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Emma Meilak
@thistletaff.bsky.social
Proud mum to two beautiful boys. Scottish girl married to a Welshman living in the Diff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. Leading public involvement
@wolfsoncentre.bsky.social @cardiffuni.bsky.social
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All set for a productive day of learning and knowledge sharing #coprowales2025 #coproconfwales2025 #coproweekwales2025
May 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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New on the blog: The power of community and feeling like you belong 🌎🫂

In this blog, Lauren reflects on the Mental Health Awareness Week theme – community. She shares her journey with mental health and highlights the importance of community for young people. 

Read the full blog 👉 bit.ly/4iZenjG
May 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Great panel and Q&A at this morning’s @cardiffuni.bsky.social PPI&E training session #ppi #publicinvolvement
March 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Please read and share .. our fantastic @wolfsoncentre.bsky.social #YPAG reflecting on our latest #webinar on #socialmedia
📝New on the blog!

Our Youth advisory group speak on the experience of participating in our youth voices in social media webinar and answer questions from the audience.

Are you curious to see what their thoughts are? Check out the full blog: bit.ly/4gR1zf5

#YouthVoices
January 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Come and work with us! We are hiring two psychology assistants to work on our adolescent depression prevention trial at the Wolfson Centre for Young People's Mental Health. See Cardiff University vacancy 19395BR. Please share.
January 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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New paper: Qualitative exploration of implementation of whole school approach to emotional and mental wellbeing in Wales link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@deciphercentre.bsky.social @wolfsoncentre.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Word of the day is ‘pavonise’ (19th century): to strut about like a peacock, all puffed up with conceit.
January 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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“Women were being left in pain and discomfort that “interferes with every aspect of their daily lives”, including their education, careers, relationships and fertility, while their conditions worsen.”

www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
‘Medical misogyny’ condemns women to years of gynaecological pain, MPs told
Damning parliamentary report blames lack of education by healthcare workers and ‘pervasive stigma’ for poor care
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Enjoyed this blog by Dr Hayley Trowbridge and the #sbarc team reflecting on the first meeting of the Cathays Futures project @cardiffunilib.bsky.social. #cathays #livedexperience #academicresearch blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/spark/breaki...
Breaking Down Silos: Creating the foundations for localised knowledge and expertise mobilisation between communities and research institutions
Blogs from Cardiff University Social Science Research Park
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk
December 11, 2024 at 9:42 AM
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Pleased to see a shift in Welsh Govt towards a women's health strategy.

Too many experiences overlooked and women left in pain without answers.

Glad @jeremy-miles.bsky.social & @prifweinidog.bsky.social have moved the Govt & Welsh NHS on this

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Wales: Women's health hubs 'in every part of the country'
Health hubs for women will be set up in every part of the country in an effort to close the gender health gap.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2024 at 10:27 PM
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Hi BlueSky! 🎉

We're here to share our journey, research, and resources on young people’s #MentalHealth.

Start exploring: www.cardiff.ac.uk/wolfson-cent...
December 6, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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Re-post for a chance to win this brilliant prize:

2 x tickets to the show
A room at Leven (liveleven.com)
2 x return train tickets from anywhere in the UK
I’ll present you with a signed print after the concert

Winner picked at random: THURSDAY 3pm

Tickets on sale: THURSDAY 4pm
December 3, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Fantastic @wolfsoncentre.bsky.social YPAG session tonight with Hayley Reed, evaluating mental health interventions for young people #youthvoice #PPI #mentalhealth #involvement
a penguin wearing a hat and a yellow vest says " good job "
ALT: a penguin wearing a hat and a yellow vest says " good job "
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December 3, 2024 at 6:50 PM
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“Women, eh?”

The Gregg Wallace Defence
December 1, 2024 at 9:10 AM
If you can, please support this 👇👇
We are ENDO1000, a research project based at the University of Edinburgh into endometriosis. We will be recruiting 1000 participants with the condition in Autumn 2025, to help us learn more about diagnosis, treatment, and influencing factors. Read more: www.endo1000.com
Endo1000 | The UK-wide Endometriosis Research Project
www.endo1000.com
December 2, 2024 at 8:23 AM
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Do you share information online for young people about mental health? If so, our coproduced guidelines could be just what you are looking for!
November 27, 2024 at 5:52 AM