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Leigha Comer, PhD

@leighacomer1

Sociologist & institutional ethnographer. Postdoc @WesternU. Chronic pain, opioids, public health, digital health. Mom of two.

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Women are often told to avoid using “weak language.” But 29 studies: talking tentatively doesn't reflect a lack of assertiveness. It's a sign of interpersonal sensitivity. I might be wrong, but it's probably time to stop confusing confidence with concern for others—isn’t it?

Women are often told to avoid using “weak language.”

But 29 studies: talking tentatively doesn't reflect a lack of assertiveness. It's a sign of interpersonal sensitivity.

I might be wrong, but it's probably time to stop confusing confidence with concern for others—isn’t it?
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Really important research by Colin Hastings re: stigmatizing news stories of HIV criminalization and how these crime stories are perpetuated by conditions fostered by convergence journalism: Writing for digital news about HIV criminalization in Canada pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35129279/

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Pls Chrystia Freeland Justin Trudeau Doug Ford John Tory help this young man badly injured in the fire at 828 Shaw that left 13 #Toronto families w/o homes. Byron's mother is in Chile, needs your help to get here #byronneedshismom: 828shawfirehelp.com

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🧵🎉Thrilled to announce our 2.4M grant from SSHRC #PartnershipGrant, "Toward Democratization of Health: a sociological exploration of patient engagement in pain research"! Acronym PEPPR with co-Director Maria Hudspith Pain BC & 7 partner orgs @VPRWesternu Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing

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Application Open for our Fall learning series: forms.gle/3HVrim4aLEBvEf… #digitalhealth #healthequity #healthdata #healthinnovation

Application Open for our Fall learning series: forms.gle/3HVrim4aLEBvEf…

#digitalhealth #healthequity #healthdata #healthinnovation
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We’re excited to announce a new int'l community of practice! CASPR (Critical Approaches to Scholarship in #Pain Research) aims to elevate the social dimensions of #ChronicPain #research. CASPR will be launching an inaugural webinar on March 23rd. See the ad below for details

We’re excited to announce a new int'l community of practice! CASPR (Critical Approaches to Scholarship in #Pain Research) aims to elevate the social dimensions of #ChronicPain #research. CASPR will be launching an inaugural webinar on March 23rd. See the ad below for details
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Enjoy the 1st CASPR webinar session? So did we! The 2nd session on April 20 promises to be just as great! The focus will be on methodologies: #InstitutionalEthnography and #ChronicPain. Please see the ad below for more details. To register please visit: westernuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Enjoy the 1st CASPR webinar session? So did we! The 2nd session on April 20 promises to be just as great! The focus will be on methodologies: #InstitutionalEthnography and #ChronicPain. Please see the ad below for more details. To register please visit: westernuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
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There's 1 week left until the next CASPR webinar! Focused on methdologies, Fiona Webster, PhD Leigha Comer, PhD and Craig Dale will be presenting on #InstitutionalEthnography and #ChronicPain #Research. Check out the ad for more details. Register here: westernuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

There's 1 week left until the next CASPR webinar! Focused on methdologies, <a href="/FionaWebster1/">Fiona Webster, PhD</a> <a href="/leighacomer1/">Leigha Comer, PhD</a> and <a href="/craig_dale1/">Craig Dale</a> will be presenting on #InstitutionalEthnography and #ChronicPain #Research. Check out the ad for more details. Register here: westernuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
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Thrilled to announce our 3rd webinar in the series Critical Approaches to Pain Scholarship (CASPR). Join us May 25th at 8:00 a.m. EST to hear from a brilliant line-up of speakers discussing arts-based and newly emerging methodologies. Register here: westernuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

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Excited to be sharing this publication from my PhD research on barriers to accessing opioids for pain management that have emerged in the last two decades in Ontario (and elsewhere) due to opioid-related panic and policies intended to curb related harms. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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📢Big News! 🩹Excited to announce the @canjpain Special Issue on Social and Health Inequities in Chronic Pain across the Lifespan, led by esteemed editors: Fiona Webster, PhD, Dr. Kara Turcotte, Leigha Comer, PhD, Dr Dr Abhimanyu Sud, and Joel Katz. Submission details 👉 tandfonline.com/journals/ucjp20

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Be sure to visit poster #77 this afternoon where postdoc Laura Connoy, PhD will present the findings of our scoping review on #ChronicPain and marginalization. #CanadianPain24

Be sure to visit poster #77 this afternoon where postdoc <a href="/LauraConnoy/">Laura Connoy, PhD</a> will present the findings of our scoping review on #ChronicPain and marginalization.

#CanadianPain24
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Are you living with #chronicpain and been told you might be “addicted” to your medication? I’m a postdoc and person with chronic pain doing research about how opioid use disorder is diagnosed in pain care. Interviews are confidential. Pls email if interested.💜 #PainCommunity

Are you living with #chronicpain and been told you might be “addicted” to your medication?

I’m a postdoc and person with chronic pain doing research about how opioid use disorder is diagnosed in pain care.

Interviews are confidential. Pls email if interested.đź’ś

#PainCommunity