In this episode, we are joined by some of the members of the CARE project team. CARE stands for Craniofacial Microsomia: Accelerating Research and Education and is aimed at investigating the psychosocial impact and healthcare burden of Craniofacial Microsomia. CAR's own Dr Nicola Stock (Associate Professor), Dr Alessia Johns (Paediatric Psychologist, Children's Hospital Los Angeles), Lazer Schefer (Patient advocate), and Amy Schefer (Parent advocate) join Maia to discuss this exciting project and the importance of conducting impactful research into rare conditions. To find out more about the C ..read more

April is Autism Acceptance Month so Nadia speaks with Phaedra Longhurst - an autistic PhD student at Angelia Ruskin University. The Links to Phaedra's Papers: Scoping Review: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2023.102170 Positive body image in autistic adults interview study: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.101655 BAS-2A: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101706 To keep up to date with the Centre for Appearance Research, follow us on • X: twitter.com/CAR_UWE • Instagram: www.instagram.com/car_uwe/ • Facebook: www.facebook.com/AppearanceResearch If you've enjoyed this episode, please do ..read more

Find out more about Body Confident Sport - two new body image programmes designed to support girls in sport settings. Nadia speaks with Dr Emily Matheson, Dr Kat Schneider, Dr Courtney Boucher, and Dr Nicole LeVoi to hear more have this 3-year project from conception to dissemination. Body Confident Sport Website: https://www.bodyconfidentsport.com Centre for Appearance Research Website: www.uwe.ac.uk/car Tucker Center Website: https://www.cehd.umn.edu/tuckercenter/ Papers: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.06.012 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.06.013 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyi ..read more

For our February episode, Abbi finds out all about Alopecia. Alopecia means hair loss and it can affect any or all areas of the body, and can be temporary or permanent. We are joined by three guests. Firstly, from CAR, we have Research Fellow Dr Kerry Montgomery and Senior Lecturer – formerly Senior Research Fellow at CAR - Dr Fabio Zucchelli. We are also joined by Sue Schilling, CEO of Alopecia UK, a national charity aiming to improve the lives of those affected by alopecia. Alopecia UK: https://www.alopecia.org.uk/ Men's Chat Short Film: https://www.alopecia.org.uk/mens-chat-a-short-film Pap ..read more

Professor Phillippa Diedrichs chats to Nadia about some career defining moments and gives some teasers for her Appearance Matters 10 Conference Keynote address. More about Phillippa: https://www.phillippadiedrichs.com Link to info on the 10th Appearance Matters Conference: www.uwe.ac.uk/research/centres-a…ents/am-conference Prof Nichola Rumsey episode link: https://soundcloud.com/appearance-matters/bonus-episode-professor-nichola-rumsey-obe Body Confident Sport: https://www.bodyconfidentsport.com ..read more

Kicking off our Appearance Matters 10 Conference Series, Maia speaks with A/Professor Kathleen Bogart. About Dr Kathleen Bogart Kathleen was born with a facial difference and is dedicated to research and advocacy intervening on visible difference stigma and ableism. Passionate about the disability community, she is the co-founder of the Disability Advocacy and Research Network (DARN) for disabled psychologists and allies. In addition to more than 55 scientific journal articles, her work has also been featured in the New York Times, Time, and the Financial Times. She has also delivered a TEDx t ..read more

Welcome back to the final episode in the summer shorts series! Over the summer, we’re bringing you short episodes focusing on a recently published paper by researchers at the team at the Centre for Appearance Research. Today, Maia speaks to Kirsty Garbett (Research Fellow at CAR) about her paper titled: ‘Body Image Among Girls In Indonesia: Associations with Disordered Eating Behaviours, Life Engagement, Desire for Cosmetic Surgery and Psychosocial Influences’. To find our more you can read the published paper here: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/14/6394 To hear more related to this topic y ..read more

Welcome back to the summer shorts series! Over the summer, we’re bringing you short episodes focusing on a recently published paper by researchers at the team at the Centre for Appearance Research. Today, Bruna speaks to Nadia Craddock (Senior Research Fellow) about her paper titled: Understanding colourism in the UK: development and assessment of the everyday colourism scale You can read the paper here: tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01419870.2022.2149275 Check out a previous full-feature Appearance Matters episode on colourism: https://soundcloud.com/appearance-matters/80-understanding-colo ..read more

Welcome back to the summer shorts series! Over the summer, the CAR podcast team are bringing you bite-sized episodes on a recently published paper from different members of the team at the Centre for Appearance Research. In this summer short, Abbi speaks with A/Prof Nicola Stock about her recently published paper titled 'Feasibility and Acceptability of the Promoting Resilience in Stress Management-Parent(PRISM-P) Intervention for Caregivers of Children with Craniofacial Conditions'. Read the paper here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10556656231157449?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id ..read more

Welcome back to the summer shorts series! Over the summer, we’re bringing you short episodes focusing on a recently published paper by researchers at the team at the Centre for Appearance Research. On this episode, A/Prof Helena Lewis-Smith speaks with Nadia about a paper titled: Evaluating a body image school-based intervention in India: A randomized controlled trial You can read the paper here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1740144522002091 Episode produced by Nadia Craddock Summer shorts series developed by Nadia Craddock ..read more