A researcher from Imperial College London working in a laboratory.
Research from @imperialsph.bsky.social is powering a major UK initiative to speed up #dementia trials – tackling one of the biggest barriers: finding volunteers.
700+ people have already taken part, accelerating the path to new treatments. 🧠
More: www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article... @ukdri.ac.uk
So proud of the work of my PhD student, @sarindiary.bsky.social for her inspiring work addressing racism in maternity care, alongside community partners like Phayza Fudlalla, pictured with Sarindi in this report, who works with @imperialperc.bsky.social.
www.imperial.ac.uk/stories/sari...
We were glad to have celebrated Paediatric health research taking place at @imperialmed.bsky.social with more than 200 children, young people and parents from across North West London & identifying their health research priorities through our People's Research Cafe.
“We don’t want to just do #research to children; we want to do it with them.”
From asthma to mental health, young people joined our researchers + #NHS teams to share what matters most for their #health, at a unique event at Chelsea FC.
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article... @imperialbrc.bsky.social
🚨Calling #LondonMums🚨
Had a baby since Dec 2024 or currently pregnant? @ImperialCollege researchers want to hear your thoughts on the RSV vaccine, whether you had it or not.
💬 30-45 min interview (phone/online)
🎁 £25 Lovetoshop voucher
📧 Email: matimms@imperial.ac.uk
The Covid Made Long project is is a research partnership led by @lshtm.bsky.social in collaboration with @longcovidkids.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @longcovidsupport.bsky.social @posnegorg.bsky.social
The front cover of the Long Covid Lives illustrated story about young people with Long Covid featuring an illustration of the four young people from the story.
The front cover of the Living with Long Covid: A Young Person's Guide featuring illustrations of young people in different situations, some depicted struggling with symptoms such as lying in bed or with a cloud above their head. Some smiling and eating pizza with friends
The front cover of the Living with Long Covid: A Young Person's Glossary, featuring a young person sitting on a bed looking sad with words such as 'ache' 'depressed' 'lost' and 'sick' floating above their head.
The Covid Made Long project has been working with a group of peer collaborators and young people to co-produce 3 resources we are excited to launch today
If you know someone who may benefit from these resources, please share this post and direct them to this link www.lshtm.ac.uk/covid-made-l...
Huge shoutout 👏to Annemarie Lodder, winner of the 2025 BRC Public Involvement in Research Competition! 🏆
The project exemplifies excellence in PPIE from start to finish.
@imperialperc.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
More details 👇
imperialbrc.nihr.ac.uk/2025/11/28/w...
Read our latest article exploring how Long COVID affects people at work, highlighting the need for adaptable work accommodations to support employment and well‐being. 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Our Partnerships & Training Manager, Maria Piggin (right), has received an Outstanding Recognition Award from the Mosaic Community Trust.
We collaborate with Mosaic and researchers, like Dr Helen Skirrow (left), towards ensuring that community priorities are addressed at Imperial's health research.
New article exploring how Long COVID affects people at work, highlighting the need for adaptable work accommodations to support employment and well‐being.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
@longcovidsupport.bsky.social @nikki-s.bsky.social @imperialperc.bsky.social @imperialbrc.bsky.social
Our Senior Research Fellow in Anthropology, Dr Kirsten Bell reflects on how labelling research disciplines influences how we think about them.
Read more at @bristolbrc.bsky.social blog👇
💛 PERC at W12 Together Festival 💛
We keep it real and relevant — bringing research that speaks to our audience and the people it will impact most.
#W12Together #PeopleFirst #HealthResearch #CommunityEngagement
Are you an experienced #PublicInvolvement professional & passionate about engaging with underrepresented communities? Join us to support @imperialbrc.bsky.social
health research.
👇Find out more and apply by 13 October 2025.
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The @imperialbrc.bsky.social proudly recognises the exceptional public involvement in research across @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social. Our Public Involvement in Research Competition 2025 is now officially open.
Apply by 12 October 2025 👉 tin.al/jG1dq
@imperialmed.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social
🌈 Our PI Officer had an amazing time volunteering at the @wlqp.bsky.social street party!
💌 Big thanks to our colleagues at @westlondonnhs.bsky.social for helping hand out flyers, and to the brilliant folks from @goodgym.bsky.social and @dkms-uk.bsky.social we met along the way. #WLQP #LGBTQ
Millions signed up to @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social's REACT study during the #COVID19 pandemic.
Now, that same cohort could help accelerate #dementia research – through a new partnership with HDR UK, @ukdri.ac.uk & Inuvi.
Faster trials = faster treatments 🧠 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/267013/...
A quick update from me on the REACT study which continues to follow the health impacts of the pandemic. @longcovidsupport.bsky.social @imperialperc.bsky.social @imperialsph.bsky.social
🤒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
Event 🚨
Title: NIHR Research Inclusion Training Event
Date: 25 June
Time: 12:00-16:00
Venue: Hybrid
To register or know more- imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
@imperialmed.bsky.social @imperialnhli.bsky.social @imperialsci.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
🚨New blog: Break the Barriers!🚨
For my PhD, my lived experience partners & I are co-producing research to address #racism in maternity care for Black families in NW London, and we want to share our journey!
🔗 First post + subscribe: bit.ly/3Hw2If4
#BlackMaternalHealth #coproduction #healthequity
Community session in a hall
It was a pleasure hosting @menkaloomba.bsky.social as an @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social Global Development Fund Fellow. This blog reflects her #communityengagement across #NorthWestLondon & feedback on her #PhD in #periodontalhealth & #Type2diabetes blogs.imperial.ac.uk/perc/2025/06...
Had our 2nd Imperial Stroke Public Involvement group of the year yesterday. Excellent discussions around SILENCE-CSVD trial. Celebrated attendance of 4 of our group members at the European life after stroke conference in Prague. #lifeafterstroke @imperialbrains.bsky.social @imperialperc.bsky.social
We are delighted to share that our Director, @profhelenward.bsky.social, has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences @acmedsci.bsky.social.
Huge congratulations, @profhelenward.bsky.social 🎉
New paper alert! A Core Outcome Set for intervention studies in Airway Stenosis.
Thanks @imperialbrc.bsky.social for infrastructure support & @nihr.bsky.social for funding
@imperialmed.bsky.social @drjustinroe.bsky.social @amyfreeman.bsky.social @imperialperc.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/lary...
📢New paper now available: rdcu.be/elqhD
We outline how we trained & supported people living with HIV to conduct & analyse online interviews during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Huge thanks to our amazing community partner
@positivelyuk.bsky.social, staff @imperialperc.bsky.social & co-researchers ✨
🎉 Discover Kimberley Foley’s @kafoley.bsky.social inspiring blog on the Public Involvement work Kim led at the Ealing Community Involvement in Research event 👏
This blog was co-authored with a community member. Visit the link below:
tinyurl.com/2avat9rb and let us know your thoughts!
Post doc Dr Rhea Harewood sharing #BowelCancerAwareness at a community outreach event with the Harrow THCOGIC church.
The group discussed how #BowelCancer is caused, how we can screen to find it earlier and how to improve public involvement in bowel cancer research
#EDI #CancerResearch
Pre-print from REACT . 60 interviews with diverse group
- all reported persistent symptoms after COVID
- many "invisible" as not using clinical care or support groups
- some didn't identify with category Long Covid
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@longcovidsupport.bsky.social @imperialperc.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Helen Ward, Carole and Sarindi Aryasinghe holding the 2024 BRC Public Involvement in Research trophy after their presentation at the NIHR Imperial BRC Annual Event.
On this #WorldHealthDay the @who.int focuses on the health of mothers and babies. Our 2024 Public Involvement in Research Competition Winner, @sarindiary.bsky.social, followed a co-production approach to address ethnic inequities in maternity care for Black women in West London.
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