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Zoe Trinder-Widdess
@zoetw.bsky.social
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Woodland creature in Bristol. Health research communications by day. Vegan, runner, nature person the rest of the time. But please don't expect much: I haven't got it in me to make a success of yet another social media platform! Living life offline instead
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arc-west.bsky.social
We've got lots of great training courses coming up in October, with quite a few focused on communicating your research.

@zoetw.bsky.social's 'Writing plain language' is coming up on 8 Oct, 10am-12pm online:

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Live course - ARC West
Writing accessibly in plain language is becoming more and more important for health research and clinical professionals. But it’s an art that many find challenging. This two hour course will teach you...
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September 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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What do you wish you'd known or would like to ask about #menopause?

Join us for our free community event with talks, discussions, activities, stalls and food. Drop in whenever you like.

All genders and ages welcome!

📅17 Oct
🕰️10am-2pm
📍Easton Community Centre

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Let's talk about the menopause
Join us for this free community event to raise awareness and improve education around the menopause
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September 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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hannah-b-edwards.bsky.social
Great to hear from Local Transport Minister @simonlightwood.org.uk
“We’re looking to blend healthy, greener transport choices that give people greater choice over how they travel. That’s why it’s great to see this research showing areas with our e-scooter trials are now a safer place for cyclists.”
March 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
zoetw.bsky.social
I'm chairing this here webinar, which is all about the learning from the community play Hard Evidence, which was co-created with survivors of #DomesticAbuse, alongside community theatre makers and researchers.
bristolbrc.bsky.social NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) @bristolbrc.bsky.social · Mar 28
🎭Theatre can bring research to life. But if the research is on a sensitive subject, it must be produced with care.

🔍Join us on 15 May for a webinar to launch a new how-to guide to co-developed theatre for disseminating research on sensitive subjects.

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Co-developing theatre on sensitive subjects: How-to guide launch
Join us for this webinar to launch a new how-to guide to co-developed theatre as a format for disseminating research on sensitive subjects.
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March 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
zoetw.bsky.social
Interesting - and possibly surprising - findings from this natural experiment. Best evidence so far supporting the 'safety in numbers' hypothesis!
March 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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bristolbrc.bsky.social
Our first email newsletter of 2025 is out today!

In this edition: Children weight management services signposting; How PE kit impacts teenage girls; Cancer patients undergo invasive surgery at end of life + much more!

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February 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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arc-west.bsky.social
Watch the full video here
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Bridging knowledge: Co-producing a stronger research community
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February 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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arc-west.bsky.social
🤓Our new video explores the results of a zine-making workshop where community organisations reflected on their experiences of co-production in #research.

😊Participants included @commonambitionbs.bsky.social, Nilaari and the Barton Hill coffee mornings organiser

#CoPro #CoProduction
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Video explores impact of co-production in research through zine-making workshop - ARC West
A new video produced with ARC West’s support explores the results of a zine-making workshop where community organisations reflected on their experiences of co-production in research. Co-production in ...
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February 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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arc-southlondon.bsky.social
This month on our blog: As rising numbers of organisations continue to move away from X, ARC South London’s communications and engagement officer considers what the year ahead in social media may bring.

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Concerns over misinformation and declining engagement see educational, research and public institutions continue to leave X (formerly Twitter)
As rising numbers of organisations move away from X, ARC South London communications and engagement officer Emily Elliott considers what the year ahead in social media may bring.
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February 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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arc-southlondon.bsky.social
Huge thanks to @zoetw.bsky.social at @arc-west.bsky.social for the thoughtful and insightful contribution to this piece. @nihrarcs.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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bekilangford.bsky.social
Nice article by @arc-southlondon.bsky.social (and quoting the fab @zoetw.bsky.social) on the rise of Bluesky for academics.

Do give it a read and share it with your colleagues not yet on here!
February 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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southwestsde.bsky.social
📢 We’re pleased to announce two new #research projects to improve patient flow through the health and social care system. The pilots will be the first to use the new #NHS Secure Data Environment #SDE platform for the #SouthWest.
#HealthData #HealthResearch

👉 www.southwestsde.nhs.uk/using-data-t...
An image of two hospital colleagues in a corridor, checking a medical records database on a tablet. Text reads: Enabling research that’s faster, fairer, safer. South West Secure Data Environment, part of the NHS Research Secure Data Environment Network.
January 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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arc-west.bsky.social
In some parts of England, patients with higher BMI might be denied joint replacement surgery or have access delayed.

Researchers have renewed their call to remove broad use of BMI as a barrier to joint replacement surgery.
#obesity #HealthInequalities
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Joint replacement surgery unjustifiably delayed or denied for many people living with obesity - ARC West
One in ten people will need joint replacement surgery at some point in their life. But in some parts of England, patients with a higher body mass index (BMI) might be denied this treatment or have the...
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January 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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sophierees.bsky.social
Our paper about the lived experience of shingles is out. We found that for some people, linking it with 'low mood' or poor mental health was stigmatising, and resulted in shame and self-blame. Generally people don't know how debilitating shingles can be until they experience it.
January 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
zoetw.bsky.social
Bookings for this are going great guns - so don't miss out!
January 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
zoetw.bsky.social
I've been lucky enough only to stay in hospital once after having my daughter, but jeez the sleep was awful, and not just because I had a new born!

So I'm really pleased that @bristolbrc.bsky.social is looking at this. A good night's sleep can't be underrated as a tool to help us heal after surgery
bristolbrc.bsky.social NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) @bristolbrc.bsky.social · Jan 14
It's notoriously difficult to get a good night's sleep in hospital. But the Asleep study aims to change this!

The team's new paper in BMC Psychology looks at what can be changed in the ward environment to help people sleep better - and therefore recover faster - following surgery.
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How can sleep in hospital be improved?
Factors that could be changed to help patients sleep better in hospital are revealed in a newly published paper in BMC Psychology. The Asleep study…
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January 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
zoetw.bsky.social
I think it's a while before the #AI robots will be coming for my job...

Found out about a paper after it was published so stuck it in Chat GPT to get a draft news story. Asked it to include a quote from the authors (ie from the paper) but it made up an author - Dr Saira Ali - out of thin air!
December 13, 2024 at 9:15 AM
zoetw.bsky.social
I especially like the muscle wastage example @joelangley.bsky.social talks about. Instead of presenting the numbers in an infographic or news story, they created a 3D printed leg, and then one with 10% of its muscle removed. Also some shoes that replicated what it feels like to lose that much muscle
arc-west.bsky.social NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West @arc-west.bsky.social · Dec 11
What is knowledge mobilisation? And how does it work?

Our #KnowledgeMobilisation (#KM) lead Helen Baxter and Sheffield's @joelangley.bsky.social joined the Essential Implementation podcast for a chat about KM a few weeks back, to answer these questions.

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What is knowledge mobilisation? Sense making and creating stories with KM
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December 11, 2024 at 4:37 PM
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#ARCadvent day 9️⃣:
@neuro-observant.bsky.social is a long-term public contributor at @arc-west.bsky.social. She’s the brains behind a wildly successful diagram outlining how patient and public involvement (#PPI) can be woven into every stage of the research cycle.
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NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research #ARCadvent Top ARC stories of the year Day 9 Successful patient and public involvement diagram by long-term ARC public contributor Main image: A picture of Louise Ting, who is a long-term public contributor at ARC West. She’s also the brains behind the wildly successful diagram outlining how patient and public involvement (PPI) can be woven into every stage of the research cycle.
December 9, 2024 at 7:49 AM
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beingliberal.bsky.social
Nothing like a dead body to make front pages alive and talking about the outrageous practices of the American "healthcare" system...
December 9, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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neuro-observant.bsky.social
Delighted to be featured due to my very popular resource/ blog on how and why health research needs to involve communities ❤️

Involving us is the right thing to do for so many reasons!

- understanding what matters to us
- fairness
- better science
- building trust

Nothing about us without us!
nihrarcs.bsky.social NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) @nihrarcs.bsky.social · Dec 9
#ARCadvent day 9️⃣:
@neuro-observant.bsky.social is a long-term public contributor at @arc-west.bsky.social. She’s the brains behind a wildly successful diagram outlining how patient and public involvement (#PPI) can be woven into every stage of the research cycle.
arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/news/my-ppi-...
NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research #ARCadvent Top ARC stories of the year Day 9 Successful patient and public involvement diagram by long-term ARC public contributor Main image: A picture of Louise Ting, who is a long-term public contributor at ARC West. She’s also the brains behind the wildly successful diagram outlining how patient and public involvement (PPI) can be woven into every stage of the research cycle.
December 9, 2024 at 12:17 PM
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martinnutbeem.bsky.social
So you’ve decided to join Bluesky? Good for you, it’s a lovely place full of interesting, weird (complimentary) and fun folk. I’ve been here for a year, so I’ve put together this guide as a thread to help you orientate to the culture of the place. 🧵

[note this is a rewrite of a previous post]

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Close-up of a white dog with a brown patch on its back, in front of a wooden lattice fence and garden. In the background, three hot air balloons are visible in a partly cloudy sky.
November 15, 2024 at 12:55 PM
zoetw.bsky.social
Ooh - excited to see that @bsky.app is now listed as a social media platform on @altmetric.com

Nice one Altmetric!
December 9, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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bekilangford.bsky.social
Went to a brilliant @arc-west.bsky.social session on #blog writing on Friday, run by the brilliant Jarka and ably assisted by the equally wonderful @zoetw.bsky.social.

(Loved Jarka's image of 'science writing'!)

Really pleased with the blog I created on weight-based bullying - watch this space!
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December 9, 2024 at 1:08 PM
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arc-west.bsky.social
@sabiredwood.bsky.social is taking over as Director from John Macleod, who will still be part of the team.

Congratulations to Sabi, who's been Acting Director for a while since John's illness.

And thanks to John for his inspiring & kind leadership over the years!

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Sabi Redwood new Director of NIHR ARC West - ARC West
Professor Sabi Redwood is the new Director of NIHR ARC West, taking over from Professor John Macleod. John will continue working with the ARC. Sabi will be leading ARC West’s application to NIHR’s cal...
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November 18, 2024 at 12:52 PM