Always find it interesting to read papers or watch presentations about #Patient Engagement in #Research where there are no #Patient Authors or #Patient co-presenters. Seems like a key perspective to be missing, but maybe I'm biased? (*this is not a subtweet - just an observation*)

How can universities improve racial equity in a post-affirmative action world? Our new study offers a ‘roadmap’ of 13 evidence-based strategies for increasing racial and ethnic equity in the academic health sciences. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…

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At #UCalgary , we’re not just talking about the future — we’re actively building it. Join us on May 8 at Calgary Public Library as we explore the relationships, partnerships, and people involved in improving child health in Canada. Register: bit.ly/3UfOh2F

📣 Hot off the press - the 1st study of my dissertation! We found that parent mental health is significantly associated with the presence and severity of chronic pain in children, and thus needs to be addressed in prevention and treatment efforts

Officially launching our new research lab: the Health Equity Advancement Lab in Ghent (HEALinG),lead by Tine Vervoort and Ama Kissi along with Dr. Melanie Noel @alinewauters Kai Karos Adam Hirsh Dimitri VanRyckeghem Fleur 🏳️‍🌈

Thank you Amy Gelfand, MD for writing this cogent and beautifully written #editorial on our work Dr. Melanie Noel Bilal Rizvi, Kirsten Sjonnesen, Paul Ronksley, Lydia Cho, & Jonathan Kuziek ACHRI Department of Pediatrics UCalgaryMedicine Headache Journal

I am thrilled and humbled to receive the Ulf Lindblom Young Investigator Prize for Clinical Science!✨It is an immense honour to be recognised for my pain research, especially my work on youth living with sickle cell. I am grateful for the support!
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Excited to see this published. Great work Tatiana and team! Dr. Melanie Noel sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our latest work suggests we might need to debunk a common belief that #anxiety and #depressive symptoms are closely related to #migraine outcomes in #children and #adolescents Headache Journal Department of Pediatrics ACHRI UCalgaryMedicine Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) Dr. Melanie Noel

“Media is one of the most powerful engines of influence on children’s development and could be harnessed to address pain and suffering in the world. Stories matter.' Read more about a fascinating study by Owerko member Dr. Dr. Melanie Noel

Love this line of research ⬇️
We need to do better in how pain is portrayed in the media

My sincere thanks to One Thing 🧠💡 and Joshua W. Pate, PhD for the opportunity to share my thoughts on the very important question about persistent pain: “What’s one thing you want pain clinicians or researchers to know?”

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Researchers calling on Netflix to do a better job of representing the kind of pain typically experienced by 12- to 18-year-olds as movies & TV series aimed at adolescents reinforce gender and racialized pain stereotypes bit.ly/4cBy9jj U Calgary University of Bath Dr. Melanie Noel

New research from #UCalgaryMed 's Dr. Dr. Melanie Noel and University of Bath's Abbie Jordan hones in on the importance of avoiding stereotypes when representing young people's pain on screen: bit.ly/3vFpY4J

Study finds Netflix misses the mark by trivializing teenagers’ pain ucalgary.ca/news/study-fin… Abbie Jordan Anna M Hood PhD Allison Cormier Idia_T Maria Pavlova ACHRI The Mathison Centre Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) The Owerko Centre

Hot off the press 📢 Poorer sleep quality was associated with reduced white matter connectivity & greater headache frequency in youth with chronic headache Dr. Melanie Noel Catherine Lebel Laura Simons Inge Timmers, PhD Cara Nania Dr Nivez Rasic UCalgaryMedicine ACHRI UofC Anesthesiology Perioperative & Pain Medicine

As a social scientist, I like to trace every single step of the causal chain.

Personally, I LOATHE vague references to ‘norms’ or ‘culture’.

Instead I try to specify exactly how patriarchy is normalised and glorified.

Happy Saturday! 😀

Excited and honored to share that I was awarded the Outstanding KBHN Promising Researcher Award… so thankful for all of the support I have had along the way in my research and work 🙏🏻

I’m so excited that this paper is finally out! My first ever publication. I couldn’t be more grateful for the team behind this work Dr. Melanie Noel Kendra Abbie Jordan Idia_T Maria Pavlova Anna M Hood PhD and Queenie! 🤩

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Netflix shows like Stranger Things trivialise teen PAIN and perpetuate gender and racialized stereotypes. Our new PAIN Journal paper mol.im/a/13251791 via Daily Mail Online UCalgary Arts ACHRI Abbie Jordan The Owerko Centre The Mathison Centre
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