Research transparency and the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences

Summary: Dr Toomey was awarded a Leamer-Rosenthal prize for open social science from the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) in December 2016. This seminar is on research transparency and the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS). The talk will focus on the importance of research transparency and the background to the development of BITS including their aims, ethos and ongoing work. It will also highlight areas of particular relevance and interest such as BITSS resources, training events and sources of funding and awards. Finally, a brief summary of the 2016 BITSS annual meeting will be provided and potential avenues for collaboration and training in NUIG explored.

Bio: Elaine is a HRB Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement (ICE) post-doctoral research fellow. She is currently involved in the development of a complex intervention to enhance infant feeding practices with a goal of improving childhood obesity outcomes. Her PhD in University College Dublin focused on using mixed methods to evaluate implementation fidelity within behaviour change interventions to promote self-management in people with chronic low back pain and/or osteoarthritis, while her MSc from the University of Limerick explored clinical interventions for non-ambulatory people with Multiple Sclerosis. She also works clinically part-time in a physiotherapy practice. Her research interests include clinical trials, mixed methods, implementation science, behaviour change and narrowing the gap between research and practice, in both physiotherapy and broader public health fields. 

The aim of these seminars is to support a network of people interested in research in Health Psychology and to provide opportunities for sharing and developing research ideas.  All are welcome!