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Amy M. Russell

@amymrussell.bsky.social
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Associate Professor Health Inequalities @UniversityLeeds #Qualitative health research to improve inclusion in research & healthcare. Working with people with a learning disability to innovate in creative methods for inclusion. linktr.ee/amymrussell

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Amy M. Russell @amymrussell.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Delighted to see WHO Director-General Dr Tedros join us on Bluesky @drtedros.who.int Welcome Dr Tedros!
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Amy M. Russell @amymrussell.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Launching today ‘Creating knowledge together’ – a collection of 13 essays on the power of community engaged research, published by British Science Association. Read our essay ‘How to ethically share power with public research partners: AKA keeping blobs blobby’ and explore the full collection here:
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Vaso Totsika @vasototsika.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
The figures haven't changed in the past few years
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Amy M. Russell @amymrussell.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Great summary of the day by @peterlangdon.bsky.social It felt like it was one of those talks that resonated with a lot of people. Lots of break time discussion about recruitment, ethics, gatekeepers and funding. So much energy and desire for improvement gives me a kick up the bum to keep going!
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Peter Langdon @peterlangdon.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
We’re back again this year showcasing excellent research involving people with intellectual disabilities and autistic people taking place across the Midlands! Thank you to our partners: NHS England, ADASS, NIHR RDN East and West Midlands, Reach-Out, University of Birmingham
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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
30 Charts That Show How Covid Changed Everything (US)
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30 Charts That Show How Covid Changed Everything in March 2020 (Gift Article)
It can be easy to forget, or look away from, the pain and disruption of the pandemic. The numbers will be there to remind us.
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Mary Madden @feministgothic.eurosky.social · 11/03/2025
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Say No to an Austerity Budget!
14 years of austerity have pushed the UK's public services well past their limits. Our communities are at breaking point. Every part of life has been damaged by it. Choosing to implement an austerity ...
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 16/02/2025
How should you respond to a regime that has disregard for health and wellbeing, ignores the central role of inequalities in poor health outcomes, and believes science and scholarship to be enemies of progress? @kamranabbasi.bsky.social in the latest Editor's Choice www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Donald Trump
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Amy M. Russell @amymrussell.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Gary Boulet and I are the keynotes today for the Midlands Learning Disability and Autism Research event. Our talk is on the contribution people with learning disabilities make to research; as participants, advisors & as research leaders.
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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Great write up at @thetransmitter.bsky.social on the seeming erasure of SABV in the new era of NIH. Gotta say The Transmitter is killing it the last few weeks, first to report on the Federal Register block and now this. Leading the charge! 💪 www.thetransmitter.org/policy/exclu...
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Exclusive: NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studies
Such a shift would “put us back in the dark ages in terms of our science,” says neuroscientist Anne Murphy, who helped to formulate the original policy.
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Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD @kmpanthagani.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Why is measles such a big deal? Here's why:
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
"Amanda Jones, a librarian in Louisiana, has received death threats since speaking out against book bans. She was labelled a paedophile and filmed by strangers in public. She fears going out alone. “I can name a librarian in every state this has happened to — and I fear it’s only going to get worse”
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I am the ‘Michael Jordan of book banning’. This is why I do it
Bruce Friedman has challenged 1,200 books since the pandemic, alarming free speech advocates — and librarians who face death threats
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Dr Victoria Shepherd @vickylshepherd.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
More to add to the trial methodology starter pack @amymrussell.bsky.social (and lots to follow here @trialforge.bsky.social @streweek.bsky.social) in not already!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
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Katie Gillies @katiegillies.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Currently low response rates from CTU Directors (n=5), Programmers/Data Managers (n=0), & QA Managers (n=3) working in clinical trials. We need to know what these groups think the challenges are for greener trials. forms.office.com/e/fkeLD8HbMA Please complete &RT @ukctunetwork.bsky.social
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Microsoft Forms
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
This is just so cruel. My wife works at a school attended by many kids with disabilities, and one of my daughters is neurodivergent. I am at a loss for words. This state just keeps disappointing me.
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Marita Hennessy @maritahennessy.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
"It’s particularly egregious as a women’s health product to be deceiving about what it can and can't do and could prevent women from getting proper treatment." #FemTech #WomensHealth #COI #CDoH www.forbes.com/sites/cyrusf...
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Procter & Gamble’s Menopause Test Kit Is A ‘Fraud,’ Lawsuit Claims
A urine stick test isn’t the best way to determine a woman’s menopausal status.
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Amy M. Russell @amymrussell.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Let deregulate children catching fire and botulism. It doesn’t sound like unnecessary red tape when you look at it that way…
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Amy M. Russell @amymrussell.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
On the 5 year anniversary of the shambles that half the country didn't want and now its hard to find anyone who still thinks it was a good idea I felt this was worth a repost #brexit
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
How can anyone in their right mind ignore this letter from Caroline Kennedy about her cousin, RFK Jr.?
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Amy M. Russell @amymrussell.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I did not see this one coming
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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Really feeling for US colleagues and students and knowledge and society right now...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 28/01/2025
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
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White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Trump Reinstated the Global Gag Rule. Here’s What’s at Stake.
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Trump Reinstated the Global Gag Rule. Here’s What’s at Stake.
In his first term, Trump oversaw an unprecedented expansion of the gag rule. Its reinstatement could decimate global reproductive and sexual health.
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Cicely Marston @cicely.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Of course we expected this, but it’s still not widely known about among non specialists. The damage done to women’s health by the global gag rule can’t be understated. The GOP/US government have been doing this for decades www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump signs order to reinstate ‘global gag rule’ on abortion aid
Federal rule also known as ‘Mexico City policy’ halts US funds to overseas groups that provide abortion services
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Undervalued Vagina MD (she/her)🦄 @undervaluedvagina.medsky.social · 25/01/2025
www.texastribune.org/2025/01/24/t... @aclu.org - can anything be done? Can Texas Medical Board investigate?
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Feds drop charges against Texas doctor accused of leaking transgender care data
Dr. Eithan Haim of Dallas had faced four counts for wrongfully disclosing the individually identifiable health information of underage patients at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston.
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Dr Jess Mannion @drjessmannion.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Had such an enjoyable collaborative writing retreat this morning @amymrussell.bsky.social @drmkirby.bsky.social #research
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FLUX @flux-consortium.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Our new study shows that together with increasing early childhood education and care participation rates, overall inequality has increased in Europe. #ECEC #childcare #education #inequality www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Growing inequality and diverging paths in early childhood education and care: Educational disparities in Europe | Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy | Cambridge Core
Growing inequality and diverging paths in early childhood education and care: Educational disparities in Europe
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Kent Buse @kentbuse.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
#Trump’s withdrawal from @who.int was widely anticipated & criticised for damage it will cause. It serves as a wake-up call for the importance of multilateralism in the face of American unilateralism. In our @bmj.com piece, we outline actions to address the crisis www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
1/ Trump has announced plans to withdraw from @who.int This decision threatens to weaken WHO, isolate the US, and undermine global health diplomacy when unity is most needed. We respond @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Amy M. Russell @amymrussell.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
The wonderful Clara Greed wrote widely on this topic and after years of reducing local authority budgets it is even more urgent. Women, children and disabled people are disproportionately affected by the closure of public toilets. It is discrimination.
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Lady P of Soggy Bottom @pshoot.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Thank you Martin Luther King
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Trump did not invite France’s Macron, the UK’s Starmer or Germany’s Scholz for the inauguration but instead invited those countries’ fascists Reconquest/Zemmour (France), the AfD/Weidel (Germany) and Reform/Farage (UK). As a friend just said, it’s not an inauguration. It’s a rally.
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Remember these when you’re told cuts are unavoidable because there’s no money… As Davos begins, shocking data revealed in Oxfam’s report: 💰Billionaire wealth is growing 3 times faster than it was just a year ago. 💰Billionaire wealth is growing by $5.7 billion every 𝙙𝙖𝙮.
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a man in a suit and tie is laying on a pile of money with the letters r and t on it
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is laying on a pile of money with the letters r and t on it
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Amy M. Russell @amymrussell.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
So we can’t get our new hospitals in the UK as there’s no money? Good job the Conservatives didn’t waste £715 million of tax payers money in just 2 years….oh wait. They did. Revealed: Tories spent £134m on never-used IT systems for failed Rwanda scheme. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Revealed: Conservatives spent £134m on never-used IT systems for failed Rwanda scheme
Home Office official says data protection laws caused the cost of its forced removal programme to increase
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Worldwide mood
An image of mallard duck sitting and looking away from a waterfall directly behind it
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Prof Stephen Serjeant @stephenserjeant.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Disappointing but also not surprising study of how the gender of a seminar speaker affects questions. It’s in economics but I expect it tracks in 🔭 as well as in 🧪 in general /via @maranzazuru.bsky.social & @leafwarbler.bsky.social
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Jess Morgan @jessmorgan.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
For anyone on #MedSky interested in improving the wellbeing, mental health and working lives of health professionals, I've made a start at creating a #MedSkyWellbeing community go.bsky.app/NqFoKDt Let me know of you want adding.
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Amy M. Russell @amymrussell.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
World’s richest use up their fair share of 2025 carbon budget in 10 days www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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World’s richest use up their fair share of 2025 carbon budget in 10 days
Emissions caused by wealthiest 1% so far this year would take someone from poorest 50% three years to create
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Prof Amanda J Farrin @amandafarrin.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
We're running our annual online Masterclass in Complex Interventions Evaluations over 3 days in January and February. Come and learn from our expert team of complex interventions trialists at @leedsctru.bsky.social Register now to reserve your place. Deadline 24 Jan. Link below 👇
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Amy M. Russell @amymrussell.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
When in doubt let nature make ice marbles
I filled a balloon with water and purple food colouring. Then I left it outside and it froze. When I took off the balloon most of the colour was not frozen and drained away but some left a pale colour making the ice ball look like a lilac firework exploded inside. I photographed it in the sun resting on snow.
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White Rose University Consortium @whiteroseuc.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Read how @universityofleeds.bsky.social @amymrussell.bsky.social's passion for social justice and the inclusion of the lesser-heard voices motivates her to change research culture for the better in this @n8research.bsky.social sky.social blog www.n8research.org.uk/being-passio...
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“Being passionate about social justice and the inclusion of the lesser heard voices is why I want to change research culture for the better” - N8 Research Partnership
In a recent interview with Dr Amy M. Russell, Associate Professor at the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, we discussed what constitutes a healthy research culture, with a focus on inclusivity and t...
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God @thegodshow.com · 08/01/2025
What specifically is Donold distracting everyone from by calling for war on Canada and Greenland
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Amy M. Russell @amymrussell.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Excellent walk Sunday. Even when the sleet started it was still good to be out walking. Returning to work today, hours sat still at a desk, with kids at home on a snow day, was …. a bit of a contrast and not so much fun.
Photograph of a sheep with white wool and a black face and horns. It is standing in a snowy field in poor light. It looks a bit gloomy but very scenic. It’s the kind of photo that doesn’t make you jealous you didn’t take it but does illustrate I went for a nice walk in the snow.
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Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Staff member: "Never seen it this bad. It’s important people understand how bad it is. Imagine being the patient who has waited in an A&E corridor for 91 hours. That’s 4 days! Then they might be boarded (so no room, no toilet no privacy) in a corridor on a ward."
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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
THANK YOU These papers were led by Profs Carmel Shachar and Kadija Ferryman Links @jama.com: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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FDA Guidance on Pulse Oximetry Testing Among Diverse Individuals
This study examines temporal trends in US Food and Drug Administration clearance summaries for pulse oximeters that report information about race and ethnicity and/or skin color or tone.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Boris Johnson, 2019: “awful lot of money & an awful lot of police time now goes into these historic offences...£60m I saw was being spaffed up a wall on some investigation into historic child abuse...what on earth is that going to do to protect the public now?” www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
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Boris Johnson under fire over remarks about child abuse inquiries
Labour criticises suggestion that investigating ‘historic’ offences is a waste of money
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Pity Farage wasn’t asked about this - he should be forced to own it @bbclaurak.bsky.social @theneweuropean.bsky.social
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Professor Judith Smith @profjudithsmith.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Why not submit an abstract of your latest health and care services research for the @hsruk.bsky.social annual conference to be held in Newcastle in July? More information at hsruk2025.org #healthpolicysky #healthresearch #healthservicesresearch #academicsky #medsky
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