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Dawn Richards, PhD
@dawnrichards.bsky.social
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Living life with #Arthritis along for the ride. Posting & passionate about #Research, arthritis, #PatientEngagement, #PPI. Opinions my own.
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Dawn Richards, PhD @dawnrichards.bsky.social · Jan 22
Not everyone is convinced about #PatientEngagement in research - I get that. I wrote a letter to those folks to challenge some of their thoughts and in hopes of getting them to reflect on these a bit more - www.bmj.com/content/388/.... Thanks to @bmj.com for publishing.
Dear sceptics of patient engagement in research
Dawn P Richards challenges some of the common objections to patient engagement in research I have been in a lot of spaces over the years where people were not convinced about patient engagement in re...
www.bmj.com
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erictopol.bsky.social
We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief
www.scripps.edu
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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jeffreymphd.bsky.social
Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Remembering my sister Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin died of ovarian cancer in 1958 aged 37 years. Sympathy and feminism have combined to give us her familiar image as a downtrodden woman scientist, brilliant but neglected, a heroine t...
www.thelancet.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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meadekrosby.bsky.social
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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helenbranswell.bsky.social
Before her (too early) death, the amazing Sharon Begley wrote this piece on double helix co-discoverer James Watson and the racist and sexist pronouncements he seemed to revel in making in later life. Fascinating read about a troubling individual.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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ivacheung.com
With 🇺🇸 Thanksgiving being 3 weeks away and SNAP being a shit show—but with some retailers and nonprofits offering turkeys for low or no cost—I'd love to get my free cookbook #AfterTheFeast to as many folks as possible.

Would you kindly share it here and elsewhere? 🙏 ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet - Iva Cheung
After a couple decades of editing and indexing cookbooks, I took a stab at writing (a small!) one. After the Feast brings together 25-ish of my favourite ways to use up the leftovers from big turkey d...
ivacheung.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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kidsinpain.bsky.social
➰Our November issue of 'In the Loop' is here! Learn how you can be part of the movement to close the gap for kids in pain!🔗 tinyurl.com/4by6pcda

✉️Subscribe & submit an entry: kidsinpain.ca/newsletters/

#ItDoesntHaveToHurt #InTheLoop #NPAW2025
Orange banner with an image of an envelope and cursor and the text "Our In the Loop November Newsletter is out now! Check your email or visit our website to view, subscribe or submit an entry for our next issue! The background is a blue sky with clouds. to the right of the banner is a laptop displaying SKIP's newsletter, which includes the text "Help close the gap for kids in pain" and has an image of a SKIP character in a hard hat holding a shovel next to a pile of bricks and a gap in the ground to be filled in.
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Reposted by Dawn Richards, PhD
kidsinpain.bsky.social
Have you seen Healthcare Excellence Canada’s series, All Voices for Safer Care? Check out SKIP’s article on how the Pediatric Pain Management health standard is closing gaps for kids in pain. tinyurl.com/2wx6fwmu

#ItDoesntHaveToHurt #NPAW2025 #CPSW2025
@he-es-canada.bsky.social
Graphic with bright pink background and 5 multi-coloured speech bubbles (yellow, teal and indigo) with one word in each "All voices for safer care". Below in the Healthcare Excellence logo, and the text "Canadian Patient Safety Week 2025, Oct 27-31"
November 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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sabrinapoirier.bsky.social
Thanks for sharing this Solve.

We appreciate it.
solveme.bsky.social Solve M.E. @solveme.bsky.social · 29d
Register today for the @icancmeresearch.bsky.social online conference Nov. 4-6. The event was designed by people w/ #MECFS and the theme is “Nothing About Us Without Us.”

icancme.ca/research/202...
2025 ME Conference - ICanCME
icancme.ca
October 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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sabrinapoirier.bsky.social
Please check your spam or junk folders for an email from ICanCME if you haven’t received your link yet for part 2 of the conference registration. :)

Also, we had some missing emails and some that were rejected for being written incorrectly (missing the @ sign for example).
October 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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capa-aca.bsky.social
Today is the last day to complete our survey about living with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)! This is your chance to share your experience and help shape access to treatment.

Learn more + add your voice: buff.ly/2LUuZry

#PMR #Kevzara #PatientInput #PatientVoice
October 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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ivacheung.com
I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.

The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.

Please spread the word! 🍗

ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet - Iva Cheung
After a couple decades of editing and indexing cookbooks, I took a stab at writing (a small!) one. After the Feast brings together 25-ish of my favourite ways to use up the leftovers from big turkey d...
ivacheung.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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msmacrophage.bsky.social
Hello #HamOnt! On Oct 16th I'll be at the @hamiltonlibrary.bsky.social talking about fascinating research on how vaccinations protect the aging brain. It's free, it's fun, and I would love to see you all there. Register below. @miramcmaster.bsky.social
Bites & Insights: Is dementia a vaccine-preventable condition? - MIRA
Register here
mira.mcmaster.ca
September 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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madhupai.bsky.social
In need of some inspiration this weekend?

I use these inspirational quotes in my global health courses
3 quotes with images of the authors: "The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free" - Maya Angelou "My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness" - Dalai Lama "I tell my students, 'When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else" - Toni Morrison
September 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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pxphub.bsky.social
“What we bring to the community and decision makers is that breadth of lived experience. Researchers want to partner with us because we have knowledge, experiences, and values that they don’t have.” - Neil Bertelsen #PxP25
“What we bring to the community and decision makers is that breadth of lived experience. Researchers want to partner with us because we have knowledge, experiences, and values that they don’t have.” - Neil Bertelsen
September 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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pxphub.bsky.social
“Like the idea of us as a global patient movement identifying institutions that claim to be doing health equity work and holding them accountable to these claims.” - Kwanele Asante #PxP25
“Like the idea of us as a global patient movement identifying institutions that claim to be doing health equity work and holding them accountable to these claims.” - Kwanele Asante #PxP25
September 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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pxphub.bsky.social
“Expertise makes the distinction between our experience and our expertise like others on the team (e.g. a biostatistician).” - Greg Merritt
“Expertise makes the distinction between our experience and our expertise like others on the team (e.g. a biostatistician).” - Greg Merritt
September 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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pxphub.bsky.social
“With each passing involvement, my confidence grows in my ability and my place in the process….Crucially I can say no to project that don’t feel right, feel tokenistic, or not right for my family.” - Joel Nelson #PxP25
“With each passing involvement, my confidence grows in my ability and my place in the process….Crucially I can say no to project that don’t feel right, feel tokenistic, or not right for my family.” - Joel Nelson #PxP25
September 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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pxphub.bsky.social
“Even though we may all live with the same disease, doctors need to know that our experiences are all different. We’re not just numbers.” - Marquetta Frost #PxP25
“Even though we may all live with the same disease, doctors need to know that our experiences are all different. We’re not just numbers.” - Marquetta Frost #PxP25
September 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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pxphub.bsky.social
“You have power, you have expertise, it’s valued by lots of people. If that situation isn’t right, you can walk away and you will be valued somewhere else.” - Simon Stones #PxP25
“You have power, you have expertise, it’s valued by lots of people. If that situation isn’t right, you can walk away and you will be valued somewhere else.” - Simon Stones #PxP25
September 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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pxphub.bsky.social
“One voice is not enough. We need many patient voices- loud, clear, and informed, at every decision-making table.” - Josef de Guzman #PxP25
“One voice is not enough. We need many patient voices- loud, clear, and informed, at every decision-making table.” - Josef de Guzman #PxP25
September 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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pxphub.bsky.social
“Patience, grace, and understanding that changing culture takes time. Patient engagement is fairly new and people are learning together.” - Cheslie Johnston
“Patience, grace, and understanding that changing culture takes time. Patient engagement is fairly new and people are learning together.” - Cheslie Johnston
September 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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pxphub.bsky.social
“A paper that sits locked on a shelf is like a locked medicine cabinet. The medicine is there, but it doesn’t reach the people who need it.” - Marie Ennis-O'Connor
“A paper that sits locked on a shelf is like a locked medicine cabinet. The medicine is there, but it doesn’t reach the people who need it.” - Marie Ennis-O'Connor
September 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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pxphub.bsky.social
“The problem is that doctors think they know what patients want”- “how do patients assert their authority and voice, and make doctors and researchers understand more about this?” - Nikhil Jayswal #PxP25
“The problem is that doctors think they know what patients want”- “how do patients assert their authority and voice, and make doctors and researchers understand more about this?” - Nikhil Jayswal #PxP25
September 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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pxphub.bsky.social
“Engagement moves at the speed of trust. If you have no trust, you’ll never have engagement.” - Jeff Ordway #PxP25
“Engagement moves at the speed of trust. If you have no trust, you’ll never have engagement.” - Jeff Ordway
September 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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pxphub.bsky.social
“Trust is important. When you build that trust, you get to the point of being a partner.” - Joab Wako #PxP25
“Trust is important. When you build that trust, you get to the point of being a partner.” - Joab Wako #PxP25
September 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM