CHMH Lab : Our lived experience of research with under-represented people: 3 case-studies
Friday 17th May – 13:00 – 15:00
We recommend you attend in person. You are also welcome to join us online, but please note you may not be able to join in some of our planned activities.
Room: Grimond Seminar Room 1
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Meeting ID: 316 646 452 925
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13:00 – 14:00: 3 presentations followed by a brief Q & A after each talk
Adipat Virdi: How can empathy be used as a creative driver to transfer knowledge across sociocultural barriers?
Dr Kyra De Coninck: What about my skin? Skin conditions on black and brown skin and health inequalities research.
Glory Oluwaseun: Engaging young people from Kent’s ethnic minority communities with mental health research
14:00 – 14:15: Break
14:15 – 15:00: Workshop: Meaning-making in research through impactful engagement.
Meaningful recruitment of under-represented participants and dissemination beyond academic spheres. We will share approaches in our research that worked, and some that didn’t work. We will then open up the discussion, for you to share your thoughts, ideas and experiences around recruitment and dissemination.
Presenters:
Adipat Virdi
Bio: Having spent 20 years in industry culminating in working with Meta as the global creative product lead for immersive, Adipat has given up his corporate career to pursue a PhD in Immersive Storytelling for Social Impact.
Session outline:
How can empathy be used as a creative driver to transfer knowledge across sociocultural barriers? This session will be an immersive theatre production that is in development to explore how we can build connection and understanding through participatory storytelling.
Dr Kyra De Coninck
Bio: Kyra is a lecturer and researcher in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences. She founded the Kent Fascia Group, conducting research on the role of tissues found under the skin, called fascia, in chronic pain and movement dysfunction. She is a Senior Lecturer in Sports Rehabilitation at Kent, prior to that she ran a successful sports clinic.
Session outline:
I will be discussing ‘What about my Skin?’ a research project born out of frustration with the insufficient representation of skin conditions on black and brown skin. This project is a collaborative effort with students, we are creating an open-source repository of skin conditions on black and brown skin.
Glory Oluwaseun
Bio: Glory holds a BA from the University of Kent and a MPhil in Sociology from the University of Cambridge. She is currently a researcher at the Centre for Health Service Studies exploring the relationship between young ethnic minority communities and mental health research.
Session outline:
This session relates to a project that is engaging with young people (16-30 years old) from ethnic minority communities to understand ways of enhancing involvement and participation in mental health research. The study will help to better understand the needs of this underserved community and help create future programmes and initiatives. The involvement of community members, through their participation in interviews and focus groups will help to keep the findings relevant and cohesive. These will be disseminated through co-created materials in the form of podcasts, short form videos, flyers, booklets, posters, and journal articles.