Zoe Trinder-Widdess

Live course - ARC West Writing accessibly in plain language is becoming more and more important for health research and clinical professionals. But it’s an art that many find challenging. This two hour course will teach you...

We've got lots of great training courses coming up in October, with quite a few focused on communicating your research.

@zoetw.bsky.social's 'Writing plain language' is coming up on 8 Oct, 10am-12pm online:

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Let's talk about the menopause Join us for this free community event to raise awareness and improve education around the menopause

What do you wish you'd known or would like to ask about #menopause?

Join us for our free community event with talks, discussions, activities, stalls and food. Drop in whenever you like.

All genders and ages welcome!

📅17 Oct
🕰️10am-2pm
📍Easton Community Centre

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Great to hear from Local Transport Minister @simonlightwood.org.uk
“We’re looking to blend healthy, greener transport choices that give people greater choice over how they travel. That’s why it’s great to see this research showing areas with our e-scooter trials are now a safer place for cyclists.”

I'm chairing this here webinar, which is all about the learning from the community play Hard Evidence, which was co-created with survivors of #DomesticAbuse, alongside community theatre makers and researchers.

Interesting - and possibly surprising - findings from this natural experiment. Best evidence so far supporting the 'safety in numbers' hypothesis!

Our first email newsletter of 2025 is out today!

In this edition: Children weight management services signposting; How PE kit impacts teenage girls; Cancer patients undergo invasive surgery at end of life + much more!

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YouTube video by NIHR ARC West Bridging knowledge: Co-producing a stronger research community

Watch the full video here
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Video explores impact of co-production in research through zine-making workshop - ARC West A new video produced with ARC West’s support explores the results of a zine-making workshop where community organisations reflected on their experiences of co-production in research. Co-production in ...

🤓Our new video explores the results of a zine-making workshop where community organisations reflected on their experiences of co-production in #research.

😊Participants included @commonambitionbs.bsky.social, Nilaari and the Barton Hill coffee mornings organiser

#CoPro #CoProduction
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Concerns over misinformation and declining engagement see educational, research and public institutions continue to leave X (formerly Twitter) As rising numbers of organisations move away from X, ARC South London communications and engagement officer Emily Elliott considers what the year ahead in social media may bring.

This month on our blog: As rising numbers of organisations continue to move away from X, ARC South London’s communications and engagement officer considers what the year ahead in social media may bring.

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Huge thanks to @zoetw.bsky.social at @arc-west.bsky.social for the thoughtful and insightful contribution to this piece. @nihrarcs.bsky.social

Thanks for asking me 🥰

Nice article by @arc-southlondon.bsky.social (and quoting the fab @zoetw.bsky.social) on the rise of Bluesky for academics.

Do give it a read and share it with your colleagues not yet on here!

An image of two hospital colleagues in a corridor, checking a medical records database on a tablet. Text reads: Enabling research that’s faster, fairer, safer. South West Secure Data Environment, part of the NHS Research Secure Data Environment Network.

📢 We’re pleased to announce two new #research projects to improve patient flow through the health and social care system. The pilots will be the first to use the new #NHS Secure Data Environment #SDE platform for the #SouthWest.
#HealthData #HealthResearch

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Joint replacement surgery unjustifiably delayed or denied for many people living with obesity - ARC West One in ten people will need joint replacement surgery at some point in their life. But in some parts of England, patients with a higher body mass index (BMI) might be denied this treatment or have the...

In some parts of England, patients with higher BMI might be denied joint replacement surgery or have access delayed.

Researchers have renewed their call to remove broad use of BMI as a barrier to joint replacement surgery.
#obesity #HealthInequalities
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Our paper about the lived experience of shingles is out. We found that for some people, linking it with 'low mood' or poor mental health was stigmatising, and resulted in shame and self-blame. Generally people don't know how debilitating shingles can be until they experience it.

Bookings for this are going great guns - so don't miss out!

I've been lucky enough only to stay in hospital once after having my daughter, but jeez the sleep was awful, and not just because I had a new born!

So I'm really pleased that @bristolbrc.bsky.social is looking at this. A good night's sleep can't be underrated as a tool to help us heal after surgery

I think it's a while before the #AI robots will be coming for my job...

Found out about a paper after it was published so stuck it in Chat GPT to get a draft news story. Asked it to include a quote from the authors (ie from the paper) but it made up an author - Dr Saira Ali - out of thin air!

I especially like the muscle wastage example @joelangley.bsky.social talks about. Instead of presenting the numbers in an infographic or news story, they created a 3D printed leg, and then one with 10% of its muscle removed. Also some shoes that replicated what it feels like to lose that much muscle

NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research #ARCadvent Top ARC stories of the year Day 9 Successful patient and public involvement diagram by long-term ARC public contributor Main image: A picture of Louise Ting, who is a long-term public contributor at ARC West. She’s also the brains behind the wildly successful diagram outlining how patient and public involvement (PPI) can be woven into every stage of the research cycle.

#ARCadvent day 9️⃣:
@neuro-observant.bsky.social is a long-term public contributor at @arc-west.bsky.social. She’s the brains behind a wildly successful diagram outlining how patient and public involvement (#PPI) can be woven into every stage of the research cycle.
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Nothing like a dead body to make front pages alive and talking about the outrageous practices of the American "healthcare" system...

Delighted to be featured due to my very popular resource/ blog on how and why health research needs to involve communities ❤️

Involving us is the right thing to do for so many reasons!

- understanding what matters to us
- fairness
- better science
- building trust

Nothing about us without us!

Close-up of a white dog with a brown patch on its back, in front of a wooden lattice fence and garden. In the background, three hot air balloons are visible in a partly cloudy sky.

So you’ve decided to join Bluesky? Good for you, it’s a lovely place full of interesting, weird (complimentary) and fun folk. I’ve been here for a year, so I’ve put together this guide as a thread to help you orientate to the culture of the place. 🧵

[note this is a rewrite of a previous post]

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Ooh - excited to see that @bsky.app is now listed as a social media platform on @altmetric.com

Nice one Altmetric!

I loved your blog! And your general enthusiasm on the day. Made it all worthwhile 😍

A man sits at desk holding a pen and paper. He's wearing an upside down colander wired up to old fashioned machinery.

Went to a brilliant @arc-west.bsky.social session on #blog writing on Friday, run by the brilliant Jarka and ably assisted by the equally wonderful @zoetw.bsky.social.

(Loved Jarka's image of 'science writing'!)

Really pleased with the blog I created on weight-based bullying - watch this space!

Sabi Redwood new Director of NIHR ARC West - ARC West Professor Sabi Redwood is the new Director of NIHR ARC West, taking over from Professor John Macleod. John will continue working with the ARC. Sabi will be leading ARC West’s application to NIHR’s cal...

@sabiredwood.bsky.social is taking over as Director from John Macleod, who will still be part of the team.

Congratulations to Sabi, who's been Acting Director for a while since John's illness.

And thanks to John for his inspiring & kind leadership over the years!

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SWSDE Public Engagement Workshops An opportunity to learn about and shape the development of the South West Secure Data Environment.

🫵If you live in the South West, we need you! Join one of our workshops to learn about and shape our Secure Data Environment.

💻Our online public workshops are on:

Weds 13 Nov - fully booked!
Mon 18 Nov
Tues 26 Nov
Tues 3 Dec

🤓Find out more and book bit.ly/4ht2MtH

Come join our awesome #communications team for a year, working alongside @zoetw.bsky.social and @linlinginz.bsky.social!

The Dutch ‘tile whipping’ competition to green gardens and streets The national ‘tile whipping’ contest in the Netherlands seeks to restore greenery and help the country meet its climate targets.

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Tegelwippen – which translates as ‘tile whipping’ – is a lighthearted Dutch contest where municipalities compete to remove the most paving slabs

More than 11m tiles have been removed 2021, replacing hundreds of acres of grey concrete with trees, grass, vegetable gardens and vibrant flower beds