Dawn Richards, PhD
@dawnrichards.bsky.social
Living life with #Arthritis along for the ride. Posting & passionate about #Research, arthritis, #PatientEngagement, #PPI. Opinions my own.
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Dear sceptics of patient engagement in research
Dawn P Richards challenges some of the common objections to patient engagement in research
I have been in a lot of spaces over the years where people were not convinced about patient engagement in re...
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Not everyone is convinced about #PatientEngagement in research - I get that. I wrote a letter to those folks to challenge some of their thoughts and in hopes of getting them to reflect on these a bit more - www.bmj.com/content/388/.... Thanks to @bmj.com for publishing.
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📢JLA PSPs want to hear from you!
Anyone with relevant experience can share what they believe should be priorities for future research. Whether you are a patient, carer or health and care professional your views are welcome.
➡️Complete an open survey to have your say: buff.ly/utn2zgF
Anyone with relevant experience can share what they believe should be priorities for future research. Whether you are a patient, carer or health and care professional your views are welcome.
➡️Complete an open survey to have your say: buff.ly/utn2zgF
December 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
📢JLA PSPs want to hear from you!
Anyone with relevant experience can share what they believe should be priorities for future research. Whether you are a patient, carer or health and care professional your views are welcome.
➡️Complete an open survey to have your say: buff.ly/utn2zgF
Anyone with relevant experience can share what they believe should be priorities for future research. Whether you are a patient, carer or health and care professional your views are welcome.
➡️Complete an open survey to have your say: buff.ly/utn2zgF
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An international team of patient partners, including @dawnrichards.bsky.social, is studying patient partners' experiences with authorship of peer-reviewed publications. If you have such experience, consider completing this survey! survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90907829/... #ParticipateInResearch
Patient and Caregiver Authorship Survey
survey.alchemer.eu
December 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
An international team of patient partners, including @dawnrichards.bsky.social, is studying patient partners' experiences with authorship of peer-reviewed publications. If you have such experience, consider completing this survey! survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90907829/... #ParticipateInResearch
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On this day in 1989, an armed gunman murdered 14 women at École Polytechnique de Montréal. Another ten women and four men were injured.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
December 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
On this day in 1989, an armed gunman murdered 14 women at École Polytechnique de Montréal. Another ten women and four men were injured.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
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A University of Regina researcher is looking for caregivers (e.g., family, friends) in Canada who are supporting long-term care residents to participate in a study evaluating an online mental health program to improve caregivers' mental well-being. #ParticipateInResearch
December 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
A University of Regina researcher is looking for caregivers (e.g., family, friends) in Canada who are supporting long-term care residents to participate in a study evaluating an online mental health program to improve caregivers' mental well-being. #ParticipateInResearch
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At #PxP25, we hosted three unique sessions that weren’t recorded for our YouTube channel to create a safe space for open dialogue. Check out the anonymized illustrations from these sessions here, along with other artwork from this year’s conference:
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PxP 2025 Artworks - PxP
PxP 2025 artworks created by visual alchemist Candace Ramjohn during the annual conference, including impactful quotes...
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December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
At #PxP25, we hosted three unique sessions that weren’t recorded for our YouTube channel to create a safe space for open dialogue. Check out the anonymized illustrations from these sessions here, along with other artwork from this year’s conference:
pxphub.org/pxp-2025-art...
pxphub.org/pxp-2025-art...
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💭How do you navigate owning your lived experience as one aspect of your identity?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F39U...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F39U...
Owning your lived experience: patient partner as part of your identity
YouTube video by PxP For Patients, By Patients
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December 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
💭How do you navigate owning your lived experience as one aspect of your identity?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F39U...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F39U...
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Learn more about evidence-based advocacy and using justice-informed, trauma-informed approaches to patient engagement in health research.
🎥Check out this webinar recording from the #PxP25 conference: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xoH...
🎥Check out this webinar recording from the #PxP25 conference: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xoH...
Stronger together: building capacity on research teams
YouTube video by PxP For Patients, By Patients
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December 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Learn more about evidence-based advocacy and using justice-informed, trauma-informed approaches to patient engagement in health research.
🎥Check out this webinar recording from the #PxP25 conference: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xoH...
🎥Check out this webinar recording from the #PxP25 conference: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xoH...
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🌎How are research teams engaging patients as partners in different parts of the world?
☑️Check out case studies from Brazil and Australia in this session recording from the #PxP25 conference in September: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBW8...
☑️Check out case studies from Brazil and Australia in this session recording from the #PxP25 conference in September: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBW8...
At the cutting edge: innovations in patient engagement
YouTube video by PxP For Patients, By Patients
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December 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
🌎How are research teams engaging patients as partners in different parts of the world?
☑️Check out case studies from Brazil and Australia in this session recording from the #PxP25 conference in September: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBW8...
☑️Check out case studies from Brazil and Australia in this session recording from the #PxP25 conference in September: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBW8...
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How are patients are changing the research system from within?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf5v...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf5v...
Patients leading the way: research from within
YouTube video by PxP For Patients, By Patients
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December 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
How are patients are changing the research system from within?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf5v...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf5v...
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🚂How do you get research to the people who can learn or use something from it?
Get some ideas here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwde...
Get some ideas here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwde...
More than a paper: ways to share research
YouTube video by PxP For Patients, By Patients
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December 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
🚂How do you get research to the people who can learn or use something from it?
Get some ideas here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwde...
Get some ideas here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwde...
Reposted by Dawn Richards, PhD
Let's keep sharing these amazing stories about how vaccines have transformed our lives
November 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Let's keep sharing these amazing stories about how vaccines have transformed our lives
Reposted by Dawn Richards, PhD
Reposted by Dawn Richards, PhD
How can you lay the groundwork for successful patient partnership?
#PxP25 speakers shared practical strategies for building research teams where patient partners feel prepared and supported—no matter their experience or role.
🎥 Watch back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnJ6...
#PxP25 speakers shared practical strategies for building research teams where patient partners feel prepared and supported—no matter their experience or role.
🎥 Watch back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnJ6...
Laying the groundwork: setting up for success in patient partnership
YouTube video by PxP For Patients, By Patients
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November 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
How can you lay the groundwork for successful patient partnership?
#PxP25 speakers shared practical strategies for building research teams where patient partners feel prepared and supported—no matter their experience or role.
🎥 Watch back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnJ6...
#PxP25 speakers shared practical strategies for building research teams where patient partners feel prepared and supported—no matter their experience or role.
🎥 Watch back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnJ6...
📣 Interested in #PPIE, #PPI, #PatientEngagement, #CoProduction in research (or whatever your term is for it) and the concept of power dynamics? Join me and Therese Lane on Nov 25 at 12 pm eastern for a conversation on this- tinyurl.com/4brnknxj - everyone is welcome! 1/2
November 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
📣 Interested in #PPIE, #PPI, #PatientEngagement, #CoProduction in research (or whatever your term is for it) and the concept of power dynamics? Join me and Therese Lane on Nov 25 at 12 pm eastern for a conversation on this- tinyurl.com/4brnknxj - everyone is welcome! 1/2
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Reposted by Dawn Richards, PhD
In honour of the one year since he started his journey to the west, I wrote a letter to Dad in my free @winnipegfreepress.com newsletter Biidaajimowin.
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
In honour of the one year since he started his journey to the west, I wrote a letter to Dad in my free @winnipegfreepress.com newsletter Biidaajimowin.
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To dismantle structures that cause imposter syndrome:
- Examine who gets credit & why
- Value collaborative achievements
- Recognize that someone who thinks before speaking might have better ideas than those who dominate the conversation @shannonrwatts.bsky.social
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- Examine who gets credit & why
- Value collaborative achievements
- Recognize that someone who thinks before speaking might have better ideas than those who dominate the conversation @shannonrwatts.bsky.social
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Why women feel like imposters in spaces that value masculine traits
The solution to imposter syndrome isn’t teaching us to be more masculine. It’s dismantling the structures that make us feel like imposters in the first place.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
To dismantle structures that cause imposter syndrome:
- Examine who gets credit & why
- Value collaborative achievements
- Recognize that someone who thinks before speaking might have better ideas than those who dominate the conversation @shannonrwatts.bsky.social
substack.com/home/post/p-...
- Examine who gets credit & why
- Value collaborative achievements
- Recognize that someone who thinks before speaking might have better ideas than those who dominate the conversation @shannonrwatts.bsky.social
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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If you are passionate about Black Queer and Trans Health, you can report to @drdryden.bsky.social if selected for this brilliant opportunity! 🫂
Please share widely in the hopes of it getting onto the radar of Black or African Nova Scotian folx with a grad degree and project coordination skills! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Please share widely in the hopes of it getting onto the radar of Black or African Nova Scotian folx with a grad degree and project coordination skills! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
![A digital poster is seen.
Against an LGBTQIA+ affirming background, text, as follows:
WE'RE HIRING:
PROJECTS COORDINATOR - CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR
Department: Tier 1, Canada Research Chair (CIHR), Black Health Studies, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University
Reports to: Location: Salary: Type:
Dr. OmiSoore H. Dryden
Hybrid - based in Nova Scotia
$52,516- $79,400
Full-time, 3 year contract
PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WHO IDENTIFY AS BLACK, AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIAN, OR AS A PERSON OF COLOUR
Requirements
◦ Graduate degree (Master's or PhD) in relevant discipline •. Proven experience in project coordination and esearch, with strong budgeting and operational skills • Demonstrated engagement with diverse Black communities, including Black queer and trans communities • Exceptional communication, organization, and problem-solving abilities • Familiarity with university settings or similarly decentralised, complex organizations, including data governance principles and practices
Apply here.
Questions? Please email crcbkhs@dal.ca
Dr. OmiSoore Dryden Tier 1 CRC Black Health Studies
BLACK [QUEER] HEALTH MATTERS](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:76x65qgfno4y62mwnnm3mox7/bafkreiftgosiizfbrid2xo5eghe23tv7t3wl5gqz7htre3wpltnpbnoi7y@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 AM
If you are passionate about Black Queer and Trans Health, you can report to @drdryden.bsky.social if selected for this brilliant opportunity! 🫂
Please share widely in the hopes of it getting onto the radar of Black or African Nova Scotian folx with a grad degree and project coordination skills! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Please share widely in the hopes of it getting onto the radar of Black or African Nova Scotian folx with a grad degree and project coordination skills! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
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Dr. Monika Kastner and her research team invite implementation researchers & practitioners in Canada and the U.S. to participate in a #CIHR -funded study exploring perceptions of quality in #KnowledgeTranslation and implementation science (KT-IS) practice tools (theories, models, frameworks).
Dr. Monika Kastner and her research team invite implementation researchers & practitioners in Canada and the U.S. to participate in a #CIHR -funded study exploring perceptions of quality in #KnowledgeTranslation and implementation science (KT-IS) practice tools (theories, models, frameworks).
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Dr. Monika Kastner and her research team invite implementation researchers & practitioners in Canada and the U.S. to participate in a #CIHR -funded study exploring perceptions of quality in #KnowledgeTranslation and implementation science (KT-IS) practice tools (theories, models, frameworks).
Dr. Monika Kastner and her research team invite implementation researchers & practitioners in Canada and the U.S. to participate in a #CIHR -funded study exploring perceptions of quality in #KnowledgeTranslation and implementation science (KT-IS) practice tools (theories, models, frameworks).
Reposted by Dawn Richards, PhD
Previous multiple sclerosis, now the potential role of Epstein Barr virus for driving lupus (SLE)
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Previous multiple sclerosis, now the potential role of Epstein Barr virus for driving lupus (SLE)
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief
www.scripps.edu
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
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Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Remembering my sister Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin died of ovarian cancer in 1958 aged 37 years. Sympathy and feminism
have combined to give us her familiar image as a downtrodden woman scientist, brilliant
but neglected, a heroine t...
www.thelancet.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Reposted by Dawn Richards, PhD
Before her (too early) death, the amazing Sharon Begley wrote this piece on double helix co-discoverer James Watson and the racist and sexist pronouncements he seemed to revel in making in later life. Fascinating read about a troubling individual.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Before her (too early) death, the amazing Sharon Begley wrote this piece on double helix co-discoverer James Watson and the racist and sexist pronouncements he seemed to revel in making in later life. Fascinating read about a troubling individual.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
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With 🇺🇸 Thanksgiving being 3 weeks away and SNAP being a shit show—but with some retailers and nonprofits offering turkeys for low or no cost—I'd love to get my free cookbook #AfterTheFeast to as many folks as possible.
Would you kindly share it here and elsewhere? 🙏 ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
Would you kindly share it here and elsewhere? 🙏 ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet - Iva Cheung
After a couple decades of editing and indexing cookbooks, I took a stab at writing (a small!) one. After the Feast brings together 25-ish of my favourite ways to use up the leftovers from big turkey d...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:58 AM
With 🇺🇸 Thanksgiving being 3 weeks away and SNAP being a shit show—but with some retailers and nonprofits offering turkeys for low or no cost—I'd love to get my free cookbook #AfterTheFeast to as many folks as possible.
Would you kindly share it here and elsewhere? 🙏 ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
Would you kindly share it here and elsewhere? 🙏 ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...