Lecturer in Health Studies @RoyalHolloway; *mental health *suicide *inequalities *ethnic minorities *collective trauma *lived experiences *sociology
Joined June 2017
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How do young people make sense of suicides in relation to political crisis? What are the safety nets during turbulent times? I wrote a blog based on my research in HK: liverpool.ac.uk/sociology-so…
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Dr. Lynn Tang, Co-I on the MRC-funded Menopause and Ethnicity project, calls for more inclusive NHS care that reflects migrant women's experiences. Read more: royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us…
#MenopauseCare #HealthInequalities #NHS #MRC
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To mark #eseaheritagemonth, Dr Lynn Tang spoke at South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust on mental health in Chinese communities - highlighting internal diversity, cultural humility, & the need for trauma-informed care. #MentalHealth #Chinese @RoyalHolloway @LynnTang_
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📸 Menopause & Ethnicity – an exhibition sharing the lived experiences of Chinese & Black women in Liverpool to improve menopause & ageing healthcare.
🗓️ 18–22 Sept | 📍 Blackburne House, Liverpool
Open to all | Part of @The_MRC with @LynnTang_
#Menopause #Ethnicity #Wellbeing
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@DrKevinstone @rosie_buckland @LynnTang_ @Felipe_sz @RHULstefanbrown @HarryB_sw @yuchingliu202 @BeresfordPeter @dlgcochrane @CAREResearch_W @SheilaFish1 @EffectivePrac @MorrissLisa @richmoth @ESWRA1
This Thursday - The Sociology of Mental Health Social Work (an online event between RC49 and the European Social Work Research Association Special Interest Group) - January 16th 2025 at 18.00-19.00 UTC. Link to join under 'forthcoming activities' at tinyurl.com/ycxvh52d
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Call for NINEDTP Postdoctoral Fellowship applications (closing deadline: 10 March 2025). N.B.: internal deadline (Soci) is 4pm, Monday 10 February 2025. Candidates will be expected to submit their short CV, a draft application form, and mentor statement. Get in touch!
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Out in @GlobalHealthBMJ: We critically examine how expectations around agency and change are mobilised in discussions about decolonisation in global mental health. A focus on reflexivity risks overlooking the contested and shifting boundaries of the field.
gh.bmj.com/content/9/12/e015…
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Our Wellcome Trust Discovery Award on work-related suicides will start on 1 February 2025. Summary below:
wellcome.org/grant-funding/p…
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Our next online seminar on 19.11.24 at 7.00pm UTC Using ethnography in services supporting people with cognitive difficulties and mental health problems: Issues and principles with Kjeld Høgsbro and Rich Moth. See forthcoming activities for link at: tinyurl.com/5f2rkbh3
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📣 Are you a healthcare provider in Liverpool supporting Chinese and/or Black women over the age of 40? We want to hear from you.
Join us for a workshop exploring menopause care.
Find out more and register here ⤵️
ticketsource.co.uk/school-of…
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PhD students - please consider entering our three-minute thesis competition at the @isa_sociology Forum of Sociology in 2025. There will be a $200USD prize for the winner. Also open to those who completed after June 2023. Details at shorturl.at/9Fp0j
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This ESEA Heritage Month, join us to celebrate the launch of two essential toolkits:
1⃣A Brief Guide for Supporting ESEA Migrant Communities in the UK
2⃣Engaging East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) Communities in Research: A Toolkit for Academic (and other) Researchers
📣If you are a researcher, survivor researcher, practitioner, or peer worker from a context affected by extreme events, and are interested in their impact on mental well-being, this event on researching responses to distress is for you: shorturl.at/p05gi
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.@daria_schwalbe is co-editing a special issue on ecological grief and the call for papers just opened!
If you're interested in submitting a paper, read more here link.springer.com/collection…
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It was a really long journey getting here, but my article on doing qualitative suicide research has been published in @FemPsychJournal
Huge thanks to the reviewers, and to @DrAmyChandler and @VeronicaHeney for super insightful comments along the way ❤️
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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Launching the new poster for the virtual world café for mental health researchers on 9th October 2024 at 12.30-15.00 GMT. It focusses on Researching Responses to Distress Caused by Extreme Events. To book go to: shorturl.at/p05gi
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Integration is central to the #mentalhealth of asylum seekers and #refugees but we need greater understanding of what makes it effective. Research by our co-director Prof @HannaKienzler has explored what qualities of integration support mental health.
▶️kcl.ac.uk/the-importance-of-…
ALT Image of people holding hands in a circle. Text: 'The importance of meaningful integration for the mental health of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. New feature by ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health and the Refugee Mental Health and Place Network.'
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How is ethnicity reported, described, and analysed in health research in the UK? I reviewed top 1% cited papers and discussed them with young migrants.
Open Access: doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-1…
BMC Public Health collection: #Racism as a public health crisis
(First PhD paper!🎉)
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Please RSVP to this event and learn more about @EDIFYresearch and @kingsedresearch as well as eating disorders @beatED
In collaboration with @UniofNottingham
🎨 Join us for "Challenging Perspectives," an exhibition exploring diverse journeys of eating disorder recovery through narratives, art, and photography.
📅 When: Oct 14-25 (Mon-Fri, 9.30-16.30)
📍 Where: The Exchange, Bush House (NE), Strand Campus
kcl.ac.uk/events/series/chal…
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Call for Abstracts
‘First, do good’: critical and creative responses to Iatrogenic harm in mental health practices.
Please email your abstract + Bio (250 words + 150 words to [email protected]
Deadline: 18 September 2024.
Website: cvni.ie/2024-2/
ALT ‘First, do good’: critical and creative responses to Iatrogenic harm in mental health practices. 16th Annual Critical Perspectives in Mental Health Conference 8 and 9 NOVEMBER 2024 Call for abstracts (presentations/workshops) of 45 minutes duration related to the conference team and outlining its aims and intentions. Please email your abstract (in Word – 250 words max) and a brief bio 150 words max to [email protected] 18 September 2024. Inquiries to [email protected] or [email protected] Registration details will be circulated in late September 2024 Keynote Speakers Pat Bracken, Jacqui Dillon, Agnes Higgins, Mark Horowitz, Charles O’Mahony, Avril Scannell, and Deirdre Lillis.