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Gwen Saalmink
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Research nurse and NIHR Doctoral student
Runner and dabbling swimmer
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Exciting day today at #HTNlive25 hearing from experts and leaders in the field of digital priorities and innovation in healthcare.

Grateful to be able to share my thoughts on how research can enable this later today.

#research #phd #clinicalacademic #nurse #nursereseacher
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Inspirational day at the #nihramc25 and hearing from Professor Lucy Chappell talking about the 10 year plan and what this means for research direction in healthcare.

#nihr #PhD #nurse #clinicalacademic #nurseresearcher
October 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Amazing day today at Manchester Half Marathon. Managed a PB of 2:00:55 - will get that sub 2 next time 🤞🏻

Grateful to this sport for pushing me to be my best and the headspace it provides me on those hard PhD days.

#phd #clinicalacademic #student #nurseresearcher #runner #running
October 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Birmingham bound for an exciting day @nursingtimes.bsky.social Careers Plus event. Looking forward to meeting some of you and hope to inspire a career in research!

#researchnurse #nursing #phd #clinicalacademic #inspire
October 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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If you're a student nurse or a qualified nurse looking for a change, come and join me in Birmingham on the 11th of October at the @nursingtimes.bsky.social Careers Plus event and find out all about a career in research nursing!

#researchnurse #PhD #clinicalacademic #nursing
So excited to be a panellist at the Nursing Times Careers Plus event in Birmingham next weekend! If you're a student nurse or qualified nurse looking for a change, come and join me to hear all abo...
So excited to be a panellist at the Nursing Times Careers Plus event in Birmingham next weekend! If you're a student nurse or qualified nurse looking for a change, come and join me to hear all about a...
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October 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Clinic day today recruiting for my interview study. Possibly one of my favourite parts of research - direct contact with the patients whose lives we're trying to improve.

#PhD #nurseresearcher #clinicalacademic #nursing
October 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Ironic my poster is about digital tools use and the photo flipped on my previous post.... Let's try this again

#LTHTRI25 #PhD #clinicalacademic #nurse
July 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Another day, another poster! Excited to be at this year's R&I conference - looking like it'll be a great day! If you're here today, come and say hi! 👋🏻
#LTHTRI25 #PhD #clinicalacademic #nurse
July 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Had such a good time at #Barnsley10k this weekend. Super hot day made for a tough race but the crowd support was amazing! Sprint finish always 💨

#runner #running #phd #clinicalacademic #race
June 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Such a good first day on the Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods course through @ox.ac.uk

#phd #clinicalacademic #research #qualitativemethods
June 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Early morning swims always set me up for a productive day. 800m swim completed by 6:30am, now for some literature screening 📚

#swimming #openwater #clinicalacademic #phd #systematicreview
May 30, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Teamwork without the team is just work - where's the fun in that?

#teamwonderful #team #running #lunchrun
May 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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More of this please.

Co-designing play spaces with children and young people near their homes led to “what researchers say is the highest increase in children’s physical activity ever recorded by an intervention of its kind”
Bradford project produces ‘outstanding’ rise in children’s physical activity
JU:MP programme included co-design of play spaces, exercise in faith settings and interventions in schools
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May 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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The only motivation I need to running faster than recovery pace
#refeed #temporun #running #clinicalacademic #runfromphd #phd
May 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Lovely start to the working week - early morning swim at Manvers 🏊‍♀️

#swimming #openwater #phd #clinicalacademic #headspace #starttheweekright
May 19, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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What a day! 16.6k long run done in the morning followed by a very lazy afternoon to maintain as much of my body battery as possible. So grateful for what my body (and mind!) can do. #38 day activity streak and counting 🔥

#running #longrun #streak #garmin #coopah #phd #clinicalacademic
May 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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After a very academic week it's time for an athletic weekend. Morning run done ✅ now time for a 2 hour strength and mobility coaching session at the ever great Accelerate Sheffield ready for tomorrow's long run

#running #coaching #phd #clinicalacademic #athlete #training #halfmarathon
May 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Very productive day talking to some wonderful people helping me develop into the nurse I want to be. My head is buzzing from excitement, anticipation and possibilities. So excited to see what's next 🤩

#watchthisspace #digitalresearch #nursing #phd #clinicalacademic
May 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Digital health technologies have been shown to empower women by improving self-esteem, equality & access to education, healthcare & economic opportunities.

A new Health Policy identifies access barriers & offers policy solutions to promote equality in digital health.

🔗 bit.ly/3S8J377 #MedSky
Findings related to the impact of DHTs on women's health status. Copyright: World Health Organization. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article published under the CC BY NC ND 3.0 IGO license.
May 15, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Transfer preparation training today. Not planning to transfer until November but things are starting to feel real now! A run tonight will definitely be needed 🤣
#phd #clinicalacademic #transfer #runfromphd
May 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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📣Start you week with Searching For Balance. That’s the NEW episode of Coach Bennett’s Podcast. Cheers and thank you 🙏 for listening to the show! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Searching For Balance
Podcast Episode · Coach Bennett's Podcast · 05/08/2025 · 38m
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May 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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It can't be a coincidence that my Clinical Academic Training event program and the new @coachbennett.bsky.social podcast are about finding balance. Really struggling with balance recently and juggling all my different plates. Grateful to hear from experts, peers, and generally inspirational people 🙏🏻
May 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM