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Assistant psychologist wins £100 Craniofacial Poster Prize sponsored by The Scar Free Foundation

Hannah Waterhouse's poster 'Growing up with a cleft: What children know and how families understand' won The Scar Free Foundation's £100 poster prize

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JPRAS special edition celebrates 25 years of The Scar Free Foundation

JPRAS 'Wounds Special' features Scar Free collaboration, foreword, and contributions from Scar Free research groups

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Mapping the future of paediatric burn care: Spotlight on Liv Hartrick, 2025’s Amber Young Burns Research Fellow

Liv Hartrick (pictured right) will begin first-of-its-kind research with the hope of improving outcomes for children across the UK

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Simon Wessley stands in front of a lecturn to deliver a lecture. A screen with his slides on is in the background.

The Hidden Cost of Trauma: a journey through the history of healing at the first-ever Scar Free Foundation Annual Lecture

An evening exploring trauma’s hidden costs, and how reconstruction has changed for the better, led by expert psychiatrist Professor Sir Simon Wessely

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Scar Free unites high-level experts to drive lasting change for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence

The roundtable at St James's Palace has kickstarted collaborative support for survivors around the world 📸 Credit: Prof. Iain Whitaker OBE

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