Laura O'Connor
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It's been a long time in the works but it's finally here!

This article represents years of work by @primarycaretrials.bsky.social [email protected] teams, and patients, carers, & clinicians who all gave generously to steer the process & determine the Top 10

Read here: rdcu.be/eju4t
📰 New article alert!

We're delighted to share that BMC Primary Care has published our @jameslindalliance.bsky.social priority setting work, describing how patients, carers, & healthcare professionals decided the Top 10 Priorities for managing chronic conditions in primary care

Link: rdcu.be/eju4t
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I'm here at #AICIC25 representing @primarycaretrials.bsky.social and our @jameslindalliance.bsky.social Top Ten research priorities for managing chronic conditions in primary care, delighted to be a part of what promises to be a great day!
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We've got 2 major deadlines coming up for primary care researchers, have you got them in your calendar? If you were interested in applying to join our team, or in getting a new research idea off the ground, you've only got a few more days to do it!
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Alt: Mr Bean is showing his teddy pal an important date on his calendar
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We're looking for a postdoc/researcher to join us at @primarycaretrials.bsky.social in Galway, open for applications until 30th Jan!
We are currently seeking a full-time Postdoc Researcher/Research Associate to join our team here in the CTNI in University of Galway

Apply via CORE Portal using link universityofgalway.ie/about-us/jobs/ (select “research vacancies type 2” & search 010868)

Deadline 30 January #jobfairy
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We're offering 2 Seed Funding Awards of up to €10,000 to establish groundwork for future primary care trials, aligning with recently decided patient, carer, and clinician priorities

Guidance notes & application form: primarycaretrials.ie/researchers/

Deadline Tues 4th Feb - reach out now with qs!
A poster outlining the HRB Primary Care CTNI seed funding award 2025, which directs people to primarycaretrials.ie/researchers for full information
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We're delighted to be able to open 2025 with two Seed Funding Awards, to fund projects of up to €10,000 in the area of primary care interventions

For guidance notes & application form, visit primarycaretrials.ie/researchers/

Deadline Tues 4th Feb - mark your calendars!
A poster outlining the HRB Primary Care CTNI seed funding award 2025, which directs people to primarycaretrials.ie/researchers for full information
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Hi everyone.

The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.

We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.

We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.

I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.
The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy
The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.
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Seeking applications for a full-time Postdoc Researcher/Research Associate Clinical Site Co-ordinator. Apply via CORE using link universityofgalway.ie/about-us/jobs/ (select “research vacancies type 2” and search 010740), or send queries to email in description. Deadline 20 Nov.
Closing tomorrow at 12pm - add your votes before the Christmas break!
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Do you have a chronic condition or care for someone who does? Or do you work in primary care? If you do and you're in #Ireland, please consider taking this very short survey to tell us which questions you'd prioritise for future research
Visit primarycaretrials.ie/psp for more info & the survey link
Poster asking people who have chronic conditions, care for someone who does, or who work in primary care to take part in a survey ranking research priorities at primarycaretrials.ie/psp
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We are looking for health researchers (any discipline) to take part in a survey to help us understand barriers to engaging in menstrual health research.

You do NOT need to do women's health research to take part!

For info or to take part: exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... 

#HiSciSky #AcademicSky
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Do you have a chronic condition or care for someone who does? Or do you work in primary care? If you do and you're in #Ireland, please consider taking this very short survey to tell us which questions you'd prioritise for future research
Visit primarycaretrials.ie/psp for more info & the survey link
Poster asking people who have chronic conditions, care for someone who does, or who work in primary care to take part in a survey ranking research priorities at primarycaretrials.ie/psp
#HiSciSky and thanks to @pkpd-babe.bsky.social for the trojan work with invite codes! I'm a health researcher in Ireland, currently working on discovering patient and clinician priorities for research on managing chronic conditions in primary care, v interested in public and patient involvement!
My to-do list is long and growing, but it is also left behind at home, so what better time to try to curate yet another endlessly scrollable online experience?