Dawn Richards, PhD
@dawnrichards.bsky.social
Living life with #Arthritis along for the ride. Posting & passionate about #Research, arthritis, #PatientEngagement, #PPI. Opinions my own.
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Dear sceptics of patient engagement in research
Dawn P Richards challenges some of the common objections to patient engagement in research
I have been in a lot of spaces over the years where people were not convinced about patient engagement in re...
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Not everyone is convinced about #PatientEngagement in research - I get that. I wrote a letter to those folks to challenge some of their thoughts and in hopes of getting them to reflect on these a bit more - www.bmj.com/content/388/.... Thanks to @bmj.com for publishing.
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Reposted by Dawn Richards, PhD
How can you lay the groundwork for successful patient partnership?
#PxP25 speakers shared practical strategies for building research teams where patient partners feel prepared and supported—no matter their experience or role.
🎥 Watch back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnJ6...
#PxP25 speakers shared practical strategies for building research teams where patient partners feel prepared and supported—no matter their experience or role.
🎥 Watch back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnJ6...
Laying the groundwork: setting up for success in patient partnership
YouTube video by PxP For Patients, By Patients
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November 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
How can you lay the groundwork for successful patient partnership?
#PxP25 speakers shared practical strategies for building research teams where patient partners feel prepared and supported—no matter their experience or role.
🎥 Watch back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnJ6...
#PxP25 speakers shared practical strategies for building research teams where patient partners feel prepared and supported—no matter their experience or role.
🎥 Watch back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnJ6...
📣 Interested in #PPIE, #PPI, #PatientEngagement, #CoProduction in research (or whatever your term is for it) and the concept of power dynamics? Join me and Therese Lane on Nov 25 at 12 pm eastern for a conversation on this- tinyurl.com/4brnknxj - everyone is welcome! 1/2
November 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
📣 Interested in #PPIE, #PPI, #PatientEngagement, #CoProduction in research (or whatever your term is for it) and the concept of power dynamics? Join me and Therese Lane on Nov 25 at 12 pm eastern for a conversation on this- tinyurl.com/4brnknxj - everyone is welcome! 1/2
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In honour of the one year since he started his journey to the west, I wrote a letter to Dad in my free @winnipegfreepress.com newsletter Biidaajimowin.
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
In honour of the one year since he started his journey to the west, I wrote a letter to Dad in my free @winnipegfreepress.com newsletter Biidaajimowin.
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To dismantle structures that cause imposter syndrome:
- Examine who gets credit & why
- Value collaborative achievements
- Recognize that someone who thinks before speaking might have better ideas than those who dominate the conversation @shannonrwatts.bsky.social
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- Examine who gets credit & why
- Value collaborative achievements
- Recognize that someone who thinks before speaking might have better ideas than those who dominate the conversation @shannonrwatts.bsky.social
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Why women feel like imposters in spaces that value masculine traits
The solution to imposter syndrome isn’t teaching us to be more masculine. It’s dismantling the structures that make us feel like imposters in the first place.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
To dismantle structures that cause imposter syndrome:
- Examine who gets credit & why
- Value collaborative achievements
- Recognize that someone who thinks before speaking might have better ideas than those who dominate the conversation @shannonrwatts.bsky.social
substack.com/home/post/p-...
- Examine who gets credit & why
- Value collaborative achievements
- Recognize that someone who thinks before speaking might have better ideas than those who dominate the conversation @shannonrwatts.bsky.social
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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If you are passionate about Black Queer and Trans Health, you can report to @drdryden.bsky.social if selected for this brilliant opportunity! 🫂
Please share widely in the hopes of it getting onto the radar of Black or African Nova Scotian folx with a grad degree and project coordination skills! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Please share widely in the hopes of it getting onto the radar of Black or African Nova Scotian folx with a grad degree and project coordination skills! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
![A digital poster is seen.
Against an LGBTQIA+ affirming background, text, as follows:
WE'RE HIRING:
PROJECTS COORDINATOR - CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR
Department: Tier 1, Canada Research Chair (CIHR), Black Health Studies, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University
Reports to: Location: Salary: Type:
Dr. OmiSoore H. Dryden
Hybrid - based in Nova Scotia
$52,516- $79,400
Full-time, 3 year contract
PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WHO IDENTIFY AS BLACK, AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIAN, OR AS A PERSON OF COLOUR
Requirements
◦ Graduate degree (Master's or PhD) in relevant discipline •. Proven experience in project coordination and esearch, with strong budgeting and operational skills • Demonstrated engagement with diverse Black communities, including Black queer and trans communities • Exceptional communication, organization, and problem-solving abilities • Familiarity with university settings or similarly decentralised, complex organizations, including data governance principles and practices
Apply here.
Questions? Please email crcbkhs@dal.ca
Dr. OmiSoore Dryden Tier 1 CRC Black Health Studies
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November 13, 2025 at 4:19 AM
If you are passionate about Black Queer and Trans Health, you can report to @drdryden.bsky.social if selected for this brilliant opportunity! 🫂
Please share widely in the hopes of it getting onto the radar of Black or African Nova Scotian folx with a grad degree and project coordination skills! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Please share widely in the hopes of it getting onto the radar of Black or African Nova Scotian folx with a grad degree and project coordination skills! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
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Dr. Monika Kastner and her research team invite implementation researchers & practitioners in Canada and the U.S. to participate in a #CIHR -funded study exploring perceptions of quality in #KnowledgeTranslation and implementation science (KT-IS) practice tools (theories, models, frameworks).
Dr. Monika Kastner and her research team invite implementation researchers & practitioners in Canada and the U.S. to participate in a #CIHR -funded study exploring perceptions of quality in #KnowledgeTranslation and implementation science (KT-IS) practice tools (theories, models, frameworks).
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Dr. Monika Kastner and her research team invite implementation researchers & practitioners in Canada and the U.S. to participate in a #CIHR -funded study exploring perceptions of quality in #KnowledgeTranslation and implementation science (KT-IS) practice tools (theories, models, frameworks).
Dr. Monika Kastner and her research team invite implementation researchers & practitioners in Canada and the U.S. to participate in a #CIHR -funded study exploring perceptions of quality in #KnowledgeTranslation and implementation science (KT-IS) practice tools (theories, models, frameworks).
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Previous multiple sclerosis, now the potential role of Epstein Barr virus for driving lupus (SLE)
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November 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Previous multiple sclerosis, now the potential role of Epstein Barr virus for driving lupus (SLE)
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief
www.scripps.edu
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
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Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA
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Remembering my sister Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin died of ovarian cancer in 1958 aged 37 years. Sympathy and feminism
have combined to give us her familiar image as a downtrodden woman scientist, brilliant
but neglected, a heroine t...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
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November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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Before her (too early) death, the amazing Sharon Begley wrote this piece on double helix co-discoverer James Watson and the racist and sexist pronouncements he seemed to revel in making in later life. Fascinating read about a troubling individual.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Before her (too early) death, the amazing Sharon Begley wrote this piece on double helix co-discoverer James Watson and the racist and sexist pronouncements he seemed to revel in making in later life. Fascinating read about a troubling individual.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
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With 🇺🇸 Thanksgiving being 3 weeks away and SNAP being a shit show—but with some retailers and nonprofits offering turkeys for low or no cost—I'd love to get my free cookbook #AfterTheFeast to as many folks as possible.
Would you kindly share it here and elsewhere? 🙏 ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
Would you kindly share it here and elsewhere? 🙏 ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet - Iva Cheung
After a couple decades of editing and indexing cookbooks, I took a stab at writing (a small!) one. After the Feast brings together 25-ish of my favourite ways to use up the leftovers from big turkey d...
ivacheung.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:58 AM
With 🇺🇸 Thanksgiving being 3 weeks away and SNAP being a shit show—but with some retailers and nonprofits offering turkeys for low or no cost—I'd love to get my free cookbook #AfterTheFeast to as many folks as possible.
Would you kindly share it here and elsewhere? 🙏 ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
Would you kindly share it here and elsewhere? 🙏 ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
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➰Our November issue of 'In the Loop' is here! Learn how you can be part of the movement to close the gap for kids in pain!🔗 tinyurl.com/4by6pcda
✉️Subscribe & submit an entry: kidsinpain.ca/newsletters/
#ItDoesntHaveToHurt #InTheLoop #NPAW2025
✉️Subscribe & submit an entry: kidsinpain.ca/newsletters/
#ItDoesntHaveToHurt #InTheLoop #NPAW2025
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
➰Our November issue of 'In the Loop' is here! Learn how you can be part of the movement to close the gap for kids in pain!🔗 tinyurl.com/4by6pcda
✉️Subscribe & submit an entry: kidsinpain.ca/newsletters/
#ItDoesntHaveToHurt #InTheLoop #NPAW2025
✉️Subscribe & submit an entry: kidsinpain.ca/newsletters/
#ItDoesntHaveToHurt #InTheLoop #NPAW2025
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Have you seen Healthcare Excellence Canada’s series, All Voices for Safer Care? Check out SKIP’s article on how the Pediatric Pain Management health standard is closing gaps for kids in pain. tinyurl.com/2wx6fwmu
#ItDoesntHaveToHurt #NPAW2025 #CPSW2025
@he-es-canada.bsky.social
#ItDoesntHaveToHurt #NPAW2025 #CPSW2025
@he-es-canada.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Have you seen Healthcare Excellence Canada’s series, All Voices for Safer Care? Check out SKIP’s article on how the Pediatric Pain Management health standard is closing gaps for kids in pain. tinyurl.com/2wx6fwmu
#ItDoesntHaveToHurt #NPAW2025 #CPSW2025
@he-es-canada.bsky.social
#ItDoesntHaveToHurt #NPAW2025 #CPSW2025
@he-es-canada.bsky.social
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Thanks for sharing this Solve.
We appreciate it.
We appreciate it.
Register today for the @icancmeresearch.bsky.social online conference Nov. 4-6. The event was designed by people w/ #MECFS and the theme is “Nothing About Us Without Us.”
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icancme.ca/research/202...
2025 ME Conference - ICanCME
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October 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Thanks for sharing this Solve.
We appreciate it.
We appreciate it.
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Please check your spam or junk folders for an email from ICanCME if you haven’t received your link yet for part 2 of the conference registration. :)
Also, we had some missing emails and some that were rejected for being written incorrectly (missing the @ sign for example).
Also, we had some missing emails and some that were rejected for being written incorrectly (missing the @ sign for example).
October 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Please check your spam or junk folders for an email from ICanCME if you haven’t received your link yet for part 2 of the conference registration. :)
Also, we had some missing emails and some that were rejected for being written incorrectly (missing the @ sign for example).
Also, we had some missing emails and some that were rejected for being written incorrectly (missing the @ sign for example).
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Today is the last day to complete our survey about living with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)! This is your chance to share your experience and help shape access to treatment.
Learn more + add your voice: buff.ly/2LUuZry
#PMR #Kevzara #PatientInput #PatientVoice
Learn more + add your voice: buff.ly/2LUuZry
#PMR #Kevzara #PatientInput #PatientVoice
October 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Today is the last day to complete our survey about living with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)! This is your chance to share your experience and help shape access to treatment.
Learn more + add your voice: buff.ly/2LUuZry
#PMR #Kevzara #PatientInput #PatientVoice
Learn more + add your voice: buff.ly/2LUuZry
#PMR #Kevzara #PatientInput #PatientVoice
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I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet - Iva Cheung
After a couple decades of editing and indexing cookbooks, I took a stab at writing (a small!) one. After the Feast brings together 25-ish of my favourite ways to use up the leftovers from big turkey d...
ivacheung.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
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Hello #HamOnt! On Oct 16th I'll be at the @hamiltonlibrary.bsky.social talking about fascinating research on how vaccinations protect the aging brain. It's free, it's fun, and I would love to see you all there. Register below. @miramcmaster.bsky.social
Bites & Insights: Is dementia a vaccine-preventable condition? - MIRA
Register here
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September 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Hello #HamOnt! On Oct 16th I'll be at the @hamiltonlibrary.bsky.social talking about fascinating research on how vaccinations protect the aging brain. It's free, it's fun, and I would love to see you all there. Register below. @miramcmaster.bsky.social
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In need of some inspiration this weekend?
I use these inspirational quotes in my global health courses
I use these inspirational quotes in my global health courses
September 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
In need of some inspiration this weekend?
I use these inspirational quotes in my global health courses
I use these inspirational quotes in my global health courses
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“What we bring to the community and decision makers is that breadth of lived experience. Researchers want to partner with us because we have knowledge, experiences, and values that they don’t have.” - Neil Bertelsen #PxP25
September 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“What we bring to the community and decision makers is that breadth of lived experience. Researchers want to partner with us because we have knowledge, experiences, and values that they don’t have.” - Neil Bertelsen #PxP25
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“Like the idea of us as a global patient movement identifying institutions that claim to be doing health equity work and holding them accountable to these claims.” - Kwanele Asante #PxP25
September 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“Like the idea of us as a global patient movement identifying institutions that claim to be doing health equity work and holding them accountable to these claims.” - Kwanele Asante #PxP25
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“Expertise makes the distinction between our experience and our expertise like others on the team (e.g. a biostatistician).” - Greg Merritt
September 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“Expertise makes the distinction between our experience and our expertise like others on the team (e.g. a biostatistician).” - Greg Merritt