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Louise Davidson

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Researcher in the Behavioural Science and Insights Unit at the UK Health Security Agency. Research interests include social identity, emergency response, and interoperability.

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A well-attended Crowds & identities, expertly convened by @freyamills.bsky.social, with presentation on his important work on collective action for Uyghur Muslims in China among Muslims in Turkey and the United Kingdom, by @metesefauysal.bsky.social

27.10.2025 13:16 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Evaluation of psychology-based training for improving interoperability in the emergency services: A comparison of online and in-person delivery methods Recent research highlights the importance of incorporating psychological perspectives to improve interoperability in multi-agency emergency response i…

🌟Evaluation of psychology-based training for improving interoperability in the emergency services: A comparison of online and in-person delivery methods
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@profjohndrury.bsky.social @richardamlot.bsky.social @alexhaslam.bsky.social

25.07.2025 09:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Still time to apply for this amazing PhD opportunity at the University of Sussex, in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency looking at actions members of the public can take to help others during mass casualty incidents!

20.05.2025 08:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How the Social Identity Approach Can Improve Interoperability in Multi‐Agency Emergency Response Teams Major incident inquiries and research highlight persistent problems in interoperability. Evidence points to failures in the ability of responders from different organisations to work effectively toge...

⭐️NEW PAPER⭐️How the Social Identity Approach Can Improve Interoperability in Multi-Agency Emergency Response Teams πŸš”πŸš’πŸš‘ We synthesise our programme of research on improving multi-agency collaboration during emergencies and make some key recommendations βœ… onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

20.05.2025 08:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Harnessing group psychology to develop a lay person triage tool to facilitate life-saving actions in major incidents at UK Health Security Agency on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Harnessing group psychology to develop a lay person triage tool to facilitate life-saving actions in major incidents at UK Health Security Agency, listed on FindAPhD.com

🌟 Fully funded PhD opportunity available: 'Harnessing group psychology to develop a lay person triage tool to facilitate life-saving actions in major incidents' Co-supervised by
University of Sussex & UK Health Security Agency. Please share widely 🌟 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

02.05.2025 07:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Harnessing group psychology to develop a lay person triage tool to facilitate life-saving actions in major incidents at UK Health Security Agency on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Harnessing group psychology to develop a lay person triage tool to facilitate life-saving actions in major incidents at UK Health Security Agency, listed on FindAPhD.com

Do a PhD with us! ('us' being @sussex.ac.uk and @ukhsa.bsky.social )

'Harnessing group psychology to develop a lay person triage tool to facilitate life-saving actions in major incidents'

Please share!

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

01.05.2025 18:45 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3
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🌟Had a great day yesterday at the South West Health Protection Conference in Taunton presenting my research on teamwork in cross-organisational teams.

πŸ’‘Key takeaway: A shared sense of us is key for effective collaboration.

πŸ”—Read more: osf.io/preprints/ps...

14.03.2025 09:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@loudavidson.bsky.social

10.03.2025 09:30 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Really proud to have presented my completed PhD research at the final EPR HPRU meeting this week at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Very grateful to the unit for their support during the PhD, & their continued support since completion. See here for synthesis of my research: shorturl.at/oGbt3

07.03.2025 08:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Evaluating Ten Second Triage: A Novel Multi‐Agency Prehospital Triage Tool for Major Incidents You have to enable JavaScript in your browser's settings in order to use the eReader.

Our paper evaluating the novel multiagency prehospital triage tool, Ten Second Triage, is published. Results show TST can be used by responders regardless of their clinical background, but we highlight key considerations for the practicalities of the tool! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

27.01.2025 10:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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At this month's Crowds & Identities @crowdsidentities.bsky.social seminar, expertly convened by @freyamills.bsky.social, Rhea Haddad presents her new work with @drannetempleton.bsky.social on how collective sound-making at live sports events expressed shared identity.

20.01.2025 12:15 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Understanding healthcare workers' experiences of face mask use in healthcare settings during the COVID-19 pandemic: an interview study Whilst healthcare workers (HCWs) are at high risk of contracting infectious viral diseases, such as COVID-19, measures can be put in place to reduce t…

⭐️New paper⭐️Our paper, Understanding healthcare workers’ experiences of face mask use in healthcare settings during the COVID-19 pandemic - an interview study, is now published 😷 We make 3 recommendations to improve compliance to future mask policy πŸ“ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

16.01.2025 10:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-77930-1

And see here for our paper on the decontamination of chemically contaminated hair: t.co/DkmHkHbq6Y

12.12.2024 10:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-94644-0

See here for our paper on Specialist Operational Response (SOR) methods following improvised and interim methods: t.co/rhGqDh3mp9

12.12.2024 10:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0239845

See here for our paper on improvised methods only:
t.co/mhud2ok2H1

12.12.2024 10:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mass casualty decontamination following a chemical incident: evaluating improvised and interim decontamination protocols in a controlled cross-over volunteer study Background On-scene improvised and interim decontamination protocols in the Initial Operational Response to chemical incidents aim for rapid intervention to minimise injury before specialist capabilit...

⭐️NEW PAPER⭐️The final paper in our series of mass decontamination trials is published. We examine the effectiveness of UK improvised and interim protocols conducted in sequence. @richardamlot.bsky.social
emj.bmj.com/content/earl...

12.12.2024 10:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Last call!

25.11.2024 08:31 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0


Crowds & Identities -- a starter pack.

Please share.

bsky.app/starter-pack...

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