A qualitative research abstract about ‘Long Covid’ has just been successfully accepted for poster presentation at the International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) Annual Scientific Meeting 2021. ‘COVID-19 survivorship: A qualitative study of persistent symptoms or ‘Long Covid’ experienced by spinal cord injury survivors in Bangladesh’ will be presented by NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow, Karen Saunders…

This event was held on 19-20 May 2021. WHO is developing a Dementia Research Blueprint for Action with the aim to accelerate global dementia research and innovation and to make research more productive and efficient, with a focus on equity, diversity, and inclusiveness in all stages from generation to implementation. The blueprint will ultimately enable…

Karen was recently invited to present a brief summary of practical advice for sufferers of Long Covid at the first-ever International Conference on Long Covid in Bangladesh on May 7th, 2021 at the Pan Pacific Hotel Sonargaon, Dhaka. The conference was chaired by the SWBF Global Ambassador, Dr. Mohamed Sakel, FRCP, and focused on identifying…

SWBF Global Ambassador, Dr. Mohamed Sakel was invited panel member in the prestigious debate organised by Oxford University. University of Kent & NIHR (UK) collaborated in this year’s event. The panel discussed on decolonising educational curriculum, pernicious impact of medical racism and how to eradicate prejudices from society. During the COVID disaster, various prejudices have…

Neurotherapy Advisor lead, Karen, has recently been successful at competing to win an NIHR PhD Scholarship funding award. Karen has now started work on a PhD research proposal focused on the Co-production of a combined physical and mental health intervention to help survivors of brain injury living at home in the community. Her work forms…

Dementia Care and Hearing Support – A Research Project On March 6, 2019, a seminar cum launching research project SENSE-Cog Asia UK jointly organised by SWBF, Renaissance Hospitals and Research Ltd, Hearing Care Centre Ltd was organised at BIISS Seminar Hall, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Major General (Dr.) Md Fashiur Rahman, Director General, Armed Forces Medical Services…

Global Ambassador of SWBF, Professor Dr Mohamed Sakel(FRCP, UK) provided the keynote lecture on this upcoming new medical condition called LONG Covid in an International conference in Dhaka on 7th May 2021 at Pan Pacific Hotel Sonargaon. Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni MP was the chief guest in this awareness raising programme which was attended online by about…

The Neuro-Convention Virtual conference took place on March 16th and 17th this year and invited Dr Mohamed Sakel (FRCP), Global Ambassador of SWBF and Karen Saunders to present a keynote lecture for the Rehabilitation Stream. The Neuro-Convention is Europe’s leading conference event for Brain and Spinal Injury Experts and attracted an audience of about 400…

Webinar addresses unequal impact of the pandemic The cross-specially research team launched their third live webinar event last week, with opening comments from MP Rosle Duffield and our chief executive Susan Acott. The event focused on sharing and reviewing research evidence of how the pandemic has caused further damage to already vulnerable groups. Director of…

‘We Salute All Our Women in the Foundation’ as well as the world for their extremely hard work and struggle in life. Empowering women through health and social care is the biggest challenge of the Sir William Beveridge Foundation. Women in our Foundation is paying their best effort to support the vulnerable adults in the…