Richards Lab

I am pleased to announce that I passed my PhD viva yesterday with minor corrections!!! Huge thanks to my supervisors @Sarah_NottsUni & @RichardsLabUoB for their support over the years, and to my examiners @WillClinPsy & @brianpsychology for a great experience. #PhDone 🥳🎓

In support of #RareDiseaseDay, the Cerebra Network team @unibirmingham have popped on some @MedicsForRare stripy socks and displayed their posters to raise awareness for #raredisease - did you know that 3.5 million people in the UK live with a #RareCondition? #ShowYourStripes

📣 We are advertising three fully funded PhDs with @devine_mr_rory and @HayleyRCrawford working on measuring cognition in people with intellectual disability. Deadline 31st March. tinyurl.com/bdd3vpph @LES_UniBham @UoB_SoP @UoB_CDS

We're really excited to be attending the #SeattleClub2024 conference over the next couple of days! Many of our team are presenting their research and look forward to sharing findings and connecting with other researchers and professionals! 📚

Jane Margetson reviews the Cerebra webinar talk on Understanding and reducing sleep problems for children with a genetic syndrome, led by Professor Caroline Richards and Leeann Stevenson on 26th September 2024. buff.ly/40Dt5r7

It was such a privilege to present some of our past research and future research plans at @UVip_iit today alongside Prof. Andy Bremner @BBabylab. We very much enjoyed the discussions around sleep differences in rare genetic conditions and in blind infants!

News. @CerebraCharity has published a comprehensive guide to self-injury in children with a learning disability in order to help parents and carers better understand and potentially reduce self-injurious behaviours. learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/news/new-guide… #SelfInjury

Our Sleep booklet introduces and explains different techniques for tackling common sleep problems. It covers ten main topics including bedtime routines, daytime napping, comfort objects and moving bedtime backwards or forwards. buff.ly/3aMol5a

Jane Margetson reviews the Cerebra webinar talk on Understanding and reducing sleep problems for children with a genetic syndrome, led by Professor Caroline Richards and Leeann Stevenson on 26th September 2024. buff.ly/40Dt5r7

Its #SMSAwarenessDay2024! Smith-Magenis Syndrome (SMS) Awareness Day is celebrated on 17th November each year. The day is dedicated to educating the world about SMS and raising awareness of the syndrome. buff.ly/3Z8UGis

Dr Georgie Agar at Aston University gives a project update on our study to understand how practical and effective behavioural sleep interventions are for children with neurodevelopmental conditions. buff.ly/3NZakXz

Have you seen our new free parent guide on self-injury yet? In the guide, we outline #PEACE as a helpful place to start when looking at why someone might be displaying self-injury! 🖱️Click here for free access to the full guide tinyurl.com/SIB-Parent-Gui…

Our new guide on self-injury in children with intellectual disabilities explains the characteristics that may increase a person’s likelihood of showing self-injury. buff.ly/40BuvlF #SIBGuide #PEACE

New Guide Alert!🎉 We're pleased to share our new parent guide on self-injurious behaviour! The guide outlines what self-injury is, it's possible causes & interventions that may help reduce self-injury. 🖱️tinyurl.com/SIB-Parent-Gui… @CerebraCharity @UoB_SoP @CerebraNetwork @UoB_CDS

@DanSutherland99 @sflynn_cctb @ProfRHastings @Griffinpsych @CerebraCharity @uniofwarwick Huge congratulations Dr Sutherland 🎉

Delighted to have passed my PhD viva yesterday without corrections. An enormous thank you to my fantastic supervisors @sflynn_cctb @ProfRHastings @Griffinpsych for their wonderful mentorship, encouragement, and support and to @CerebraCharity and @uniofwarwick for funding my PhD

The 2024 / 2025 Richards Lab team!⭐️ We've got lots of new projects and exciting updates to share with you soon, we're looking forward to a busy year of research! 🙌

Call for proposals for the UK 2024 Seattle Club Conference for intellectual and developmental disability research is now open! Go to tinyurl.com/326wkv6m to submit a proposal. Two themes this year - health inequalities and inclusive research.

Really pleased to share our new paper exploring the experiences of mothers who had a mod/late #preterm born infant is available open access @BMJ_Open! 👏🏻 @RichardsLabUoB @DrAndrewSurtees @DanSutherland99 tinyurl.com/3t6sxnfy Here’s a thread of our main interview themes 👇🏻

Such a pleasure to work with @JoannaFMoss on this commentary on the representation of autistic people with intellectual disability in research. You can access the full paper here: rdcu.be/dN5Uv

Congratulations @katmarlow3 on your PhD graduation - was a pleasure to supervise your exceptional research with @devine_mr_rory