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drdaliatsimpida.bsky.social
Lecturer in Gerontology, Hearing & Ageing Research (HEAR) Group Lead @CRASoton 🇬🇧 Cluster Lead: Data Skills & Methods @SouthCoastDTP, Assoc. Editor @Ageing_Society https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/656xjx/doctor-dalia-tsimpida
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🎉 Our event on #mentalhealth and #hearing, co-chaired by @ejoliver.bsky.social and myself, has hit 150 registrations! It’s going to be an exciting day! 🤩 📍 Join us in-person on the 9th of April (+ lunch & afternoon tea ☕🍰) – limited spots: buff.ly/4fMulw8 Or online 💻 shorturl.at/sW7VB

Nothing better than seeing our @scdtp.bsky.social PhD students leave the retreat with big smiles, feeling refreshed, reassured, and empowered! Proud to support their journey. #PhDLife #RetreatSuccess #EmpoweredResearchers

Excited to be running with @geodianna.bsky.social the ‘Data Skills & Methods’ and ‘Health and Wellbeing’ Thematic Clusters training retreat for our @scdtp.bsky.social PhD students! Looking forward to 2 days of learning, engagement, and connection ✨🤩📚🤓📖✍️ #WritingRetreat #SCDTP #AcademicCommunity

Images are everywhere in today’s media-age, able to shape our perceptions of the world, ourselves & others often more powerfully than words. But if we repeatedly see images that offer a negative vision of ageing & older age, for example portraying loneliness, frailty & inactivity, what then? 1/2

Brené Brown studies human #connection—our ability to empathise, belong, and love. In a powerful @TEDx talk, she shares a profound insight from her research—one that changed her and can change us too. A must-watch on this #ValentinesDay. 💙 🎥👇 🔗 youtu.be/iCvmsMzlF7o

How many people do you think told us that since turning 50, they'd faced the assumption that they couldn't do something because of their age? Over 50% of over 50’s have faced the assumption from others that they can’t do something because of their age.

When was the last time you heard an ageist comment? Being told to 'act your age isn't part of ageing. It's ageism. It's time we made a change. Ageism: Notice it. Challenge it. Change it. Find out more from our @agewithoutlimits.bsky.social campaign: www.agewithoutlimits.org #AgeWithoutLimits

Unaddressed hearing loss can lead to isolation & mental health risks, such as #depression and #anxiety. Join us to explore the links between #mentalhealth & #hearing Over 80 signed up—don’t miss out! 📍 Join us in-person (+lunch & afternoon tea ☕🍰) buff.ly/4fMulw8 Or online 💻: shorturl.at/sW7VB

🌍 Exciting to see the release of the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets—mapping over 3,000 datasets worldwide! A powerful resource funded by @wellcometrust with the potential to drive transformative mental health research #DataForMentalHealth atlaslongitudinaldatasets.ac.uk/how-we-work

As an #OlderWoman, do you feel safe being outside? According to research from our State of Ageing 2023-24 report, sadly older women feel particularly unsafe alone in parks and spaces during the day. Read more on our website, the latest chapter is about Society: ageing-better.org.uk/society-stat...

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Heard recently in a work meeting: "We all work on health inequalities these days"... ⚠️ adding social variables to your backwards stepwise logistic regression models is NOT "working on health inequalities" try starting out by engaging with the wide body of literature on health equity

Event: Listen up! Rethinking Mental Health & Hearing in the North 📅12 Mar 2025 🕐1-4.30pm Helix Science Square, Newcastle Millions with hearing loss face mental health risks. Join in-person📍 (free lunch) and online💻 for evidence, solutions, and action! Register now 🔽 www.fuse.ac.uk/events/other...

Clean air is a human right! Air pollution is a silent killer, claiming at least 7 million lives annually and fueling a growing health crisis. Health and care workers are calling on governments, businesses, and leaders to take urgent and decisive action.

Listen Up! Rethinking Mental Health and Hearing in the North 🗓️ 12 March 2025 | 🕒 1-4:30pm Co-Chaired by @ejoliver.bsky.social & @drdaliatsimpida.bsky.social Join us! 📍 In-person (free lunch 🍴, plus coffee ☕, tea/refreshments for the afternoon tea break: lnkd.in/daXnajmY 💻 Online: lnkd.in/dt6FtBZm

📣 Register NOW! ✨ 👂 Listen Up! Rethinking #MentalHealth & #Hearing in the North 🗓️ 12 March 2025 | 🕒 1–4:30 PM (GMT) Millions with hearing loss are at risk of mental health issues. 🌟 Join our event to discuss solutions to reduce disparities 💻 Online: buff.ly/4eyI4G8 📍 In-person: buff.ly/4fMulw8

A New Era in Assessing The Burden of #Hearing Loss In Later Life Using Patient Records And Implications For Healthy #Aging Proudly presented at #GSA Annual Conference & now available in Innovation in Aging ✍️ Read more: oup2-idp.sams-sigma.com/authorize?au...

Nearly 50 signed up for Listen Up: Rethinking #MentalHealth & #Hearing in the North on 12 March! 🎧 🎤 Co-chaired by @ejoliver.bsky.social & @drdaliatsimpida.bsky.social Don’t miss out – spots are filling fast! 🙌 💻 Online: buff.ly/4eyI4G8 🍰☕ In-person: buff.ly/4fMulw8 #MentalHealth #HearingHealth

Here’s something to think about as you kick off 2025: ✨We are all stardust.✨ Every atom of oxygen in our lungs, of carbon in our muscles, of calcium in our bones, of iron in our blood—was created inside a star before Earth was born. Image: NASA Hubble Space Telescope, CC BY 2.0, flickr