Louca-Mai Brady

@louca-mai

Reader in #YouthInvolvement and Health @herts.ac.uk. #PublicInvolvement #CYPHealthParticipation, qual & participatory research methods. She/her www.go.herts.ac.uk/loucamai_brady

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Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· 5d

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Floofy grey and white cat asleep on a printer

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· 5d

#BackAtMyDesk #AcademicsWithCats #CatSky

Floofy grey and white cat asleep on a light brown, sub-dappled desk next to a laptop and keyboard

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· 13d

#OutOfOffice

Sun setting over harbour, with boats in the distance, in Lower Town, Fishguard, Wales

Beautiful view over the sea from the top of cliffs in Pembrokeshire

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· May 7

#IVoted ❎ HT #BobAndRobertaSmith for saying why better than I ever could #LocalElections

Painting by Bob and Roberta Smith with the words: Dear PISSED OFF VOTER I am going to vote because Nelson Mandela spent 27 years on Robben Island because he wanted to vote & because Emily Davison jumped in front of the King's horse because she wanted to vote & because Martin Luther King had a dream that he wanted his vote to count for something & because kids camp in the street in Hong Kong because they want to vote & because the Arab Spring & Jasmine Revolution were about societies that wanted to vote & because my parents generation fought World War Two against fascists to give us a vote. I hope you vote. In 2015 what ever you vote, you will vote for humanity and democracy. Bob + Roberta Smith

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· May 5

Really looking forward to attending the sold-out #NewFrontiersYouthParticipation @unesco-cfrc.bsky.social conference in June, presenting on #PANELS*. Will be great to catch up with @lauralundy.bsky.social @joshharsant.bsky.social & others. * www.communityactionredbridge.org.uk/panels-project

Conference poster: image of young people climbing a bright pink structure with support from adults and peers.
Logos: University of Galway and UNESCO.
Text: Shifting power: new frontiers in youth participation.
11-12 June 2026. 12th Biennial International Conference.
UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, University of Galway
#NewFrontiersYouthParticipation

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Apr 27

Greetings from Yorkshire

Picture of a huge, sinister looking metal figure through a train window

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Apr 15

On my way home from a great #ICIC26. And an extremely Brummie sight on my way back to the station: Iron Man in the rain 🤘☔

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Apr 14

"Feedback is not the same as #CoProduction" @jacoblant.bsky.social @nationalvoices.bsky.social at #ICIC26 plenary on how #LivedExp can challenge #IntegratedCare can challenge & shape strategy & policy.

Six people sitting on a conference stage in front of a screen showing the title 'How can lived experience challenge policy and shape strategy?'

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Apr 13

Looking forward to a busy few days at #ICIC26 - a packed and exciting programme on all things #IntegratedCare. Also great to see our #PANELS poster on display.

A conference stage with three drummers and a screen with logos and the words "ICIC official opening ceremony"

Louca-Mai in front of a screen showing a digital poster

A conference poster in the PANELS project

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Mar 28

So many people and such a great atmosphere at the @togetheralliance.bsky.social anti-racism demo. Just a shame it was impossible to get into Trafalgar Square for the rally at the end.

View of crowds of people with placards at a large demo

A procession of Extinction Rebellion Protestors dressed in red robes and headdresses

View of people with placards at a large demo, one including saying 'Love thy neighbour'

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Mar 28

Spring has sprung 🌼🌱 #MyddletonHouse #Enfield

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Mar 12

Making connections & finding threads 🌈🧵 On the train home from a brilliant study visit to @edinburghuni.bsky.social with a a notebook full of exciting ideas & lots of people & things to follow up. Great to meet people incl @fifimorrison.bsky.social @drruthlewis.bsky.social @thebinkshub.bsky.social

Photo collage with 3 pictures: a shot through an archway to the main quad at Edinburgh university on a rainy day, a selfie of the poster and a young person smiling and a gallery installation of rainbow-coloured threads woven in a spiral winding down several storeys in a stairwell

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Mar 7

Was going to make the bed. May leave it for now #Caturday #CatSky

Floofy grey and white cat curled up asleep and smiling contentedly on a heap of cover-less duvet

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Feb 21

More #caturday lounging - again her not me. Might be a lesson in there! #CatSky

A floofy grey and white cat sleeping stretched out on a blue and white patterned duvet, with her tail sticking straight up & seeming to smile in her sleep.

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Feb 18

Great @nihrarcs.bsky.social webinar yesterday on evaluating #PublicInvolvement with children & YP. Brilliant presentation from my @hertsresearch.bsky.social colleagues Lauren Denyer & @helenabnett.bsky.social, & members of @hertsypag.bsky.social. Thank you to everyone who attended & contributed 1/2

Two researchers and three young people sat around a meeting room table, with a flipchart behind them on which the words 'Herts YPAG' are written

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Feb 14

#Caturday lie-in (for them if not me) #CatSky #AcademicsWithCats

Two floofy cats, one grey and one grey and white, curled up asleep on a blue patterned duvet

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Jan 19

📣 @nihrarcs.bsky.social #PPI webinar: Evaluating #PublicInvolvement with children & young people 🌟17/2/26 Presenters incl me, @helenabnett.bsky.social & @hertsypag.bsky.social + hosted by @skourkos.bsky.social & @elspethma.bsky.social Info & booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/involving-...

Flyer.
Importance of Public Involvement Research Webinar Series. Webinar 4.
This webinar will share findings from two evaluations of young people’s advisory groups (YPAGs), both co-produced with young group members. It will highlight lessons for meaningful and inclusive Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) with children and young people (CYP) and explore practical implications for PPIE professionals, researchers and CYP involved in research.
Chaired by Dr Stan Papoulias, PPIE research theme lead at NIHR ARC South London. Facilitated by Dr Elspeth Mathie, Inclusive Involvement in Research theme lead at NIHR ARC East of England.
Speakers: Dr Louca-Mai Brady, Reader in Youth Involvement and Health; Dr Helen Abnett and Lauren Denyer, Research Fellows, UH; and
young members of the Herts YPAG.
Who should attend? Anyone who is interested or involved in CYP’s involvement in research, including young people.
Tuesday 17th February, 12:00-13:30. Register now!

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Jan 17

Great day at Birmingham with @barnardos.org.uk #NHSYouthForum supporting their peer research - despite some travel hiccups on the way! Such a great group and really looking forward to seeing their research reports soon #YoungResearchers #PeerResearch @joshharsant.bsky.social

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Jan 15

😊 Mine once got commandeered by a kitten (I've cleaned it since!)

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Jan 14

Not a bad effort 🍞 #Sourdough #BreadSky

Round sourdough loaf with a spiral design on the crust, on a wooden bread board in dappled sunlight

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Dec 18

How it started How it's going 🎄😼 #CatsofBlueSky #ChristmasCats

Decorated and lit up Christmas tree in the corner of a living room

Same Christmas tree fallen over with a guilty cat looking down on it from a coffee table

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Nov 25

Loads of great ideas and discussions at #KFChildrensHealth. Including catching up with @kathevans2.bsky.social, Ann Hagell & a chance to meet members of the @barnardos.org.uk NHS youth forum IRL

Four smiling women in front of a noticeboard covered in children's drawings

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Nov 16

Mr B took the boy to the barbers 💈

Photo of a rice board at a barbers, in addition to the usual haircut-type offers there's one for 'ear removal', a bargain at £9. Underneath is a message: 'Does he actually needs ears?'

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Nov 7

On my way home from an inspiring few days @unilancashire.bsky.social, learning from Prof Cath Larkins, colleagues & international collaborators at the Centre for Children & YP’s Participation. Topped off with a walk in the Lakes, so taking some of that serenity back along with a head full of ideas

Collage of pictures from the Lake District - two interior shots of Blackwell Arts and Crafts house and two landscape shots of the lakes

Selfie of 4 women with a view of hills and a lake in the background

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Nov 3

Great to be part of the recent @ayph.bsky.social 'Innovation & good practice in adolescent health' event & even better to have the @nihr.bsky.social-funded PANELS project included as a case study! ayph.org.uk/innovation-a... More info: www.communityactionredbridge.org.uk/panels-project

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Oct 28

She has form

Grey and white floofy cat sound asleep on a pile of Abel and Cole boxes, like the princess and the pea

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Oct 28

Snap

Grey and white floofy cat with yellow eyes curled up in a bathroom sink and looking at the camera with a expression like 'what?!'

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Sep 9

This now appears to be an ongoing issue. She slept (very soundly) in the sink for 7 hours yesterday, and 7 again today (so far). I, meanwhile, am washing my hands in the bath #CatSky #CatsofBluesky #BossOfMe

Grey and white floofy cat still sleeping in a bathroom sink

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Sep 8

*Goes to wash hands* There seems to be a blockage in the sink #CatSky #AcademicsWithCats

Grey and white fluffy cat fast asleep in a bathroom sink

Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai· Aug 4

Oh wow huge congratulations Prof Abbott - that is truly fabulous news!! 🎊🍾