Rowan Streckfuss Davis

Also, if you answer "Do you struggle with arriving to places on time?" with "No, because I set multiple staggered phone alarms, and I get ready to leave way too early, and I can't estimate how long it takes to get anywhere so I arrive everywhere at least 20 minutes too early" that is actually a yes.

Strengths-based concepts and gender healthcare - NIHR School for Public Health Research Background Positive feelings such as joy and pleasure play powerful roles in human health and behaviour, for example in social activity, drug and alcohol use, and concentration and flow. Yet studies i...

Delighted to say that I have recently received funding from @nihrsphr.bsky.social Early Career Researcher Network to explore gender euphoria 🌈 Our team are looking at how positive emotions around gender are discussed and what this could mean for public health⬇️
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This is a bizarre policy and a direct result of the oversimplification of "biological" sex - which once again disproportionately affects trans women. I have it on good authority that trans men can and do regularly donate blood which isn't treated any differently to cis men.

1/🧵 After 14 months, 20 emails, 4 ICO complaints, and 1 tribunal case, NHS England finally responded to my FOI about Hilary Cass’s creepy citations: no discussions about those citations were ever recorded, past or present.

This severely undermines the credibility of the Cass review.

New Study Validates Gender Affirming Care for Adolescents A Utah-commissioned study finds gender-affirming care for trans youth is safe, effective, and backed by extensive evidence, despite political bans.

A major new report commissioned by Utah health officials finds that gender-affirming care for transgender youth , including puberty blockers and hormone therapy, is medically safe and effective and improves mental health outcomes.

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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

How do educational and youth organisations support children and young people in relation to self-harm and suicide? - NIHR School for Public Health Research The Support systems for self-harm and Suicide (4S) study is a research project investigating how secondary schools, colleges and youth organisations in England deliver self-harm and suicide prevention...

You can read more about the work we're doing in the 4S Study to understand support systems for suicide and self-harm in this @nihrsphr.bsky.social blog post by my fantastic colleague Emily Widnall @emilywidnall.bsky.social 👇

#ASMSPHR2025

Honoured to have been awarded runner up for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion at NIHR #ASMSPHR2025 this week, based on my work with the 4S Study! @nihrsphr.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk

In UK schools there's only one way to be a successful student now... and that has led to increased disengagement for many pupils.

#ASMSPHR @nihrsphr.bsky.social

Scoping review: potential harm from school-based group mental health interventions Carolina Guzman-Holst, Rowan Streckfuss Davis, Jack L. Andrews, Lucy Foulkes

🚨NEW PAPER from my group: Scoping review of potential harm from group-based CBT and mindfulness interventions in schools

Our research question was essentially this: How often do school mental health interventions make things worse?

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Our Annual Scientific Meeting takes place today and tomorrow hosted by @bristoluni.bsky.social. We've got two days of networking, talks, posters and more. Follow #ASMSPHR2025 to stay updated and share your thoughts

#PublicHealth #CapacityBuilding #SPHRtrainees

Please share! I am currently interviewing professionals who support young people with self-harm & suicide (prevention & postvention) as part of The 4S Study.

Areas of focus: Bristol, N.Somerset & South Glos, Birmingham, Lincolnshire & Tees Valley📍

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This will be a great account to follow if you're interested in anything related to building a career involving mental health research ⬇️⬇️

Congratulations Nina!!

Would love to be added if possible. Thanks Ola!

Thanks Emma! Would also love to be added

A photo of Rowan's cat, Simone. She is a fluffy black and white cat, lying in the sun and looking at the camera.

Beyond research, I work in community settings to support young LGBTQ+ people, and I love Malaysian food, The X Files, birdwatching, and electronic music✨ I also have a truly excellent cat (Simone)

I am currently based with the ChYMe group at the University of Exeter, where I'm researching support systems for youth suicide and self-harm 👇
sites.exeter.ac.uk/supportsyste...

I've previously worked with @topicgroup.bsky.social at Oxford University on improving capacity for mental health research, digital youth mental health, & school mental health interventions - this last one is helmed by the indomitable @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social and has a scoping review coming out soon!

I'm a community worker & mental health researcher predominantly in adolescent/young adult & LGBTQ mental health. I'm interested in a big range of research topics, particularly: the role of families and community members in adolescent mental health interventions, ADHD and autism, and gender euphoria🌈

Delighted to have moved over here from the (former) bird app, and hoping to be able to reconnect with the excellent network of mental health researchers migrating to Bluesky 💙 Here's a quick intro 👇