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Katie Flanagan

@katieflanagan.bsky.social
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PhD student at UCL looking at the use of virtual reality as a therapy for people with incurable illnesses. Interested in improving care for people with dementia

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Katie Flanagan @katieflanagan.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Final interviews complete 🎉 It’s been a privilege to speak with staff and patients at @queenscourthospice.bsky.social about the potential of VR. Now it’s time to dive into the data and prepare for the implementation study! #VirtualReality #PalliativeCare
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Palliative Care Research Society @pcrscommittee.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
🚀NEW! Organisation Membership You asked. We listened. You can now join the PCRS as an Organisation. This membership is for up to 10 members Cost £550.00 per annum Contact us to join as an organisation TODAY: admin@pcrs.org.uk
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Palliative Care Research Society @pcrscommittee.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
PCRS Prize winner Becky Evans reflects on why palliative care spoke to her during her medical degree & how she plans to pursue research alongside her clinical work. 🔗 Discover her story and explore how PCRS supports budding researchers: pcrs.org.uk/2025/07/28/u... Follow @drbeckyevans.bsky.social
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Katie Flanagan @katieflanagan.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
That’s a wrap on recruitment at Marie Curie Liverpool! I’ve spoken with staff & patients about whether VR could be used in a hospice 🥽 Huge thanks to the staff for their support through such uncertainty, and to the patients who shared their time & stories #PalliativeCare #VirtualReality
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Palliative Care Research Society @pcrscommittee.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Allied health professionals – are you thinking about getting involved in research? Paramedic & researcher Kieran Potts shares practical tips to help you get started 📖 Read his blog here: pcrs.org.uk/blog/ Follow @kieranpotts.bsky.social #AlliedHealth #ResearchCareer #PalliativeCare
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Nature Human Behaviour @nathumbehav.nature.com · 22/05/2025
This Review by Bailenson et al presents five canonical psychological research findings in VR over the past three decades. These findings have been consistently replicated, and are useful for both researchers and users of VR.
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Five canonical findings from 30 years of psychological experimentation in virtual reality - Nature Human Behaviour
This Review presents five canonical psychological research findings in virtual reality (VR) over the past three decades. These findings have been consistently replicated and are useful for both researchers and users of VR.
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Sara Zaske @zaskestanford.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Learning to fly a plane? Practicing speaking before a large crowd? #VirtualReality is great. Attending mundane meetings, answering email? Not so much. Check out the findings from a review of 30 years of #VR research led by @stanfordvr.bsky.social news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
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Five things to do in virtual reality – and five to avoid
A review of experimental research reveals how VR is best used and why it’s struggled to become a megahit with consumers.
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Sabine Best @sabinebest.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Congratulations to @andreabruun.bsky.social for winning the @eapcvzw.bsky.social Early Career Researcher Award #EAPC2025 - so well deserved! Brilliant to hear about your career development from PhD @mariecurieeolc.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk Research Dept and current work on learning disabilities
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Donna Wakefield @donnawakefield.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Wow this is *HUGE* How many delegates- 1,000? From all over the world 🌎 ⭐️ #EAPC2025
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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
We are delighted to publish the abstracts for #EAPC2025 which starts on Thursday 29th May. They are freely available now, ready to help you select the sessions you attend and posters to view. journals.sagepub.com/toc/pmja/39/... #hpm #hapc #palliativecare #research
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Palliative Care Research Society @pcrscommittee.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🎉 Meet Joodi Mourhli, winner of the #PCRS Early Career Poster Prize at the 2025 Palliative Care Congress! She shares what fuels her research into culturally sensitive end-of-life care and the team that inspires her. 🔗 Read more: pcrs.org.uk/2025/05/22/s... #PalliativeCare #ECR
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Lucy Selman @lucyselman.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
We're delighted to launch the new @griefcentrebris.bsky.social today! The Bristol Centre for Grief Research and Engagement will unite our research, education, and policy and public engagement on the topics of grief, death and loss. www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/ap... @leseldawson.bsky.social
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New UK Centre hopes to change public attitudes towards grief
Grief affects everyone but is still very much a taboo subject in the UK. A new Centre - the first of its kind in the UK - hopes to shift public attitudes towards grief and create communities that are ...
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Amara Nwosu @amaranwosu.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Well done to @katieflanagan.bsky.social for presenting a great paper in the @mariecurieuk.bsky.social Hospice Liverpool journal club about the role of #VirtualReality in palliative care for hospice patients. #hapc #palliativecare #medsky #vr @nicolawhite.bsky.social @sarah-stan.bsky.social
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Hospice UK @hospiceuk.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
While the government’s funding boost is a welcome first step, many hospices are facing a tough financial situation, like those in North Yorkshire. Hospices must be part of local funding decisions for long term sustainability. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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North Yorkshire hospices face redundancies and cuts, bosses warn
A deepening financial crisis is affecting North Yorkshire's hospices, councillors are told.
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Katie Flanagan @katieflanagan.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Very happy to be starting my #virtualreality research in palliative care at Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool. The team have given me the warmest welcome 🙂
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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
🕒🍼 Finding focus can be tough, especially with a little one in tow. See how Emily Spencer @ejmspencer.bsky.social tackles productivity and parenthood in her must-read blog. #TimeManagement #ParentingTips buff.ly/40KduFT
This image features a promotional graphic for a guest blog titled "Productivity, Focus, and Parenthood" by Emily Spencer, a PhD student at University College London. The visual depicts a stylised scene with Emily sitting at a cluttered desk, surrounded by books and papers labelled "PHD." She is writing in a notebook while glancing at a laptop screen. In the foreground, a baby is reaching towards a guitar, symbolising the balance between academic pursuits and parenting. Emily Spencer's photo is placed in the top right corner, affirming her authorship.
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Emily Spencer @ejmspencer.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
A great blog from @sgriffiths-6.bsky.social! And so important to recognise this seemingly unavoidable facet of working as a researcher in this field.
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Lucy Selman @lucyselman.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Such a crucial issue, so good to see it on the cover of @thelancet.bsky.social 👏 Well done @libbysallnow.bsky.social and co-authors!
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Emily Spencer @ejmspencer.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Excellent start to 2025 with our latest PriDem paper being accepted for publication! Looking forward to seeing our qualitative process evaluation of a novel model of dementia care in press very soon 🎉
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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
A clinical trial successfully helped people with dementia and their family carers to improve their sleep, tackling what is a common and distressing issue, in a new study led by Prof Penny Rapaport @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social www.express.co.uk/life-style/h...
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Dementia breakthrough as world-first study finds simple habits can improve sleep
EXCLUSIVE: More than 300 people with dementia and their carers took part in a study, trialling techniques to help them sleep better.
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libbysallnow.bsky.social @libbysallnow.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
@thelancet.bsky.social Comment out today: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Social and structural determinants of dying well and the complex systems they exist in #palliativecare #socialdeterminantsofhealth
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George Turner @georgeturner.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
A pleasure to attend the 'Policy recommendations for palliative dementia care' event at the House of Lords on Wednesday, bringing together politicians, policymakers, stakeholders and researchers to encourage a change in the way we care for those with dementia
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Prof Mark Taubert @profmarktaubert.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Our letter in the Times today about the #AssistedDying debate in the Commons and ordinary dying.
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Sarah Griffiths @sgriffiths-6.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
📢Practitioners working with GP surgeries (GPs, nurses, dementia advisors, care co-ordinators....).Do you have conversations with people with #dementia and carers about their care/support needs? Contact me if you'd like to participate in this project! £20 voucher given. More info 👇 Please share!
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Matt Corbishley @mattcorbishley.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
‘Must watch’ viewing tomorrow night at 8.30pm. The reality of the challenges facing charitable #hospices and the patients and families they support. Kudos to @hospiceuk.bsky.social & @danielhewittitv.bsky.social & #St.Giles and others for this important insight. www.itv.com/watch/news/h...
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Dr Nicola White @nicolawhite.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Happy to contribute to discussions regarding the evidence on the accuracy of survival predictions www.ft.com/content/241a...
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On assisted dying, are we really any good at predicting survival?
Forecasting the last seven days of life is harder than the final 24 hours; beyond that, things become shakier still
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Amara Nwosu @amaranwosu.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Used #VR in #PalliativeCare at @mariecurieuk.bsky.social Hospice Liverpool with good results. Paper here👇🏾 spcare.bmj.com/content/14/1... Also part of a multisite study in VR led by @nicolawhite.bsky.social She will be happy to share her expert knowledge 😊 #hpm #hapc #hospice
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Virtual reality in specialist palliative care: a feasibility study to enable clinical practice adoption
Background The use of virtual reality (VR) is increasing in palliative care. However, despite increasing interest in VR, there is little evidence of how this technology can be implemented into practic...
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Nathan Davies @profnathandavies.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Our new Alzheimer's Society Doctoral Training Centre is now on bluesky. We will shortly be advertising for 6 dementia PhDs as the first cohort to join our wonderful DTC. Stay tuned!
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Katie Flanagan @katieflanagan.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
🚀 Excited to share our newly published protocol in the @CochraneLibrary looking at the impact of #virtualreality on pain in advanced cancer! Goggles on 🥽 @nicolawhite.bsky.social @profmarktaubert.bsky.social www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....
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Virtual reality technology for pain management in advanced cancer - Flanagan, K - 2024 | Cochrane Library
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