Dr Kate Slade

Had some good old fun at The British Science Festival 2025 ✨🪩 So nice to be back at @leafonboldst doing nerdy comedy with @erinbeeston @sciwithrach @nickwerr , hosted by the incredible @freyacomedy !!! Thank you to everyone who came to watch 🥰 Then I got to see my favourite comedy troupe @3queers_1welshman telling jokes about puzzles and brains 🧠 Photos curtesy of @merry.martyn 🌟 Thank you for having me @britishscienceassociation @jcwbrown ! #BSF25

🎤Discover how brilliant minds do stupid things at the British Science Festival in this science comedy show! Join us for a spectacular evening of science and comedy in Liverpool, featuring a brilliant line-up of performers. British Science Association trustee and scientist Rachel Honeyghan-Williams (@ucl ) will explore the highs and lows of being human – including why it might be better to be a chicken. Quantum physicist Nick Werren (@heriotwattuni ) will tackle the big question of “what is science?”, while Erin Beeston (@officialuom ) will prove autism isn’t contagious – but laughter might be. Researcher Kate Slade (@lancasteruni ) brings together psychology and hot glue guns, and Freya McGhee combines science, comedy and dating in one unforgettable experiment. 🗓 Friday 12th September 🕡 20.30 to 22.00 📍 LEAF, Liverpool Take part in a Q&A at the end where we’ll debate what makes a great scientist. Check out the link in bio to book your ticket! #britishsciencefestival #liverpool #sciencecomedy #scienceshow #comedyshow #quirkyquarter #liverpoolevents #britishscienceweek #scienceandcomedy #sciencelovers #liverpoolcomedy #sciencetalk #stem #sciencelife #britishscience #sciencenerd #sciencefun #liverpoollife #sciencecommunication #ukevents

What a privilege to tell everyone at @theroyalsociety about my favourite body part!👂(😬) And, to perform alongside the funniest and smartest scientists too!!! 🤩 📸 @stevecrossphotos (thanks for having me!) #SummerScience #RoyalSociety

TONIGHT! Tickets still available! Come and watch some very funny & talented scientists and comedians talking all things brains!!! 🧠🧑‍🔬 In collab with @britishneuroscienceassociation public engagement programme and charity partner @painrelieffoundation 🪩🧠 🗓️ 7pm TONIGHT (Thurs 24th April) 📍 @leafonboldst , Liverpool 🎟️ Link in bio & stories! #liverpoolcomedy #whatsonliverpool #scicomm #comedy #sciencecommunication [Image Description: A bright, colorful poster for Neuro Nights. A comedy-meets-brain-science event happening on 24th April, 7PM at LEAF, Bold St, Liverpool. It features photos and names of eight performers: Bethany Facer, Kate Slade, Liam Collins-Jones, Sahir Hussain, Erin Beeston, Corey Ratcliffe, Kraig Green, and Farah Sharp. A brain-shaped disco ball hangs in the title.]

✨ THURSDAY 24TH APRIL @leafonboldst ✨ Join us for an exciting and silly night of brain science & comedy as part of the #BNA2025 Festival of Neuroscience!! We’ve got a line up of incredible scientists and comedians, and more to be announced. YOU SHOULD TOTALLY COME! It’ll be amazing fun, probably a bit strange, and it’s for charity! In support of the @painrelieffoundation 🧠🪩 📅 Thursday 24th April @ 7pm 📍 Leaf on Bold Street, Liverpool 🎟️ Ticket link in bio! 📸 credit @stevecrossphotos #neuroscience #sciencecomedy #liverpoolcomedy #scicomm

With studies displaying correlations between hearing loss, depression, and isolation - yesterday’s Collaboration Cafe with @katedoingscience from @lancasterunisportssci offered a timely account of how research into an understudied area of audiology is able to provide pivotal age-related dignity. Kate’s work looks to translate the reality of the strained physicality of hearing loss, emphasising how cognitive resources are expended. Recent Public Patient Involvement punctuated the severity of the condition, with one person finding the act of listening “like working a muscle”. So what’s the solution? Ultimately, Kate aims to introduce listening effort measurements as part of objective clinical practice, including regular hearing tests. Moving from lab to life, Kate underscored the real-world impact of applying cardiovascular and brain analysis. Next week we round out the term with an unmissable talk which promises to bridge the disciplines of health and sociology. Dr Aaron Winter will discuss the Far-Right’s impact on health policy, including conspiracies around big pharma and the privatisation of the NHS. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Turns out I’m the most average! 😁 I won at being the meanest (mode-est and median-est) contestant in @merry.martyn ’s PhD fever dream statistics comedy gameshow 🤓 @merry.martyn & @erinbeeston as Average Joe were the best hosting duet everrrr and my fellow contestants were incredible @thecurlyfriedmax , @allygrandison @its_emsoo , I’m such a fan of you all 🪩 #scicomm #sciencecomedy #statistics #researchmethods #womeninstem

The inaugural Let's Get Mean North - stats-comedy-gameshow 📊🃏🍪🩷🤨

On Tuesday 4th Feb I’ll be competing in Let’s Get Mean: The Average Gameshow! @carltonclubmcr 8pm! Hosted by stats expert and standup comic @merry.martyn with the help of unglamorous assistant Average Joe (@erinbeeston )! I’ll be competing alongside @thecurlyfriedmax @allygrandison @its_emsoo @mishmashcroft to determine which of us is the most average! 😎 Finalllyyyy a gameshow that celebrates just your bog standard, run of the mill, not nothing to see but also not something to see, middle of the road people! And i’m in it to win it, or like you know place in the middle somewhere! 👻 It’s like taskmaster but with maths and doing sort of ok means you win! 🏆 Ticket link in bio! 🎟️ 📸 @stevecrossphotos #sciencecomedy #manchestercomedy #statistics #scicomm

Science summer over 💚 Ready for term to start and to welcome new and returning @lancasterunisportssci students! Let’s goooo Sci Summer 2024 includedddd: 1. A ‘significant’ birthday 🎈 2. Spending a joyous time at the Cognitive Hearing Science for Communication conference with @nosa_lab AND recording a live episode of mine and @dr_helen_nuttall ’s podcast @drsconfess there, featuring amazing guests Prof Ingrid Johnsrude and PhD student Thorge Haupt #chscom2024 🎙️ 3. Performing with the BEST people at the first ever UK Science Comedy Festival organised by @stevecrossjokes 👩‍🔬🎭 4. Enjoying summer up north ☀️ 5. TODAY attending the inaugural Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness conference at the lovely @whitworthart gallery 🐝 #researchlife #academicsofinstagram #academiclife #audpeeps

A joy to hang out with the best people at the first ever UK Science Comedy Festival on Sunday. Showed off some classic science fashun, including cochlea jeans and a faux ham bag, obv!!!!👂🥩 🌱 Thanks for having meee @stevecrossjokes @scienceshowoff 📸 @stevecrossphotos #scicomm #sciencecommunication #academiclife #womeninacademia #comedy #crafts #scienceart #handpainted #handmade

TOMORROW! @scienceshowoff is at @camdenpeoplestheatre for the UK’s first eveerrrr science comedy festival. Look at those amazing acts!!! We’re so excited to bring you a day of science silliness!! Still some tickets left so grab one while you can, and come and see us tomorrow 😎 Ticket link in stories 🎟️