Amy O'Donnell
@profamyodonnell.bsky.social
Professor of Applied Health & Social Care Research | Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, UK | Research interests: Substance use; Mental Health; MLTC; Complex Needs | Mother of 2 giant adults (1 w/AuHD + anxiety) & 3 smaller cats.
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We’re really proud to win the Fuse award #FuseAwards25 for ‘Outstanding Translational Research Initiative’ for our mobile health bus offering primary care and relational support for people struggling with alcohol and drug related harms in Sunderland. #SunderlandPLUS @fuseonline.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
We’re really proud to win the Fuse award #FuseAwards25 for ‘Outstanding Translational Research Initiative’ for our mobile health bus offering primary care and relational support for people struggling with alcohol and drug related harms in Sunderland. #SunderlandPLUS @fuseonline.bsky.social
Couldn’t be more delighted for this team of superstars - Fuse Outstanding Translational Research Initiative winners 2025 🙌🏅
June 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Couldn’t be more delighted for this team of superstars - Fuse Outstanding Translational Research Initiative winners 2025 🙌🏅
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Substance use significantly raises suicide risk, with higher impacts on women. Alcohol, opioids, tobacco, and more are linked to increased mortality. Read the latest meta-analysis in DADR for more details: https://buff.ly/4j78GBi
January 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Substance use significantly raises suicide risk, with higher impacts on women. Alcohol, opioids, tobacco, and more are linked to increased mortality. Read the latest meta-analysis in DADR for more details: https://buff.ly/4j78GBi
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Happy new year! ✨We're diving into 2025 by sharing all of the latest and upcoming funding and career development opportunities for #mentalhealth #researchers!
👇Check it out here:
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/mid-week-rou...
Featuring funding from @nihr.bsky.social @mhrincubator.bsky.social & more.
👇Check it out here:
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/mid-week-rou...
Featuring funding from @nihr.bsky.social @mhrincubator.bsky.social & more.
January 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Happy new year! ✨We're diving into 2025 by sharing all of the latest and upcoming funding and career development opportunities for #mentalhealth #researchers!
👇Check it out here:
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/mid-week-rou...
Featuring funding from @nihr.bsky.social @mhrincubator.bsky.social & more.
👇Check it out here:
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/mid-week-rou...
Featuring funding from @nihr.bsky.social @mhrincubator.bsky.social & more.
Excellent and incredibly useful article on qualitative researchers’ experiences of inappropriate peer review - psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202... - currently grappling with precisely this issue 🫤
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
January 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Excellent and incredibly useful article on qualitative researchers’ experiences of inappropriate peer review - psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202... - currently grappling with precisely this issue 🫤
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I’m getting tired of all of this narrative. You look after yourself when you’re looked after by others & when you’re not struggling with poverty, social isolation & discrimination. The state has a pivotal role in preparing the soil. Whether that’s NHS or beyond.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
NHS ‘will be overwhelmed unless patients look after themselves’
The public must be motivated to take charge of their own health, a Labour adviser has said
www.thetimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:56 AM
I’m getting tired of all of this narrative. You look after yourself when you’re looked after by others & when you’re not struggling with poverty, social isolation & discrimination. The state has a pivotal role in preparing the soil. Whether that’s NHS or beyond.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
"Forty per cent of men under the age of twenty five in prison today were in care. For me they have already been failed by society."
Prison reform campaigner, Matthew Torbitt, explains why early Government intervention could prevent imprisonment and save money.
#Newsnight
Prison reform campaigner, Matthew Torbitt, explains why early Government intervention could prevent imprisonment and save money.
#Newsnight
December 11, 2024 at 12:50 PM
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In our new #OpenAccess paper we look into the process of integrating #VirtualWards within the NHS in England as a new way of delivering care to patients who would otherwise be hospitalized from the perspective of ICS commissioners.
www.jmir.org/2024/1/e56494/
@nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social
www.jmir.org/2024/1/e56494/
@nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 5:35 AM
In our new #OpenAccess paper we look into the process of integrating #VirtualWards within the NHS in England as a new way of delivering care to patients who would otherwise be hospitalized from the perspective of ICS commissioners.
www.jmir.org/2024/1/e56494/
@nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social
www.jmir.org/2024/1/e56494/
@nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social
Absolutely- it is quite frankly miraculous that I’ve managed not just to sustain but progress my career over the past few years - and thanks to a powerhouse of a husband and incredibly supportive colleagues.
I wrote about the way the SEND crisis is quietly unpicking women's lives - destroying careers, dismantling relationships, damaging physical and mental health.
And all this goes on unacknowledged.
Long read for The i Paper:
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
And all this goes on unacknowledged.
Long read for The i Paper:
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
'I quit to fight for my son': how the SEND crisis is wrecking women's careers
Four in 10 parents of children with special educational needs have stopped working, and mothers are hit the hardest
inews.co.uk
November 27, 2024 at 8:28 AM
Absolutely- it is quite frankly miraculous that I’ve managed not just to sustain but progress my career over the past few years - and thanks to a powerhouse of a husband and incredibly supportive colleagues.
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The updated website for the Drink Less app has just been launched - drinklessalcohol.com 💻🥳
Drink Less Alcohol
Get healthy and save money by drinking a bit less alcohol
drinklessalcohol.com
November 22, 2024 at 10:31 AM
The updated website for the Drink Less app has just been launched - drinklessalcohol.com 💻🥳
Great paper - so important to challenges ourselves to move beyond the simplistic and predictable in qualitative research - recommended read 👇
Loving this paper 'Rethinking barriers and enablers'. How many thousands of weak research studies have reduced complex change to 'identifying and addressing barriers and enablers'? Here's how to do better!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Rethinking Barriers and Enablers in Qualitative Health Research: Limitations, Alternatives, and Enhancements - Abby Haynes, Victoria Loblay, 2024
Explorations of barriers and enablers (or barriers and facilitators) to a desired health practice, implementation process, or intervention outcome have become s...
journals.sagepub.com
November 20, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Great paper - so important to challenges ourselves to move beyond the simplistic and predictable in qualitative research - recommended read 👇
🔔 Round 2 of NIHR Team Science now open for applications 🔔
Round 2 aims to bring together researchers interested in Applied Health & Social Care Research Methodology.
Deadline: 05 Feb 2025
For more info: www.nihr.ac.uk/career-devel...
@nihr.bsky.social retweets welcomed 🙏
Round 2 aims to bring together researchers interested in Applied Health & Social Care Research Methodology.
Deadline: 05 Feb 2025
For more info: www.nihr.ac.uk/career-devel...
@nihr.bsky.social retweets welcomed 🙏
Team Science Camp and Award
www.nihr.ac.uk
November 18, 2024 at 9:51 AM
🔔 Round 2 of NIHR Team Science now open for applications 🔔
Round 2 aims to bring together researchers interested in Applied Health & Social Care Research Methodology.
Deadline: 05 Feb 2025
For more info: www.nihr.ac.uk/career-devel...
@nihr.bsky.social retweets welcomed 🙏
Round 2 aims to bring together researchers interested in Applied Health & Social Care Research Methodology.
Deadline: 05 Feb 2025
For more info: www.nihr.ac.uk/career-devel...
@nihr.bsky.social retweets welcomed 🙏
Multiple conflicting deadlines? Terrible insomnia? Adult offspring still living at home and wearing at least 3000 T-shirts a day? Can I recommend one of these…works every time 🥰
November 14, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Multiple conflicting deadlines? Terrible insomnia? Adult offspring still living at home and wearing at least 3000 T-shirts a day? Can I recommend one of these…works every time 🥰
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Academic friends - we're looking to recruit a couple of temporary research posts working at Doncaster Royal Infirmary for a project to evaluate the impact of dedicated Alcohol Care Teams in hospitals
Would suit a PhD student looking for clinical research experience
jobs.hull.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Would suit a PhD student looking for clinical research experience
jobs.hull.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Vacancy at the University of Hull: TSS Research Assistant
We are seeking up to two temporary Research Assistants to join the ProACTIVE research team, which is examining the impact and effectiveness of Alcohol Care Teams in England. This is an exciting opport...
jobs.hull.ac.uk
November 14, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Academic friends - we're looking to recruit a couple of temporary research posts working at Doncaster Royal Infirmary for a project to evaluate the impact of dedicated Alcohol Care Teams in hospitals
Would suit a PhD student looking for clinical research experience
jobs.hull.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Would suit a PhD student looking for clinical research experience
jobs.hull.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Thread for those new to BlueSky. First of all, welcome. It feels like a safer space, doesn’t it? But also perhaps a bit disorienting initially? Here’s some tips for getting your bearings.
November 13, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Thread for those new to BlueSky. First of all, welcome. It feels like a safer space, doesn’t it? But also perhaps a bit disorienting initially? Here’s some tips for getting your bearings.