Verity Chester

Research Associate @HPFT_NHS | Manager @RADiANTCRG | Editor @AdvancesAutism | PhD Candidate @uniofeastanglia | Intellectual Disability/Autism/CJS/Mental Health

[Verity Chester @VerityChester]

📣 Calling all autistic adults in the UK! 📣

A team of researchers at the University of Warwick and CAMH in Toronto want to hear from you!

🔗 Take part in the survey here: https://t.co/2XWZzrEfOm
Please email Dr Samantha Flynn ([email protected]) with any questions

[Verity Chester @VerityChester]

📣 Calling all autistic adults in the UK! 📣

A team of researchers at the University of Warwick and CAMH in Toronto want to hear from you!

🔗 Take part in the survey here: https://t.co/2XWZzrEfOm
Please email Dr Samantha Flynn ([email protected]) with any questions

[☀️RADiANT Research Consortium ☀️ @RADiANTCRG]

If you would like to attend the May CPD session, please join the mailing list on https://t.co/Kjm1VaGnUD

For any queries email [email protected]

[☀️RADiANT Research Consortium ☀️ @RADiANTCRG]

We are recruiting! We have two Research Assistant posts available to work on the STRAND study - ADHD screening in Intellectual Disability.

https://t.co/OtGsBNzSSM

For informal queries, please contact Verity Chester on: [email protected]

[WISH @WishCharity]

This is a very real issue. WISH supported several women who really didn't understand the process and because their LD or MH was not glaring ly obvious it was not noticed.

[Professor Rohit Shankar @haritsa1]

Our paper @TheBJPsych examines if UK grant-funded health projects for people with intellectual disability last 15 years translated to publications &/or influenced inter/national guidelines. Prototype study but a start Free Access/Download @CIDER_Research
https://t.co/upD5rUjKno

[☀️RADiANT Research Consortium ☀️ @RADiANTCRG]

Check out the programme of this amazing event from the Royal Society of Medicine Intellectual Disability Forum.

It is online, on Thursday 7th May 2026 and still accepting registrations.

To book, please visit: https://t.co/C1oM9NHCsm

[Verity Chester @VerityChester]

Call for papers, special issue of Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities on people with intellectual disabilities & forensic/criminal justice issues. More information: https://t.co/G3HUeshe8n

For informal discussions, please email me on: [email protected]

[Research at HPFT @HPFT_Research]

Curious about the future of #mentalhealth and learning disability care? 💡
Join us at HPFT’s Research Showcase to hear about the ideas, interventions and innovations making a difference across our services.
Register ➡️ https://t.co/FaIshLwgnZ
#NHS #NHSResearch #Herts @UniofHerts

[☀️RADiANT Research Consortium ☀️ @RADiANTCRG]

We have a fantastic programme on epilepsy and intellectual disability for this months CPD session. If you are not already on our mailing list, sign up on our website and you will be invited: https://t.co/toqErtCVAI (very top right of screen). Hope to see you there!

[☀️RADiANT Research Consortium ☀️ @RADiANTCRG]

Prof @regalexa addressing the @CANDDID1 conference in Chester this morning with his talk on autism and psychosis

[☀️RADiANT Research Consortium ☀️ @RADiANTCRG]

Our project evaluating assertive support for people with learning disabilities to access cancer screening has been published: https://t.co/XMFqxmeJQ4

Amazing outcomes which could be replicated nationally. @InderSawhney1 @regalexa @AsifSZia @HPFT_NHS @EPatteril @VerityChester

[Verity Chester @VerityChester]

@haritsa1 @RADiANTCRG 100+ every month, be there or be square! Thank you Rohit that was brilliant 👏🏻

[☀️RADiANT Research Consortium ☀️ @RADiANTCRG]

If you would like to attend the November CPD session, please join the RADiANT mailing list on https://t.co/Kjm1VaGVKb.

For any queries email [email protected].

[National Institute for Health and Care Research @NIHRresearch]

Actor and comedian Stephen Fry is encouraging more people to get involved in research to help improve treatments and care for everyone.

This comes after yesterday's launch of the government's Men's Health Strategy, which outlines how we will fund and support research into areas such as mental health and prostate cancer.

Could you take part in research too? Find out more at https://t.co/VRBUhmdoOR

📷 Claudio Raschella

[Verity Chester @VerityChester]

@cjcrompton This will be an amazing project!

[☀️RADiANT Research Consortium ☀️ @RADiANTCRG]

At @rcpsychEastern conference, 3 of our posters were shortlisted for prizes!

Joshua Thomas & @EPatteril won 1st prize in the medical student competition for their cardiovascular risk project 🥇

@HollyannaMarler won 1st prize & @VerityChester 2nd in the MDT competition 🥇🥈

[☀️RADiANT Research Consortium ☀️ @RADiANTCRG]

@RADiANTCRG presenting our current projects at the @rcpsychEastern division conference in Cambridge 📈📊📄

We had 7 posters presented, on topics including psychotropic medication, dysphagia, easy read health info, cardiovascular health, and forensic interventions @HPFT_NHS

[Verity Chester @VerityChester]

Some of the @RADiANTCRG team including @EPatteril and our Research Observer Joshua presenting their QRISK Cardiovascular health in intellectual disability poster @rcpsychEastern conference today (bottom right)

[rcpsych Eastern @rcpsychEastern]

Some of our poster presenters at the Eastern Division Autumn Conference 2025. @Kallur_Suresh @aaraoof @AconwayM @chrisol1 @drapathak

[☀️RADiANT Research Consortium ☀️ @RADiANTCRG]

🧠 Join the @RoySocMed & RADiANT on 20 Nov 2025 for a one-day online conference:

Maintaining best practice in the healthcare of people with neurodevelopmental disorders.
Explore neurology, immunology & patient experience.

🔗 https://t.co/AaM8DCkv8D