Polly
@pollyashford.bsky.social
Research Lead for Clinical Psychology and Mental Health at Norwich Clinical Trials Unit. With a side order of respiratory.
My views are entirely my own!
My views are entirely my own!
There can be nothing more satisfying than submitting a paper at 4.45pm on a Friday.
a woman is sitting at a table with a pink laptop and the word s-tv is on the bottom
ALT: a woman is sitting at a table with a pink laptop and the word s-tv is on the bottom
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September 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
There can be nothing more satisfying than submitting a paper at 4.45pm on a Friday.
As I'm now a school run parent it's my turn to say - idling is illegal! Idling outside a SCHOOL demonstrates to everyone that you are a....
September 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
As I'm now a school run parent it's my turn to say - idling is illegal! Idling outside a SCHOOL demonstrates to everyone that you are a....
Anyone else avoiding the news and instead watching old gentle telly? Peak Practice S01E01 (1993) brought back memories. Features a boy getting electrocuted while getting a kite off a pylon. Classic.
September 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Anyone else avoiding the news and instead watching old gentle telly? Peak Practice S01E01 (1993) brought back memories. Features a boy getting electrocuted while getting a kite off a pylon. Classic.
Anyone thinking of doing health research involving "AI" should read this and have a good think about what it means.
Not for nothing, whenever someone conflates search algorithms, LLMs, and whatever the fuck AI is, I send them this article.
September 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Anyone thinking of doing health research involving "AI" should read this and have a good think about what it means.
So excited the MERL has a podcast. #absoluteunit
August 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
So excited the MERL has a podcast. #absoluteunit
Camo-cricket. Technical term.
July 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Camo-cricket. Technical term.
Bumper year for seven spot ladybirds in our garden.
July 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Bumper year for seven spot ladybirds in our garden.
Bruiser! We continue to increase the biodiversity of our garden by doing almost no gardening. Win-win.
July 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Bruiser! We continue to increase the biodiversity of our garden by doing almost no gardening. Win-win.
Nearly 20 years at this university and today I found some toilets I never knew existed. It's like a brutalist Hogwarts.
July 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Nearly 20 years at this university and today I found some toilets I never knew existed. It's like a brutalist Hogwarts.
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Time for your yearly reminder that “We need less research, better research, and research done for the right reasons”. #OTD 1948 Douglas Altman b (d 3 June 2018) “One of the most influential medical statisticians of the past 50 years” he led reforms in medical research reliability & reporting. 1/3
July 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Time for your yearly reminder that “We need less research, better research, and research done for the right reasons”. #OTD 1948 Douglas Altman b (d 3 June 2018) “One of the most influential medical statisticians of the past 50 years” he led reforms in medical research reliability & reporting. 1/3
Super Cool! Let's use AI for everything! #hellinahandcart
July 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Super Cool! Let's use AI for everything! #hellinahandcart
No need to check the weather this morning, having been kept awake by combine harvesters most of the night.
July 6, 2025 at 7:10 AM
No need to check the weather this morning, having been kept awake by combine harvesters most of the night.
Turns out MS Teams "request control" feature V useful for elderly parent IT support from 300 miles away.
July 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Turns out MS Teams "request control" feature V useful for elderly parent IT support from 300 miles away.
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June 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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This is a wellbeing room in my university.
June 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is a wellbeing room in my university.
Ooooh
Pro tip, folks: if you make a figure for a publication, don’t just hand the copyright over to the publisher. Post it on OSF first and then give yourself permission to use it in the first publication and then all future publications. That way, no permissions issues.
June 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Ooooh
Sometimes I listen to the Moana soundtrack when child isn't in the car. 😬
June 4, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Sometimes I listen to the Moana soundtrack when child isn't in the car. 😬
It must be my age, I'm getting so much escapism from revisiting television/radio/music from the 90s and early 00s. Would happily go back there...
a close up of a man wearing a black leather jacket .
ALT: a close up of a man wearing a black leather jacket .
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June 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
It must be my age, I'm getting so much escapism from revisiting television/radio/music from the 90s and early 00s. Would happily go back there...
At what age do children stop filling the house with feathers? Because I could reconstruct a whole wood pigeon at this point.
May 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
At what age do children stop filling the house with feathers? Because I could reconstruct a whole wood pigeon at this point.
I'm just staying up late with my work laptop, holding its little hand through a mandatory windows update that has the potential to ruin any chance of doing meaningful work tomorrow morning. Sigh.
May 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I'm just staying up late with my work laptop, holding its little hand through a mandatory windows update that has the potential to ruin any chance of doing meaningful work tomorrow morning. Sigh.
Crikey. Been a while since I've been complimented on my telephone voice. Still got it. 😉
May 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Crikey. Been a while since I've been complimented on my telephone voice. Still got it. 😉
I'm apparently the sort of person who goes to a visitor attraction and photographs the label on their well-designed composting toilet.
May 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I'm apparently the sort of person who goes to a visitor attraction and photographs the label on their well-designed composting toilet.
We're looking for disabled people (incl. people with mental health conditions & neurodivergent people) to be part of our advisory group for a project @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social aiming to improve clinical trial accessibility. Email me at r.linnett@uea.ac.uk if you'd like more info. Please share!
May 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Are you a healthcare professional in the UK caring for people living with HIV aged over 50?
What are the important issues for you & your patients?
We are creating a bank of research questions to bring to a workshop to prioritise research in this area.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...
What are the important issues for you & your patients?
We are creating a bank of research questions to bring to a workshop to prioritise research in this area.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...
May 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Are you a healthcare professional in the UK caring for people living with HIV aged over 50?
What are the important issues for you & your patients?
We are creating a bank of research questions to bring to a workshop to prioritise research in this area.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...
What are the important issues for you & your patients?
We are creating a bank of research questions to bring to a workshop to prioritise research in this area.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...