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Fiona Samuels

@fionaamalia.bsky.social

Reader @QMUL & Global Health Unit Co-lead, Honorary Associate Professor @LSHTM, former @ODI_Global. Anthropologist working on gender, health, mental health/psychosocial wellbeing

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Some more pictures from Aisling’s visit to Cambodia this week past week. A great opportunity to catch up with the team!

14.11.2025 06:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Aisling meeting with the Cambodia management core team

Aisling meeting with the Cambodia management core team

Great to have Aisling meeting with the Cambodian team in Phnom Penh today. Looks like a productive meeting! Always great to visit the Royal University of Phnom Penh

10.11.2025 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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UK Team - Wolfson Institute of Population Health

Happy Friday 10th of October 2025! Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay
Our study is specifically building capacity for delivering youth-targeted mental health interventions in Vietnam and Cambodia - learn more about our news here:

10.10.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Vietnam Team - Wolfson Institute of Population Health

Happy Friday 10th of October 2025! Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay
Our study is specifically building capacity for delivering youth-targeted mental health interventions in Vietnam and Cambodia - learn more about our Vietnam team here:

10.10.2025 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cambodia Team - Wolfson Institute of Population Health

Happy Friday 10th of October 2025! Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay
Our study is specifically building capacity for delivering youth-targeted mental health interventions in Vietnam and Cambodia - learn more about our Cambodia team here:

10.10.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UK Team - Wolfson Institute of Population Health

Happy Friday 10th of October 2025! Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay
Our study is specifically building capacity for delivering youth-targeted mental health interventions in Vietnam and Cambodia - learn more about our UK team here:

10.10.2025 10:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Youth Resilience Unit - Wolfson Institute of Population Health

Happy Friday 10th of October 2025! Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay and we will be marking this with posts about our work during the day. Do check out main website

10.10.2025 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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M-BRIGHT - Wolfson Institute of Population Health

Happy Friday 10th of October 2025! Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay and we will be marking this with posts about our work during the day. Do check out main website

10.10.2025 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🧡1/ In Serbia, students are leading a powerful movement for health, justice, and democracy.
After a tragic building collapse in Novi Sad, young people mobilised nationwide, turning grief into civic action.

29.08.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Mental Health - QMUL Jobs ID: 6847. Title: Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Mental Health. Application Deadline:

Come and work on our lovely team #job - #Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in #MentalHealth This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading interdisciplinary centre with a growing portfolio of research and teaching across the life span. Closes 11/09/2025 Please share!
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28.08.2025 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A school boy with a mobile phone, and details of an upcoming event from ODI Global and Beyond Equality: How can schools tackle misogyny? Embedding equality in education. 9 September, 17:00-18:30 GMT+1.

A school boy with a mobile phone, and details of an upcoming event from ODI Global and Beyond Equality: How can schools tackle misogyny? Embedding equality in education. 9 September, 17:00-18:30 GMT+1.

This year's Netflix show Adolescence has ignited the global conversation around misogyny in schools.

To build on this, join our event on 9 Sept with Beyond Equality to explore how to tackle the rise of misogyny and harmful gender norms in schools.

Sign up (in person only): odi.org/en/events/ho...

27.08.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Many emotions come up in community research when discussing people’s lived experiences of health conditions, services and care.

@arc-southlondon.bsky.social shares insights after their webinar exploring feelings arising in public involvement.

arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/news-insight...

#CommunityResearch

27.08.2025 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Co-adaptation workshop on Β«developing manual and operation plan for teachers SBMH interventionsΒ». As co-leds, we would like to express sincerely thank to UK team, Dr. @fionaamalia.bsky.social, VN team Van Vu, especially Cambodia Team. @M-Bright Project

www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...

10.08.2025 04:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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M-BRIGHT, a co-adapting our school-based mental health intervention with students, parents and teachers in Siem Reap.

07.08.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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More great enthusiasm this time in Cambodia for co-adapting our school-based mental health intervention with students, parents and teachers @qmulcphp.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @m-bright-study.bsky.social

06.08.2025 04:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great to get these workshops underway in Vietnam and wonderful to be able to attend!

01.08.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The workshop of Mental health capacity Building and stRengthening In Global HealTh systems (M-Bright) @m-bright-study.bsky.social took place in Thai Binh Province, Vietnam with youth, parents and teacher.
Everyone was very excited to participate 🧠πŸ₯°

01.08.2025 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Great to see the co-adaptation workshops getting going in Vietnam.

31.07.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our @m-bright-study.bsky.social workshop in Vietnam co-adapting a school based mental health intervention with youth, parents & teachers. Facilitators included a youth with lived experience who participated in an earlier project that MBRIGHT builds on @qmulcphp.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social

31.07.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Great pictures from the second round of face-to-face mental health literacy taking place in Cambodia, this time in Kampong Chhnang. All the best to our team and the trainees!

29.07.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do keep an eye on our webpage for updated news on our project, as well as introductions to our country teams and the project overall. www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...

29.07.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A few photos from the mental health literacy training in Siem Reap, Cambodia, last week. Francois joined the team for this training.

21.07.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Teamwork makes the dream work - the M-BRIGHT trainees in Siem Reap working on lists of community resources, and understanding what contributes to good mental health in young people in Cambodia

14.07.2025 09:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Day 2 of the mental health literacy training in Siem Reap, Cambodia. A few pictures, one from Francois' session yesterday, a picture of the facilitators and a picture of the organising team. So far, very productive and stimulating sessions! @qmul-wiph.bsky.social

15.07.2025 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Getting ready for the training that starts in Hanoi tomorrow!

29.06.2025 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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And with an overview of the previous AMPS study, and a description of M-BRIGHT, Prof Minh gets the training in Hanoi underway.

30.06.2025 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Francois with some of the mental health literacy trainees in Hanoi, Vietnam, today.

30.06.2025 05:59 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great to see this online! @qmulresilience.bsky.social
@qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social @qmulcphp.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social

20.05.2025 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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