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Maria Kolitsida
@mkolitsida.bsky.social
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Doctoral Researcher at the University of Birmingham studying self-harm in dance. Interested in all things Mental Health, Clinical Psychology and Sport Psychology 🧠
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ahgchen.bsky.social
The self-harm and suicide prevention research group at the @imh-uob.bsky.social aim to understand and tackle the risks of self-harm and suicide across different contexts.

Watch this video where
@willemjstander.bsky.social, @mkolitsida.bsky.social and I discuss our work.

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Creating Safe Spaces: World Suicide Prevention Day | University of Birmingham
YouTube video by University of Birmingham
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September 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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jenncumming.bsky.social
Looking forward to sharing the next chapter of our #safedanceresearch on 'Safeguarding and abuse prevention policies of UK Dance Organisations' at #ICSSR2025

with Erin Sanchez, @georgiabird.bsky.social , @mkolitsida.bsky.social , @gracetidmarsh.bsky.social , @maryquinton.bsky.social
An image depicting paper ripped across the middle to reveal the words 'Presenations coming soon, stay tuned'. At the top of the image is The SPRINT Project logo, with information about the conference at the bottom of the image: 1st International Congress on Safe Sport Research, Quebec City, Canada, June 18-20, 2025. #ICSSR2025
March 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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midwarika.bsky.social
Looking forward to sharing the results of our scoping review on on 'Abuse and Harm in Dance at #ICSSR2025

with Erin Sanchez, @mkolitsida.bsky.social , @gracetidmarsh.bsky.social , @maryquinton.bsky.social
@jenncumming.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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thesprintproject.bsky.social
On 26th Feb, our team were recognised for their public engagement work! 🎉

Congratulations to @mkolitsida.bsky.social, @maryquinton.bsky.social, @gracetidmarsh.bsky.social, & @jenncumming.bsky.social for nominations and recognitions.

👉 Find out more www.sprintproject.org/post/success...
https://www.sprintproject.org/post/success-for-the-sprint-project-at-the-public-and-cultural-engagement-awards💡
February 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
mkolitsida.bsky.social
This morning I attended the @unibirmingham.bsky.social Public Engagement Awards and found out I have been highly commended for the Alice Roberts PGR Excellence in Public Engagement Award for the public engagement activities surrounding my PhD project.
February 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
mkolitsida.bsky.social
🩰 Thank you to the Royal Academy of Dance for hosting this event allowing us to share my PhD research on self-harm in dance with 173 dance educators! 🩰
@jenncumming.bsky.social
Click the link to find out more 👇🏻
February 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
mkolitsida.bsky.social
‼️New paper out‼️

It has been an honor to join Dr Glykeria Skamagki, @dptblackburn.bsky.social, Dr Daniel Biggs, Dr Cameron Black and Dr Sivaramkumar Shanmugam in conducting this vital piece of research on #burnout in #physiotherapists.

@unibirmingham.bsky.social

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February 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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drmroz.bsky.social
The BMJ will remunerate patient and public reviewers | The BMJ www.bmj.com/content/387/...

#PatientEngagement
The BMJ will remunerate patient and public reviewers
The BMJ will offer £50 for reviews by patients and the public From January 2025 patients and members of the public who complete a review for The BMJ will be offered £50 or a 12 month online subscript...
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December 1, 2024 at 4:13 PM
mkolitsida.bsky.social
Last day of work, doing some marking and the cat walked over with purpose, sat on my marking scheme and refused to move for an hour until she fell asleep on said marking scheme.

This can only mean it is time to close everything down for the year?!

Have a good festive break everyone!🎄
December 20, 2024 at 4:42 PM
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gracetidmarsh.bsky.social
Alongside all the staff & young people at St Basils, it has also been great to work alongside Prof. @jenncumming.bsky.social, Dr @maryquinton.bsky.social, @mkolitsida.bsky.social & Prof. Jessica Pykett. Thank you to the ESRC & Cooke and Wolstenholme Charitable Trust for their support & funding.
December 12, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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gracetidmarsh.bsky.social
A real privilege to present the overview of a 3-year evaluation of St Basils Transition Hub service to Birmingham City Council today alongside @georgiabird.bsky.social

#youthhomelessness #servicedelivery #serviceevaluation #strengthsbased #implementation
December 12, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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jenncumming.bsky.social
📢 NEW PAPER & BLOG POST ALERT ⤵️

We're excited to share the latest insights from the SPRINT project, highlighting strengths-based mental skills training interventions for disadvantaged youth.

www.mdpi.com/2673-995X/4/...

@maryquinton.bsky.social
@gracetidmarsh.bsky.social
Dr Sally Reynard
Image of first page of journal article, including journal name (Youth), publisher name (MDPI), title of article (Mental Skills Training for Youth Experiencing Multiple Disadvantage), names of authors (Jennifer Cumming, Mary L. Quinton, Grace Tidmarsh, and Sally Reynard), author affilitiona, article asbtarct, and key words.
November 30, 2024 at 2:53 PM
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jenncumming.bsky.social
I have created a starter pack to follow people researching, practicing, or sharing dance psychology. Please let me know if you would like to be added. go.bsky.app/2GJUn6v
November 23, 2024 at 7:59 AM
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amelianewton.bsky.social
🩰 Just wrote about a recent study on how social comparison affects dancers, shedding light on the psychological challenges of performing in a competitive world.

Check it out: amelianewton.co.uk/blog/how-soc...

Would love to hear your thoughts!
How social comparison impacts dancers
A new study by Rasheed and Runswick (2024) published in the Journal of Dance Education explores a topic very familiar to those of us who have spent time training and performing in dance: social comp...
amelianewton.co.uk
November 21, 2024 at 5:03 PM
mkolitsida.bsky.social
Beautiful day spent at The Exchange for the Public and Cultural Engagement Day hosted by the Public Engagement Team at the University of Birmingham ☀️

A big part of my PhD involves sharing our research findings with those in dance to help support them with self-harm concerns in dance students.
November 21, 2024 at 7:17 PM
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dremilylovett1.bsky.social
🔊 JOB ALERT www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKQ664/r...

Work within a multidisciplinary team led by Care Policy and Evaluation Centre at LSE with Action on Postpartum Psychosis on realist evaluation of a third-sector peer support model for women with severe mental illness during the perinatal period
Research Officer (0.5 FTE) at London School of Economics and Political Science
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November 19, 2024 at 12:43 PM
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drbenkwitz.bsky.social
Starter pack for Mental Health and Physical Activity Research - please take a look, share or ask to join!

go.bsky.app/tSiurc
November 17, 2024 at 9:37 PM
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gracetidmarsh.bsky.social
I have created a sport and exercise psychology starter pack to help as more of us from this field move over from other platforms. Let me know if you'd like to be added to the starter pack 🧠 go.bsky.app/Su4tmmW

#SportPsychology #ExercisePsychology #SportandExercise #AcademicSky
November 14, 2024 at 11:14 AM
mkolitsida.bsky.social
It has been excellent to get some protected writing time after presenting this work at the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science Annual Conference in Rimini, Italy a couple of week ago 🩰
November 14, 2024 at 1:58 PM
mkolitsida.bsky.social
An excellent few days having the most beautiful writing mates for the SPRINT Project writing retreat. Achieved some good progress on my PhD manuscript on dance teachers responses to self-harm in private dance education and the overall team’s work on safeguarding and abuse prevention in dance 🦌
November 14, 2024 at 1:55 PM