Professor Joanna Semlyen
@joannasemlyen.bsky.social
Professor of Psychology and Equality
Health inequalities |
EDI in Research |
Diversity in Research Culture |
Wellcome Trust PI - IDEA |
MRC IAA PI - EDIT |
Bystander Intervention
Papers: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=pvdMECUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Health inequalities |
EDI in Research |
Diversity in Research Culture |
Wellcome Trust PI - IDEA |
MRC IAA PI - EDIT |
Bystander Intervention
Papers: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=pvdMECUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Pinned
Creating a Culture of Inclusion: Increasing Diversity and Equity of Access - IDEA | Wellcome
wellcome.org
Hello to all of my followers. I’m leading a no. of research and research culture projects, including a £1m grant on EDI within research culture funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social
I would be v pleased if any of my new followers would like to collaborate and connect. wellcome.org/grant-fundin...
I would be v pleased if any of my new followers would like to collaborate and connect. wellcome.org/grant-fundin...
November 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
Pleased to announce our latest paper is out
#openaccess #delay #qualitative #endometriosis #healthcareprofessional
Karavadra Thorpe Morris and Semlyen
Exploring delay to diagnosis of endometriosis, a healthcare professional perspective
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1186...
#openaccess #delay #qualitative #endometriosis #healthcareprofessional
Karavadra Thorpe Morris and Semlyen
Exploring delay to diagnosis of endometriosis, a healthcare professional perspective
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1186...
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Pleased to announce our latest paper is out
#openaccess #delay #qualitative #endometriosis #healthcareprofessional
Karavadra Thorpe Morris and Semlyen
Exploring delay to diagnosis of endometriosis, a healthcare professional perspective
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1186...
#openaccess #delay #qualitative #endometriosis #healthcareprofessional
Karavadra Thorpe Morris and Semlyen
Exploring delay to diagnosis of endometriosis, a healthcare professional perspective
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1186...
Nothing changes
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Nothing changes
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I have since worked with some people I consider to be real geniuses. What marks them out is an ability to grasp, immediately, the many facets of a problem and a gift for explaining it simply. /3
October 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I have since worked with some people I consider to be real geniuses. What marks them out is an ability to grasp, immediately, the many facets of a problem and a gift for explaining it simply. /3
Reposted by Professor Joanna Semlyen
Reposted by Professor Joanna Semlyen
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The Trump administration has stopped funding of PubMed, not considering a vital service.
Your doctor will not know the newest information that affects your health. This will cost lives.
Your doctor will not know the newest information that affects your health. This will cost lives.
October 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Yes, I did say “oh I hope they play that” when it went past in the chart #TOTP
They should have played this, it's a stone cold banger #TOTP
Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb (1981) • TopPop
YouTube video by TopPop
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October 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Yes, I did say “oh I hope they play that” when it went past in the chart #TOTP
October 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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New episode: @annabull.bsky.social joins The Sexual Violence Research podcast to explore rates of #GBV in higher ed settings.
"One of the reasons for this being seemingly so prevalent..is the lack of professional boundaries between staff & students."
Listen bit.ly/4p0WhC8
@thesvri.bsky.social
"One of the reasons for this being seemingly so prevalent..is the lack of professional boundaries between staff & students."
Listen bit.ly/4p0WhC8
@thesvri.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
New episode: @annabull.bsky.social joins The Sexual Violence Research podcast to explore rates of #GBV in higher ed settings.
"One of the reasons for this being seemingly so prevalent..is the lack of professional boundaries between staff & students."
Listen bit.ly/4p0WhC8
@thesvri.bsky.social
"One of the reasons for this being seemingly so prevalent..is the lack of professional boundaries between staff & students."
Listen bit.ly/4p0WhC8
@thesvri.bsky.social
Reposted by Professor Joanna Semlyen
Here's my take on new data on sexual violence and harassment released today from England's Office for Students.
wonkhe.com/blogs/what-o...
wonkhe.com/blogs/what-o...
What OfS’ data on harassment and sexual misconduct doesn’t tell us
Anna Bull explores the latest OfS findings on the prevalence of harassment and sexual misconduct — and why they're only one piece of a puzzle on student safety.
wonkhe.com
September 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Here's my take on new data on sexual violence and harassment released today from England's Office for Students.
wonkhe.com/blogs/what-o...
wonkhe.com/blogs/what-o...
Reposted by Professor Joanna Semlyen
Reposted by Professor Joanna Semlyen
It was to see some many friends in Philadelphia for the @comm4rigor.bsky.social meeting a couple of weeks ago. Together we are developing free online materials for researchers interested in doing rigorous science.
The first units are coming soon at c4r.io.
Photos: Eric Sucar
The first units are coming soon at c4r.io.
Photos: Eric Sucar
September 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
It was to see some many friends in Philadelphia for the @comm4rigor.bsky.social meeting a couple of weeks ago. Together we are developing free online materials for researchers interested in doing rigorous science.
The first units are coming soon at c4r.io.
Photos: Eric Sucar
The first units are coming soon at c4r.io.
Photos: Eric Sucar
Reposted by Professor Joanna Semlyen
Oh my God this is so wonderful. Bra-fucking-vo UCL
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Oh my God this is so wonderful. Bra-fucking-vo UCL
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.
September 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.
When you text using voice +microphone and say how much you’d like to cocreate with a fellow academic but your phone writes procreate.
September 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
When you text using voice +microphone and say how much you’d like to cocreate with a fellow academic but your phone writes procreate.
There we are. Kent and Greenwich to merge into the UK’s first super university (as predicted in quoted tweet below). Who will follow next?
bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com/news/article...
UK HEI sector changes ahead:
A clear steer towards -university sector cost saving through digitation and
-institutional mergers.
A clear steer towards -university sector cost saving through digitation and
-institutional mergers.
University cooperation stymied by competition, says UUK taskforce chair.
England’s universities have been pushed towards competition at the expense of collaboration, setting up “roadblocks” to cost savings, says Nigel Carrington.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
England’s universities have been pushed towards competition at the expense of collaboration, setting up “roadblocks” to cost savings, says Nigel Carrington.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
September 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
There we are. Kent and Greenwich to merge into the UK’s first super university (as predicted in quoted tweet below). Who will follow next?
bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com/news/article...
Trumps’s gilt.
The White House is slowly, like a disease of gold, morphing into the Grand Kremlin Palace….
August 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Trumps’s gilt.