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Cohort 4 student Yujie attends the UKHSA Exhibition

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Cohort 4 student Yujie Dai attends the UKHSA conference in Leeds. This is what she had to say about her experience:

‘The conference was about a hot topic Antimicrobial Resistance Issue, which is highly relevant to my project. People from the NHS, UKHSA, universities and industry attended. We exhibited an e-poster and I made lots of new connections with people. I contributed in some data analysis for our results and during the presentation. It helped me to extend my networking and provided more insights for my PhD project.’

Cohort 4 student Fin attends the World Sleep Congress in Rio de Janeiro

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Cohort 4 student Fin Schofield had this to say about his experience:

‘ Hanna [Isotalus] and I were attending the World Sleep Congress 2023 – hosted by the World Sleep Society in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. This event brought together academics, clinicians, and industry representatives from around the world to deliver seminars and workshops at the forefront of circadian and sleep science. This year, there was a profound emphasis on technologies – and how they can be applied to the management and measurement of sleep. Showcases ranged from virtual pets to aid sleep management in an engaging way to AI models for sleep tracking using just sound recordings on a smartphone.

I presented a poster based a systematic scoping review undertaken as part of my PhD project initiation. In this poster, we examined how there are a lack of technologies being designed or trialled for the management of sleep in ADHD. At the conference, there were several researchers who touched on the same concepts. With technology playing an increasingly important role in all aspects of sleep, the poster prompted conversation on how can we design technologies for sleep that are based on scientific understanding, but remain engaging and applicable to their users.

Several seminars at the conference were a touchstone for the way in which the field values technology as a means of advancing sleep medicine. Attending WSC at the beginning of the PhD was a great opportunity share how I hope to contribute to that. It has equipped us with many different ideas and potential approaches to explore, whilst still showing us there a plenty of questions that remain unanswered about sleep in ADHD!’

Cohort 4 student Veronica publishes in the British Journal of Midwifery

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Cohort 4 student Veronica Blanco Gutierrez publishes a journal article entitled ‘Culture and breastfeeding support’ in the British Journal of Midwifery.

Veronica had this to say about the paper: ‘This article discusses the importance of taking into consideration different cultural aspects of every women when health professionals, particularly midwives, provide breastfeeding support. It is vital for the provision of breastfeeding care to have social determinants of health, such as culture, at the heart of care. Adequate and tailored breastfeeding support is key in the provision of care. I am very passionate about breastfeeding support and how to improve the breastfeeding experience for women and their babies. I am hoping to undertake research on improving breastfeeding support to improve health outcomes.’

Link To the Paper: https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjom.2022.30.12.713

 

 

Cohort 4 student Veronica attends the Population Health and Health Inequalities Conference in London

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Cohort 4 student, Veronica Blanco Gutierrez had this to say about her experience:

‘This event was aimed at key stakeholders and those with an interest in improving workforce capability to improve population health and in reducing health inequalities.

The general topic covered in this conference was Population Health and Health Inequalities. The event showcased new and emerging roles in population health and health inequalities and the latest education and training resources. It also facilitated an opportunity to learn about new and emerging training opportunities in population health and health inequalities and how these are helping transform the workforce.
During this event, I made new connections with experts in the field of Population Health. I was particularly interested in the work undertaken by Kumbi Kariwo, a senior NHS nurse and Equality & Inclusion Project Lead in Birmingham. I found her work on a digital intervention to diagnose different skin conditions and diseases in different skin colours truly inspirational and stimulating.
At this conference, we, Population Health Fellows, were asked to showcase our digital posters. My poster was about my journey as a Population Health fellow and my project: a Health Equity Audit on the uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine during pregnancy among different ethnic groups. Attendees were able to vote for the best poster and I was awarded the first prize. Thanks to this award, I will be to meet Professor Sir Michael Marmot for a mentoring session.
It will be a honour to meet Professor Sir Michael Marmot, a world expert leader in Population Health and Health inequalities, for a mentoring session. I am very passionate about reducing health inequalities in the provision of maternity care and improving health outcomes for underrepresented groups. Meeting with Professor Marmot will guide my project to focus on a meaningful area of Population Health research by taking into consideration his expertise and vision. I am also hoping that this meeting will provide me with useful insights about career development and aspirations in the long term future.’