Professor Sheila Hollins (CF 1993) has run a workshop this month to empower children and adults with learning difficulties to run their own book clubs. Shelia’s Fellowship explored alternatives to medication for people with learning disabilities whose behaviour is challenging.
Senior lecturer Dr Amara Nwosu (CF 2020) has contributed to a study on technology in palliative care published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) this month. Amara’s Fellowship will research how digital health technologies can be used effectively to improve palliative care.
By Amara Nwosu,
The work of Garry Botterill (CF 2015) and his charity Service Dogs UK was featured in an article in the April issue of Your Dog magazine. Garry co-founded the charity following his Fellowship, which explored how specially trained assistance dogs can support PTSD sufferers.
By Garry Botterill,
The work of Dr Tim Robbins (CF 2016) and his team received the Our Health Heroes Digital Innovation Award this month. The award is in recognition of Tim’s Covid-19 Action Fund project, which is looking at ways of monitoring the health and wellbeing of Covid-19 patients from deprived communities who have diabetes.
By Tim Robbins,
Pharmacist Hayley Gorton (CF 2018) spoke at the Clinical Pharmacy Congress on 13 May. Hayley shared learnings from her Fellowship, which explored the role that pharmacists can play in supporting people in the community at risk of suicide.
By Hayley Gorton,
