Speaking Engagements

October 2022: Invited Speaker: The Irish Association of Directors and Assistant Directors of Nursing and Midwifery (IADNAM) Conference2022. Enabling Coalitions for Success. Dublin, Ireland.

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The Ehlers-Danlos Society is holding its annual Global Learning Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona in 2022. The three-day event is targeted at community members, and healthcare professionals who are interested in learning from a lay perspective. The conference theme is the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) and hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD) through a lifetime. 

My session is as follows:

Thursday, August 4, 2022

Session 1: Pregnancy & Childbirth 

Presentation title: Pregnancy and early motherhood in hEDS and HSD

Presentation time: 9:40 – 10:10 AM

Live Q&A panel time: 10:10 – 10:30 AM

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The Ehlers-Danlos Society are delighted to be hosting The International Scientific Symposium on the Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS) and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders (HSD). This will be a state-of-the-art meeting in which new research on clinical advances and the molecular and pathogenic mechanisms underlying EDS and related syndromes will be discussed. We will translate the event live into 3 languages from English – Italian, Spanish, and French.

My presentation is listed as follows:

Sunday, September 18, 2022

Community Day Theme: EDS & HSD Untangled – Ask the Experts

Session 5: 3:15 – 4:15 PM – Pregnancy in EDS and HSD

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I will be presenting on Supporting the Health and Wellbeing of Midwives Post-Pandemic at the @PrimaryCareShow

on the 11th of May 2022 at NEC, Birmingham. See more at http://primarycarehealth.co.uk.

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Thursday 17th March 2022: Sign up here

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23rd November 2021

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Thursday 28th of October 2021: Sign up here

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Exploring Problematic Substance Use in Nursing and Midwifery Populations: Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation Conference: 6th May 2021

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British Journal of Midwifery Conference 2021 (24th March): https://www.bjmconference.co.uk/

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Wellness and self-care for midwives: Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation Executive Council Conference November 5th 2020.

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Compassion in troubled times: what about us?

May 6, 2020

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Invited Keynote Address – Online conference

New Educational Tools to Support Childbearing With Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders and Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome

May 5th 2020

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International Day of the Midwife Conference 5th May 2020

Venue: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Topic: Midwife Well-being

Invited speaker

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Guest on ‘Voice America’ Health and Wellness channel

9th of March 2020 (8pm GMT)

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18th National Conference on Current Issues in Midwifery

27th February 2020

Supporting education into childbearing with hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome at 9:30AM – 10:00AM. 

Park Regis Birmingham.
160 Broad St, Birmingham B15 1DT, United Kingdom

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Violence against Women and Girls Safeguarding: NHS Improvement

10th December 2019

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Tuesday 25th June 2019
Bolton Whites Hotel | University of Bolton Stadium | BL6 6SF

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Date	Wednesday 22 May 2019
Venue	Backhaus & Co. Unit 7 Fargo Village, Coventry, CV1 5ED
Theme	Our Body
Talk Title	Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome in Childbearing
Who is invited?	Everyone… please spread the word!
Talk time	8:15pm

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Tuesday 9th April 2019
Leicester City FC | King Power Stadium | Filbert Way | Leicester | LE2 7FL

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Thrilled to have won the Royal Society of Medicine‘s Wendy Savage bursary to attend & present #EDS in childbearing research at both the MAMA Conference & the ‘Leading & Inspiring excellence in maternity care’ meeting to be held on the 5th of March 2019!(1st ever national Consultant Midwife led conference)🎓🎉🏆

#RSMPrize #EhlersDanlosSyndrome

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February 4 – April 5, 2019

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Birth Trauma Study Day 19th November 2018 – St Thomas’ Hospital, London

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September 2018 – Invited speaker at the Birth Trauma Study Day hosted by the Southampton and New Forest RCM Branch.

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July 2018 – Invited speaker at the Clinical Research Network (CRN) Eastern Reproductive health and Childbirth Research Conference

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May 2018 – Invited speaker at Midwifery Matters Conference 2018

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January 2018 – Invited speaker at The Third Annual #BirthTrauma conference #birthtrauma18

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November 2017 – Qual-World Interactive Virtual Conference. The Twitter hashtag for the Qual-World conference is #qualworld2017

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July 2017 – Invited seminar speaker at the School of Nursing, Birmingham University Medical School.

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31st ICM Triennial Congress – International Confederation of Midwives

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April 2017 – Making birth better: how research shapes practice

by Tara Pauley, Senior Research Midwife and Heather Gallagher

Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Partnership Suite, Education Centre

Hinchingbrooke, PE29 6NT

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April 2017 – Resilience: showing strength in the face of adversity conference

The University of Salford Midwifery Society has announced the 4^th annual student-led conference, ‘Resilience: showing strength in the face of adversity’ focusing on the theme of resilience.

The ‘Resilience: showing strength in the face of adversity’ conference will be highlighting the challenges maternity services are facing from cost-cutting measures to meeting high demand.

There will also be an opportunity to learn ways of coping with challenges, as well as celebrating the achievements of midwifery professionals.

The day will be led by Practising Midwife Sheena Byrom OBE, with presentations from Professor Mavis Kirkham, Dr Jacque Gerrard, Professor Billie Hunter, Sascha Wells, Sally Pezaro and One to One Midwives.

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January 2017 – Invited seminar speaker at Warwick medical school, Warwick University.

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26th November 2016: Preventing birth trauma – improving birth experience

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13th December 2016: Making and Breaking the Maternity Experience; the power of speech

UCLH Maternity services would like to invite you to an exciting conference to raise awareness of the need for dignity and respect during birth. This free conference will bring together leading experts in the field to discuss the fundamentals to compassionate, kind and respectful maternity care. The focus of the day is to encourage engagement and discussion to transform the experience of women and staff in modern day maternity services

We have invited superb speakers in the field including:

• Professor Jackie Dunkley-Bent – Head of midwifery at NHS England
• Sheena Byrom OBE – Freelance midwifery consultant –Jointly edited the  ‘Roar behind the silence: why kindness, compassion and respect matter in maternity care’
• Indie Kaur – Consultant midwife at Barts Health NHS Trust & Pavan Amara – Founder of My body back project: offers advice to women who have experienced sexual assault– started the first ‘My body back maternity clinic’ at Royal London Hospital.
• Jacque Gerrard –Director Royal College of Midwives England.
• Midwife Jane Pollock- award winner from the Iolanthe Midwifery trust – ‘Caring for the Carers’
• Sally Pezaro – Midwife and Clinical Research Fellow – HealthyStaff4HealthyPatients
• You will also hear from women who will share stories of their maternity experiences.

Caring for the wellbeing of staff will also form a significant part of the day. You will learn about the challenges on the well being of staff and acquire skills for self compassion and resilience.

Meeting, sharing knowledge and hearing from renowned speakers will enable this full day conference to provide an inspirational and uplifting experience for every delegate. It is also an excellent opportunity to gain CPD for revalidation.

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NHS Expo: Health and Care Innovation Expo 2016

Commissioning for a positive staff experience: Developing a framework
(Workshop)

Thursday the 8th of September: 12:00 – 12:45 in Pop-up Uni 7

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Maximising your academic potential via social media

All Coventry University academics and research students are invited to a free talk organised by the Research Excellence Unit as part of the wider research impact agenda.

This symposium will explore how researchers and academics can maximise their academic potential and impact via social media. The session will focus on building your online presence, how social media can be used for research purposes and engaging with the right social media communities. Topics will be focused around the use of Linkedin, Twitter, Altmetrics and Facebook. We will be learning by doing! So please bring along your mobile devices.

The session will be led by Sally Pezaro, a PhD researcher and Social Media Ninja. Sally is currently working with NHS England, Dr Wendy Clyne and Dr Rosie Kneafsey as they look to define what #ShowsWorkplaceCompassion for health care staff via Twitter.

WHEN: Wednesday, 8 June 2016 from 11:00 to 12:00 (BST) – Add to Calendar

WHERE: Richard Crossman RC322 – Coventry University, United Kingdom

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The Kings Fund: Digital Health and Care Congress TUE 05-06 JUL 2016 –@TheKingsFund #kfdigital16 in the rapid fire sessions prior to keynote  @Jeremy_Hunt

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4th international Well being at Work conference 29th May – 1st July 2016.

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‘Great Minds Don’t Think Alike’ Nursing and Midwifery Conference

‘Great Minds Don’t Think Alike’

26th January 2016
9.30-16.30
St John’s Campus
University of Worcester

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University College London: 2nd Behaviour Change Conference: Digital Health and Wellbeing

24 & 25 February 2016

Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU

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Maternity, Midwifery & Baby forum exchange:Thursday 4th February 2016

Ilec Conference Centre

Hotel Ibis Earls Court

London

SW6 1UD

Register Online

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NHS Expo 2015

Pop Up University; Workshop 20

Improving staff experience to improve performance

This session will be run in conjunction with colleagues from Coventry University and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and will focus on the impact staff engagement and experience has on organisational performance, specifically patient experience. The session is aimed at commissioners and policy makers, and will outline why staff experience is so important, as well as offer examples from an organisation has has improved staff experience to great effect.

Sally Pezaro (Centre for Technology Enabled Health Research (CTEHR), University of Coventry) and Rhian Bishop (Staff Engagement Lead at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust).

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6th July 2015, Conference Paper presenter at the Maternity, Midwifery & Baby: Midwifery Exchange. Earls Court. London.

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Poster presenter at the ICISF 13TH World Congress on Stress, Trauma & Coping

May 11 – 16, 2015 | Baltimore, MD

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Conference Paper presenter at the Virtual International Day of the Midwife Conference

Online Virtual Conference:

The Midwife as the second victim – Supporting the midwife in psychological distress following critical incidents and traumatic births #PTSD – See Webinar here–>> https://webinar.nordu.net/p1hiwg6qglo/

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WEST MIDLANDS HEALTH INFORMATICS NETWORK CONFERENCE
11 December 2014,  University of Warwick, Coventry.Creating an online peer based intervention for clinicians
suffering with psychological distress: The challenge
ahead -Sally Pezaro*, Wendy Clyne, Emmie Fulton, Andy Turner, Clare Gerada, Coventry University, CoventryMy Published abstract. P.32 -> https://wmhin.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/WIN-Conference-2014-Abstract-e-Book.p

wmhin.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/WIN-Conference-2014-Abstract-e-Book.pdf

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Paper Presenter at Professional Midwifery Forum & Exhibition Maternity, Midwifery & Baby

September 2013 – Earls Court, London

Paper Presenter at Professional Midwifery Forum & Exhibition

Paper Title: Midwifery in the real world; Technological innovations: The digital future of Maternity services, what are the possibilities?

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Annual Royal College of Midwives Conference 

November 2012 – Brighton, United Kingdom

Paper presenter at the annual Royal College of Midwives Conference 2012.

Subject: Global midwifery.

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Birth photographer – Front page cover

The Practising Midwife Journal

November 2012 issue of The Practising Midwife.

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Association of Radical Midwives (ARM) Conference Paper Presenter

June 2012 – Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

ARM National Meeting and Workshop “Midwifery: Home and Abroad”

Paper Title: Midwifery in Africa

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I am looking to speak at future conferences in order to share my knowledge and research with a wider audience. If you are aware of any relevant up and coming events, please notify me of any calls for papers via social media channels.

 

I am also keen to publish through relevant journals, magazines and articles. Please contact me for more information.

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