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Patient data consent

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GP cancer screening

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Overconsumption of alcohol among young people

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Data science & health inspections

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Antimicrobial resistance

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Dr Sheena Mirpuri

Sheena Mirpuri is a Principal Advisor, leading the Sustainability & Transportation portfolio at BIT Americas. Over the last several years, Sheena has led sustainability and health-focused projects across public and private sectors, with a dedicated focus on equity and social impact. Her recent work includes designing interventions to reduce lead…

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Sai Ming Liew

Sai Ming is a Senior Advisor in the Singapore office working across a range of policy domains. Before joining BIT, Sai Ming led the Behavioural Insights Unit at the Ministry of Health in Singapore where he worked with and trained public healthcare policy and operations teams to apply behavioural insights. Sai Ming holds a Bachelor of Science in…

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• 7th Sep 2023

Keeping Household Water Quality Safe

In 2022, we used behavioral insights to help Chicago achieve a 52.8% lead testing kit return rate, which may be the highest in the nation (to the best of our knowledge).

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• 7th Sep 2023

Increasing lead kit return rates among Chicago residents

We partnered with Chicago’s Department of Water Management (DWM) through What Works Cities Certification program—launched by Bloomberg Philanthropies—to increase uptake of the city’s lead testing program. In 2022, we helped the city achieve a 52.8% lead testing kit return rate, which may be the highest in the nation (to the…

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• 4th Oct 2023

Saving more than just money: what does it take to support reductions in alcohol consumption?

Alcohol consumption is a significant public health challenge globally, contributing to an estimated 3 million deaths every year; 5.3% of all deaths worldwide.  COVID-19 might have further increased the harms from alcohol consumption: Public Health Scotland published new statistics in March 2023 showing that the number of deaths occurring as…