📣 Hot off the press: how did motivation to engage in infection-prevention behaviour shift over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic? Another important piece of evidence from the COPE study team to inform future pandemic planning. Read the full article here: lnkd.in/etpN6tqb

Some spectacular jelly ears on our late-August trip to the French Alps 😍 #FungiFriends

That little bit of fur behind a cat’s ear must be the softest substance on earth?! #AcademicsWithCats

🔊Fully funded PhD studentships at Cardiff Metropolitan University We're now accepting applications for the 2026 Wales Graduate School for Social Sciences PhD studentship competition in Psychology, Sport, Education, and Linguistics and Bilingualism. lnkd.in/e7wsTRem

So, right now, the only reliable way to diagnose endometriosis is with exploratory surgery. But finally, real scientists (instead of male scientists), are on the job & of course they’ve identified multiple markers in menstrual blood that point to noninvasive testing. www.science.org/content/arti...

Have we got any soon-to-retire Psychologists out there, who fancy setting up a conversation with a soon-to-be-qualified Psychologist? Keen to do something around Psychology, science and society which bridges generations. Please share and / or comment below.

Latest paper out now from @picklestim.bsky.social's doctoral work - congratulations Tim! Shows good content validity for a brief set of 12 items that were identified using Rasch measurement theory for assessing rheumatoid arthritis disease activity. academic.oup.com/rheumatology...

Excited to share the second published article from my PhD funded by @researchwales.bsky.social on Patient Reported Outcome Measures for Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity. doi.org/10.1093/rheu...

Our letter for BMJ SRH is now published introducing our shared decision making toolkit for women prescribed valproate to sexual & reproductive health professionals. srh.bmj.com/content/earl... @cawr-cmu.bsky.social @delythjames.bsky.social @nannon-phillips.bsky.social

🚨TODAY🚨 11.30 - 12.30. Solidarity to all staff at risk. join us for an hour of protest against Cardiff Metropolitans Compulsory Redundancy Proposals.

Book your place on this free @arc-southlondon.bsky.social webinar❗Experts will be discussing Parent-Led Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - a treatment for childhood anxiety. 📅 Wed 26 Mar, 12:00 - 13:00 More information & registration👇 arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/events-train...

Do you support parents either with feeding their baby or accessing food for their family? Please consider taking part in this online survey from Prof Amy Brown and team👇 swanseachhs.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Join our next webinar to learn how address the ethical & practical challenges related to open science & sharing of qualitative data. We'll discuss real-world dilemmas, new frameworks & methodological approaches to handling sensitive data. Register at: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Feathers 😍

Dean D’Souza & I have a PhD position available for a project on parenting knowledge & behaviour in linguistically diverse families. The funding covers fees & stipend for EU & UK. Application deadline is March 3rd. Please share! #cogsci #devsci #psychscisky www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Delighted to be joining the Cystic Fibrosis Trust MATRIARCH Strategic Research Centre launch this morning. We're embarking on a programme of research on sexual and reproductive health for people with Cystic Fibrosis. Find out more here! www.cysticfibrosis.org.uk/research/cys... @cawr-cmu.bsky.social

Absolutely gutted for friends and colleagues at Cardiff University. The impact of this for Welsh society and culture is enormous. I’m just lost for words. #Solidarity www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @ucu.org.uk

CAWR/CURIAD Women's Health Symposium. 📆 Weds January 29, 12pm-5pm Cardiff Met's Centre for Health, Activity and wellbeing Research (CAWR) and Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Innovation And Development (CURIAD) collab. Showcasing their #WomensHealth research. More info 👉: tinyurl.com/3ar9vu7d

One of the stranger traditions in Wales at New Year! A singing contest between the visitors with the Mari Lwyd and those indoors goes on until they are allowed in for a tipple 🍻 #YFariLwyd

Really interesting read.

Absolutely loved working with people with epilepsy, our illustration students, clinicians and researchers to co-produce this shared decision-making resource for #valproate & #epilepsy: awttc.nhs.wales/files/guidel...

Gorgeous light yesterday in #Cardiff. So lovely to see a bit of winter sun, even if it was short lived!

This lot definitely know how to do cosy on a dark winter evening 😌

Not much to see on the mushroom front lately, but found these beauties in my sister’s front garden 🤓 #FungiFriends

New paper today on the cost-effectiveness of using point of care CRP testing in primary care to manage exacerbation's of COPD. TLDR: it is cost effective... bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1...

Such a good day yesterday with the Behavioural Science Community of Practice in Cardiff. Insightful Q&A from @robertjwest.bsky.social and @nannon-phillips.bsky.social, excellent keynote from Prof Delyth James and interesting workshop sessions. Thanks to everyone involved in organising the event!

Really enjoyed this public lecture this week from Dr Holly Andrews on toxic individuals in the workplace. #Psychology www.youtube.com/live/SlUmdQ_...

Absolutely massive collection of Psychology-related starter packs here 🤩 #Psychology #AcademicSky

Come do a PhD with us at @lshtm.bsky.social! We're advertising two projects: Understanding and predicting vector-borne epidemics (with Rachel Lowe): mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/2025-26-proj... Kinetics of immunity to influenza and SARS-CoV-2 (with @dchodge.bsky.social): mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/2025-26-proj...

Cold hands and warm hearts at #Cymru vs. Gwlad yr Ia tonight 🥶🤩🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 4-1 👏👏👏 Can just about feel my toes now too 🎉

Some fantastic jelly ears on today’s walk! #fungifriends

Waiting lists for gynaecology appointments across the UK have more than doubled since February 2020 BBC research reveals www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyvg2157mvo

I experienced bitter failure recently but here are some words that help: “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” Maya Angelou

For fellow BlueSky newbies, a really useful behavioural science starter pack here 👇 #AcademicSky

This is massively useful!! So much information crammed into 13 minutes. Evidence on hormone therapy really clearly explained 🤩 #menopause #reproductivehealth

Perfect Autumn morning!

Here's an idea: Wouldn't it be great if prizes/awards for mid and senior career academics were awarded to the person's lab as a whole, rather than to the individual? That way, postdocs & others who contributed to (or led!) the research could have the award on their CV and add it to applications

Found a Health Psychology starter pack! Thanks @lauramkoenig.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! Day 1 #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Found the #fungifriends hashtag and think I found my people 😂🍄

Really exciting to be supporting a #StoryArcs story fellowship for the first time, looking at reproductive health experiences for people with #CysticFibrosis. Click here for info: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKN100/s...

Love working from home. Co-workers are all asleep on the job though. 🙄

Interested in health and health the care policy-focused behavioural and social science research? Please follow the @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social account to find out what we're up to!

"even if data are quantitative and numerical, the ways in which they are analysed and, to a greater extent, the inferences made from this analysis, will vary depending on who the researcher is." I LOVE this paper, which talks about reflexivity in quant, not qual, research tinyurl.com/3r3s39ty

Finally made the leap across from the dark side 😅 👋

Reporting guidelines for qualitative research (these seem quite good): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Thanks to @researchandv.bsky.social for the spot!