Dear SEEN members,

April’s newsletter has PhD, WES Early Career Ambassador, and WoW grant opportunities, latest publication and report highlights, a SEEN postgrad meet up call, and the stunning new piece created by Justyna Green based on the Reframing Endometriosis conference.

Opportunities

• Funded PhD: British South Asian Endometriosis Experiences and Psycho-social Wellbeing (April 30^th deadline)
• Become a WES Early Career Ambassadors (April 20^th deadline)
• Wellbeing of Women Grant on adolescent period pain (May 7^th EOI deadline)

Latest Research/Dissemination 

• Reframing Endometriosis Illustration by Justyna Green
• Publication Highlights

Get Involved

• Relaunching the SEEN Postgrad/Doc Meet Up group 

Opportunities

• A funded PhD opportunity at Birmingham City University, learn more here: British South Asian Endometriosis Experiences and Psycho-social Wellbeing: A Participatory and Arts-based Mixed-methods Study  (due April 30^th)
• The next round of World Endometriosis Society Early Career Ambassadors is now open, learn more about eligibility and how to apply here:  Call for new Early Career Ambassadors – World Endometriosis Society (due April 30^th)
• Wellbeing for Women and Reckitt launch a research project grant for projects on adolescent period pain, learn more here: WoW-Reckitt Research Project Grant   (Expression of Interest due May 7^th)

Reframing Endometriosis Illustration by Justnya Green

Follow the link to explore the rich, detailed illustration Reframing Endometriosis by Justyna Green.  Green, an award winning illustrator, created the piece based on last summer’s British Academy Reframing Endometriosis: Power, Politics and Potential Futures conference.  The piece captures some of the conference’s key discussions through vivid, powerful images.

Publication Highlights      

Exciting new publications including research based in Chile, another on Māori and Pasifika Mate Kirikōpū  perspectives, and one on visual reconstructions of endo pain.  Plus, an article on the EU’s underinvestment in endo research and Endometriosis UK’s report on increasing diagnosis wait times.

• Adler, et al. (2024)  Social Media, Endometriosis, and Evidence-Based Information: An Analysis of Instagram Content
• Bullo & Hearn (2024) Visual reconstructions of endometriosis pain: An interdisciplinary visual methodology for illness representation
• Dowding, et al. (2024) Learning to cope with the reality of endometriosis: A mixed‐methods analysis of psychological therapy in women with endometriosis
• Ellis, et al. (2024)  The Perspectives of Maori and Pasifika Mate Kirikopu (Endometriosis) Patients in Aotearoa New Zealand
• Endometriosis UK (2024) Dismissed, ignored and belittled: The long road to endometriosis diagnosis in the UK
• Howard, et al. (2024) Women’s Self-Management of Dyspareunia Associated With Endometriosis: A Qualitative Study
• Ito & Pascual (2024) Exploring women’s chronic disease experiences: A mixed-methods analysis of endometriosis narratives
• Viganò, Casalechi, & Dolmans (2024) European Union underinvestment in endometriosis research

SEEN Postgrad/doc Meet Up Relaunch        

Previously, we ran a successful meet up group for postgraduates and early postdocs. Meeting up bi-monthly to share works in progress, share resources and peer support. Let’s relaunch the group! If interested, please email: socialendonet@gmail.com with ‘Postgrad/doc’ in the subject heading.