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Rebecca Charlton

@goldage.bsky.social

Professor of Psychology, interested in mostly ageing and later life, including impact of adult experiences on ageing, and how autistic and other neuro-divergent people experience ageing

852 Followers  |  163 Following  |  28 Posts  |  Joined: 02.11.2023  |  1.7267

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Looking forward to reading this!

04.06.2025 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings

NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

23.04.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And here's the link for more information
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...

23.04.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'll be guest editor on a special issue in the journal Women's Health on "Understanding reproductive health experiences and transitions for neurodivergent people" Please consider submitting papers about #autism #ADHD other #neurodivergent conditions and #menstruation #menopause etc

23.04.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Great to see some coverage for this paper about #autistic and non-autistic people's experience of #menopause with @gavrobstew.bsky.social @proffrancescahappe.bsky.social and others

23.04.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SO IMPORTANT!
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/lead...

23.04.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're recruiting #ClinicalPsychologist to join our vibrant department. Happy to answer questions or put you in touch with Clinical Psychology staff to ask what it's like in academia.

jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

14.04.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Call for #autistic people interested in or using #socialprescribing to help inform best practice. being run by Emeline emeline.han@ucl.ac.uk

11.04.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just to say all #socialworkers and trainees are welcome to take part in this free training. We want people who do NOT work with #olderpeople or #autistic people regularly - as well as people who do.

11.04.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry to miss it Claire

09.04.2025 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you'd like to help us decide priorities for #menopause research then please get in touch. We're interested in hearing from people from lots of different backgrounds including #neurodivergent people

08.04.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join me, and some other people from @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social for some talks on research for #Autism Acceptance month www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/goldsmiths...
I'll be talking about autistic people's experience of menopause, Laura about co-produced training, & Jamie about wearable sensors.

18.03.2025 11:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

PhD Opportunity!

18.03.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very glad to see this paper published. Well done all!

10.03.2025 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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After more than a year codesigning training for social workers with our wonderful community researchers (older #autistic people, #socialworkers & #socialcare providers) we are ready for the evaluation. Find out more sites.gold.ac.uk/coast-study/...

24.02.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Post Doctoral Image Analyst at St George's, University of London Searching for an academic job? Explore this Post Doctoral Image Analyst opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

Post-doc Image Analysis post to explore the effect of treatment for severe asthma on structural and functional changes in the brain
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLT412/p...
jobs.sgul.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

24.02.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you are interested in helping us decide next steps for our menopause research, then please complete the form here lnkd.in/e8Eg58PU or DM me.
QR link also below.

19.02.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent summary of the paper @gavrobstew.bsky.social Thank you!

19.02.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Very please that this paper by the fantastic Martha Piper exploring #autistic and non-autistic people's experience of #menopause Open Access but please let me know if any problems accessing
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

17.02.2025 08:45 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Do you have experience of Menopause?

Do you have experience of Menopause?

Have you experienced #menopause?

Would you like to help decide what research is needed?

We are inviting #autistic and #non-autistic people with experience of #menopause to join an Advisory Group to help plan research. Please DM if you are interested. You will be compensated for your time.

02.02.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Header: Self reported menopause related symptoms for autistic and non-autistic people. Picture: two women talking on a pier

Header: Self reported menopause related symptoms for autistic and non-autistic people. Picture: two women talking on a pier

Nice to see a paper about autistic and non-autistic peoples experience of menopause getting some coverage. Preprint available (currently in press)
mdnewsline.com/self-reporte...

02.02.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lovely to welcome back Gustav Khun to @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social Excellent introduction from Joy!

30.01.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Collaborative Project 3 β€” South and East Network for Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership

PhD Opportunity
Are you interested in suicide prevention in public health? Dr Hilary Norman is advertising a funded PhD studentship to start in October 2025. For further information www.senss.ac.uk/collaborativ... If you are interested, please contact Hilary Norman h.norman@gold.ac.uk.

08.01.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy to share a blog post for the Social Work with Older People research team written by the fabulous @laurajelc.bsky.social
swopresearch.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/a...
We'll be evaluting the co-designed training for #socialworkers in the new year so get in touch if you're interested

13.12.2024 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very well deserved DR @sarahgrant.bsky.social - it was a lovely discussion of your ideas.

20.09.2024 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy to share our @NIHR project website. To co-create training for social workers sites.gold.ac.uk/coast-study/
The COAST study will work with autistic older people, social workers & social care providers to co-design training for so social workers are better able to support #autistic older people

09.01.2024 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Important new paper by the excellent Goldie McQuaid on possible impact of medication on cognitive function in middle aged and older autistic people. doi.org/10.1002/aur....

19.12.2023 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pleased to share PhD opportunities through the ESRC SENSS doctoral training partnership. More information on applying for PhDs in Psychology at Goldsmiths (senss.ac.uk)

08.11.2023 10:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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