MinervaRV

Prof. Disability and global health. Interested in equity, technology and bioethics.

[MinervaRV @minerva_rv]

Just in time for your next semester's readings! @globalhealth @disabilityrights

[Lieketseng Ned @LieketsengNed]

Projected print date: 31 May 2024

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https://t.co/kLQ1uZ57Ck

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Are you looking for a full-time PhD position? If you want to join my lab and contribute to strengthening the evidence to improve the well-being of persons with disabilities, please apply!
Help us circulate this opportunity widely.https://t.co/DAiHcoff8j

[European Research Council (ERC) @ERC_Research]

📣 Hot off the press: Transitional arrangements will allow the ERC to begin accepting applications from researchers based in 🇨🇭Switzerland once again, as from the calls under the ERC’s 2024 Work Programme.

Statement from the ERC's Scientific Council 👇
https://t.co/e0amuhwrAd

[MinervaRV @minerva_rv]

Tribune de Genève interviewed me for this piece, which discusses the massive need for trained personnel to serve persons with disabilities in social and health services.
https://t.co/r02md3tZdy

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My work was selected as exemplary research that promotes exchange between Switzerland & Latin America Latin. Toda and I were presenting it to Latin American ambassadors & Swiss policymakers @snsf_ch @URosario @HEDS @Swissleadinghouse

[Professor Dan Goodley @DanGoodley]

** Disability research job opportunities**

Come & work @iHumanSheff & join our exciting research community! We have FIVE positions coming soon within a new @wellcometrust project which will explore anti-ableist research cultures.

https://t.co/c5InCMinGB

[MinervaRV @minerva_rv]

I'm excited to be part of 'The Contribution of STI in Promoting Equality and Non-Discrimination at 2023 Social Forum https://t.co/unQgbkR14p @sched

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we discussed how available evidence regarding the use of technology and innovation could enable health equity for persons with disabilities.

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From the first line of a proposal to these pictures! For the last three years, I have been trying to get policymakers, NGOs and researchers to work on using ICTs to improve access to health

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, in which, alongside Gerard Quinn, the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Permanent Mission of Mexico, Colombia and New Zealand, and the International Disability Alliance,

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Technology can enhance better healthcare access, public health surveillance & health research for persons with disabilities. Let's make sure that is the case.

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User-centred is a buzzword that we see everywhere in tech innovation. Our SR shows a lack of methodological rigour in understanding users' needs in their context. Users are not at the centre of the process at all.@samiahurst @HLSPOD

https://t.co/ks2iZneXBD

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Not the FNS or any other publically funded trustworthy scientific institution shall allow this or other questionable journals to continue! It's bad for everyone

[Matthias Egger @eggersnsf]

Received 1 July 2023, revised 18 July 2023, accepted 22 July 2023.
Hhmmm... Should @snsf pay for the Article Processing Charge of such articles?

ht @JoelBillieux

[Matthias Egger @eggersnsf]

Received 1 July 2023, revised 18 July 2023, accepted 22 July 2023.
Hhmmm... Should @snsf pay for the Article Processing Charge of such articles?

ht @JoelBillieux

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@AlbertoFariasO Gracias!! ven a visitarme! :)

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It is pretty official now; I shall be updating my title as Chair on Global Health and Disability at the School of Health Science but remain attached to iEH2, Faculty of Medicine.

[Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA @sridhartweet]

We have not been talking enough about entire editorial board (45!) of Critical Public Health resigning...and then starting new journal.

we should pay much more attention to what is happening with academic publishing.

essay
https://t.co/zNQIMVR4eQ
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https://t.co/XYSFVLm39t

[MinervaRV @minerva_rv]

I often get asked about the cut-offs using the WGQ. In this article, alongside my DDI colleagues, we discuss what cut-offs to adopt for the purpose of investigating and monitoring disability gaps.
https://t.co/86tNTCbNIe