Viveka Guzmán
@vivekaguzman.bsky.social
Postdoc researcher on social, genetic & environmental factors of health @Imperial College London.
Passionate about health geography, global health equity, planetary health & sea swimming
Passionate about health geography, global health equity, planetary health & sea swimming
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Thank you to everyone who joined this morning’s webinar launching our bodymapping toolkit. It was lovely to have such thoughtful engagement. Beth, Maaret & @oonaghcousins.bsky.social are really grateful to share their work.
Recording out soon. Toolkit link below 👇
Recording out soon. Toolkit link below 👇
June 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined this morning’s webinar launching our bodymapping toolkit. It was lovely to have such thoughtful engagement. Beth, Maaret & @oonaghcousins.bsky.social are really grateful to share their work.
Recording out soon. Toolkit link below 👇
Recording out soon. Toolkit link below 👇
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What makes a place feel happy?
A psychologist asked students to map their joy in #Philly — revealing how nature, beauty, safety and a sense of belonging shape our emotional wellbeing.
A psychologist asked students to map their joy in #Philly — revealing how nature, beauty, safety and a sense of belonging shape our emotional wellbeing.
Philly psychology students map out local landmarks and hidden destinations where they feel happiest
Public squares, secret gardens and offbeat cafes can offer respite and a sense of community connection, which contribute to happiness.
buff.ly
June 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
What makes a place feel happy?
A psychologist asked students to map their joy in #Philly — revealing how nature, beauty, safety and a sense of belonging shape our emotional wellbeing.
A psychologist asked students to map their joy in #Philly — revealing how nature, beauty, safety and a sense of belonging shape our emotional wellbeing.
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🚨1/5. Cutting PIP will:
⚠️ Push people further away from work
⚠️ Increase poverty
⚠️ Drive decline in health & independence
See what people said below ⬇️
📧 Contact your MP today & ask them to oppose the proposed welfare changes!!
#LongCovid
#TakingThePIP
⚠️ Push people further away from work
⚠️ Increase poverty
⚠️ Drive decline in health & independence
See what people said below ⬇️
📧 Contact your MP today & ask them to oppose the proposed welfare changes!!
#LongCovid
#TakingThePIP
June 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🚨1/5. Cutting PIP will:
⚠️ Push people further away from work
⚠️ Increase poverty
⚠️ Drive decline in health & independence
See what people said below ⬇️
📧 Contact your MP today & ask them to oppose the proposed welfare changes!!
#LongCovid
#TakingThePIP
⚠️ Push people further away from work
⚠️ Increase poverty
⚠️ Drive decline in health & independence
See what people said below ⬇️
📧 Contact your MP today & ask them to oppose the proposed welfare changes!!
#LongCovid
#TakingThePIP
🎨🎬 Brilliant presentation by Helen Manchester @helenmanchester.bsky.social on Re-imagining Ageing Futures at #BSG2025
Main message I take 🏠 with me: "Creatively imagining futures gives us tangible tools in the present to make other/better futures possible"
Main message I take 🏠 with me: "Creatively imagining futures gives us tangible tools in the present to make other/better futures possible"
June 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🎨🎬 Brilliant presentation by Helen Manchester @helenmanchester.bsky.social on Re-imagining Ageing Futures at #BSG2025
Main message I take 🏠 with me: "Creatively imagining futures gives us tangible tools in the present to make other/better futures possible"
Main message I take 🏠 with me: "Creatively imagining futures gives us tangible tools in the present to make other/better futures possible"
🤒How do older people make-sense of persistent COVID symptoms?
🤔 How does this influence their behaviors & outcomes?
📝 I'm presenting findings from the REACT study at the #BSG2025 conference, let's have a chat! 🗨️
@imperialsph.bsky.social @imperialperc.bsky.social @britishgerontology.bsky.social
🤔 How does this influence their behaviors & outcomes?
📝 I'm presenting findings from the REACT study at the #BSG2025 conference, let's have a chat! 🗨️
@imperialsph.bsky.social @imperialperc.bsky.social @britishgerontology.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
🤒How do older people make-sense of persistent COVID symptoms?
🤔 How does this influence their behaviors & outcomes?
📝 I'm presenting findings from the REACT study at the #BSG2025 conference, let's have a chat! 🗨️
@imperialsph.bsky.social @imperialperc.bsky.social @britishgerontology.bsky.social
🤔 How does this influence their behaviors & outcomes?
📝 I'm presenting findings from the REACT study at the #BSG2025 conference, let's have a chat! 🗨️
@imperialsph.bsky.social @imperialperc.bsky.social @britishgerontology.bsky.social
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Our Imperial and @ukdri.ac.uk researchers have uncovered a link between COVID-19 and changes that can contribute to neurodegenerative disease.
The greatest effects were seen in those hospitalised with COVID or with underlying risk factors ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/260553/...
The greatest effects were seen in those hospitalised with COVID or with underlying risk factors ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/260553/...
COVID-19 linked to increase in biomarkers for abnormal brain proteins | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Researchers have uncovered a link between COVID-19 and blood markers linked to faulty proteins in the brain.
www.imperial.ac.uk
January 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Our Imperial and @ukdri.ac.uk researchers have uncovered a link between COVID-19 and changes that can contribute to neurodegenerative disease.
The greatest effects were seen in those hospitalised with COVID or with underlying risk factors ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/260553/...
The greatest effects were seen in those hospitalised with COVID or with underlying risk factors ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/260553/...
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#Mexico: The recent executive orders on #migration from the U.S. administration leave hundreds of thousands of people along the Latin American migration corridor in even greater uncertainty, exposed to heightened risks on a route already marked by extreme violence.
January 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
#Mexico: The recent executive orders on #migration from the U.S. administration leave hundreds of thousands of people along the Latin American migration corridor in even greater uncertainty, exposed to heightened risks on a route already marked by extreme violence.
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New e-learning to better understand the process that leads to #VaccineAcceptance & factors influencing attitudes towards #vaccination.
The course is mainly for healthcare workers but anyone interested in promoting & facilitating vaccination can register!
Ready to learn more?
Click: bit.ly/42rWnK2
The course is mainly for healthcare workers but anyone interested in promoting & facilitating vaccination can register!
Ready to learn more?
Click: bit.ly/42rWnK2
January 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
New e-learning to better understand the process that leads to #VaccineAcceptance & factors influencing attitudes towards #vaccination.
The course is mainly for healthcare workers but anyone interested in promoting & facilitating vaccination can register!
Ready to learn more?
Click: bit.ly/42rWnK2
The course is mainly for healthcare workers but anyone interested in promoting & facilitating vaccination can register!
Ready to learn more?
Click: bit.ly/42rWnK2
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📷 Beautiful & emotive photo exhibition with testimony at The Wellcome Collection of #pwME by Jeremy Jeffs
Will let the photos do the talking in this 🧵
wellcomecollection.org/stories/livi...
Will let the photos do the talking in this 🧵
wellcomecollection.org/stories/livi...
Living with ME
Nine people with ME reveal their unremitting struggles as they negotiate life with their illness, including their battles to be believed, diagnosed and supported.
wellcomecollection.org
November 28, 2024 at 2:47 PM
📷 Beautiful & emotive photo exhibition with testimony at The Wellcome Collection of #pwME by Jeremy Jeffs
Will let the photos do the talking in this 🧵
wellcomecollection.org/stories/livi...
Will let the photos do the talking in this 🧵
wellcomecollection.org/stories/livi...
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📢New Issue of Area!📢
December's Issue features a Special Section on 'Health Geographies' and 9 papers on topics from slow emergencies in Hong Kong to collaborative zine making in public libraries.
13/15 papers are open access & free to read now:
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754762... #geo
December's Issue features a Special Section on 'Health Geographies' and 9 papers on topics from slow emergencies in Hong Kong to collaborative zine making in public libraries.
13/15 papers are open access & free to read now:
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754762... #geo
November 29, 2024 at 10:54 AM
📢New Issue of Area!📢
December's Issue features a Special Section on 'Health Geographies' and 9 papers on topics from slow emergencies in Hong Kong to collaborative zine making in public libraries.
13/15 papers are open access & free to read now:
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754762... #geo
December's Issue features a Special Section on 'Health Geographies' and 9 papers on topics from slow emergencies in Hong Kong to collaborative zine making in public libraries.
13/15 papers are open access & free to read now:
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754762... #geo
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Fantastic paper by @sarindiary.bsky.social on improving the maternity experience for Black, African, Caribbean & mixed-Black families in NW London. Demonstrating the power of participatory research methods when prioritising directions @profhelenward.bsky.social qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/earl...
Improving the maternity experience for Black, African, Caribbean and mixed-Black families in an integrated care system: a multigroup community and interprofessional co-production prioritisation exerci...
Background Ethnic inequities in maternity care persist in England for Black, African, Caribbean and mixed-Black heritage families, resulting in poorer care experiences and health outcomes than other m...
qualitysafety.bmj.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Fantastic paper by @sarindiary.bsky.social on improving the maternity experience for Black, African, Caribbean & mixed-Black families in NW London. Demonstrating the power of participatory research methods when prioritising directions @profhelenward.bsky.social qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/earl...