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@valentinalichtner.bsky.social will present with Prof Dawn Dowding their recent paper on Scan4Safety at the BCS BMJ HCI Journal Club webinar hosted by Digital Health.net
Date:3rd of March 2026 Time:5-6pm.
🎉 Congratulations to @drkatrinaforsyth.bsky.social winner of the Best Outstanding Contribution to Research Impact 2025 at this year’s Postdoctoral Research Development Awards! 🏆✨
A fantastic achievement and very well deserved! 👏 #ResearchImpact #UoMResearch
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Week 5: Health Policy & Prevention
🗓️ 25 June, 12–1pm
Explore how policy and system change can embed women’s health in all we do. From strategy to lived experience—shaping the future of care.
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Week 4: Cancer & Chronic Disease Prevention
🗓️ 18 June, 12–1pm
From cervical screening to heart disease detection—explore how GM is tackling cancer & chronic illness in women through research & innovation.
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Week 3: Menopause, Hormonal Health & Pelvic Wellbeing
🗓️ 11 June, 12–1pm
Explore the realities of menopause, pelvic health & overlooked conditions. Topics include prolapse care, UTI treatment, and rare metabolic diseases.
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Week 2: Reproductive Health & Maternal Wellbeing
🗓️ 4 June, 12–1pm
From menstruation to motherhood—explore research on racial inequality, endometriosis care & postnatal health. Hear how GM experts are improving outcomes.
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Week 1: Women’s Health Inequalities & Social Determinants
🗓️ 28 May, 12–1pm
Explore how environment, inequality & lived experience shape women’s health in GM. Speakers cover faith, care, homelessness & deaf women’s health.
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Join our free webinar series this May–June celebrating women’s health innovation in Greater Manchester. Hear from experts, explore groundbreaking research, and help shape a fairer future for all. #WomensHealthGM #OneGreaterManchester
Great to see colleagues in our Division are helping evaluate an innovative eFalls pilot led by GM Integrated Care. It’s aimed at reducing falls risk and supporting independence in older adults. Find out more in the latest press release 👇
🔗 gmintegratedcare.org.uk/health-news/...
Many congratulations to Dr Oram on achieving her PhD! The whole team at SORD is proud to celebrate this brilliant achievement. We wish her all the very best for the next chapter.
This Deaf Awareness week, we go beyond silence by spotlighting deaf-led research and highlighting what true Deaf Awareness looks like in research with deaf people.
Have a look at the video here: www.facebook.com/share/v/1Etd...
#DeafAwarenessWeek #BeyondSilence #DeafResearch
On the week of World Intellectual Property Day 2025, Prof John Keady gave a talk on Music in Mind - a project using music to build connection and creativity for people living with dementia
@uomif.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
Missed it? Here are the highlight's from last week's 'IP Beyond Music' event www.uominnovationfactory.com/news/ip-beyo...
A rhythmic collaboration from @uniofmanchester.bsky.social, @salforduni.bsky.social, @manmetuni.bsky.social and @rncmlive.bsky.social - funded by CCF RED : bit.ly/3EGTMCJ
✍️ NEW PUBLICATION - Prevalence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment among the older prisoner population in England and Wales: a cross-sectional study bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/4...
Social Research with Deaf People (SORD) at The University of Manchester was pleased to welcome Professor Uma Palanisamy from Monash University Malaysia during her visit last week. We appreciated the fantastic opportunity to engage in discussions and knowledge exchange.
🎉 Prof. John Keady's article - 'What matters most: Exploring the everyday lives of people with dementia' has been recognized as a top cited article in International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#TopCitedArticle
We are proud to join the British Deaf Association in recognising BSL as a place of belonging!
#SLW2025 #SORD #UoM #UniversityofManchester @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @nmswresearch.bsky.social
New article by Oram, Young and Cartney (2024) titled "Standing at the crossroads: Child safeguarding and Deaf BSL parents (in England) - Issues and Challenges in Social Work" has been published in The British Journal of Social Work: doi.org/10.1093/bjsw...
New article by Oram, Cartney and Young (2024) titled "Assessing deaf parents in safeguarding and child protection processes: Deaf experts' experience of routine social work practice" has been published in Qualitative Social Work:
doi.org/10.1177/1473...
New article by Oram, Young and Cartney (2024) titled "Now you see them, now you don't: Professional recognition of specialist professionals working with Deaf British Sign Language parents in child safeguarding" has been published in Qualitative Social Work:
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New article by Rogers, Lovell, Bower, Armitage and Young (2025) titled “What are Deaf sign language users’ experiences as patients in healthcare services? A scoping review”: journals.plos.org/globalpublic.... Abstract in BSL: video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/02...
