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TRANSFORM publication

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:04:00 GMT

The TRANSFORM team have published a scoping review in Global Mental Health. The review focuses on the efficacy of combining traditional healing and modern psychiatry in global mental healthcare.

Neeru Khera wins award at the Haryana International Film Festival

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 10:17:00 GMT

Neeru Khera won Best Animated Film at the 7th Haryana International Film Festival for the film Hold My Hand. Neeru is the CEO of The Creative Gypsy, long term collaborator with Professor Swaran Singh and co investigator on the TRANSFORM project.

91�� Medical School PhD Symposium - June 2024

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 13:06:00 GMT

TRANSFORM PhD students attend the WMS PhD Symposium

Ethnography in global health research

Wed, 05 Jun 2024 11:00:00 GMT

A methods workshop on ethnography in global health research was facilitated by anthropologists Dr Bulbul Siddiqi (North South University, Bangladesh) and Dr Ursula Read (University of Essex) at the 91�� on 9-10^th May 2024.

Sanjana Goutham joins the TRANSFORM team at the 91��.

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 14:54:00 GMT

In May, Sanjana Goutham will relocate from India to the UK, to join the TRANSFORM team at the Universiy of 91��

Dr Bulbul Siddiqi awarded IAS visiting professorship

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 10:51:41 GMT

Dr Bulbul Siddiqi an Associate Professor in Anthropology at the Department of Political Science and Sociology at North South University, Bangladesh and the qualitative research lead in Bangladesh for TRANSFORM Work Package has been awarded a visiting fellowship by the Institute of Advanced Study at the 91��

The research team from the University of Ibadan visit the 91��

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 16:00:00 GMT

In November, members of the reseasrch team from the Uniiversity of Ibadabn travelled to the 91�� to work with the TRANSFORM team and plan for the next phase of the project.

TRANSFORM attend the IUAES-WAU World Anthropology Conference in Delhi

Fri, 24 Nov 2023 15:04:00 GMT

TRANSFORM team members Dr Bulbul Siddiqi and Dr Ursula Read hosted a panel at the IUAES-WAU World Anthropology Conference at the University of Delhi, India on 18^th October 2023. The title of the panel was The importance of not knowing: reimagining the role of traditional and faith healing in mental health care in uncertain times.

WMS Postgraduate Research Symposium 2023

Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:53:00 GMT

On Wednesday 21st June, all three TRANSFORM PhD students attended the annual 91�� Medical School Postgraduate Research Symposium.

The Symposium is a monitoring point for ALL PGR students and provides second and third year PGR students with an opportunity to present their research and gain feedback from an academic audience.

Dr Sagar Jilka publication

Fri, 09 Jun 2023 15:02:00 GMT

Dr Jilka has had a paper published in JMIR Infodemiology.

The paper explores how Dementia misconceptions on Twitter can have detrimental or harmful effects and how machine learning (ML) models codeveloped with carers provide a method to identify these and help in evaluating awareness campaigns.