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WRIHW Newsletter 104, the last of 2022, should be in your inboxes now!

The latest Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Newsletter (and the final one this year) should be arriving in your inbox this morning.

The first ECR Networking Event - A Thank you

On 8th December the WRIHW Early Career Researcher’s (ECR) Committee held a networking event for ECRs. 
WRIHW Networking Event

Wolfson Co-Director Book Launch 14th December 2022, 2.30 - 3.30

Join Jonathan Wistow and Luke Telford (University of York) for a fascinating discussion of their new book, Levelling Up the UK Economy: The Need for Transformative Change
Levelling Up

New WRIHW Fellow Publication! What’s really going on when a child is ‘overtired’ – and how to help them go to sleep

Anyone who’s cared for a young child will recognise the signs. They’ve had too little sleep or missed a nap, they’re cranky, tearful, and stroppy, and they can’t or won’t fall sleep. They are “overtired”. But is such a thing really possible – to be more tired than tired?
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The latest Wolfson Newsletter (Issue 103) is out now

The latest Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Newsletter should be arriving in your inbox this morning.
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You are invited to a Critical Care Garden Feedback Session

Please come along to the James Cook University Hospital HDU seminar room on Monday 28th November, between 12.30 and 17.00 - We would really like your thoughts on the garden.
James Cook garden

The latest Wolfson Newsletter (Issue 102) is out now

The latest Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Newsletter should be arriving in your inbox this morning.
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Further Funding for Unmasking Pain

Our Pain Academy project, Unmasking Pain, has been granted funding for the next 3 years.
Unmasking Pain

HERE North East: Intersecting Culture, Heritage, and Health

We aim to establish the first ever community culture and wellbeing hub for the North East. Ideas for the culture hub originated in a research partnership between several cultural organisations and individuals in the North East, funded though AHRC grants.
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A poem for our Critical Care Garden, South Tees NHS Foundation Hospital

This wonderful plaque was installed last week, with a poem by ICU Steps member Diane Bousfield. Many thanks to Diane, the plaque artist Dr Laura Johnston and the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing for funding this warm welcome to the garden, currently well used by patients, carers and staff.
ICU Poem

The latest Wolfson Newsletter (Issue 101) is out now

The first Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Newsletter for this academic year should be arriving in your inbox this morning.

Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Doctoral Training Programme

The Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing invite expressions of interest from doctoral students to join our doctoral training programme.
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