Professor in Psychology, wellbeing, mental health, and autism researcher. Loves sport - particularly tennis! Pronouns she/her

Edinburgh
Joined July 2014
Great to see this - so many wonderful initiatives so far
Hey everyone! We are introducing the first part of our Self-Assessment Team for Athena Swan, @heriotwatt_soss. Along with their other commitments, these members are working hard to help SoSS achieve the Athena Swan Bronze Award. Shoutout to all of them! 👏
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"I think we just have to talk about it, and it takes people in powerful positions to talk about it as well." @HeriotWattUni researchers believe there are still improvements to be made when it comes to tackling stigma around menstruation in the workplace.
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Congratulation to my wonderful RA @OscThompson for his first paper being freshly accepted by @PLOSONE. As his academic mentors, @onicatam & I couldn’t be prouder! Thank u @CarnegieUni for having financed his research as part of their UG Vacation Scholarship!!
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Opportunity to work on a great project with a great team!
I’m looking for candidates for a full time Research Associate  for a fixed term contract to be part of an EU funded SMILE project of which I’m the project lead at @HeriotWattUni @heriotwatt_soss @HWPsych @CABS_HeriotWatt. Link below for details: enzj.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/…
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Very excited to be part of @heriotwatt_soss Engage Festival led by @AnneliesKusters and James Richards @leaveism
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And lastly me on the future of health and care
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And now onto open questions with the group about engagement and impact
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In our pitching session next up is Robert Adam @rejadam discussing his ideas about managing research fatigue, networking across Britain including a wide range of TV and media engagement e.g. judging game shows, bake off, strictly come dancing!
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Tan Lixuan discussing her ideas about online community translation
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Our next presenter Sarah Goulding talking about story telling and deaf and deaf-hearing families
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Melis Ceylan @mlscyln presenting now on a wide range of ways to engage involving multi media methods
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Ideas pitch this afternoon starting off with @JeminaNapier on Forum Theatre
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And a move over to pedagogical engagement with Jane Bell talking about ensuring that students are engaged with the course and changes can improve attendance, student feedback, and engagement in learning
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Mette Sommer Lindsay @sommermette80 talking about engagement with deaf business owners, what supports engagement and disengagement, and some of the challenges in developing and maintaining trust
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and onto Dr Ana Paula Fonseca @AP_Fonseca talking about Why Sustainability Matters working in partnership with businesses and stakeholders and how policies and messages can be translated into impact
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And our engagement lead @AnneliesKusters talking about using film as a means of engagement
Very excited to be part of @heriotwatt_soss Engage Festival led by @AnneliesKusters and James Richards @leaveism
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Next Dr Katharina Addington-Lefringhausen @Dr_KLef talking about cross cultural psychology and acculturation
Very excited to be part of @heriotwatt_soss Engage Festival led by @AnneliesKusters and James Richards @leaveism
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Very excited to be part of @heriotwatt_soss Engage Festival led by @AnneliesKusters and James Richards @leaveism
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First up @KaterinaStrani talking about her engagement experiences and how to maximise the impact of engagement
Very excited to be part of @heriotwatt_soss Engage Festival led by @AnneliesKusters and James Richards @leaveism
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