Applications are now invited from Cambridge medical students (currently in year 2) for a paid Internship in the University of Cambridge Primary Care Unit, in the Department of Public Health & Primary Care. The Internship will be two months in duration during the summer of 2018, with a flexible start-date, and the intern will be […]
Dr Robbie Duschinsky will help promote diversity and inclusion at Wellcome
Congratulations to Dr Robbie Duschinsky, who has been appointed as a member of Wellcome’s new Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group. The Group, which met for the first time earlier this month, has responsibility to support the new Diversity and Inclusion team at Wellcome in their work to improve equality and inclusion in their grant-giving, in the science […]
Knowing how non communicable diseases are caused does not mean we can prevent them: lessons from the history of public health
Efforts to prevent non communicable diseases (NCDs) are dominated by a simple idea: once you know the causes of a disease you can do effective prevention. So behaviours like eating, consuming alcohol, not taking exercise and smoking have been the centre of policy attention for decades These behaviours, their associated risks, the disease and its […]
Experts express concerns over infant mental health assessment
Forty world experts on child development and mental health have released a joint statement calling for caution when applying an influential classification for assessing infant mental health and potential cases of abuse. The Disorganised Infant Attachment classification […] is much too blunt an instrument to be used for child protection assessment Robbie Duschinsky The consensus […]
The dynamics of health inequalities
By Michael P Kelly, Natasha Kriznik, Ann Louise Kinmonth and Tom Ling Since the publication of the Black Report, through numerous subsequent policy documents and much policy activity the health differences between the rich and poor in Britain remain a reality which blights the lives of millions. Inequalities in health bring earlier death and longer […]
‘All psychologists want to solve the secret of their history’: Professor Judith Solomon discusses her work on attachment
Professor Judith Solomon holds a Visiting Research Fellowship in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the University of Cambridge. She is known for her research and theory-building on attachment and caregiving, including the introduction of the disorganised attachment classification and the first longitudinal study of infants in separated and divorced families. With Carol […]