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EHPS Synergy @ehpssynergy.bsky.social · Jun 2

📢 Just 1 week left to apply!

Join us in Groningen for the Synergy Expert Meeting 2025: Implementing Participatory Research in Health Psychology

🗓 25–26 Aug 2025
💶 €300
📌 For researchers with hands-on experience in PPI, co-creation & more

Apply by 8 June: 2025.ehps.net/synergy/

#EHPS2025

Dr Hannah Durand @durandhannah.bsky.social · May 27

📣 Less than 2 weeks left to apply!

Join us in Groningen for the EHPS Expert Meeting 2025: Implementing Participatory Research in European Health Psychology

🗓 25–26 Aug 2025
💶 €300
🔗Info: 2025.ehps.net/synergy/
🔗Apply: forms.gle/QtftrCDTqkGT...

#EHPS #HealthPsychology #PPI #ParticipatoryResearch

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Dr Hannah Durand @durandhannah.bsky.social · May 27

📣 Less than 2 weeks left to apply!

Join us in Groningen for the EHPS Expert Meeting 2025: Implementing Participatory Research in European Health Psychology

🗓 25–26 Aug 2025
💶 €300
🔗Info: 2025.ehps.net/synergy/
🔗Apply: forms.gle/QtftrCDTqkGT...

#EHPS #HealthPsychology #PPI #ParticipatoryResearch

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European Health Psychology Society @ehps.bsky.social · May 23

The EHPS mentoring standing committee is looking for a Secretary/ Treasurer. Learn more about the committee on our website: ehps.net/mentoring/

Join the EHPS Mentoring Standing Committee as Secretary/Treasurer!

Are you organized, detail-oriented, and passionate about contributing to the EHPS? We are seeking a dedicated Secretary/Treasurer to play a pivotal role in supporting the Chair and ensuring the smooth running of our Standing Committee.
In this vital role, you will:

Assist the Chair with administrative and strategic support
Organize and coordinate committee meetings, prepare agendas, and record minutes
Manage communications for new committee members
Oversee financial transactions and maintain accurate records
Prepare financial reports and contribute to the committee's strategic goals

This is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact within EHPS, collaborate with like-minded professionals, and support the advancement of the mentoring programme across Europe. The term for the role is two years in the first instance.

Would you like to discuss the role? Get in touch with the EHPS Mentoring Standing Committee Chair, Dr Eleni Karasouli (eleni.karasouli@dmu.ac.uk)

Would you like to find out more about the Mentoring Programme? Visit Mentoring | EHPS.net

Ready to take on this rewarding challenge? Express your interest today by sending no more than a couple of paragraphs detailing your reason for applying and what you bring to the role, together with a short CV to mentoring@ehps.net by 27th June 2025.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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EHPS Synergy @ehpssynergy.bsky.social · May 20

Join us in Groningen 🇳🇱 for the EHPS Synergy Expert Meeting 2025: "Implementing Participatory Research in Health Psychology" 🧠🤝

📅 25–26 Aug 2025
💶 €300

🔗Apply by 8 June: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🔗 Info: 2025.ehps.net/synergy/
🔗 Grants (🚨 close 23 May!): ehps.net/synergy-gran...

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Dr Hannah Durand @durandhannah.bsky.social · May 9

📢 Day rates for #ISPP2025 are now live!

Join us in Glasgow (17–20 June) for just one or two days of cutting-edge sessions on paediatric pain.

🗓 View the programme: inconference.eventsair.com/ispp-2025/
🎟 Register now: ispp2025.com/registration/

Don’t miss it! #PaediatricPain #PainResearch

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International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) @iasp.bsky.social · May 2

#ISPP2025 in Glasgow (17 – 20 June) is just around the corner. Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with the latest research on pediatric pain. Full details and registration: bit.ly/42zOQr7

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · Apr 30

Transgender people have been asked about pornography and their sex lives when accessing healthcare from the National Gender Service.

They said this experience was traumatic and upsetting.

Experts said questions like these are “completely inappropriate”.

jrnl.ie/6690859

‘It left me traumatised’: The barriers to accessing transgender healthcare in Ireland

The HSE has admitted that transgender healthcare is ‘limited’ and is ‘not meeting people’s full range of needs’.

jrnl.ie

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Rory Coyne @rorycoyne.bsky.social · Apr 28

Are you a health psychology researcher? We would love to hear from you about your engagement with #OpenScience! Follow the link below to be taken to a brief survey:
psychologygalway.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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HRB Primary Care Clinical Trials Network @primarycaretrials.bsky.social · Apr 28

📰 New article alert!

We're delighted to share that BMC Primary Care has published our @jameslindalliance.bsky.social priority setting work, describing how patients, carers, & healthcare professionals decided the Top 10 Priorities for managing chronic conditions in primary care

Link: rdcu.be/eju4t

Image showing the first page of the article with the title Identifying research priorities for chronic disease management in primary care: results of an Irish James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership

Image showing the Top Ten priorities listed in alternative pink and purple boxes, which can be read also in the article linked in the post

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Dr Hannah Durand @durandhannah.bsky.social · Apr 24

Don’t miss out on #ISPP2025! Join us in Glasgow, 17–20 June.

🔗 Register now and explore the sessions: bit.ly/42zOQr7

International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) @iasp.bsky.social · Apr 24

Register for #ISPP2025, 17–20 June in Glasgow, and attend cutting-edge sessions on pediatric pain. Topics include family access to neonatal pain care, AI-based pain recognition, and neuropathic pain in youth. Explore the program: bit.ly/42zOQr7

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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · Apr 23

Please share!

🆕 Fully funded PhD scholarship by Scottish charity Men Matter Scotland

Social inequality and male suicide: Risk factors & interventions

Supervised by Dr Susie Bennett & myself

Closing: 11th June 2025, autumn 2025 start.

Open to UK students only.

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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EHPS Synergy @ehpssynergy.bsky.social · Apr 22

🚨 Applications open! 🚨
Join us in Groningen 🇳🇱 for the EHPS Expert Meeting 2025: "Implementing Participatory Research in Health Psychology" 🧠🤝

📅 25–26 Aug 2025
💶 €300
🔗 Apply: forms.gle/D4e8eHSmzVsN...
🔗 Info: 2025.ehps.net/synergy/
🔗 Grants: ehps.net/synergy-gran...

#EHPS2025 @ehps.bsky.social

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Dr Hannah Durand @durandhannah.bsky.social · Apr 17

Are you 18+, in the UK, a woman/AFAB, and have chronic pelvic pain (6+ months)?
Been in an intimate relationship?

🗣️ We're inviting people to talk about how chronic pelvic pain affects their experiences of sexual satisfaction in a 60-min interview

👉 lnkd.in/eVff5CWb
📩 [email protected]

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linecaes.bsky.social @linecaes.bsky.social · Apr 14

If you have not yet done so, now is the time to register for #ISPP2025 and enjoy 3 days of top-notch paediatric pain content! The full scientific programme is available at inconference.eventsair.com/ispp-2025/.

Register at ispp2025.com/registration/

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Dr Hannah Durand @durandhannah.bsky.social · Apr 11

🚨 Deadline is TODAY! 🚨 Don’t miss your chance to submit a late-breaking poster for #ISPP2025 and share your latest research with the global paediatric pain community.

🔗 Submit now: bit.ly/3NU6oXV

Dr Hannah Durand @durandhannah.bsky.social · Apr 8

🚨 Participants wanted! 🚨
Are you experiencing menopause & working in the UK?

Help an MSc Health Psych student explore how menopause affects work life.
📋 Quick survey (10–15 mins)
🔗 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/stirling/m...

Please share! 🙏
#MenopauseAtWork #Research #HealthPsychology

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Dr Hannah Durand @durandhannah.bsky.social · Mar 25

Looking forward to joining colleagues from around the world at #ISPP2025 in Glasgow this June! A fantastic opportunity to connect, collaborate, and advance paediatric pain research and care. 👇

🔗 Register now: bit.ly/3NU6oXV

International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) @iasp.bsky.social · Mar 25

#ISPP2025, 17 – 20 June in Glasgow

ISPP 2025 brings together multidisciplinary professionals and scholars to engage with the latest research in the management of acute, procedural, and chronic pediatric pain.

Register: bit.ly/3NU6oXV

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Dr Hannah Durand @durandhannah.bsky.social · Mar 25

Last chance to share your research on paediatric pain at #ISPP2025 in Glasgow, June 18-20. Get your late-breaking abstract submissions in by 11 April!

International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) @iasp.bsky.social · Mar 21

#ISPP2025 Late-Breaking Poster Submission will open 31 March. This is your chance to share your latest research with the Paediatric Pain community. Learn more and prepare your submission: bit.ly/3NU6oXV

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EHPS Synergy @ehpssynergy.bsky.social · Mar 18

📸 Wrapped up an amazing EHPS Synergy Winter School in Berlin! 🎉 Two days of hands-on learning in mixed & multi-level modeling with an incredible group of researchers. Huge thanks to our facilitators & participants! 🚀 #EHPSWinterSchool #HealthPsychology #RStats #MultilevelModeling

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Dr Abbie Jordan @drabbiejordan.bsky.social · Mar 14

🚨Job Alert!🚨

We're launching a funded study on how period pain impacts adolescent girls’ lives & school engagement. Join our team.

🔹 Research Associate 👉 (www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...)
🔹 Research Assistant 👉 (www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...)

Please share! #PeriodPain #PainResearch

ED12537 Research Associate in Paediatric Pain (fixed-term) - Jobs at Bath

www.bath.ac.uk

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Dr Abbie Jordan @drabbiejordan.bsky.social · Mar 13

One day left for early bird rates at the International Symposium for Pediatric Pain. Come and join us in Glasgow in June! Details below.

Dr Abbie Jordan @drabbiejordan.bsky.social · Mar 9

Early bird registration for the International Symposium for Paediatric Pain has been extended until the 14th March. Get clicking if you want to join us in Glasgow in June for what looks to be a fabulous conference ispp2025.com/registration/

Registration – ISPP2025

ispp2025.com

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European Health Psychology Society @ehps.bsky.social · Mar 6

Which channels should we use to communicate with our members? The Communications Task and Finish group chaired by @lauramkoenig.bsky.social is asking for your input: forms.gle/JvkXTE8rNdRG...

EHPS member communication survey (1)

In late 2024, the EHPS EC has initiated a Task and Finish group to develop improved guidelines for how the EHPS communicates with its members (internal communication) and with other academics, practit...

forms.gle

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Dr Hannah Durand @durandhannah.bsky.social · Mar 5

🚨 Last chance! 🚨 The early bird registration deadline for #ISPP2025 is this Friday, 7 March!

Don’t miss your chance to save on registration for the premier interdisciplinary conference on pain in infants, children, and adolescents.

🔗 Register today: ispp2025.com/registration/

International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) @iasp.bsky.social · Mar 5

The early bird registration deadline for #ISPP2025 is this Friday on 7 March. Don’t miss your chance to save on registration to the premier interdisciplinary conference on pain in infants, children, and adolescents. Register today: bit.ly/3UDnTjd

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International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) @iasp.bsky.social · Feb 27

New #ISPP2025 Plenary Speakers Confirmed! Join Lorenzo Fabrizi, PhD (UK) & Huda Abu-Saad Huijer, RN, PhD (Lebanon) as they share expertise on infant pain neuroscience & palliative care. Don’t miss out—Early Bird Ends 7 March! bit.ly/3UDnTjd #PediatricPain

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39th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society @ehps2025.bsky.social · Feb 26

The annual Synergy Expert Meeting is organized to provide an opportunity for synergistic discussion between health psychologists conducting research in core fields of their discipline.

🌐 https://buff.ly/3D9nyiC

#EHPS2025

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