New study! ** Seeking participants ** aged 55-75 from South Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire. £30 voucher for 2 interviews. Study webpage: gla.ac.uk/paces Please help spread the word. @SPHSUComplexity SPHSU SocRels

Well done, David. The Usual Place @UofGIHW

Our online event (27 July, 13:00-14:30) about healthy lifestyles of adults with learning disabilities will be led by adults with learning disabilities! Jackie, who will be presenting, tells us what she wants our research to achieve. Register here: tinyurl.com/mr25xdfj

Our online event (27 July, 13:00-14:30) about healthy lifestyles of adults with learning disabilities will all be in an accessible/easy read format. We will also have a drama performance from The Good Life Group! Everyone welcome. Register here: tinyurl.com/mr25xdfj

Are you a community group, charity or social enterprise? We are offering new funding for you to team up with researchers to address the health and care challenges in your community. Find out more about partnering and applying here: nihr.ac.uk/blog/its-time-…

Join our webinar - How can we use quantitative data for disability research? Four experts from the CRE-DH will draw on examples from their research to illustrate how disability data can inform policy. 🗓 Wed 24 August, 10:00am 📝 credh.org.au/news-events/da…

Thank you so much to Lucy Mckee for her brilliant post for #ThisIsMe22 and thank you for all the amazing work that you and Team @ENABLEScotland do to make positive change for people with learning disabilities! 🙌#challengingstigma

Warning over early deaths of learning disabled. They're 11 times more likely to die prematurely than other young people, often from treatable causes. Study comes from ScottishLDO University of Glasgow We'll speak to Laura Hughes #bbcgms 0810 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

Today our latest study on avoidable deaths in children and young people with learning disabilities was discussed on BBC #GMS You can catch Dr Laura Hughes Angela Henderson Jenny Miller Jenny Whinnett talking to Gary Robertson about what these findings mean.

September is gynaecological cancer awareness month. Do you provide cervical screening/take smear tests in the UK? I'd really like to talk to you about cancer screening for people with learning disabilities. Please share! @JoTrust Deep End GP Scotland Deep End GP YH Deep End GP Notts

Excellent podcast on moving between academia and data science careers UofG School of Health & Wellbeing @UofGMHW open.spotify.com/episode/6eeOQY…

Brilliant news 🙌 absolutely delighted this incredible campaign #ThisIsMe2022 has gained this recognition! Well done to all involved! Deborah Cairns Dr Laura Hughes ScottishLDO Aaron Hume Laura Rutherford 🥳 #LearningDisabilities #EqualityForAll

The newly merged team ScottishLDO 💙

Call to early stage innovators within NHS Scotland ! Engage with lead RD&I as early-career clinicians by becoming a CSO Innovation Academic Fellow. The scheme offers the opportunity to undertake a MD or PhD (100% funded) Applications close 12 October 2023. cso.scot.nhs.uk/innovationfell…

Lots happening behind the scenes here at ScottishLDO to get things ready for our #ResearchForEveryone23 launch tomorrow! We're excited to share our new animations, podcasts & infographics, created with people with #learningdisabilities, and to get your feedback! #inclusiveresearch

very proud to play a wee part leading on #ResearchForEveryone23 for the past 6 months with a fab team this will be a example of what we think accessible research culture can look like for all😀

A snapshot of #ResearchForEveryone23, which was shared with health professionals in Sydney, Australia!! 🇦🇺 ❤️ 😀 Thank you for your support and brilliant feedback🙏

My next episode @ScotLDOI was chatting @DrCeNztalks about the impact of living with a #cancer diagnosis and #mentalhealth #ResearchforEveryone23 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dr-… Pennie Taylor The ALLIANCE Mental Health Foundation Scotland

#MentalHealth #autism National Autistic Society Autistica Mary Doherty 🏳️‍🌈 Learning Disability Senate Royal College of Psychiatrists rcpsych GAP British Psychological Society

Congratulations to Sophie Westrop who led this important realist synthesis to develop a programme theory relevant to lifestyle intervention research for adults with intellectual disabilities onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ji… Michael McEwan ScottishLDO JIDR UofG School of Health & Wellbeing HEHTA University of Glasgow @UofGMHW