Didar Karadağ

Researcher in Palliative Care,
PhD Student Psychology at Lancaster University.
Formerly at @unibogazici @bounbcl

[Didar Karadağ @GradGoodfellow]

There is no moral of the story I guess, I am just happy that this is over at least for now - regardless of its outcome - because I really did try my best to respond to their queries. The decision will be based on their judgement.

[Didar Karadağ @GradGoodfellow]

I just finished a response letter where I had to respond to 61 comments from Reviewer 2 and Reviewer 3 (1 comment from Reviewer 1)😀. While this was the single most challenging review I have had to deal with, it did give me an awful lot of thinking to do regarding my study.

[Didar Karadağ @GradGoodfellow]

And I really did want to give up and let it go. But at the end of the day, I am still happy that some researchers out there saw the merit in the study (or they were just good mentors) to put lots of thought and effort into improving it (or seeing its point 😀).

[Catherine Walshe @cewalshe]

Great to kick off the EU PAL COPD project in Brussels last week with @NancyPreston16 Tim Gatheral @MancRespDoc and Didar Karadag #hpm #hapc #copd

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

Evacuation orders by Israel to hospitals in northern Gaza are a death sentence for the sick and injured

As the @UN's agency responsible for public health, the World Health Organization (WHO) strongly condemns Israel's repeated orders for the evacuation of 22 hospitals treating more than 2000 inpatients in northern Gaza. The forced evacuation of patients and health workers will further worsen the current humanitarian and public health catastrophe.

The lives of many critically ill and fragile patients hang in the balance: those in intensive care or who rely on life support; patients undergoing hemodialysis; newborns in incubators; women with complications of pregnancy, and others all face imminent deterioration of their condition or death if they are forced to move and are cut off from life-saving medical attention while being evacuated.

Health facilities in northern Gaza continue to receive an influx of injured patients and are struggling to operate beyond maximum capacity. Some patients are being treated in corridors and outdoors in surrounding streets due to a lack of hospital beds.

Forcing more than 2000 patients to relocate to southern Gaza, where health facilities are already running at maximum capacity and unable to absorb a dramatic rise in the number patients, could be tantamount to a death sentence.

Hospital directors and health workers are now facing an agonizing choice: abandon critically ill patients amid a bombing campaign, put their own lives at risk while remaining on site to treat patients, or endanger their patients’ lives while attempting to transport them to facilities that have no capacity to receive them.

Overwhelmingly, caregivers have chosen to stay behind and honor their oaths as health professionals to “do no harm,” rather than risk moving their critically ill patients during evacuations. Health workers should never have to make such impossible choices.

Additionally, tens of thousands of displaced people in northern Gaza are seeking refuge in open spaces in or around hospitals, treating them as havens from violence as well as to protect the facilities from potential attacks. Their lives, too, are at risk when health facilities are bombed.

There are verified reports of deaths of health care workers and destruction of health facilities, which denies civilians the basic human right of life-saving health care and is prohibited under International Humanitarian Law.

WHO calls for Israel to immediately reverse evacuation orders to hospitals in northern Gaza, and calls for the protection of health facilities, health workers, patients, and civilians.

WHO also reiterates its calls for the immediate and safe delivery of medical supplies, fuel, clean water, food, and other humanitarian aid into Gaza through the Rafah crossing, where life-saving assistance, including WHO health supplies that arrived earlier today, is currently awaiting entry.

[UNRWA @UNRWA]

No place is safe in📍#Gaza anymore.

Heavy Israeli Forces’ bombardments, from the air, sea and land continue.

Water is running out for 2 million people across the Gaza Strip.

There is a flagrant disregard for the lives of civilians.

https://t.co/9yh38bCqvk

[Lancaster University Babylab @LancsBabylab]

October Half Term: Magic of Science at @LancasterUni @LancsBabylab event! Enjoy captivating activities, engage with our friendly researchers & become part of innovative studies on optical illusions and theory of mind. Book you free slot: https://t.co/6ItCGq8avn @LUPSCentre

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

Israel must not target medical facilities. International humanitarian law requires parties to the conflict to apply, at a minimum, that the wounded and sick must be collected and cared for without discrimination. Attacks against medical facilities, medical personnel and the wounded and sick are prohibited.

[United Nations @UN]

Civilians and civilian infrastructure are #NotATarget.

They must be protected.

At all times.

Everywhere.

[UN Special Procedures @UN_SPExperts]

Palestinians in grave danger of mass ethnic cleansing warns UN expert @FranceskAlbs, urging the international community to mediate an immediate ceasefire between #Hamas & #Israeli forces – “Time is of the essence.” #Gaza
https://t.co/mItVLvgSbR

[Didar Karadağ @GradGoodfellow]

If you haven't been involved in our previous study with
@AmieSuthers
we would love to hear from you. Contact [email protected]

[Didar Karadağ @GradGoodfellow]

If you are looking for activities to do with your kids during the summer vacation, consider participating in our study! We are looking for 6-9 years old participants based in the UK, the study will be conducted online!

[Lancaster University Babylab @LancsBabylab]

We have a new interactive online study investing what types of information children prefer to share with a curious cartoon alien named Zarpie, who lives on a different planet and is eager to learn about all things on Earth!

[Masoud @linguistMasoud]

I’m quite used to the cruelty students can face when they apply for a US visa but this one broke me. We offered admission to a stellar, talented & hardworking student. After months of work and hundreds of dollars, an embassy officer saw him for 5 mins & said no. why? …

[Amy Atkinson @Amy__Atkinson]

JOB ALERT!

We are currently recruiting a postdoc for 23.5 months for our @ESRC funded project examining the relationship between working memory and real world outcomes. Working with me, @John_N_Towse and Brian Francis: https://t.co/BGsktDJk4T. Deadline: 7th Aug.

Please RT.

[LU Parent and Carers Network @Parents_Carers]

Do you have a child aged 0-12 years and are interested in contributing to research? @LancsBabylab are looking for participants for a range of interesting studies! You can find out more and register via the link below:
https://t.co/Dx0UtGzF1X

[LCICD @LCICD]

1/3 FREE WORKSHOP ALERT! On 22nd August there will be a FREE pre-conference workshop run by @ingmarvisser on the topic "Detecting (categorical) individual differences in developmental data: Mixture models, latent class models and Markov models for studying change"

[Eren Günseli @eren_gunseli]

I will be attending #ICPS2023 with only 1 of my 6 lab members whose abstracts were accepted. The others cannot attend due to issues with visa or passport. Doing science while being from a developing country is difficult for many reasons, one of which is international travel.

[Didar Karadağ @GradGoodfellow]

I tried booking appointments from 4 other countries, no appointments. Since I need to keep checking the websites, I am now locked out of the websites until the next day. It is a constant burden, why bother!

[Didar Karadağ @GradGoodfellow]

Excitement for symposium acceptance overshadowed by visa issues once again. I was hopeful that I could get a visa in good time. There is not a single appointment for Spain in the next months. I already spent 4-5 hours trying to book a slot. How disappointing and discouraging!