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The ACORN Study @AcornStudy

@mairecurieuk funded research project exploring caregivers experiences of conservatively managed end-stage kidney disease. Based at @QUBSONM

Joined April 2021
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The ACORN Study@AcornStudy
29 Apr 2021
Hello, and welcome to the ACORN Study! 👋😃 This study is funded by @mariecurieuk and based @QUBSONM and led by @helnoble We will explore the experiences of carers of people with #eskd receiving conservative management.
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Helen Noble@helnoble
10 Dec 2024
Celebrating the end of the @AcornStudy. Thanks to all involved & Happy Christmas!! 🎄@mariecurieuk @NIKRFcharity @QUBSONM Publication on its way!
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We are delighted that our systematic review on the effectiveness of interventions for informal caregivers of people with end-stage chronic illness has been published in @BioMedCentral Systematic Reviews: rdcu.be/dVrj2 Thanks as always to our sponsor @mariecurieuk

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@GladysLaurente5 @ClaireCarswellx @BigIanbo @ClareMckeaveney @helnoble
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Loved getting the band back together for the ACORN Study workshop this morning!! Thanks so much to all involved! @ClaireCarswellx @GladysLaurente5 @helnoble @mariecurieuk #KidneyDisease @QUBSONM @QUBelfast
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Helen Noble@helnoble
3 Jun 2024
Breakout sessions in progress @AcornStudy Exploring intervention development for carers of people managed without #dialysis receiving #conservative management @mariecurieuk @NIKRFcharity @kidneycareuk @ANNUKResearch @JoAnne_Dobson @QUBSONM @QUBResearchPol
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Helen Noble@helnoble
3 Jun 2024
Many thanks to the chair of the @NIKRFcharity for summing up @AcornStudy Jim thank you for your very touching address. Such a rewarding workshop ❤️@AcornStudy @QUBSONM @QUBResearchPol
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Great presentations today at the ACORN workshop. Learning so much about conservative management for people with end stage kidney disease in the Northern Ireland and London contexts and the experiences of informal caregivers. @helnoble @ClaireCarswellx @GladysLaurente5
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Helen Noble@helnoble
3 Jun 2024
Grateful thanks to participants at our @mariecurieuk #renal @AcornStudy study workshop. Sharing findings related to #carers of people managed without #dialysis @NIKRFcharity @kidneycareuk @ClaireCarswellx Welcome back!!
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Anna Wilson@AnnaWilson444
3 Jun 2024
Great to attend the @AcornStudy workshop this morning, discussing themes from qualitative interviews with informal caregivers of people with kidney disease receiving conservative management. Thanks to @ClaireCarswellx, @trishaforbes and @helnoble. @QUBSONM @qubengagemhls_d
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Lovely day for the ACORN workshop in @QUBelfast this morning! They even put the bunting out to welcome us in. #KidneyDisease #Caregivers #belfast
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The ACORN team are delighted to have had their abstract accepted for UK Kidney Week😆 Looking forward to presenting a poster on the lived experience of informal caregivers of people receiving conservative management. Roll on Edinburgh 2024! 💥 @UKKidney #UKKidneyWeek2024
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Gladys Laurente@GladysLaurente5
22 Mar 2024
Thanks to the research team and to all the delegates who contributed to the success of the @AcornStudy workshop…had a vibrant exchange of ideas focused on developing ways of supporting caregivers of people with end-stage #kidneydisease who have chosen conservative management.
My break out session group

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Thank you so much to everyone who attended our workshop today! Some great discussions about meeting the needs of carers of people who are receiving conservative management for #kidneydisease
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A particular thank you to Joyce coming today to tell us about her own experience as a carer, and for Fathama for telling us about her important role as Carer’s Hospital Support Coordinator
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And an additional thank you for all of how we can address issues that carers face, and what we could do going forward to help provide more support!
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We made it! We’re all in London - About to kick off the first workshop for the final stage of the @QUBSONM @mariecurieuk ACORN Study! We’ll be presenting findings and discussing how we can best support carers of people with #kidneydisease who have chosen conservative management.
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Renal Arts Group QUB@RenalArtsGroup
20 Mar 2024
We’re so pleased to have been shortlisted for the Queen’s University Belfast Staff Excellence Awards!! Really looking forward to Friday’s awards ceremony. 🙌🏼🤸‍♀️
Queen's University Belfast 🎓
@QUBelfast
20 Mar 2024
Replying to @QUBelfast
Who would you love to see win? ➡️ ow.ly/f5Nb50QXERO #LoveQUB | #LoveQUBStaff | @QUBstaff 2/2
Image shows a red tile with the text: DELIVERING EXCELLENCE Shortlist Dr Gift Sotonye-Frank Dr Liang Wang Graham Cherry Matthew Wilson

ALT Image shows a red tile with the text: DELIVERING EXCELLENCE Shortlist Dr Gift Sotonye-Frank Dr Liang Wang Graham Cherry Matthew Wilson

Image shows a red tile with the text: EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTION Shortlist Dr Martin Sawey George Burton Peter Scobie Professor Michael Alcorn Professor Pascal McKeown

ALT Image shows a red tile with the text: EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTION Shortlist Dr Martin Sawey George Burton Peter Scobie Professor Michael Alcorn Professor Pascal McKeown

Image shows a red tile with the text: MAKING AN IMPACT Shortlist Belfast Opthalmic Reading Centre and Central Administrative Research Facility Dr Ving Fai Chan Open Botanic Team Renal Arts Group

ALT Image shows a red tile with the text: MAKING AN IMPACT Shortlist Belfast Opthalmic Reading Centre and Central Administrative Research Facility Dr Ving Fai Chan Open Botanic Team Renal Arts Group

Image shows a red tile with the text: OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP Shortlist Dr Norah Burns Dr Wendy McLoone Allister Lee Denise Toner Professor Karen McCutcheon

ALT Image shows a red tile with the text: OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP Shortlist Dr Norah Burns Dr Wendy McLoone Allister Lee Denise Toner Professor Karen McCutcheon

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Anastasia Liossatou@LiossAnastasia
19 Jan 2024
I am so delighted to announce that the EDTNA/ERCA book Supporting patients who opt not to have dialysis or stop dialysis- Guidelines for Nurses ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK59… By Mike Kelly, EDTNA/ERCA - Psychological Care Consultant is now listed NLM Bookshelf category.
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From everyone at team ACORN - Merry Christmas and a happy new year! Thank you everyone who has helped this year, our PPI panel, the clinical teams, researchers, co-investigators and most important - our participants. We couldn’t do it without you!

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Our chief investigator @helnoble visited our @RoyalLondonHosp site today! Thank you so much to all the staff for all your hard work on the study 👏🏻
Helen Noble@helnoble
13 Dec 2023
So grateful to #renal staff @RoyalLondonHosp for all their help with our @mariecurieuk funded renal study @QUBSONM What a lovely bunch & great excuse for a visit and lunch @cosmic_study @NIKRFcharity @RenalArtsGroup
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