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Following a successful presentation at the British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine student conference (April 2019) one of our BDRN PhD research students, Gemma McCullough, was invited to deliver a workshop at the annual South Yorkshire Physical Activity Symposium for the Sheffield Society of Sport and Exercise Medicine in May 2019. Gemma was thrilled Read More …
At the end of April 2019, Professor Ian Jones and Amy Perry were thrilled to be invited to present our research into bipolar disorder, pregnancy and childbirth at the ‘Relaunching Perinatal Mental Health’ event organised by the Perinatal Psychiatry Team at Worcestershire Health and Social Care NHS Trust. The aim of the event, held at Read More …
In April 2019, two of our BDRN members Amy Perry and Gemma McCullough visited the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bromsgrove to present their research to members of the NHS Worcestershire Health and Care Trust. Amy presented research findings from the BDRN pregnancy study which is following women living with bipolar disorder across different stages Read More …
In April, one of our PhD research students Gemma McCullough travelled to Dundee in Scotland to present her early research findings on physical activity in bipolar disorder at the British Association of Sport and Exercise Science annual student conference. Gemma said ‘the conference was an amazing opportunity for me to present my research to a Read More …
My name is Jo Johnson and I am a third year PhD research student at the University of Worcester on a co-funded place with Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust. I have a professional background as a midwife and a health visitor and my research explores the barriers and facilitators faced by these health care professionals when Read More …
A global team of researchers have identified 30 areas of the human genome where variations in genetic code can increase the risk of developing bipolar disorder. The study, conducted by the Bipolar Disorder Workgroup of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, compared genetic variations in over 29,000 people with bipolar disorder, including more than 4,000 from the Read More …
My name is Francesca Serra and I am from Sardinia, Italy. I was delighted to work initially with BDRN during my PhD, when I joined the University of Worcester as a visiting academic for six months and worked closely with Professor Lisa Jones and her research group. I was very impressed by the fantastic, ongoing Read More …
Members of BDRN have been out and about sharing some of the findings from our research during February and March. For example, in February Dr Kath Gordon-Smith and Professor Lisa Jones were invited to speak to members of the Worcester Bipolar UK Support Group, and in March Professor Lisa Jones and Professor Ian Jones were Read More …
My name is Gemma McCullough and I am a final year PhD research student with BDRN at the University of Worcester. My research explores relationships between physical activity and inactivity, and mood symptoms in people with bipolar disorder. Last Summer I carried out a series of interviews with BDRN participants to try to understand what Read More …
My name is Kim Caldwell and I was delighted to join BDRN in October 2017 to start my PhD, which explores peoples’ experiences of living with bipolar disorder. Now that I am almost half way through my PhD, I wanted to update you all with my progress. I recently finished interviewing my first group of Read More …
