Dear SEEN members,
Excited to bring to your attention to some upcoming conference and special journal issue opportunities, publication highlights, an announcement of the new WES Social ScienceEarly Career Ambassador, the next SEEN Postgraduate/doc virtual meet-up date, and more…
Opportunities
- Special Journal Issue: Building bridges: understanding barriers in endometriosis and pelvic pain management Abstracts due 30 Sept 2024
- Register now: 16th World Congress on Endometriosis Sydney, 21-24 May 2025 (SEEN meeting to be held)
- Save the date: Society for Menstrual Cycle Research Conference Washington DC, 17-20 July 2025
Latest Research/News
- Publication Highlights
- World Endometriosis Society’s first Social Science Early Career Ambassador
- Congratulations to Endometriosis (R)evolution conference organisers
Get Involved
- SEEN Postgrad/Doc Whatsapp group launched; Online Meet Up– Sept 5th 4pm BST
- Learn about World Endometriosis Organisations – latest newsletter focused on menstrual health/endo education, with a tribute to Mary Njambi Koikai
Opportunities
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Building bridges: understanding barriers in endometriosis and pelvic pain management
Special Issue Editor(s)Mike Armour, Western Sydney University, Australia Alex Hawkey, Western Sydney U, Australia Millie Mardon, Western Sydney U, Australia Hannah Adler, Griffith U, Australia Abstracts due: 30 Sept 2024 Manuscripts due: 30 April 2025 |
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| Registration is now open for the 16th World Congress on Endometriosis,
Call for abstracts will open this month and SEEN is organising a special meeting at the Congress. See you in Syndey! |
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Save the date: Society for Menstrual Cycle Research ConferenceWashington DC, 17-20 July 2025
Last year’s conference had a good representation of endometriosis researchers and hope the next will as well! |
Publication Highlights
Highlights include qualitative work based in Kenya and Tanzania, articles from a range of disciplines (health psychology, medical anthropology, and communications), and a book,report, and article with critical reflections and findings on clinical practice.
- Bergen, et al. Living with Endometriosis: A Narrative Analysis of the Experiences of Kenyan Women Int J Environ Res Public Health
- Cherenack, et al. Adolescent girls’ descriptions of dysmenorrhea and barriers to dysmenorrhea management in Moshi, Tanzania: A qualitative study Global Public Health
- Dhairyawan R Unheard: The Medical Practice of Silencing
- Dixon, et al.Endometriosis: time to think differently (and together). Br J Gen Pract.
- Ford A, How to Categorise Disease? Endometriosis, Inflammation, and ‘Self Out of Place’ Medicine Anthropology Theory
- Hallström Endo Time: Endometriosis and the Flow of Recognition Hypatia
- Hearn et al. A COM-B and Theoretical Domains Framework Mapping of the Barriers and Facilitators to Effective Communication and Help-Seeking Among People With, or Seeking a Diagnosis Of, Endometriosis
- Jones G, et al. Systematic review to determine use of the Endometriosis Health Profiles to measure quality of life outcomes in women with endometriosis Human Reproduction Update
- National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death Report Endometriosis: A Long and Painful Road
- Taylor & Grieg Investigating Young Women’s Retrospective Perceptions and Experiences of Menstrual Health Education in School Settings, England Women’s Reproductive Health
Did we miss any? Send publications to highlight to: annalise.weckesser@bcu.ac.uk
WES Social Sciences Early Career Ambassador
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Thrilled to announce that the World Endometriosis Society has selected Dr Andrea Ford as the Society’s first Social Scientist Early Career Ambassador.
Dr Ford, a cultural and medical anthropologist, is a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow in Social Sciences and Humanities at U of Edinburgh’s Medical School. Her research has examined the perception of environmental factors in endometriosis amongst clinicians and patients. With a Wellcome Trust Early Career Award, she will now be undertaking an in-depth ethnography of ‘FemTech’ to critically explore promised technological ‘solutions’ to women’s health issues, including endometriosis.
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Endometriosis (R)evolution Conference
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Congratulations to Alekszandra Rokvityand the team at Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Aging and Care (CIRAC) for an amazing and engaging two-days of showcasing and sharing endometriosis social, arts and humanities research.
The conference was in May, but you can learn more about keynote speaker Rachel Jablo’s Hysteria Project, the programme and more here: Endorevolution.uni-graz.at
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SEEN Postgrad/doc Meet Up Relaunched (with a Whatsapp Group)
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The SEEN Postgrad/doc meet up group provides a supportive community to endometriosis postgraduates and recent postdocs. Members share works in progress for feedback, resources and more.
We now have a Whatsapp group chat to stay in touch between online meet ups.
Our next virtual meet up will be Sept 5th at 4pm BST. To join, email: annalise.weckesser@bcu.ac.uk with ‘Postgrad/doc’ in the subject heading. |
Learn about WEO’s regular newsletters
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The World Endometriosis Organisations (WEO) publish regular newsletters to keep everyone abreast of the progress that is being made in the field of endometriosis. It’s latest focuses on menstrual health and endometriosis education and has tribute to Mary Njambi Koikai. Learn more and sign up for regular newsletters here: WEO Newsletters – Endometriosis.org
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