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Margaret Coffey PhD @drcoffey.bsky.social · 1d

Hearing it was a great day at the NWL Research Symposium today 👏👏👏Congratulations to Gavi Simson who presented her work on dysphagia related PROMS for people with Laryngectomy. Gavi was joined by service user @imperialbrc.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @gemmaclunie.bsky.social

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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 3d

Clinical Research Fellow Vacancy, London. Supervised by Professor Paul Edison at Imperial Memory Research Centre, focusing on neuroimaging and dementia research including Alzheimer’s disease. Closing date: 27th October

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/clinical...

Clinical Research Fellow - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER

Clinical Research Fellow, London. Work with Professor Paul Edison at Imperial on dementia and Alzheimer’s research using PET, MRI, and CSF imaging.

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk

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Anna Caute @annacaute.bsky.social · 6d

SLT students at Essex Uni are looking to interview SLTs and SLTAs with experience of using gesture in aphasia therapy in acute settings- please get in touch with Maddy and Laura if you’re interested. @basaphasia.bsky.social @susieslt.bsky.social @aphasiatherapycen.bsky.social @abracabadger.com

maddyhaines.bsky.social @maddyhaines.bsky.social · 7d

MSc SLT students at @universityofessex.bsky.social are researching gesture for aphasia therapy in acute stroke care. If you’re an SLT, SLTA or Rehabilitation Assistant with experience, we’d love to hear from you! [email protected] / [email protected] #Aphasia #StrokeRehab #SLT #SpeechTherapy

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Joan Ma @drjoanma.bsky.social · 5d

Attending many great talks at #ESSD2025 in Athens, and a great opportunity to present our work on using the compartmental tongue theory to reshape how we quantify tongue movement in swallowing.

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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 7d

The Francis Crick Institute, London. Seeks early career group leaders in biology or biomedicine to start labs with funding, training and collaborations.

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/earl...

Early career group leaders - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER

The Francis Crick Institute, London. Seeks early career group leaders in biology or biomedicine to start labs with funding, training and collaborations.

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 11d

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

#TwentyfiveFortyseven

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Clare Fuller @clarefuller.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 New Podcast alert!
Public misunderstanding & impact on care with @mancunianmedic.bsky.social
✅The episode explores public misunderstanding of terminology around death, dying & Advance Care Planning
🎧 speakforme.co.uk/podcast-epis...
@drkathrynmannix.bsky.social

#AdvanceCarePlanning

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 12d

“The second anyone suggests that a man whose entire political career has been devoted to attacking migrants and making discriminatory comments about non-white people, might be a racist, all hell breaks loose”

Enough. Farage is a racist menace. We must say so.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

Nigel Farage Is a Racist

The media is refusing to state the most bleedingly obvious facts about a man whose entire career has been devoted to pursuing a racist political agenda
ADAM BIENKOV
OCT 04, 2025

Nigel Farage is a racist. That is my honestly held opinion based on absolutely everything he has said and done since entering politics in the late nineties.

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Professor Helen Stringer @drhelenslt.bsky.social · 13d

Very proud to see brilliant SLT Researcher @samburrslt.bsky.social mentioned not once but twice in this list of awards. Congratulation Sam!

Dr Sam Burr @samburrslt.bsky.social · 15d

So excited to be able to progress this important work in collaboration with inspirational and passionate families, clinicians and researchers 🤩

Improving Speech Outcomes for VP-Born Children in Wales(PROSPER) @prosperstudy.bsky.social · 15d

We are excited to announce that the PROSPER study has been awarded funding via the Health and Care Research Wales Advanced Fellowship

Dr Sam Burr @samburrslt.bsky.social leads this vital work to improve speech outcomes for VP-born children in Wales

healthandcareresearchwales.org/about/news/h...

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Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 14d

The attack on the Manchester Jewish community is devastating.

No ifs, ands or buts.

People being killed through hateful violence is abhorrent.

My heart goes out to the victims, their families & everyone living in fear because of this cruelty.

Grief must bind us closer not drive us further apart.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 13d

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sky News @news.sky.com · 13d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

news.sky.com

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 14d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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Dr Gemma Clunie @gemmaclunie.bsky.social · 13d

Chris Robins @grannyrobinsslt.bsky.social · 20d

If any #bskyspeechies can help gather research data (via online focus group)on this under-researched area, please email me: [email protected]

Poster advertising online focus group for speech and language therapists to discuss oral trials in community practice

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Professor Helen Stringer @drhelenslt.bsky.social · Sep 12

Read about Research Capacity in SLT/P a great study led by brilliant SLT @katiedooslt.bsky.social using behaviour change models (TDF & COM-B) to make sense of it!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Use of the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation‐Behaviour Model and Theoretical Domains Framework to Understand Barriers and Enablers of Research Capacity and Culture for Speech and Language Therapy Staff

Background Research Capacity and Culture (RCC) is important for research engagement. Little is known of what speech and language therapy staff perceives to be the barriers or enablers to this at ind...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Dr Gemma Clunie @gemmaclunie.bsky.social · Sep 3

An honour to be a part of the working group, and would never have happened without your leadership.

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Margaret Coffey PhD @drcoffey.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thank you to the amazing working group who put these documents together including @gemmaclunie.bsky.social @jodiallenslt.bsky.social

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Helen Newman @helennewmanslt.bsky.social · Jul 4

First post on #bsky and I'm happy to share this 'bonus' workstream from my #nihr funded PhD. A privilege to work with my co-authors who helped make this happen
#tracheostomy #ultrasound #artefact @ucl.ac.uk @royalfreecharity.org

link.springer.com/epdf/10.1186...

The challenges of using ultrasound to measure the trachea: a brief report

link.springer.com

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jennycrow.bsky.social @jennycrow.bsky.social · Jun 23

Grateful to be interviewed by Sara Tavares, Heart Failure Specialist Nurse, clinical academic colleague about my path into advocacy for people after stroke #lifeafterstroke @pareshmalhotra.bsky.social @gemmaclunie.bsky.social @ismalias.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/eurjcn/advan...

Advocacy Spotlight Series : Jennifer Crow

Sara Tavares, Jennifer Crow; Advocacy Spotlight Series : Jennifer Crow, European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, , zvaf093, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurj

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Alan Wrench @awrench.bsky.social · May 27

Glossogram with dark red indicating constriction and blue diagonal (tongue compartment contracted) demonstrating peristaltic transfer of water bolus from oral-pharyngeal. This is easiest to explain as sequential extension of neuromuscular compartments of the tongue.

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Dr Gemma Clunie @gemmaclunie.bsky.social · May 20

Thank you 😊

Dr Gemma Clunie @gemmaclunie.bsky.social · May 19

I wrote a blog! (First time for everything in life)

communities.springernature.com/posts/use-of...

@jodiallenslt.bsky.social @drcoffey.bsky.social @imperialbrc.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

Use of ultrasound to assess muscle structure and size in key speech and swallowing tissues before and after radiotherapy

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SLTLoulou - Louise (she / her) @sltloulou.bsky.social · May 13

Grateful for the chance to attend @ESPO_PedENT #Stuttgart for all things #paediatric #ENT last week.
Special thanks to @RCSLT for a grant to support attendance to share some research outputs - more on that later.
🚨Get ready: a few highlights #mysltday #clinicalacademic 👇🏻🧵1/

Colourful banner welcoming delegates to the European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology conference in Stuttgart, Germany

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Dr Gemma Clunie @gemmaclunie.bsky.social · May 13

New paper alert! A Core Outcome Set for intervention studies in Airway Stenosis.

Thanks @imperialbrc.bsky.social for infrastructure support & @nihr.bsky.social for funding

@imperialmed.bsky.social @drjustinroe.bsky.social @amyfreeman.bsky.social @imperialperc.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1002/lary...

Development of a Core Outcome Set for Intervention Studies in Adults With Laryngotracheal Stenosis

We used a rigorous two round Delphi process informed by multiple stakeholder groups to gain consensus on seven core outcomes for inclusion in future research relating to adults with laryngotracheal s...

doi.org

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Eva Hyldgaard 🇩🇰 Dane for Democracy @evahyldgaard.bsky.social · May 5

The four key actions:

1. Guarantee open and free science by law
2. Founding: Allocate €500 million (2025–2027) to attract global researchers + aim for 3% of GDP invested in R&D by 2030
3. Shorten the path from science to startup
4. Make it easier for scientists to relocate to Europe

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Rebecca Jarman @mwrebeccajarman.bsky.social · May 5

On International Day of the Midwife we celebrate the critical role of midwives in providing expert, compassionate care for mothers, babies and families in every situation, everywhere, every minute of every day 👏👏👏

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