to ethnic equality across UK health research. An @ARC_NWL @EHU_ARCNWL project aims to address inequalities & engage with diverse boroughs
arc-nwl.nihr.ac.uk/news/hard…
ALT Image description NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research #ARCadvent Top ARC stories of the year Day 19 Hard to reach or easy to ignore? Engaging diverse boroughs Imagery: Snowflake and circle design elements surround a picture of a young person holding a phone
Kim Foley retweeted
📢Phd paper📢
Children in ⬆️ deprived areas less likely to get MMR vaccines compared those in ⬇️ deprived areas
Children whose mothers get pertussis vaccine in pregnancy more likely to get MMR vaccines-independent of deprivation, ethnicity & maternal age
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Kim Foley retweeted
Day 8 of our #ARCadvent:
The Daily Mile™ (@_thedailymile) is a real-world application of a scalable school-based physical activity intervention.
This @ARC_NWL-supported study looks at its implementation in primary schools.
arc-nwl.nihr.ac.uk/news/eval…
ALT NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research #ARCadvent Top ARC stories of the year Day 8 Evaluating children's physical activity, health & wellbeing Imagery: Snowflake and circle design elements surround a picture of schoolchildren running in a playground
Kim Foley retweeted
Dr Helen Skirrow discussing vaccination in children #Mosaic Trust @ Church St Library. Glad to be here after a difficult journey with the trains strikes. Key findings parents want to get their kids vaccinated but services need to far more sensitive to the needs of the community
Kim Foley retweeted
“Why did nobody ask us? - hearing findings from a @HelenSkirrow #coproduction research project with @TheMCTrust on uptake of the under 5 #vaccine programme @NIHRinvolvement @ImperialSPH @ImperialPaeCH @Imperial_CHU @Imperial_PCPH
