Bella Starling (she/her)

Wellcome Trust Engagement Fellow. Director of Vocal @letsgetvocal #WeAreVocal #InclusiveResearch. Writer, coach, flâneuse. Honorary Professor.

[Bella Starling (she/her) @bellastarling]

Delighted to share this work on capturing #diversity #data related to public partnerships in health research. Part of @letsgetvocal’s strategic approach to fostering more #InclusiveResearch @ManchesterBRC @ManchesterCRF @NIHRresearch @MFT_Research https://t.co/HpuNPXt8Q2

[Bella Starling (she/her) @bellastarling]

@letsgetvocal … If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, please still apply. You may be just the right candidate for this role!

[Bella Starling (she/her) @bellastarling]

@letsgetvocal And remember:
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people who identify as from the Global Majority are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification…

[Vocal @letsgetvocal]

📣 We’re hiring!

Are you passionate about connecting people with health research?

We're looking for an Engagement & Involvement Specialist to join our team!

Deadline: 23:59 on 26 March 2023
Apply here: https://t.co/cZu5C1VmBD

#InclusiveResearch #CharityJobs #ManchesterJobs

[Bella Starling (she/her) @bellastarling]

A pleasure to be part of this discussion and to present some of our practice and learning about embedding inclusive public partnerships in health research in Greater Manchester @letsgetvocal @ManchesterBRC @ManchesterCRF #InclusiveResearch

[Council of Deans of Health @councilofdeans]

How can we successfully collaborate in research? Professor Sir Peter Mathieson and @bellastarling discuss with @ProfChrisBurton #researchandinnovation #CoDHResearch

[Bella Starling (she/her) @bellastarling]

So great to be at #GortonHealthMatters final workshop today. We’re working with Gorton residents, health, care, housing, community & civic organisations @HMHCmcr @LindAlliance & others to develop community-led, locality-specific health research priorities. Watch this space 👇🏼

[Vocal @letsgetvocal]

📣 It's the final #GortonHealthMatters workshop!

We're at Gorton Central today with @HMHCmcr and @LindAlliance. Residents and professionals in Gorton will finalise the top 10 health & wellbeing priorities for the area. Stay tuned for live updates all day!

[Bella Starling (she/her) @bellastarling]

@NusratAhmedMM @kizzykayte @ManijehVerghese @sthuthiramesh @educ_research 🎉🎉 HUGE congratulations!

[Bella Starling (she/her) @bellastarling]

What an amazing evening celebrating all the achievements as part of @BAME_HCA awards and super proud of the BRAG group @letsgetvocal @MFT_Research for WINNING Community Initiative of the Year!

[Bella Starling (she/her) @bellastarling]

Join the @letsgetvocal team! A rewarding role working across an exciting and varied portfolio of projects bringing people and health research together #publicengagement #communityengagement #scicomm #patientinvolvement #InclusiveResearch

[Vocal @letsgetvocal]

📣Join the team!

We're looking for a Communications & Engagement Project Officer to join us.

Deadline: 23:59 on 01/10/2023

Apply here: https://t.co/Py8BSU9Pnx

#ManchesterJobs #InclusiveResearch #CharityJobs #PublicEngagement

[Bella Starling (she/her) @bellastarling]

@BarbaraMolony @CochraneUK @HRA_Latest It was lovely to see you @BarbaraMolony! Thanks for volunteering - you and your fellow volunteers made such a difference to the smooth running of the conference.

[Bella Starling (she/her) @bellastarling]

@SarahChapman30 Lovely to see you again @SarahChapman30

[Bella Starling (she/her) @bellastarling]

@DerekCStewart @letsgetvocal @CochraneConsumr Couldn’t have done it without you @DerekCStewart

[Bella Starling (she/her) @bellastarling]

What a joy to present @letsgetvocal work on #InclusiveResearch alongside such wonderful people! Thanks to @cochranecollab @CochraneUK #CochraneLondon for the invitation and for a thought-provoking few days.

[Dr Shoba Dawson @ShobaDawson]

Thank you @cochranecollab for inviting me to contribute to today’s plenary on Building trust through co-creation. It was an honour to present alongside @BeresfordPeter @bellastarling @tashystweet. Thank you @Maureenchats & Richard Morley for excellent chairing. #CochraneLondon

[Bella Starling (she/her) @bellastarling]

@helenfcraig @The_MRC @DerekCStewart @HelenDNickerson Great to meet you too and hear about your inspirational work 🎉

[Bella Starling (she/her) @bellastarling]

@beagoulao @DerekCStewart @letsgetvocal @The_MRC So lovely to meet you @beagoulao and to hear more about your work!

[Bella Starling (she/her) @bellastarling]

@TO_dpr @ShobaDawson Yes! This is project working across the global South and the global North...

[Bella Starling (she/her) @bellastarling]

Do you know of good practice & models of #publicengagement #knowledgeexchange #coproduction #patientcentricity #communityengagement? Then please consider responding to our survey by Wednesday 17 May 2023: https://t.co/mqRvpb9Jbm. It should only take 15-30 minutes & is anonymised.

[Bella Starling (she/her) @bellastarling]

@johntXbX @NCCPE Anyone who would like to!

[Bella Starling (she/her) @bellastarling]

Can you help spread the word please? @NIHRglobal @NCCPE @the_young_fdn @icstudiesuk @SDenegri @dr_know @NIHRinvolvement @UCL_CoPro @GlobalPPINet @Community_CoLab @jacknunn @DerekCStewart @UCD_PPI_Ignite #InclusiveResearch

[Bella Starling (she/her) @bellastarling]

Do you know of good practice & models of #publicengagement #knowledgeexchange #coproduction #patientcentricity #communityengagement? Then please consider responding to our survey by Wednesday 17 May 2023: https://t.co/mqRvpb9Jbm. It should only take 15-30 minutes & is anonymised.

[Bella Starling (she/her) @bellastarling]

This work is being delivered by a consortium of 12 engagement practitioners and researchers, led by @PivotCollective in partnership with @ehwoza @letsgetvocal @citiesRISE @RestlessDev @praxis_india @fiocruz

[Bella Starling (she/her) @bellastarling]

We’re looking at effective routes for meaningful involvement in research, with an ultimate goal of understanding how communities can play a meaningful, inclusive, and reciprocal role in the research ecosystem. We'd greatly appreciate your insights, thoughts and perspectives.