HOW SOCIAL PERCEPTIONS SHAPE WHO GETS AN ENDOMETRIOSIS DIAGNOSIS Centring LGBTQ+ experiences of endometriosis: A critical mixed-methods analysis

What is endometriosis? Imagine you are in chronic pain. You’ve been waiting around eight years for a diagnosis. Then, after years of your symptoms being normalised and not being believed by family, friends, colleagues, and healthcare professionals you finally receive a diagnosis, only to find the cause is unknown and there is no cure. That’s the reality for people with endometriosis.

What do you research? My PhD is about trying to improve the understanding of factors that contribute to this delay in diagnosis, specifically for LGBTQ+ patients, using a mixture of both quantitative and qualitative research methods. My work aims to broaden who is involved in creating knowledge about the experiences of endometriosis diagnosis.

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A very exciting new research spotlight has been uploaded to our website!! Written by @eldoespsyc.bsky.social the post explores how social perceptions shape who gets an endometriosis diagnosis. You can get a taste of Ellen’s research here leedspostgraduatereview.wordpress.com/ellen-frost-...

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Ellen Frost – How social perceptions shape who gets an endometriosis diagnosis Centring LGBTQ+ experiences of endometriosis: A critical mixed-methods analysis Ellen Frost Postgraduate Researcher in Feminist Social Psychology Imagine you are in chronic pain. You’ve been waitin…

I wrote an essay for @leedspgreview.bsky.social! In it I argue that the endometriosis diagnostic delay is not solely a clinical issue but a product of gendered norms around pain, fertility, and who is considered as a 'normative' patient.

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I had a lovely time at the poster session at the Women's Health Symposium at Leeds yesterday. I talked about the preliminary findings of my first PhD study. Thank you to the organisers, it was so lovely to meet lots of people doing work they are so passionate about! @researchleeds.bsky.social

🗣️Speakers:

🗽Melanie Chambliss, Assistant Professor of History (Rochester)

💂‍♂️Bridget Bennett, Professor of American Literature and Culture (Leeds)

🗽Autumn Haag, Assistant Director, Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation (Rochester)

💂‍♂️Kate Dossett, Professor of American History (Leeds)

A recruitment poster for a PhD research project. The background is a photo of orange flowers. Text in pink and dark green in a white box reads the following: "Couples wanted for PhD research project. Were you and your partner together throughout the COVID-19 pandemic? We would love to talk to you both! Couples wanted to discuss their experiences of the pandemic and beyond in a friendly conversation with a PhF researcher. Participating couples will each have a joint interview lasting approximately 1-2 hours at a time, date and location of your choosing (either online or at NTU campus), and provide a selection of photographs to share and discuss. Participating couples will receive up to £50 in vouchers as thanks. To qualify for this research you must both be over the age of 18, have been in the same, monogamous relationship for 6-15 years, and we're living in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. To register your interest and for more info, email jodie.paterson@ntu.ac.uk, or follow this link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/R601HzBZBW"

Recruitment is now open for the final study of my PhD! I'm looking for some lovely couples to chat to about their experiences during the pandemic and beyond.

Sign up here 👉 forms.cloud.microsoft/e/R601HzBZBW

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Final call for LGBTQ+ endometriosis research!!

I had such a great time at @qmip.bsky.social #QMiP2025 conference over the last couple of days. So excited to finally get to the qual part of my PhD and apply some exciting methods. And thank you @maddipow.bsky.social and @lucyprodgers.bsky.social for hanging out with me at my first BPS conference!

Me smiling with a cup of iced coffee, with two other women also with iced coffees

Cupcakes showing a QMiP birthday icing

Screenshot of my talk title - Open Research and Qualitative Methods in Psychology – Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going

Had SUCH a nice day today at the @qmip.bsky.social #QMiP2025 conference. I spoke about how we need to actively resist some of the sloppy mandates for open research/science practices that are not (always) epistemologically compatible with qualitative methods. (And there was iced coffee and cake)

... I just wanted to say thank you to the University, our departments, and attendees for the support with putting on an event like this. We have since received some amazing feedback and the team are very pleased with how the day went. Hopefully we will be able to do something similar in the future!

I hosted my first symposium - 'Identity, Pride, and Research; Centring LGBTQ+ Voices in STEM' !!

The day had some great talks covering topics such as bi-invisibility, queerness in field research, why LGBTQ+ leadership matters, and intersections concerning autism and gender ambiguity...

I'm looking for UK healthcare workers to help me pilot an online study as part of my PhD. The study explores daily communications in healthcare settings.
If you would like to take part (or just to find out more), please fill in this short form:
👉 lnkd.in/dreyKqjZ
Thank you 😊
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Recruiting participants for my first PhD study! Please follow the link below if you would like to take part:

leedspsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

#endometriosis #menstrualhealth #invisibleillness #chronicpain #endo #endowarrior #endometriosisawareness #wce25 #endoresearch

Research Participants Needed!
This is a laboratory study based at the University of Leeds.
Please share with your networks if possible.
To read the Participant Information Sheet and sign up to the study, please follow this link:
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Considerations for inclusive health psychology research with LGBTQIA+ participants | BPS Ellen Frost, a PhD student at the University of Leeds, explores ways in which health psychology research can be designed so that it is LGBTQAI+ inclusive.

My Bluesky debut post is about the blog that I wrote for the West Midlands Branch of the British Psychological Society! In it I discuss ways in which we can make healthcare research more inclusive for the LGBTQ+ community. Have a read below:👇

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and you were great!☀️