Psychological Sciences & Health | University of Strathclyde
@strath-psh.bsky.social
🎓We provide world-class education, offering undergraduate and postgraduate programs in psychology, counselling, physical activity and health, and speech and language therapy. 🔬 95% of our research has been rated outstanding or world-leading in REF2021.
Physical Activity for Health cohosted a fantastic edition of the Scottish Physical Activity Connections annual conference on 3/12 alongside @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social and Scottish Government, chaired by Alison Kirk, involving Fiona Muirhead and 17 members of PAH attending and presenting research!
Congratulations to Dr Cairney @maria-cairney.bsky.social and Prof. Anja Lowit from PSH on their recent publication on the experience of remote customer service #accessibility for adults with acquired #speechdisorders! www.jacces.org/index.php/ja...
Experience of remote customer service accessibility for adults with acquired speech disorders in the UK | Journal of Accessibility and Design for All
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Author Talk: Beyond the Medical Gaze with Liza Morton, PhD 01/12/2025 5:00pm GMT Dr. Morton provides a framework for anyone working in healthcare practice, policy or education, and her experiences in health advocacy, research and psychology practice. Book here: tinyurl.com/4bc5yhtr
Author Talk: Beyond the Medical Gaze from Liza Morton, PhD
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👀Check out this article in Education Today, by Dr Nicola Cogan, currently the number one most-read piece in Australia 📜: “Creating Safe and Trauma-Informed Learning Environments: A Culture of Excellence in Schools and Universities” www.educationtoday.com.au/news-detail/...
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Dr Susan McCool's new book is now ready for pre-order (coming out November 13)! Designed for students and #NQPs, it also provides valuable insights for experienced #SLT and #SLP. For further details visit the website: tinyurl.com/238ejx45
David Marshall, lecturer at UWS and PhD unistrathclyde.bsky.social supervised by Dr Susan Rasmussen, former senior police officer, investigates suicide in policing, collaborating with policescotland.bsky.social. Read more ⬇️ tinyurl.com/mwydskap #SuicidePrevention #MentalHealth #Policing #Scotland
News: Calls for more research into police suicide - 1919 Magazine
Better recording of police suicides and research into the circumstances of each death are needed to help prevent future tragedies
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Congratulations to our PSH colleagues who were awarded a Strathclyde medal for their incredible work!
Huge congratulations to Kellyanne Findlay from PSH, who has won the Scottish Association of Minority Ethnic Educators' research award www.samee.org.uk/raa-awards She was recognised for her supervision work and support of a project that explored the experiences of BAME women in leadership roles.
Congratulations to PSH researchers Prof Anja Lowit and Dr Kaiyue Xing and the team for producing the first #RCT showing that speech and language therapy can be beneficial for people with #MultipleSystemAtrophy #MSA !! Read here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/z84fz27a @msatrust.bsky.social #bskySPEECHIES
Speech Treatment for People with Cerebellar Multiple System Atrophy (MSA-C): A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial of Two Approaches - The Cerebellum
Speech problems are an early feature of Multiple System Atrophy (MSA). They can lead to social withdrawal and have significant impact on people’s quality of life. There is a considerable lack of clini...
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Congrats to @strath-psh.bsky.social PhD student Ketnipa Ratanakul on her first published paper #DevSpeechDis #PhonologicalAwareness #bskySPEECHIES doi.org/10.1111/1460...
Phonological Awareness Skills in Thai‐Speaking Children: A Scoping Review
Background Phonological awareness is an important skill for literacy development. However, limited research has been conducted on tonal languages or non-alphabetic orthographies, including Thai. Und...
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Funded PhD Opportunity in Digital Mental Health & Wearable Tech @unistrathclyde.bsky.social combining psychophysiological monitoring, 24-hour movement analysis, and app-based personalised interventions. Contact Dr Alison Kirk or Dr Nicola Cogan to apply. Start date: 1st October 2025. Please share
Congratulations to Clare Daly from PSH for being nominated for Scotland Women in Technology! 🎉
Congratulations to all the PSH graduates this week! 🎓🎉
If you’re an #SLT, #OT, or #PT working in the UK or Ireland, follow this link ➡️https://tinyurl.com/ycu4juju to complete a 10-minute study to support 🔎research on #co-treatment and #jointsessions @thercot.bsky.social @thecsp.bsky.social @aotinews.bsky.social
Evelyn Hamilton@evelyn-hamilton.bsky.social · last yr.PhD Questionnaire Research! If you’re an SLT, OT, or PT working in the UK or Ireland, we want to hear your opinions of cotreatment! You don’t need to have conducted cotreatment before to take part – all views are welcome. hass.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #SLT #OT #PT #AHP
Prof Anja Lowit, Dr Susan McCool and colleagues have a new research out on how language features can help differentiate autism and trauma-related disorders. Read it here: rdcu.be/eqMKM
Pragmatic Language Differences in Conversation Might Differentiate between Autism and Trauma-related Disorders
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Prof Anja Lowit and colleagues' latest research in Head and Neck Cancer has just been published! Read their systematic review on patient-reported symptoms to detect recurrence: tinyurl.com/3vej8zju
Frontiers | Patient-reported symptoms in the detection of head and neck cancer recurrence: a systematic review
IntroductionPatient-initiated follow-up (PIFU) after treatment for head and neck cancer (HNC) relies on the signs and symptoms of recurrence being detectable...
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Congratulations to the Speech and Language Therapy programme for reaching 3rd place in the Complete University Guide 2026 overall ranking and 2nd place in Research quality!!! 🎉 🥉 🥈 Wonderful recognition in the year its 90th anniversary!! 🎂 www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-table...
Come join us at our Sleep Hub session this Wednesday 11 June (tomorrow!)! 🛌Learn about sleep health, discuss strategies to improve your sleep and share your experience! 😴 🕚11am-3pm 🌍Graham Hills Building, Richmond Str entrance, follow signs to StrathLab ✅Details also below⬇️
Our @misltoessd.bsky.social paper describing our consensus-based diagnostic protocol for subtyping #ChildSpeechDis is out now doi.org/10.1111/1460... .
Towards an Agreed Labelling System and Protocol for the Diagnosis of Speech Sound Disorder Subtypes in the United Kingdom
Background There is no single classification system or diagnostic protocol for speech sound disorder (SSD). This makes it difficult to collect large-scale outcome data and determine which interventi.....
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A message from our students for #DAW25: We are Reem and Joy, 4th year @strathclydeslt.bsky.social students. For our Impact Project, we collaborated with @ alzscot.bsky.social to create a workshop on 🧠Dementia and Brain Health 🧠, with the hope of making a positive difference. 1/3
A new article by @maria-cairney.bsky.social, @drjoannecleland.bsky.social and colleagues reporting promising results in a trial on using #ultrasound biofeedback #speechtherapy for children with #cleft palate ± lip. #SLT #openaccess tinyurl.com/3jnamh7e
Quantitative results of SonoSpeech Cleft Pilot: a mixed-methods pilot randomised control trial of ultrasound visual biofeedback versus standard intervention for children with cleft palate ± cleft lip ...
Background Despite its growing popularity, there is limited evidence of the effectiveness of ultrasound visual biofeedback speech therapy for children with cleft palate ± cleft lip (CP ± L). This stud...
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Congratulations to our Speech and Language Therapy students @strathclydeslt.bsky.social who started the #BSL society @unistrathclyde.bsky.social this year and won the⭐️Rising Star⭐️ award from Strath Union!! 🏆🎊
Come and join our talented teaching team @strath-psh.bsky.social - we are also recruiting for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology 🧠 👇
Psychological Sciences & Health | University of Strathclyde@strath-psh.bsky.social · last yr.Join #teamstrathpsych - we are seeking to recruit a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/... #psychology #developmental #research #teaching #citizenship
Join #teamstrathpsych - the application portal is now live for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer post in Clinical Psychology strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/... #clinical #psychology #reserach
Join #teamstrathpsych - we are seeking to recruit a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/... #psychology #developmental #research #teaching #citizenship
📢New #PhD opportunity to develop #neuroimaging methods to understand brain network dysfunction in #AlzheimersDisease and other #neurological disorders with supervisors Dr William McGeown, Dr Keith Smith and Dr Ruaridh Clark . details here ➡️https://tinyurl.com/y92j57yt
Are you a research-active Speech and Language Therapist #SLT with a PhD, and interested in #SpeechSoundDisorders #SSD? The UK and Ireland Child Speech Disorder Research Network (@csdrnetwork.bsky.social) is looking for a new member. Apply by 30 May 2025. #SLPeeps #wespeechies #bskySPEECHIES
📣To all #SLP #SLT #bskyspeechies , come work with us @unistrathclyde.bsky.social on a project about supporting communication for people with #Parkinsons More information at ⬇️ strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Research Associate (704512)
Research Associate (704512), The Department of Psychological Sciences and Health at Strathclyde University is seeking to appoint a Research Assistant/ Associate (Post Doc) to a project awarded funding...
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@strathclydeslt.bsky.social · last yr.⭐ 18mth Post-Doc research post available ⭐ working with @parkinsons.org.uk, @anjakuschmann.bsky.social and Prof. Anja Lowit 'Supporting communication difficulties in people living with Parkinson's - a pilot study of language treatment'. More details: strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Only 2 days left to apply!
Psychological Sciences & Health | University of Strathclyde@strath-psh.bsky.social · last yr.📢Calling all #psychology grads and #SLP / #SLT / #SLT2b / #bskyspeechies : A week 📅 left to apply for @sgsss.bsky.social funded #PhD studentship with Prof @anjalowit on "Caring for people with progressive #ataxia". Learn more➡️🔗https://tinyurl.com/53rab3vw
