Selina Wallis

Public Involvement Manager @arc_nwc | Founder #SafeByDefault | #coproduction #traumainformed #cse #dv #doula | Memoirist | All views my own

[Selina Wallis @UnlockingBirth]

🔁 All policy & campaign writing has moved to @safe_by_default:
➤ Digital safety
➤ Neurodivergent rights
➤ Safeguarding failures
If you followed me for that work, please head there.
Red Apples & @UnlockingBirth will now focus on #research #LivedExperience #PublicHealth #memoir

[Karleen Gribble @DrKarleenG]

Are newborns blank slates? Does it matter to them from whom the oocyte for their conception came or who gestated and birthed them? Using research from adoption, donor conception and surrogacy, this paper argues for consideration of the child's experience in surrogacy language.

[Selina Wallis @UnlockingBirth]

I’m seeing more local parenting posts from families waiting years for #ADHD assessment, medication review or support.

The risk doesn’t stay on the waiting list. It moves into homes, schools, families & safeguarding systems.

https://t.co/oqGn1oErf9

[Milli Hill @millihill]

We are all behind you Sall. #IStandWithSallGrover

[National Institute for Health and Care Research @NIHRresearch]

Have you got a passion for research and want to help shape funding decisions?

We’ve opened a wide range of opportunities to join our decision-making committees across multiple research programmes.

📅 Closing date: 26 May 2026

Learn more about the opportunities available and apply at ⬇️
https://t.co/A3pG5OWYXR

[Samuele Cortese @CorteseSamuele]

Out in @JAACAP

"We are pleased to introduce the Evidence-Based Intervention database for ADHD (EBI-ADHD: https://t.co/IEujfRXedd), a new and open-access online resource for the clinical and research community in child and adolescent psychiatry."
https://t.co/QZoJFdtj23

[Selina Wallis @UnlockingBirth]

I took part in this podcast on the Southport Inquiry report last week

[Transform Justice @TransformJust1]

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

The Southport attack left a haunting question: how does a teenager so known to services fall through the cracks?

Lynn Davies & Selina Wallis join us to unpack the missed opportunities & how a similar tragedy could be prevented.

🎧Listen: https://t.co/5POyjDvvPT

[Selina Wallis @UnlockingBirth]

My good friend Nettie died from a brsin tumour in her early 50s. Could be an interesting report for @NIHRARCs #cancer #BrainCancer https://t.co/hTHlXyBZuB

[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

The best predictor of scientific impact isn't gender, seniority, methodology, or geography, it is the informal network of colleagues and mentors who provide guidance and feedback. We are often ignore the most important source of success.

Informal support networks are the unsung heroes in science. Joining a great community of supportive and collaborative colleagues might therefore be one of the most important keys to success.

This is based on a new paper analyzing the scientific impact of 86,000 scholars. The authors found that informal connections (ie the people who you thank in acknowledgement sections) are more important that your coauthors in predicting publication productivity and impact.

https://t.co/w8rJHWFpha

[International Journal of Population Data Science @IJPDS]

How hard is it to access NHS data for research?

Two major congenital heart disease studies required 12 regulators, dozens of forms, and years of approvals before analysis could begin

Researchers share lessons on improving access while protecting privacy
https://t.co/SFGMZBIg36

[PsyPost.org @PsyPost]

Listening to music with a friend syncs up your emotional and brain responses. According to a recent Cortex study, sharing a musical experience increases the moment-to-moment similarity of subjective pleasure and enhances neural alignment between listeners. https://t.co/R4PCgTmBw8

[Lucy Faithfull Foundation @Lucy_Faithfull_]

Thank you to @Channel4News  and @SophieBraybrook for reporting on the growing trend we’ve been seeing on our Stop It Now helpline. Last year, the number of people contacting us about viewing or generating AI sexual images of children doubled.

https://t.co/PWDyXvgYBz

[Selina Wallis @UnlockingBirth]

@SpcialNdsJungle @martinimarie Ive had real issues getting even private OT support to provision an EHCP for DCD

[Selina Wallis @UnlockingBirth]

How surrogacy is softened through doulas, care, ethics language and sacred birth culture https://t.co/ea5C7DJuEj

[Neurodiverse Connection UK @NDConnectionUK]

It’s that time again! Ann Memmott’s April research roundup is here!

In this research roundup, Ann Memmott brings together recent papers covering a range of topics including terminology, rejection, social media, ABA and conflict of interest

Read here 👇
https://t.co/bJBbMjfvrn

[Tom Pollard @PollardTom]

This proposal from the Tony Blair Institute shows a complete misunderstanding of both mental health & the benefits system. Declaring some conditions 'non work-limiting' is a discriminatory & simplistic response to a hugely complex challenge 1/4 https://t.co/qLyvaYCxx1

[Selina Wallis @UnlockingBirth]

Great to hear from @VSNWEscadale at #Arcfest @arc_nwc #VCSFE sector at the heart of Phase 2. How can @NIHRARCs support #data tracking to improve the evidence base of the sector. Build social.movements of #resesrch knowledge mobilisation.

[Selina Wallis @UnlockingBirth]

A challenge from our departing steering board chair @Popay100 Jennie Popay to @arc_nwc to consider the importance of language. Deprived or impoverished? #Arcfest

[ARC North West Coast @arc_nwc]

@UnlockingBirth offering an insight into the REAL contribution from our public advisors (now contributors) 😀 over 100 public advisors were registered for Phase 1 👏thank you all

[Selina Wallis @UnlockingBirth]

Hearing from Shakila Thangaratinam our Women's health theme lead. @arc_nwc Phase 2 launch #arcfest we are one of the only @NIHRARCs to have this theme. Glad yo hear safety of maternity care high on the agenda https://t.co/F6Zza5wobP

[Emily Townsend @emilyltownsend]

Exclusive: NHS England is considering allowing midwives to “withdraw” services from women deemed to be giving birth at home against professional advice

https://t.co/0PEEhBr2CN

[Selina Wallis @UnlockingBirth]

Hearing from our @arc_nwc Phase 2 launch #research themes. @profbuchan on Digital to Analogue discussing #AI important of #PublicInvolvement and human #LivedExperience https://t.co/PHx1DUNeRg