Tagged with:Research

  • Non-Discrimination and Visible Difference: Participants Wanted

    6 Dec 2018

    Hannah Saunders, a researcher from Durham University, is running a study around visible difference in the workplace. Would you like to be involved?

  • Looks and Life: Join UWE’s latest appearance study

    26 Oct 2018

    Researchers from the Centre for Appearance Research at UWE Bristol are running an online research survey for UK-based adults (18+) concerned with how much looks affect the way people live. This will help develop psychological support for people with appearance-affecting conditions. Would you like to take part?

  • Oxford Spires Outcomes Study: Patients Wanted

    25 Jul 2018

    Spires Cleft Centre in Oxford are looking for young people and adults born with a cleft to help them design a new, simpler way to measure how cleft patients feel about the outcomes of their treatment.

  • Would you like to take part in the latest research?

    18 Jul 2018

    The Centre for Appearance Research (CAR) are looking for people to help with their research.

  • CRANE Report 2017

    4 Jul 2018

  • What we learned from the Appearance Matters 8 Conference

    26 Jun 2018

    The Appearance Matters 8 Conference took place in June, featuring talks and workshops on everything from body image to dealing with a cleft diagnosis. Here, CLAPA's Adult Services Coordinator reflects on some of the lessons learned.

  • Calling All Year 6s!

    29 Mar 2018

    Be part of a short research project about the first few months of secondary school for children with a visible difference like a cleft lip. Add your voice and make a difference!

  • Survey: 16-18 year olds born with a cleft

    21 Mar 2018

    Matthew Ridley is a PhD Researcher at the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR). He wants his research to help young people born with a cleft to grow up healthy and happy with all the support they need – but to do that, he needs to find out what kind of support works best.

  • Have Your Say: The CET Project

    17 Jan 2018

    Emma Southby, an experienced Cleft Nurse Specialist and a previous CLAPA Trustee,  is looking for interviewees for an exciting new venture to create new educational resources for health professionals across Europe.

  • SLUMBERS – A Sleep Study

    20 Dec 2017

    The Side Lying and Upper airway Maintenance in Babies Requiring Surgery for cleft palate, or SLUMBERS study, is a feasibility study that CLAPA has coordinated with frequently during the research process.  The purpose of the study was to address the fact that general NHS guidelines for how babies can be put to bed to sleep most safely may not be the safest guidelines to follow for babies with a cleft lip and/or palate.