Liam Bishop

@liamhbishophealth.bsky.social kicks off his talk at #SCT2025 by thanking the Society for continuing to create space for raising EDI issues in clinical trials through recognition across sessions and committees. And gives a great talk on building trust through community focussed workshops and videos.

❓Did anyone go to the NIHR’s sex and gender policy launch on Monday - interested to hear your thoughts!

Had a great session with the Engaged Research Exchange last week

We’re lucky to have such a brilliant Public Engagement Team at University of Leeds who we can tap into.

Great opportunity to meet other engagement methodologists

🛜I had lovely time at CRUK networking day yesterday in London

It’s always a pleasure to put names to faces, and hear about great work from different practitioners!

📈EDI a growing movement - a space to share challenges and insights are always important!

Naga was speaking at the annual Alice Bacon lecture at the University of Leeds (set up and introduced by Rachel Reeves named after Baroness Bacon, Leeds' first female MP).

Later in the year, she'll be publishing her book: It’s Probably Nothing: Critical Conversations on the Women’s Health Crisis

Naga Munchetty spoke about gendered healthcare and challenges in getting treatment and diagnosis of
adenomyosis at UoL on Wednesday:

"When I attended the G.P. and was asked about my pain level. I'd say 6/10. I was passing out normalising my pain."

Fair to say I will buying Naga's book!

Vincenzo Latronico is here to talk to me about his novel imminently released in English - PERFECTION, published by @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social and translated from the Italian by Sophie Hughes.

We discuss

🪑 Authenticity

❤️ is love a dangerous topic?

👂
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Enjoyed giving a talk on sex and gender inclusivity for the NIHR Research Support Service

So interesting to hear people’s comments and questions in this space - a way for me to learn too!

To some it might seem a strange frightening world we’re living in at the moment - sending support and best wishes to friends and colleagues and all effected by latest events

Do you work on clinical trials?

We need your help to understand the challenges to designing & delivering greener trials. Only 30 responses so far but we can all have a say on this topic. Please take 10 minutes to tell us what you think tinyurl.com/GreenTrials

Please share across your networks

Hopeful and excited that fresh and new ideas will come through this call-out from TRIALS for papers on ‘Improving equity, diversity and inclusion in randomised trials’

www.biomedcentral.com/collections/...

💡New ideas are exciting - tell me yours!

Yes, that is the one famous for Anthony Gormley’s sculptures. The chill, the mist…there might not be better places in England on days like that 👌

First Friday of the New Year

Trying to find ways to think of things from different angles and perspectives?

Me too, although quite literally in this chilly walk on Crosby beach I took over the Christmas break.

We all have such limited time, and there is so much work to do.

But these conversations are small steps that count.

So don’t be afraid to say hi in 2025 🙂

👋I’ll still be active and checking in on here over the break, but if you’re signing off…

Have a good one!

I feel like I’ve met so many people this year. And if you’ve given up a small bit of time to tell me about your work or share your ideas then thank you

My colleague Will is grappling with the new WHO guidance on clinical trials…

Thanks Stuart - looking forward to catch up on this!

Addressing The Knowledge Gap – Developing CONSULT E-learning On Trials Involving Adults Lacking Capacity To Consent Historically, trials have focused on the number of participants who take part without paying too much attention to whowas being included – or rather, being excluded. More recently, however, t…

Following the launch last week of CONSULT e-learning on trials involving adults lacking capacity to consent, new blog describes why & how it was developed

@kerryhood.bsky.social @amymrussell.bsky.social

Blog: blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/centre-for-t...

More info: www.capacityconsentresearch.com/training

It’s the last day to do this

Have your say - I think it’s important that we help shape processes that will shape our work!

www.hra.nhs.uk/about-us/new...

These are really top level places to get up to speed

I’ve got more and would like to disseminate the work we’re doing at LICTR

But let me know what you’ve been doing too!

✍️the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines have been around since 2016. The guidelines cover study design, data analyses, results, and interpretation of findings in relation to sex and gender differences.

ease.org.uk/communities/...

⛓️ Trial Forge: As with a lot of things related to EDI in trials, Trial Forge is a place to go!

www.trialforge.org/trial-divers...

I collated some key resources of where to start with sex and gender in relation to clinical trials for our staff - which might help you.

✉️ Medical Science Sex and Gender Equity project (MESSAGE):

If you haven't watched the launch of the Framework, now really is the time!

www.messageproject.co.uk

I'm sure many of us are welcoming the recent funding changes by the NIHR around research inclusion.

I thought I'd share some of the work we've doing relation to inclusive gender and sex data at LICTR, (which allows me to give a shoutout to the brilliant inclusive data subgroup we have at LICTR)

Was an interesting session, thanks
- need to check out the training!

Image shows the tagged people above in a starter pack card saying join the conversation trial methodology on Bluesky

I’ve done a starter pack for people working in inclusivity in trial methodology but I can’t see some of the key people I’d like to include. Feel free to share

@vickylshepherd.bsky.social
@katiegillies.bsky.social
@markjayes.bsky.social
@kerryhood.bsky.social
@willjcragg.bsky.social

Come and see some of the new books I’ve received! 👇

I’m still going to use LinkedIn for research updates too.

I think that is also a really effective mechanism for researchers

The amount of people who’ve come over (and followed me) in the research space has taken me by surprise…so it’s nice to see so many different folk here!

I’ve set up another account

@liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social

There, I will post more about books, articles I write, and the podcast I craft and curate, the Rippling Pages

Follow both if it interests. I will cross-post shared interests and themes.

Either way, I look forward to engaging