Interesting paper. A systematic review on the health and wellbeing effects, and underlying mechanisms, of online support groups for chronic conditions. Freya Mills, John Drury et al. Communications Psychology nature.com/articles/s4427…

Online support groups for people with a chronic condition may positively impact social wellbeing, behaviour, and adjustment, but they may negatively influence anxiety and distress. The effects on physical health and quality of life are inconclusive. nature.com/articles/s4427…

'I've been bedbound since catching Covid in 2022' bbc.in/4kTY4qH

Lung cancer group helps woman, 35, recover bbc.in/4kRbvYi

It was great being in Manchester this week for #UKHSA25. I attended interesting talks on applying behavioural science in incident response; improving health outcomes in prisons; effects of climate change on vector-borne diseases; and antimicrobial stewardship in social care

It's great to see support groups getting news coverage. Our systematic review found that online support groups for chronic conditions may improve social wellbeing, adjustment to living with the condition, and health-related behaviours tinyurl.com/5n6duy8k #PeerSupport

My amazing supervisory team have an opening for a new PhD student. The topic is really interesting and is looking to prepare the public for providing early life-saving interventions during major incidents. More information below 👇🏼

⭐️NEW PAPER⭐️How the Social Identity Approach Can Improve Interoperability in Multi-Agency Emergency Response Teams 🚔🚒🚑 We synthesise our programme of work on improving multi-agency collaboration during emergencies and make some key recommendations ✅ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

A new preprint from our University of Derby x Stellenbosch University Long COVID research team has now been published. Findings suggest that exercise may worsen symptoms in Long COVID due to microclot fragmentation. [link to preprint]: researchsquare.com/article/rs-671…

So happy to announce that I passed my PhD viva this week with minor corrections. My examiners made me feel so comfortable and made it a really enjoyable experience. Thank you to my Sussex and BSIU family - and my actual family - for the amazing celebrations in Brighton!