Faculty of Health Postgraduate Research Showcase | Research Festival 2021

Morning programme

09:30 | Welcome and housekeeping by Professor Bridie Kent, Deputy Director of Doctoral College (Nursing and Midwifery, Health Professions and Psychology Schools)

09:35 | Opening address by Professor Robert Fern, Associate Dean of Research

09:45 | Keynote by Dr Louise Belfield, Lecturer in Biomedical Science

10:15 | Oral presentations – session 1, Chaired by Dr Claudia Barros, Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Postgraduate researcher presentations. Each talk will consist of a 10-minute presentation and five-minute question session.

• 'Human Coronavirus and influenza A virus infection in human and mouse models of lung alveolar macrophages' by Justyna Lopatecka
• 'Development of a novel antibacterial silver nanocoating to reduce nosocomial infections' by James Butler

10:45 | Break

11:00 | Oral presentations and podcasts – session 2, Chaired by Anis Sahoo

Postgraduate researcher presentations. Each part will consist of a five-to-15-minute presentation and there will be a 10-minute Q&A at the end of the session. You will also be able to view a selection of posters virtually with commentary from each author.

Oral presentations:

• 'Training for EATing and drinking In deMEntia (TEATIME): testing the feasibility of a podcast for homecare workers' by Louise Mole
• 'Exploring the occupational needs of older adults with long term conditions: A phenomenological study' by Samantha Whiting

Podcasts:

• 'Exploring people with intellectual disabilities' experiences of clinical interventions through a video call app during the COVID-19 pandemic: A service evaluation' by Dominika Kominkova
• 'The role of Ubiquitin ligases Nedd4-1 and Nedd4-2 in the midbrain and their crosstalk with alpha-synuclein in Parkinson's Disease' by James Conway
• 'The nutritional assessment and management of patients who undergo pancreatico-duodenectomy (PD) is highly variable: Is it time for consensus guidelines? Results from a UK-wide survey.' by Thomas Russell
• 'Investigating the role of YME1L in brain tumourigenesis' by Jamie Pugh

12:00 | Lunch break with optional online networking/chat room

Afternoon programme

13:00 | Welcome back by Associate Professor Claudia Barros, Deputy Director of Doctoral College (Medical, Dental and Biomedical Schools)

13:05 | Keynote: 'Trials, tribulations, and celebrations as an early career researcher: The journey so far.' by Dr Rebecca Baines, Research Fellow in eHealth – Enagement and Impact Assessment

13:35 | Oral presentations – session 3, Chaired by James Conway

Postgraduate researcher presentations. Each part will consist of a five-to-15-minute talk and there will be a 10-minute Q&A at the end of the session. You will also be able to view a selection of posters virtually with commentary from each author.

Oral presentations: 

• 'Building Capability and Capacity for User Experience Evaluation within a Digital Health Ecosystem' by Inocencio Maramba
• 'Parental screen time and young children’s language development' by Delphine Nguyen

Podcasts:

• 'Experiences of children and young people with pituitary conditions: Transition from paediatric to adult services and adulthood' by Yolanta Breese
• 'The influence of emotions in charitable giving: a comparative analysis of empathic concern and personal distress' by Carolina Pulido Ariza

14:20 | Break

14:35 | Oral presentations – session 4, Chaired by Dr Jane March-McDonald, Lecturer in Adult Nursing (Education)

Postgraduate researcher presentations. Each part will consist of a five-to-15-minute talk and there will be a 10-minute Q&A at the end of the session. You will also be able to view a selection of posters virtually with commentary from each author.

Oral presentations:

• 'Using immersive virtual reality to examine the bases of individual difference in spatial abilities: The role of landmarks in large-scale search behaviour' by Shaun Dordoy
• 'Singapore’s Health outcomes After Critical illness in Kids: The SHACK study protocol exploring health outcomes of children and parents six months after paediatric intensive care discharge' by Pei-Fen Poh

Podcasts: 

• 'Decoding mechanisms of brain tumour-initiating cell adaption and tumour growth' by Nsikan Nsek
• 'An action research study to co-create success for transition from further education to undergraduate nurse education' by Anna Chick

15:20 | Prize presentations and conclusion by Professor Jerry Roberts, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Enterprise)

View the videos and posters submitted by postgraduate students from the Faculty of Health covering a range of topics reflecting the themes of 'Frontiers in Discovery Science', 'Brain and Mind', 'Health Across the Life Course' and 'Digital Health'.

Video presentations

• An action research study to co-create success for transition from further education to undergraduate nurse education

• Balance rehabilitation for people with mild to moderate Parkinson's disease: a scoping review to dual-task training interventions and outcome measures

• Decoding mechanisms of brain tumour-initiating cell adaption and tumour growth
  

• Developing an integrated multi-level model of uncertainties in healthcare – systematic review and evidence synthesis

• Establishing an in vitro three-dimensional (3D) multicellular meningioma spheroid model for the discovery and validation of molecular therapies

• Examining the impact of behaviour change techniques on engagement with a digital health intervention for obesity

• Experiences of children and young people with pituitary conditions: Transition from paediatric to adult services and adulthood
  

• Exploring people with intellectual disabilities experiences of clinical interventions through a video call app during COVID-19 pandemic: A service evaluation

• Factors affecting participation in physical activity from the perspective of people with Parkinson's who do not engage

• Human foraging behaviour as an early marker of cognitive decline in typical and atypical ageing

• Investigating the role of YME1L in brain tumourigenesis
  

• Unreliable landmark bias in egocentric cue use