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What is genetic counselling and how can it help you? Elena Schiff, a genetic counsellor at @moorfields.bsky.social , joins our My Macular and Me webinar tonight at 7pm to explain her role, the different genetic tests available, and what the results might mean. Register now: bit.ly/4kE5qwQ

It's so easy to add. Simply click "Alt" after you've uploaded your image, write a description and post.

A new report from the Smallwood Trust, the Women's Budget Group and @ce-lawcentre.bsky.social looks at the structural barriers trapping women in poverty—like unaffordable childcare, harsh welfare rules and insecure employment. (1/2)

Are you an early-career researcher (or someone hoping to help ECRs) working in #openscience or #metascience? The @reproducibilitea.org podcast is looking for guests for our next season of episodes! We'd love to feature ECR voices foremost – the next generation of scientists should be heard the most!

Congrats to this year’s Public and Patient Involvement and Engagement Award winners! Winner: @dsumodhee.bsky.social Runner up: @anarod7.bsky.social The award, recognising excellence in #PPIE was presented by Dr Helen Baker, our BRC PPIE Lead, at the @ucleye.bsky.social Annual Award Lecture.

New paper out❗ Our commentary paper discusses the activities and lessons learned from the work of a PPIE group with researchers to design a tool to help patients better understand their hospital letters by explaining the medical and complex terms(Explain.Health). Link to full article rdcu.be/ed7vM

French Institute for Demographic Studies (INED) in Paris is hiring two tenured researchers to work on population issues. Positions are permanent, with opportunities for leadership and research training. Apply by January 29. www.ined.fr/en/institute...

📣 The Centre for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS) at the Sciences Po, Paris, is hiring an Assistant Professor focussing on digital inequalities (application by 15 March). Feel free to get in touch if you have questions. www.sciencespo.fr/osc/en/conte...

If you're just coming over from X, use: 1. SkyFollowerBridge to find your X follows 2. BlueArk to move your posts over 3. BlueSkyDirectory to find starter packs on topics you like 4. All my starter packs to find more follows 5. The feeds @graocat.bsky.social created for each of my starter packs

Do you know any early career researchers in the UK who have contributed something special to improve research practices? The call for the 2025 Dorothy Bishop award is open now! Nominations close on 26 January 2025. www.ukrn.org/2024/12/12/t...

Our latest paper "Patient-Reported Experience Measurements From Individuals With Inherited Retinal Disorders Involved in Observational Research" is now published in @tvst tvst.arvojournals.org/article.aspx...

A cool feature of Bluesky is that you can self-verify if you own a website domain! 🔗We have now verified @thepeoplesreview.ie

Academics wanting to 'verify' their Bluesky profile as genuine might give an ORCID identifier in their profile and link back to their Bluesky profile from ORCID. #AcademicSky

Our recent work with Directors of Public Health shows how important the expertise of local public health was in reaching disadvantaged populations to offer Covid-19 vaccinations. Strong decentralised public health infastructure is a critical resilliance factor www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Here are some great Psychology starter packs on Bluesky. Developmental bsky.app/starter-pack... Neuroscience bsky.app/starter-pack... Social bsky.app/starter-pack... bsky.app/starter-pack... Diversity bsky.app/starter-pack... Personality bsky.app/starter-pack... Health bsky.app/starter-pack...

Starter packs seem to be the new thing here, so I created a Health Psychology Researchers started pack for everyone who would like to connect with fellow academics or learn about our research. #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky #digitalhealth go.bsky.app/9Xfk7Wo

Hi everyone, the NCSCT is ready to go, on Bluesky! X was just too toxic Please help us build up our following by sharing this!

Thread for those new to BlueSky. First of all, welcome. It feels like a safer space, doesn’t it? But also perhaps a bit disorienting initially? Here’s some tips for getting your bearings.

For all things psychiatry, psychology and mental health. Message below if you’d like to be added to the starter pack! go.bsky.app/C36fgiD

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

Come and work with us! Postdoc post, 50% teaching, 50% research (autism-related projects). Hybrid - would need to be in Manchester for teaching/meetings. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/internal/Job...

This list is growing fast! If you're interested in #PublicInvolvement #PPI #PPIE #Coproduction & #ParticipatoryResearch in health & care and new to BlueSky - lots of great people to follow on here. If you'd like to be added, or know people or orgs who you think should be included just let me know

If you want to go into or come out of this qualitative social research/er starter pack, get in touch go.bsky.app/7YAhtdD

UCL have announced targeted funding for a particularly under-represented group. Increasingly we're seeing this targeted intervention. "Exclusively for BAME applicants, we're offering 7 scholarships to exceptional applicants to pursue MPhil and PhDs at UCL!" www.ucl.ac.uk/scholarships...

Our long term public contributor Louise Ting is the brains behind the wildly successful diagram outlining how patient and public involvement can be woven into every stage of the research cycle. In this blog she describes how it's taken on a life of its own. #PatientInvolvement #PPI bit.ly/3MBj2KV

🦋 Welcome New Psychologists on BlueSky 🦋 Here’s a thread of a few feeds you might like. Click on a feed then “+” to Save it to your list and “Pin to Home" to make more accessible. (Also “💓” it!). Use the relevant hashtag or tag word to get your own posts included in a feed. #AcademicSky 🧪 🧵👇

Delighted to report that our paper 'Expert CONsensus on Visual Evaluation in Retinal disease manaGEment: the CONVERGE study' is now published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. Very grateful to all the co-authors and collaborators. bjo.bmj.com/content/earl...

Delighted to report that our paper 'Expert CONsensus on Visual Evaluation in Retinal disease manaGEment: the CONVERGE study' is now published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. Very grateful to all the co-authors and collaborators. bjo.bmj.com/content/earl...