Appearance Matters: The Podcast!

In this episode, we are joined by some of the members of the CARE project team. CARE stands for Craniofacial Microsomia: Accelerating Research and Education and is aimed at investigating the psychosocial impact and healthcare burden of Craniofacial Microsomia. CAR's own Dr Nicola Stock (Associate Professor), Dr Alessia Johns (Paediatric Psychologist, Children's Hospital Los Angeles), Lazer Schefer...

April is Autism Acceptance Month so Nadia speaks with Phaedra Longhurst - an autistic PhD student at Angelia Ruskin University. The Links to Phaedra's Papers: Scoping Review: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2023.102170 Positive body image in autistic adults interview study: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.101655 BAS-2A: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101706 To keep up to date with the...

Find out more about Body Confident Sport - two new body image programmes designed to support girls in sport settings. Nadia speaks with Dr Emily Matheson, Dr Kat Schneider, Dr Courtney Boucher, and Dr Nicole LeVoi to hear more have this 3-year project from conception to dissemination. Body Confident Sport Website: https://www.bodyconfidentsport.com Centre for Appearance Research Website: www.uwe.a...

For our February episode, Abbi finds out all about Alopecia. Alopecia means hair loss and it can affect any or all areas of the body, and can be temporary or permanent. We are joined by three guests. Firstly, from CAR, we have Research Fellow Dr Kerry Montgomery and Senior Lecturer – formerly Senior Research Fellow at CAR - Dr Fabio Zucchelli. We are also joined by Sue Schilling, CEO of Alopecia U...

This month, we are joined by Christia Huntington, a third year PhD student at the Centre for Appearance Research, who tells us all about her PhD looking into online support for people affected by burn injuries. HealthTalk Burn Injuries module – www. Healthtalk.org/Burn-Injuries Dans Fund for Burns - https://dansfundforburns.org/ Take part in Christia's research - https://uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/f...

Professor Phillippa Diedrichs chats to Nadia about some career defining moments and gives some teasers for her Appearance Matters 10 Conference Keynote address. More about Phillippa: https://www.phillippadiedrichs.com Link to info on the 10th Appearance Matters Conference: www.uwe.ac.uk/research/centres-a…ents/am-conference Prof Nichola Rumsey episode link: https://soundcloud.com/appearance-matter...

Kicking off our Appearance Matters 10 Conference Series, Maia speaks with A/Professor Kathleen Bogart. About Dr Kathleen Bogart Kathleen was born with a facial difference and is dedicated to research and advocacy intervening on visible difference stigma and ableism. Passionate about the disability community, she is the co-founder of the Disability Advocacy and Research Network (DARN) for disabled...

Welcome back to the final episode in the summer shorts series! Over the summer, we’re bringing you short episodes focusing on a recently published paper by researchers at the team at the Centre for Appearance Research. Today, Maia speaks to Kirsty Garbett (Research Fellow at CAR) about her paper titled: ‘Body Image Among Girls In Indonesia: Associations with Disordered Eating Behaviours, Life Enga...

Welcome back to the summer shorts series! Over the summer, we’re bringing you short episodes focusing on a recently published paper by researchers at the team at the Centre for Appearance Research. Today, Bruna speaks to Nadia Craddock (Senior Research Fellow) about her paper titled: Understanding colourism in the UK: development and assessment of the everyday colourism scale You can read the pape...

Welcome back to the summer shorts series! Over the summer, the CAR podcast team are bringing you bite-sized episodes on a recently published paper from different members of the team at the Centre for Appearance Research. In this summer short, Abbi speaks with A/Prof Nicola Stock about her recently published paper titled 'Feasibility and Acceptability of the Promoting Resilience in Stress Managemen...

Welcome back to the summer shorts series! Over the summer, we’re bringing you short episodes focusing on a recently published paper by researchers at the team at the Centre for Appearance Research. On this episode, A/Prof Helena Lewis-Smith speaks with Nadia about a paper titled: Evaluating a body image school-based intervention in India: A randomized controlled trial You can read the paper here:...

Welcome back to the summer shorts series! Over the summer, we’re bringing you short episodes focusing on a recently published paper by researchers at the team at the Centre for Appearance Research. Today, Maia speaks to Ellie Cowles (MSc student) and Ella Guest (Senior Research Fellow) about their paper titled: Imagery versus captions: The effect of body positive Instagram content on young women's...

Welcome back to the summer shorts series! Over the summer, we’re bringing you short episodes focusing on a recently published paper by researchers at the team at the Centre for Appearance Research. Today, Bruna speaks to Fazio Zucchelli (Senior Research Fellow) about his paper titled: Do congenital and acquired causes of visible difference predict distinct appearance-related psychosocial outcomes?...

Welcome back to the summer shorts series! Over the summer, the CAR podcast team are bringing you bite-sized episodes on a recently published paper from different members of the team at the Centre for Appearance Research. In this summer short, Abbi speaks with Morgan Zolkwer about his recently published paper which explores the impact of a photoshoot and photography exhibition on perceptions of bir...

In response to popular demand, we have brought back our Summer Shorts Series - weekly bitesize episodes spotlighting recent studies published by members of the Centre for Appearance Research. In this first episode, Nadia speaks with Professor Phillippa Diedrichs about a paper titled: Can following body positive or appearance neutral Facebook pages improve young women's body image and mood? Testing...

This month's episode is on colourism with UKRI Future Leaders Fellow Dr Aisha Phoenix. To keep up to date with the Understanding Colourism in young people project: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/understanding-colourism-among-young-people-in-the-uk To find out more about the Centre for Appearance Research, follow us on: • Twitter: twitter.com/CAR_UWE • Instagram: www.instagram.com/car_uwe/ • Facebo...

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the development of the ACCORD resource, including our adult representatives, Headlines Craniofacial Support, Fine Rolling Media, and the specialist NHS craniofacial units. Special thanks to Anna Kearney, Katie Piggott, Andrea White, Dawn Wilkin, Emma McCann and Hannah Saunders. The ACCORD project was funded by the VTCT Foundation. To access ACCORD, visit: h...

This month, we are joined by Kieran Moulton, a second year PhD student at the Centre for Appearance Research, who tells us all about his research into tattooing and scars (so far!) Kieran discusses two studies, looking into the experiences of tattoo artists who have provided scar tattoos, and the experiences of those who have used tattoos to either decorate or camouflage their scars. To find out m...

This month our very own Appearance Matters the podcast co-host, Bruna Costa, joins us to share insights from her doctoral research project, conducted as part of her Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology. Bruna discusses the importance of increasing representation of marginalised groups within visible difference research and working closely with community partners. Bruna also shares novel ins...

Tune in to hear about an exciting new body image intervention designed for adolescent girls and young women in Indonesia - Warna Warni Waktu. Guest Timestamps: Dr Kholisah Nasution - 4.42 Jonathan McKay (Girl Effect) - 21.00 Sharon Haywood - 44.15 This project was a collaboration involving Girl Effect, Percolate Galactic, the Centre for Appearance Research and Indonesian research partners based at...

This month, we are exploring the experiences of children and young people living with eczema. Christine Roxburgh (CEO of charitable organisation Eczema Outreach Support)and Dr Ella Guest(Research Fellow from the Centre for Appearance Research) join us to discuss the psychosocial impact of living with eczema, as well as current and future support available from Eczema Outreach Support. Dr Daniela G...

Welcome to our December Dictionary Series! We recognise that we reference a whole bunch of terms and theories on this podcast and felt it was time to have a handy series of definitions that you can keep coming back to. This is a series of 24 x 5 minute episodes covering some key terms that we use a lot in our work at the centre. Episodes will be released daily and definitions have been co-created...

Welcome to our December Dictionary Series! We recognise that we reference a whole bunch of terms and theories on this podcast and felt it was time to have a handy series of definitions that you can keep coming back to. This is a series of 24 x 5 minute episodes covering some key terms that we use a lot in our work at the centre. Episodes will be released daily and definitions have been co-created...

Welcome to our December Dictionary Series! In this episode, Nadia talks about the term COLOURISM. Paper links: Prof Hunter's paper referenced in the episode: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-9020.2007.00006.x Nadia's latest paper on colourism in the UK: https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2022.2149275 To find out more about the Centre for Appearance Research, follow us: On Twitter:  twitter.com/CAR_UWE...

Welcome to our December Dictionary Series! We recognise that we reference a whole bunch of terms and theories on this podcast and felt it was time to have a handy series of definitions that you can keep coming back to. This is a series of 24 x 5 minute episodes covering some key terms that we use a lot in our work at the centre. Episodes will be released daily and definitions have been co-created...