@drjanenicholls.bsky.social
Retired HIV doc New here 😊
**UNHEARD BOOK EVENT - LONDON**
21st October at the beautiful Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garrett in London. I used to pass this venue all the time when I was a medical student at Guys Hospital so this is really exciting!
Join us! Tickets 👇🏽
oldoperatingtheatre.com/event-posts/...
Are you living with #HIV & aged over 50 in the UK or a carer for someone who is?
What are your health and care concerns about HIV and ageing?
Please help to create a "bank" of research questions to improve the health and care of older adults with HIV
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...
Building a world that welcomes and respects people living with H.I.V. H.I.V. confident. National aids trust logo. Red Ribbon. Securing rights, stoppign H.I.V. positively UK, aidsmap. Picture of a smiling woman with a bonnet.
You can be confident that an organisation displaying the HIV Confident logo has made a commitment to make people living with HIV welcome and to treat them with respect.
Find out more about what HIV Confident means for you:
www.hivconfident.org...
Photo: Mareike Günsche
Jemma Bella
Long COVID icon
on Tiktok
Please listen ⬇️ 💙
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Huge congratulations to my dearest friend & colleague @tristanjbarber.bsky.social who will be the new @bhiva.bsky.social chair from November!!!! Wise & stylish shoes to fill but I'm sure @profygilleece.bsky.social is delighted it's your feet next 😘😘😘😘
18.03.2025 18:52 — 👍 25 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Are you PrEPped? #PrEP is a pill that can stop HIV transmissions. PrEP is free in Wales. Read more on the Sexual Health Wales website: tinyurl.com/PrEPWales
11.03.2025 08:30 — 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
"People like me – women – are still really underrepresented when people talk about living with #HIV."
Becky Mitchell BME has been living with HIV since 2012 "I’m still the same woman I was before, just older, stronger and hopefully a bit wiser."
nat.org.uk/about-hiv/pe...
Accessible HIV science is vital in an age of misinformation.
That's why we are exploring a future for leading HIV website aidsmap.
More details: tht.org.uk/news/accessible-hiv-science-vital-age-disinformation
📅 Save the Date! 📅
We are launching "Are you PrEPped?", a community-led campaign running from 10th to 28th March!
The campaign directs individuals to the Sexual Health Wales website, which provides information on free PrEP services in Wales.
🔗 Join the campaign: fasttrack.wales/are-you-prep...
Quite the flu season we're having. Here are some thoughts. I finish up by wondering why we'd reduce CDC workforce at a time like this -- just unfathomably short-sighted.
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
Cover of The Lancet's Feb 15, 2025 issue. Quote on cover reads "At the core of patients not being heard is the unequal power dynamic between doctor and patient. Each holds a different form of expertise...It is vital that we combine this expertise and collaborate."
When patients are not heard by their doctors there can be devastating consequences.
So why does this happen & what can be done to address it?
On the cover, Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan explores this question.
Read her full essay & more: tinyurl.com/5c7xwj2e @drrageshri.bsky.social
✨My essay in @thelancet.bsky.social this week has made the front page!✨ (I didn’t know about this 🤗)
‘Reflect, Collaborate and Listen’ looks at why doctors don’t listen and the urgent need to rebalance the power dynamic in the patient - doctor relationship.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
About 1,300 employees at CDC are expected to be fired by the Trump admin today, and more at NIH
Those at CDC include entire first year class of CDC's "disease detectives," the Epidemic Intelligence Service
Some at CDC are referring to it as the Valentine's Day Massacre www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
CDC source:
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
Delighted to see Prof @profchloeorkin.bsky.social, Director @shareeastlondon.bsky.social & Consultant HIV physician at Barts Health, profiled in @thelancet.bsky.social today. Great to learn more about her career, with ‘equality at its heart, motivated by activism’ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
31.01.2025 10:25 — 👍 18 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 3
Inspiring opening to UK & Ireland Fast Track Cities Conference from @profkevinfenton.bsky.social
Great to share our @commonambitionbs.bsky.social project & hear great ideas to tackle #HIV inequities
Find out about our Bristol #FastTrackCities work
➡️ fasttrackcitiesbristol.org
#FastTrack2025
Mae’r Athro Isabel Oliver wedi cael ei phenodi’n Brif Swyddog Meddygol newydd i Gymru.
23.01.2025 20:27 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Shape the Future of #HIV Prevention in Wales!
We need your views to make our #PrEP campaign impactful and tailored to your needs.
👇 Share your thoughts, it takes 2 minutes : forms.office.com/r/7ruc8nMdCu
📢 Gaza: 64,000 deaths due to violence between October 2023 & June 2024, new study estimates.
LSHTM research in The Lancet suggests Palestinian Ministry of Health underreported death toll due to traumatic injury by approximately 41%.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Fantastic longitudinal #qualitative study by @oohgpwales.bsky.social, @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social et al, examines challenges to quality in hybrid #PrimaryCare. Highlights the trade-off between accessibility & continuity, can lead to dehumanising & fragmented care.
bjgp.org/content/75/7...
#Unheard will be released as a paperback on 3rd July 2025! Now available to pre-order via your usual book outlet. Hoping its price will make it more accessible (although you can read it for free by requesting it at your local library).
06.01.2025 07:59 — 👍 23 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 2"I don't like X but I can't stop posting because I've got so many followers on here"
"I don't like X but I can't stop posting because big organisations/media outlets are on here"
Some things to bear in mind:
1. Your follower count on X doesn't mean what it used to...
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I am so very proud to see this published
The Long COVID Physio International Forum #LCPForum was a huge undertaking by so many and this is the final output 🎉
Congrats to all involved #LongCOVID #GlobalPT
fasttrack.wales/2024/12/30/2...
#fasttrackcymru #yearinreview2024 #PrEP #21stcenturyHIV #HIV #cymru #wales #sexualhealth #education #curriculum
🌍❤️ Last night, we marked #WorldAIDSDay at Senedd Cymru with powerful speeches from people living with #HIV, a reaffirmed commitment to the #HIVActionPlan for Wales by the Cab Secretary, & support from Fast Track Cymru regional coalitions. Together we’ll end stigma & new HIV transmissions.
28.11.2024 17:51 — 👍 7 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1
Know your status!!
A free HIV test kit can be delivered straight to your front door if you live in Wales.
Get yours today; hivtest.wales/social
Together we can end new cases of HIV.
#walesHIVtestingweek #knowyourstatus #hiv #endthestigma
Graphic stories of the impact of Long COVID on people's lives, produced from words of many people and illustrated by Monique Jackson as part of the REACT study.
www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/res...
It's #WalesHIVTestingWeek #WythnosProfiHIVCymru!
#HIV testing is self-care. Knowing your status takes away the uncertainty and worry, giving you peace of mind and control over your health.
It’s a simple step that helps protect
shwales.online/wales-sti-test…
✨WE ARE HIRING✨ an 18 month Postdoctoral Research Associate to work with Dr Sara Paparini @profchloeorkin.bsky.social & Sophia Forum on a project to improve access to HIV PrEP in undeserved populations. Qualitative skills essential, together with a passion for community engagement & health equity!
18.11.2024 18:57 — 👍 4 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 2I made one for 'types of paper in epidemiology and public health'
#EpiSky
