@BecDimDiff

Researcher and lecturer in medical sociology at Cardiff University, Social Sciences

 Cardiff
cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/contactsandpeople/academicstaff/C-D/dr-rebecca-dimond-biography.html
Joined March 2013
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Delighted to announce the publication of my first book- Legalising Mitochondrial Donation: Enacting Ethical Futures in UK Biomedical Politics. Thanks to @DrNeilStephens , @ESRC for funding the research and @PalgraveSoc #mito palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319…
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Thank you to the Wales Innovation Network for the funding & to @aberuni for hosting our inclusive assistive tech for dementia care meeting. The Dialogue Centre is a great place to foster co-creative thinking with the community on access, equity & innovation - diolch!
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Some great discussions and themes emerging from today's #GW4 Mental Health Research Network, Online Workshop. Thanks to all the GW4 investigators, speakers and discussions leads for joining us to progress this important area of collaborative work! #ChangeDoesntHappenAlone
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Special Issue CFP in: 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 @tandfSTEM @tandfmedicine #ethics #AI #healthcare @michal_pruski think.taylorandfrancis.com/s…
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Loneliness can be taboo but 37 people shared their experiences of being lonely for a new resource launched today on socialcaretalk.org socialcaretalk.org/Lonelines… Research by @MelinaMalli, @sarasiobhan and @emvmorrissey @ManMetUni #Loneliness #SocialCareResearch
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📢TOMORROW We will be holding a Women’s Dementia Research Information Session in Grangetown by Cardiff University @CUSocSci @CUHealthSci female research staff🩺 📆 14 June ⏰16:00 - 17:00 📍 @Grange_Pavilion #community #dementiaawareness
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An interview with academic visitor Dr María de Jesús Medina Arellano on her research into the ethics and regulation of biotechnologies in developing countries, such as stem cell science, human genome editing and reproductive technologies.
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What amazing and reassuring news after years of waiting. I hope this will pave the way for more healthy babies to be born theguardian.com/science/2023… @PET_BioNews @BecDimDiff @CRRDMU

First UK baby with DNA from three people born after new IVF procedure

Exclusive: Mitochondrial donation treatment aims to prevent children from inheriting incurable diseases

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First UK baby with DNA from three people born after new IVF procedure theguardian.com/science/2023…

First UK baby with DNA from three people born after new IVF procedure

Exclusive: Mitochondrial donation treatment aims to prevent children from inheriting incurable diseases

theguardian.com
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On Saturday, @CardiffUCU is having a fundraiser for our strike fund STRIKE... A POSE... because work's a DRAG eventbrite.co.uk/e/strike-a-…

STRIKE... A POSE... because work's a DRAG

Join us for some speed-friendshipping and entertainment from a talented bunch of drag performers in aid of UCU Strike Fund!

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See you all at 10am UK time tomorrow morning for our #Twitter takeover with @GeneticAll_UK for #rarediseaseday2023. #StrongerTogether 📢🎉
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The unexpected and unanticipated announcement of the “world’s first” gene edited babies: breaching, repairing and strengthening community boundaries @NewGenSoc #Gene #Editing #Babies #Genetics tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

The unexpected and unanticipated announcement of the “world’s first” gene edited babies: breaching,...

The 2018 announcement that the world’s first babies had been born following gene editing was unexpected and unanticipated. In this article, we focus on the reaction to the announcement and explore ...

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My latest article with @BecDimDiff in @BioSocieties: 'Science and democracy on stage at the Science and Technology Select Committee', about how the mitochondrial donation/biomedical UK sociotechnical imaginary was reiterated and performed in Parliament link.springer.com/article/10…

Science and democracy on stage at the Science and Technology Select Committee

BioSocieties - In this article, we explore the legalisation of mitochondrial donation in the UK as the latest iteration of an established sociotechnical imaginary of permissive yet highly...

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This is me & my sister c1977. Oh how I loved those trousers! If you can spare 10-15 minutes this weekend, my student and I would be really grateful if you could complete our questionnaire about childhood memory and place: tinyurl.com/ChildMemories
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Thank you to @HarrieChurchill and @Dr_K_Davies for their very thoughtful responses to our #COVIDLabour paper today @Sheffielduniv Everyday Life and Critical Diversities Virtual Research Seminar. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…

COVID labour: Making a ‘livable’ life under lockdown - Katherine Twamley, Charlotte Faircloth,...

Drawing on qualitative longitudinal data from 38 families with children in the UK collected between May 2020 and June 2021, this article discusses the extra eve...

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Long time in the making but here is our paper on why we maintain we need a distinct public understanding of social science programme journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.… with @AndrewBartletta @DrNeilStephens @HaukeR. We hope it provokes healthy discussion and debate.

Why we need a Public Understanding of Social Science - Jamie Lewis, Andrew Bartlett, Hauke Riesch,...

Who is licensed to make knowledge claims about society? A more diffuse group of individuals are afforded the status of legitimate speakers on society in the pub...

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New open access paper by me, @JLew1979 and Alice Sumner "The unexpected and unanticipated announcement of the “world’s first” gene edited babies: breaching, repairing and strengthening community boundaries" tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

The unexpected and unanticipated announcement of the “world’s first” gene edited babies: breaching,...

The 2018 announcement that the world’s first babies had been born following gene editing was unexpected and unanticipated. In this article, we focus on the reaction to the announcement and explore ...

tandfonline.com
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Calling all academics! Looking for participants, 10-15min survey about experiences of publishing. Interested in your perception of reviewers, beliefs about fairness & your wellbeing. Thank you! #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #peerreview tinyurl.com/524hrcep
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What is the impact of #Covid-19 health inequalities on #children through the prism of intersectionality? An analysis of the impact of Covid-19 from the perspective of social #inequalities in health. #openaccess @uabbarcelona @UPFBarcelona onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Impact of COVID‐19 inequalities on children: An intersectional analysis

Societal concerns about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have largely focussed on the social groups most directly affected, such as the elderly and health workers. However, less focus has been...

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As the end of our final term approaches, @FlisHenwood and I are happy to talk to anyone thinking about putting a team and application together.
Sociology of Health and Illness Journal@SHIjournal15 Sep 2022
Expressions of interest are invited for the provision of the services of an Editorial Team to take over the editorship of Sociology of Health and Illness from 1 October 2024. More information here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-a…
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The latest issue of BioSocieties is an absolute feast! Great papers by, among others, @Kat_Kieslich, @HeLangstrup, @reprotechethics, @fjkelly666, @katharinatpaul, @Lawless_CJ, @NordqvistPetra, @elisalievevrouw, @hoyweghen_i, @mrllcu, @BPrainsack, @gabriellesamue1, @tiagoemoreira
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