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Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · 2d

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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 12d

Unpopular maybe, but we should firmly resist this kind of banal medicalization of cultural and aesthetic experience. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Picture of health: going to art galleries can improve wellbeing, study reveals

Viewing original works of art can relieve stress, cut heart disease risk and boost immune system, first study of its kind finds

www.theguardian.com

archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 13d

Sooty & Co (28th October 1996). Sooty and the gang round off their Spanish holiday by going clubbing.

Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · 18d

I’m off sick. In related news, I’ve made a Shiny app that displays random pictures of my cat. I’ve also styled it (accidentally) on how the internet looked in 2001. Thanks for your time. gcsharp.shinyapps.io/is-it-beans/

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Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · 19d

This is going to be SO useful… I love this sort of academic work. Repositories that make data accessible all in one place are 👌 And there’s even a bloody R package too! 🙏

Björn Siepe @bsiepe.bsky.social · 19d

We built the openESM database:
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python

Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Björn Siepe @bsiepe.bsky.social · 19d

We built the openESM database:
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python

Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · Oct 11

We are currently particularly low on responses from:
- Male healthcare professionals
- People in Ireland
- People under 16
- People from minoritised ethnic groups

We would love to ensure these people’s voices are represented

Thanks for your help!

exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management

The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.

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Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · Oct 11

In our first survey, we received over 1500 questions, which we've grouped into 42. We’re now running a second survey (open to people in the UK or Ireland) where we’re asking people to choose their top 10 most important questions.

Please share/fill in yourself: exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · Oct 11

Are your periods too heavy, long, unpredictable, frequent/infrequent, or involve bleeding in between? Or do you care for someone with this issue?

Please consider filling out our survey: exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... to find the most important research questions on Problematic Menstrual Bleeding

Poster explaining what the researchers are trying to do

Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · Sep 26

Do you have heavy or painful menstrual periods? If so, please consider filling in our short survey so that we can better understand how these symptoms interact with mental health and wellbeing. exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Is There a Link Between Heavy Menstrual Bleeding, Menstrual Pain, and Mental Health?

We are exploring how people experience heavy menstrual bleeding and menstrual pain, and how these experiences interact with their mental health. We want to better understand how these issues affect ea...

exe.qualtrics.com

Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · Aug 21

The article, in case you’d like to engage with it (in surprise and sadness) on any deeper level: theconversation.com/period-pain-...

Period pain and heavy bleeding linked with lower school attendance and GCSE results – new study

Many people, including teenagers, struggle with menstrual symptoms that affect their health and wellbeing.

theconversation.com

Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · Aug 21

Quite proud of this actually. Since I deleted my Twitter account, I haven’t had a place where I can be told off for colluding with other academics to erase women. It looks like this article in the Conversation about periods and GCSEs has now filled that gap. 👏

Epidemiology Job Openings (EpiJobs) @epijobs.bsky.social · Aug 19

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Molecular Epidemiology
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Hybrid/On-site
Exeter, United Kingdom #Epijobs
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

GW4 Alliance @gw4alliance.bsky.social · Aug 19

Researchers from the #GW4Alliance unis of @exeter.ac.uk and @bristoluni.bsky.social have been awarded $4.5million to drive new research into heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) and its causes:

Read the latest: gw4.ac.uk/news/groundb...

Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · Jun 1

Participants will be paid up to £100: £25 per workshop, and a further £25 on completion of all three.

If you’re interested and able to attend, please get in touch: womens-health-studies@exeter.ac.uk

Thanks so much 🙏

Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · Jun 1

We’ll be running three one hour online workshops over three weeks (Friday 6th, 13th, and 20th June at 10:30am BST) where we’ll be discussing what questions to ask and how.

Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · Jun 1

We’re looking for people aged 30-55 who experience heavy menstrual bleeding or dysmenorrhea (menstrual pain) to help us design a new research study around menstrual health

Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · May 22

Our study is in the news: Heavy and painful periods are linked to missing school and lower GCSE results - something that anyone who menstruates could probably already tell you, but that is largely not discussed or ignored.

Well done to Gemma Sawyer @uob-ieu.bsky.social who did all the hard work

The Guardian @theguardian.com · May 22

Heavy periods affect school attendance and exam scores, study in England finds

Charities say more should be done to support girls who experience prolonged bleeding and severe menstrual pain Heavy, prolonged periods and severe menstrual pain are linked with lower school attendance and poorer GCSE scores, according to new research. The England-based study found that more than a third of girls (36%) who participated experienced heavy or prolonged menstrual bleeding, which was associated with missing an additional 1.7 days of school every year. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

The Guardian @theguardian.com · May 22

Heavy periods affect school attendance and exam scores, study in England finds

Charities say more should be done to support girls who experience prolonged bleeding and severe menstrual pain Heavy, prolonged periods and severe menstrual pain are linked with lower school attendance and poorer GCSE scores, according to new research. The England-based study found that more than a third of girls (36%) who participated experienced heavy or prolonged menstrual bleeding, which was associated with missing an additional 1.7 days of school every year. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

Dr Abbie Jordan @drabbiejordan.bsky.social · Mar 14

🚨Job Alert!🚨

We're launching a funded study on how period pain impacts adolescent girls’ lives & school engagement. Join our team.

🔹 Research Associate 👉 (www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...)
🔹 Research Assistant 👉 (www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...)

Please share! #PeriodPain #PainResearch

ED12537 Research Associate in Paediatric Pain (fixed-term) - Jobs at Bath

www.bath.ac.uk

4M: Menarche Menstruation Menopause and Mental Health Consortium @4mhealth.bsky.social · Mar 7

Do you experience problematic menstrual bleeding? Or do you treat or care for someone who does?

4M members Jackie Maybin, Gemma Sharp, and Lucky Saraswat are leading a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership to identify the most important questions for future research to address.

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