Dr Diane Willis' Recognition (149)

Invited speaker: Cancer in people with intellectual disabilities, Norway.
2021 - 2021

Description	Invited speaker for this conference in 27-28 April talking about palliative care and ways to discuss death and dying. This is a virtual conference being held by Frambu Norway.
Research Areas	Human rights Learning disabilities Public health
Research Themes	Health
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care

Seeds of comfort and hope
2020 - 2021

Description	Awarded a SPCC grant (£130) in November 2020 for ‘Seeds of Comfort and Hope’, a project to supply seeds/bulbs to community groups, including PWLD, to create small-scale remembrance gardens encouraging reflection on loss during Covid. Photographs of the flowers in bloom will form an exhibition.

Nursing Times 2020 Learning Disability category a runner up
2020 - 2020

Research Areas	Human rights Learning disabilities Public health
Research Themes	Health
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care

Excellence in Care (EiC) Academic Advisory Group member
2020

Research Areas	Public health Learning disabilities Human rights
Research Themes	Health
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care

Invited reviewer for a grant submitted to the Yorkshire Cancer Research
2019 - 2019

Research Areas	Public health Learning disabilities Human rights
Research Themes	Health
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care

Disability and Rehabilitation
2019 - 2019

Research Areas	Human rights Learning disabilities Public health
Research Themes	Health
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care

Journal of Psycho-Oncology
2019 - 2020

Research Areas	Human rights Learning disabilities Public health
Research Themes	Health
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care

Invited speaker: This is me - Wolf–hirschhorn Trust Health passports, Coventry.
2019 - 2019

Description	I worked with the Wolf–hirschhorn Trust Health to explore passports and information booklets from 2017-2019 undertaking an unfunded survey of what parents wanted. I was invited to be a Key speaker: at teh This is me - Wolf–hirschhorn Trust Health Conference, Coventry, May 2019
Research Areas	Human rights Learning disabilities Public health
Research Themes	Health
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care

Life, death Lilies 2
2019 - 2019

Description	Life, death Lilies – national event in collaboration with the Scottish Partnership in Palliative Care, University of Dundee and the Moray Group. Grassmarket Edinburgh and beyond November 6th 2019. Funded by Scottish Partnership in Palliative Care

Cancer Care workshop, Edinburgh: Chair and organiser with the Managed Care Network for Learning Disability
2019 - 2019

Description	Workshop in con-junction with the Learning disability Managed Care Network. I invited speakers and hosted the day. I brought together good practice from teams looking at cancer screening around the central belt of Scotland. It also enable health and social care staff to present as well as people with learning disabilities.
Research Areas	Public health Learning disabilities Human rights
Research Themes	Health
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care

Organiser: Third international symposium on reducing inequalities in cancer and cancer screening in people with intellectual disabilities on line conference
2019 - 2022

Description	I am the lead for the conference organising the administration and chairing the steering group. To bring together a range of researchers, health and social care practitioners, carers and people with intellectual disabilities to share learning about the cancer and cancer screening across the world. This symposium is aimed at addressing challenges, barriers and solutions to reduce cancer and cancer screening inequalities.
Affiliated Organisations	Edinburgh Napier University
Research Themes	Health

Tea and Taboo
2019 - 2019

Description	Variety of activities from foot massage, creative writing, stone painting, tile making, Death Cafe to stallls exploring loss and death. Haining House Selkirk in collaboration with NHS Borders. May 2019.

Aye wi us
2019 - 2019

Description	Haining house, Selkirk in collaboration with NHS Borders November 8th 2019 . Band from local Borders musicians, Selkirk Gin sponsored toast, Life, Death, Lilies small event. Students volunteered at this event.

Organisers and Chair of Palliative care/ReSPECT on-line workshop
2019 - 2019

Description	Palliative care /ReSPECT workshop: in-conjunction with Managed Care Network for learning disability February 2019. I organised the speakers and chaired the event. To explore ReSPECT (a process for personalised recommendations for a person’s clinical care in a future emergency) and current research and Government thinking on palliative care and the implications for learning disability.
Research Areas	Learning disabilities
Research Themes	Health
Research Centres/Groups	Population and Public Health Research Group

Paper: A model of Breasting in women with intellectual disability. Second International Conference on Cancer and Cancer Screening in Intellectual Disability. Montpellier. October 2018.
2018 - 2018

Description	Key speaker: Second International Conference on Cancer and Cancer Screening in Intellectual Disability. Montpellier. October 2018.
Research Areas	Human rights Learning disabilities Public health
Research Themes	Health
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care

Poster: Voting and the Scottish Referendum. World Down Syndrome Conference. Glasgow. July 2018.
2018 - 2018

Description	Poster: McGlade, I., Gallagher, M., Meneby, C. & Willis, D.S. Voting and the Scottish Referendum. World Down Syndrome Conference. Glasgow. July 2018.
Research Areas	Public health Learning disabilities Human rights
Research Themes	Health
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care

Poster: Breast cancer and women with Down Syndrome. World Down Syndrome Conference. Glasgow. July 2018.
2018 - 2018

Description	Poster: Breast cancer and women with Down Syndrome. World Down Syndrome Conference. Glasgow. July 2018.
Research Areas	Public health Learning disabilities Human rights
Research Themes	Health
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care

Presenter: The menopause and women with Down’s Syndrome. World Down Syndrome Conference. Glasgow. July 2018.
2018 - 2018

Description	Paper: The menopause and women with Down’s Syndrome. World Down Syndrome Conference. Glasgow. July 2018.
Research Areas	Public health Learning disabilities Human rights
Research Themes	Health
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care

Presenter: Children and young people with intellectual disability: an overview of cancer. MCN day conference on cancer. Edinburgh. July 2018.
2018 - 2018

Description	Conference on Cancer in people with learning disability in-conjunction with Managed Care Network for Learning Disability. Paper: Willis, D.S. & McInally, W. Children and young people with intellectual disability: an overview of cancer. MCN day conference on cancer. Edinburgh. July 2018.
Research Areas	Human rights Learning disabilities Public health
Research Themes	Health
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care

Poster: Life death and lilies. Second International Conference on Cancer and Cancer Screening in Intellectual Disability. Montpellier. October 2018.
2018 - 2018

Description	Poster: Willis, D.S., Jamieson, K, Winton, E. & Garvald. Second International Conference on Cancer and Cancer Screening in Intellectual Disability. Montpellier. October 2018.
Research Areas	Human rights Learning disabilities Public health
Research Themes	Health
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care