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Matt Breckons

@MattBreckons

NIHR NENC ARC Fellow in Qualitative Research/ Research Associate in Health Economics. Kung Fu and Greyhound enthusiast. Views my own.

 Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
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Joined September 2012
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Amazing couple of days delivering this methods training course in Nairobi that @MattBreckons and I developed! Thanks to all attendees for your engagement and @VioletNaanyu @Doxoki for supporting 🙏🏼 @NIHRglobal @trapcaf_project @UniofNewcastle @AKU_BMI
Transforming Parkinson's Care in Africa (@trapcaf_project) profile pictureTransforming Parkinson's Care in Africa@trapcaf_project19 Oct 2024
The TraPCAf team recently delivered the second successful hybrid qualitative methods training course in Nairobi this week with attendees from Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia.
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Replying to @TashMisbah
@TashMisbah and @MattBreckons spent time in Ghana visiting sites in Accra and Sogakope. On Monday, Tash visited Korle Bu Teaching Hospital to meet @albert_akpalu and his team. On Tuesday, Tash and Matt visited the Richard Novati Catholic Hospital team led by @Momodoucham2.
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Huge congratulations to Tash, yesterday being recognised for her work improving the lives of people living with Parkinson's 👏👏😃
Dr Tash Fothergill-Misbah (@TashMisbah) profile pictureDr Tash Fothergill-Misbah@TashMisbah28 Sep 2023
Excuse the teary eyes 🥹! Hugely grateful to be awarded the Tom Isaacs Award 2023 by @CureParkinsonsT & @VAInstitute - thank you to @HelenMatthewsQ @BrundinPatrik and of course to Lyndsey Isaacs for driving all the way to Newcastle and plotting the sneaky ‘gotcha’ meeting!
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A snippet of little superstars who brought the evaluation and the voice of a participant to life. Funded by @fuse_online and produced by @CARROStudio pleased to be part of the evaluation team alongside @DrLShotton @AmyJ1091 @MattBreckons - link to the full film below
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This has me in stitches!
Out of Context Human Race (@NoContextHumans) profile pictureOut of Context Human Race
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Great to see this out today -->
Dr Tash Fothergill-Misbah (@TashMisbah) profile pictureDr Tash Fothergill-Misbah@TashMisbah20 Feb 2023
Very excited to share this new publication on #stigma and #parkinsons disease from PhD research in #Kenya - my first sole authored paper and an important topic when thinking about the experience of PD in #LMICs: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentra… @BioMedCentral @WHOAFRO @ESRC
The lived experience of stigma and parkinson’s disease in Kenya: a public health challenge

The lived experience of stigma and parkinson’s disease in Kenya: a public health challenge

BMC Public Health - As a disease characterised by non-motor and very visible motor symptoms, Parkinson’s disease has been associated with multiple forms of stigma, while awareness about the...

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Very very good to know! bbc.co.uk/news/business-6447…

Costa cappuccino has five times more caffeine than Starbucks'

Which? measured the caffeine in drinks at five big coffee chains and found "huge differences".

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Will finish off my paper right after I've listened to this podcast discussing the origins of procrastination... bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0d9xg… #AcademicTwitter

Why Do We Do That? - Series 1 - 4. Why do we procrastinate? - BBC Sounds

Can we blame procrastination on our evolution?

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PhD Project 1: Developing methodology for antibiotic stewardship trials in critical care Supervisors: @hellyerthomas, @teare_d, @MattBreckons, @HelenMossop1 findaphd.com/phds/project/de…
Developing methodology for antibiotic stewardship trials in critical care at Newcastle University...

Developing methodology for antibiotic stewardship trials in critical care at Newcastle University...

PhD Project - Developing methodology for antibiotic stewardship trials in critical care at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Yesterday we said goodbye to Daisy who left us very peacefully at age 13 1/2. Heartbroken but grateful for so many lovely years together.
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This is an important evaluation I am fortunate to working on with a wonderful multi-university collaborative team #childhealth #research #NHS #paediatrics #healthcare @TeesUniSHLS
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That takes some thinking about @sunilbhop (saw your tweet in a moment of washing-up procrastination) nerdlegame 13 5/6 🟪⬛️🟪🟪🟪🟪⬛️⬛️ 🟪⬛️🟪⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟪 ⬛️⬛️🟪⬛️🟪🟩🟩⬛️ ⬛️⬛️🟩🟪🟩🟩🟩⬛️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Very excited to be attending 'Team dynamics in rapid qualitative research' today run by @RREALwork
Doing a few days back in the office I am reminded of the phenomenon of 'sandwich anticipation', only 19 more minutes...
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Took some annual leave to tidy the garden. Five minutes in lifted this slab to find a very comfortable looking hedgehog; project postponed (and finally someone who appreciates mess).
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There is a school directly behind our house. Today for the first time ever we became conscious of the lovely sound of 'lunchbreak'.
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When my 2yo son runs into my home office to 'help do working', I immediately unplug my mouse and keyboard and find a video of a train on YouTube to distract him. Fairly sure he thinks my job is watching videos of trains...
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