Join us for our latest Better Health & Care webinar, where we will explore innovative approaches to supporting mental health and advanced illnesses. We will particularly focus on intergenerational dynamics, inclusive care and the translation of lived experience into policy and practice.

Our first presentation, 'Intergenerational transmission of mental health: understanding the role of family interactions inclusive of fathers and translation into family-based interventions', explores how parental postnatal depression can negatively impact children’s mental health and development and how these effects are shaped by family dynamics.

The second presentation, 'Improving care for lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or trans (LGBT+) people facing advanced illness: from patient experience to policy', shares findings from in-depth work on the healthcare experiences of LGBT+ people living with advanced illness. It reveals systemic barriers to inclusive and affirming care and outlines practical, policy-driven solutions to embed equity and compassion in end-of-life services.

Speakers

🔹 Dr Iryna Culpin, Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, King’s College London

Iryna joined Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care (Department of Child and Family Health, Division of Methodologies) in April 2023 as a Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Her research focuses on understanding the intergenerational transmission of mental health risks in families, with specific focus on disentangling underlying environmental and familial mechanisms. Iryna obtained her PhD in Psychiatric Epidemiology at the Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol. She previously completed a BSc in Psychology at the University of the West of England and an MSc in Neuropsychology at the University of Bristol.

🔹 Dr Katherine Bristowe, Herbert Dunhill Senior Lecturer, King’s College London

Katherine Bristowe is a qualitative methodologist with a background in sociolinguistics and health communication research. Her programme of research focuses on widening access to palliative and bereavement care for people from minoritised and marginalised groups including the LGBTQ+ communities, people from minoritised ethnic groups and children. She also focuses on improving communication between health and social care professionals and service users.

Who should attend?

This webinar is open to all but will be of most interest to researchers, practitioners, policymakers and those interested in health and care innovation, collaboration and impact. Whether you’re new to the Hub or already connected, this is a great opportunity to learn more and get involved.

Please note that this webinar will be recorded. The recording will be shared with those who signed up following the event.

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