International and interdisciplinary. Appreciates complexity. Researcher.

Joined November 2013
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‘Diversity’ can mean different things for different people. Our guests discuss what #diversity means to them & share thoughts on why we need to address the fact that benefits of #genomichealthcare are not being shared equally. Join live: youtube.com/watch?v=AYsSniI3… #GEInnovation21
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Sarah-Jane Marsh @BWCHBoss @BWC_NHS ‘Children should be at the heart of #healthcare, we need to look after them if we believe in future prosperity of our country. The potential impact of this programme at children’s early stages is the real driving force for me.’ #GEinnovation21
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Can we, and should we expand the existing testing for newborns using #wholegenomesequencing? We’ve started a preliminary conversation, discussing #ethical issues, listening through our public dialogue & engaging with experts across different areas. Join: youtube.com/watch?v=AYsSniI3…
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Work in progress @researchthing #sketchnotes from Inclusive User Research: Focus in Ethnicities & Geographies feat @Solenevdw & @rachelsliu. So much important learnings and experiences were shared thus busy sketchnote! 🙂 Big thanks to @sunnysides and @swethas for organising!
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"What circle are you in? Who's in your circle? What bubble are you in, really? Try to step outside it" — @RachelSLiu (@Pearson) #InclusiveResearch
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"What are the cultural norms and values in the domain? Dig into the cultural values that shape the fundamental needs." — @RachelSLiu (@Pearson) #InclusiveResearch
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To create inclusive products and services, we need to understand the differences in people's realities. But how do we go about including a diverse group of participants in our day to day research? I’m looking forward to sharing some practical steps and tips with @researchthing
Check out the new meetup: Inclusive research - focus on ethnicities & geographies meetup.com/researchthing/#Meetup
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Solene vanderWielen retweeted
We're excited to announce the launch of #OnlyHuman, a campaign to support the wellbeing of health & care staff amid the uncertainty of Covid-19. You can find a range of resources, created in collaboration with @HINSouthLondon & @HK_London, here: healthinnovationnetwork.com/…

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Healthcare associated infections cost the NHS approximately £1 billion a year. Preventable catheter associated tract infections contribute to a large proportion of this. Our report outlines actions to reduce these infections in hospitals and care settings bit.ly/2N6mAG0
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Really enjoying the questions coming out of tonight’s Ethics in UX talk and proud to see @alaejosperez discussing what @Designit is doing to question and improve it’s own processes.
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Exploring human relationships with digital platforms - courtesy of Hyphen-labs at @tateshots @ Tate Modern instagram.com/p/B29g9tLAQ07P…

Some great reflections on what more needs to be done to create truly inclusive design at tonight’s @ideo and @MuslamicMakers creative sparx event #letskeepthinking
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“Snow World generated a 35% reduction in pain using VR”— Nicholas Babaian (@TheAstonishingV). #VRresearch #healthcareUX #vrUX
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So excited to share this!
Our report is out today. Through the Looking Glass: How smartphones change our behaviour, shape our thinking and increase inequality - and what we can do about it revealingreality.co.uk/work/… #smartphone #behaviour #inequality
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"We can manage this by identifying risk(s) in advance and the business metrics that *really matter" — @Fabien_UX #MarketplaceResearch #propertyUX
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Replying to @ResearchThing
@researchthing #marketplacereseach interesting hearing how rightmove set themselves free of tech debt and allowed themselves to freedom by experimenting outside of their main app and rolling in the improvements into their main app.
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Solene vanderWielen retweeted
Takeaways: stop providing research as a service, be timeless and broad, empower your teams for day to day optimisation research #productresearch
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. @AnnaZawilska “user researchers in industry, we’re gambler not scientists”. So important to acknowledge that and communicate it with your findings. #productresearch @researchthing
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“When you have conversations about which data to include and omit, you can build a tool that does not compromise the user’s privacy.” Data Science and User Researchers coming together makes great things happen. ❤️ #EPIConference
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‘We’ve been trained to see humanity as the problem and technology as the solution. Humanity is the solution’ - @rushkoff #FutureFest18 #teamhuman
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