Zoe Trinder-Widdess

@zoetw.bsky.social

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

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.

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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!

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

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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!

NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs)@nihrarcs.bsky.social · 2y ago

#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-...

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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.

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] 1

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.

❤️ Tegelwippen – which translates as ‘tile whipping’ – is a lighthearted Dutch contest where municipalities compete to remove the most paving slabs More than 11m tiles have been removed 2021, replacing hundreds of acres of grey concrete with trees, grass, vegetable gardens and vibrant flower beds

The Dutch ‘tile whipping’ competition to green gardens and streets

The national ‘tile whipping’ contest in the Netherlands seeks to restore greenery and help the country meet its climate targets.

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