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Epidemiologist, economist, statistician, causal inference, public policy
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10 days ago
Out now!!
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Intro to this paper pictured below Huge thanks to collaborators
@neilmdavies.bsky.social
,
@emmylooroll.bsky.social
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@uclbrainscience.bsky.social
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about 1 month ago
Do daylight saving time clock changes affect our health? 🕰️ Our new study, published today in
@bmj.com
, using GP and hospital data for England, found that the autumn clock change may be beneficial for our health.
#BMJChristmas
bmjgroup.com/autumn-clock...
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Autumn clock change linked to reduction in certain health conditions - BMJ Group
Study contributes to ongoing debate about England’s clock change policy The week after the autumn clock change is associated with a reduction in demand for NHS services for sleep disorders, cardiovasc...
https://bmjgroup.com/autumn-clock-change-linked-to-reduction-in-certain-health-conditions/
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Do daylight saving time clock changes affect our health? 🕰️ Our new study, published today in @bmj_latest, found that the autumn clock change may be beneficial for our health. Led by the brilliant, and recently a Dr,
@meldelange.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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Acute effects of daylight saving time clock changes on mental and physical health in England: population based retrospective cohort study
Objective To explore the acute effects of daylight saving time clock changes on mental and physical health events in primary and secondary care in England. Design Population based retrospective cohor...
https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj-2025-085962?utm_campaign=usage&utm_content=tbmj_sprout&utm_id=BMJ005&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
"Understanding apolipoprotein E as a predominant cause of Alzheimer’s disease" Preprint:
zenodo.org/records/1796...
Key takeaways below Thx to coauthors
@emmylooroll.bsky.social
@neilmdavies.bsky.social & N.Mukadam at DOP
@ucl.ac.uk
Funding
@alzheimersresearchuk.org
#endalz
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Fartein Ask Torvik
about 2 months ago
Who wants to join us in Oslo to study how health influences educational underperformance? We are hiring PhDs postdocs candidates for our funded project. We will follow children from birth to emerging adulthood, using behavioural genetic methods and large datasets
945000.webcruiter.no/Main/Recruit...
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Two positions as either PhD or postdoctoral fellow on health determinants of education
Do you want to research how health influences school performance and leads to intergenerational inequality? We have two vacant 3-year positions as a PhD fellow or postdoctoral research fellow in the p...
https://945000.webcruiter.no/Main/Recruit/Public/5044379981?language=en
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Maria L. Andersen
about 2 months ago
New preprint📈📉 What happens to health and work when people become grandparents? Using Norwegian register data on all individuals born 1950-1960, we use event-study models comparing grandparents to not-yet grandparents to track changes in health and labour supply. 🔗
www.ssrn.com/abstract=571...
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Upcoming seminar: Gibran Hemani and Andrew Elmore (UoB) on The Human Genotype-Phenotype Map – a resource to map pleiotropy and improve causal inference. Billions of associations, open data, better causal inference. Tues 2 Dec 2025, 1 pm, UCL 149 Tottenham Court Rd.
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
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The Human Genotype-Phenotype Map: A resource to map pleiotropy and improve causal inference
Girban Hemani and Andrew Elmore will talk at this additional Epidemiology and Applied Clinical Research Seminar, in collaboration with UCL Human Genomics, Centre for Longitudinal Studies and PALS
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-sciences/events/2025/dec/human-genotype-phenotype-map-resource-map-pleiotropy-and-improve-causal-inference
3 months ago
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📢 Registration is open for Causal Inference in Practice — a 3-day short course at UCL 🗓️ 18–20 February 2026 Taught by me,
@kdiazordaz.bsky.social
& Peter Martin. Learn to estimate causal effects from observational data. 👉
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
#CausalInference
#Epidemiology
#DataScience
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Causal Inference in Practice Short Course
This course covers the latest developments in causal inference methods and provides practical explanations for applying them to real research questions.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-sciences/psychiatry/research/epidemiology-and-applied-clinical-research-department/causal-inference-practice-short-course
3 months ago
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Tim Morris
5 months ago
Our data resource profile paper outlining the imputed & QC'd genomewide genetic data in 5 British cohort studies is now out in IJE. Data are free to access and the cohorts are deeply phenotyped... huge opportunities for amazing cross-cohort longitudinal research
academic.oup.com/ije/article/...
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Data Resource Profile: Genomic data in multiple British birth cohorts (1946–2001)—linkage with health, social, and environmental data from birth to old age
Birth cohort studies have a rich history of contributing to science within and between disciplinary fields, notably health and social sciences [1–4]. Here,
https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/54/5/dyaf141/8237599
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Prof Alexandra Pitman
5 months ago
⏰Post-doctoral
#qualitative
job alert! (closes 14/9/25).
@uclpsychiatry.bsky.social
is recruiting for a
#Qualitative
Post‑Doctoral Research Associate to join our
#suicide
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#selfharm
research team on a
@nihr.bsky.social
grant investigating acceptability of close obs
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?jobId=37538&jobTitle=Postdoctoral+Research+Fellow+in+Qualitative+Methods+
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We're hiring! Join us on the incredible Adolescent Health Study — we're looking for two brilliant researchers to help shape and grow this exciting project. Deadline: 28 August. Questions? Get in touch.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOB253/s...
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(Senior) Research Officer (x2 posts) at Adolescent Health Study (AHS)
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOB253/senior-research-officer-x2-posts
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1/ Parents with higher BMI tend to have kids with higher BMI—but why? Is it the genes they pass on, or the environment they create? Or both? We used trio data from MCS to help answer this longstanding question.
journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
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The association between parental BMI and offspring adiposity: A genetically informed analysis of trios
Author summary Children with obesity are more likely to have parents with obesity, too. This may be explained by environmental factors, such as prenatal conditions in utero or postnatal parental behav...
https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1011775
6 months ago
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I’m hiring- info in the link below, or get in touch if interested 📣 JOB OPPORTUNITY! 💻 Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow in Population Health/Data Science/Genetic Epidemiology Developing a new Wellcome-funded ALSPAC Olink Explore HT resource Deadline 15/08/25
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?nPostingId=14402&nPostingTargetId=36429&id=Q1KFK026203F3VBQBLO8M8M07&LG=UK&languageSelect=UK&mask=ext
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Engagement and Involvement Lead at Adolescent Health Study (AHS)
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR789/engagement-and-involvement-lead
6 months ago
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Emma Anderson
7 months ago
Fabulous work by Phazha Bothongo! 2 years and several near mental breakdowns for us both in the making! 🧠 Causes and consequences of vascular dementia across the life course: Evidence from a UK Biobank phenome-wide and Mendelian randomization study 🧠
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Causes and consequences of vascular dementia across the life course: Evidence from a UK Biobank phenome-wide and Mendelian randomization study
Background Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second most common cause of dementia, yet its risk factors and biological mechanisms remain poorly understood. Objective To identify causes and consequences ...
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.23.25330106v1
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Emma Anderson
8 months ago
Our in-person Mendelian randomisation course is back at University College London this autumn. Join us in Bloomsbury, 16th-18th September 2025. Tutors: Emma Anderson, Dylan Williams, Neil Davies Guest lecturer: Eleanor Sanderson
onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
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D79 Mendelian Randomization | UCL Online Store
Abstract This course covers the fundamental developments in Mendelian randomization and gives practical explanations about how to apply MR to applied resea
https://onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-brain-sciences-c07/division-of-psychiatry-d79/d79-mendelian-randomization
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Are you looking to learn how to conduct and interpret Mendelian randomization studies? You can register now for our in-person short course at UCL. With
@emmylooroll.bsky.social
and
@dylwil.bsky.social
16th-18th September 2025. Details here:
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
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Mendelian randomization short course
This course covers the fundamental developments in Mendelian randomization and gives practical explanations about how to apply MR to applied research questions.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-sciences/psychiatry/study/mendelian-randomization-short-course
7 months ago
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Looking for your next research position? We're recruiting two genetic epidemiologists to work on two projects at the Division of Psychiatry at UCL, part of the growing UCL Human Genomics group.
7 months ago
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Nature Human Behaviour
7 months ago
This study uncovered several genetic associations linked to environmental sensitivity in psychiatric and neurodevelopmental traits, using data from over 21,000 MZ twins
@munroepb.bsky.social
@thaliaeley.bsky.social
@neilmdavies.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Genetics of monozygotic twins reveals the impact of environmental sensitivity on psychiatric and neurodevelopmental phenotypes - Nature Human Behaviour
This study uncovered genetic associations with environmental sensitivity in psychiatric and neurodevelopmental traits in an international collaboration using data from more than 21,000 monozygotic twi...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02193-7
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Dylan Williams
9 months ago
Our in-person Mendelian randomisation course is back at University College London this autumn. Join us in Bloomsbury, 16th-18th September 2025. Tutors: Emma Anderson, Dylan Williams, Neil Davies Guest lecturer: Eleanor Sanderson
onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
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D79 Mendelian Randomization | UCL Online Store
Abstract This course covers the fundamental developments in Mendelian randomization and gives practical explanations about how to apply MR to applied resea
https://onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-brain-sciences-c07/division-of-psychiatry-d79/d79-mendelian-randomization
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Emma Anderson
9 months ago
*NEW PREPRINT* Awesome work by Victoria Taylor-Bateman examining the effects of 46 different lipid-lowering, antihypertensive and anti-inflammatory drug targets on risk of vascular dementia diagnosis and several neuroimaging biomarkers of cerebrovascular pathology. A thread :-)
shorturl.at/ecCD0
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Repurposing drugs for the prevention of vascular dementia: Evidence from drug target Mendelian randomization
https://shorturl.at/ecCD0
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Dylan Williams
9 months ago
One year later ... a major update to our manuscript showing that most Alzheimer's disease is attributable to the gene APOE. We expanded it to analyses of four studies, now with data on about 460,000 people in total.....
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Alzheimers
#Dementia
#Epidemiology
#EpiSky
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The proportion of Alzheimer's disease attributable to apolipoprotein E
Objective To estimate the proportions of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and all-cause dementia burden attributable to the common risk alleles ε3 and ε4 in the APOE gene Design Genetic association analyses i...
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.11.16.23298475v5
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🚀 We're Hiring: Research Associate in Neuroimaging! 🚀 We're looking for a talented Research Associate to join our team at the University of Bath in Esther Walton's group.
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
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ED12535 Research Associate in Neuroimaging (fixed-term) - Jobs at Bath
https://www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy.aspx?ref=ED12535
10 months ago
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Tim Feeney
10 months ago
New paper in
@bmj.com
. Ever been told ‘what does your DAG say?” or “show me your DAG”, or “ok draw a DAG” and not sure what that means or how to get started? Well buckle up, because Fernando Hartwig,
@neilmdavies.bsky.social
and I wrote an RMR on just this topic.
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Ella Hubbard
10 months ago
Fancy spending a year commissioning, editing, and writing content for The BMJ? Applications are now open for next year's Editorial Registrar
@bmj.com
. Feel free to get in touch with me if you have questions about the role -- I've loved every minute of it.
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Editorial Registrar, The BMJ | 31 March, 2025 | Jobs and careers with BMJ Group
Jobs and careers with BMJ Group -
https://jobsearch.bmj.com/jobs/job/Editorial-Registrar-The-BMJ/939
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Adam Rutherford
10 months ago
Come and join our team at UCL
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Are you interested in causal inference and genetic epidemiology? We have three research posts in Tom Lumbers' research group, part of UCL Human Genomics. Do get in touch for further details.
comp-med-lab.notion.site/How-to-Apply...
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How to Apply | Notion
We are hiring for three positions: two in Human Genetics and one in Health Data Science.
https://comp-med-lab.notion.site/How-to-Apply-1b36b13d5ef280b4bcdbe714cb0f8437
10 months ago
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Funded PhD position available as a part of a Wellcome funded project, joint with meand Esther Walton at the University of Bath. See here for more information, or get in touch.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Unravelling cognitive impairments in psychotic disorders through novel computational neuroimaging approaches at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Unravelling cognitive impairments in psychotic disorders through novel computational neuroimaging approaches at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/unravelling-cognitive-impairments-in-psychotic-disorders-through-novel-computational-neuroimaging-approaches/?p183235
11 months ago
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Karla Diazordaz
about 1 year ago
I’m teaching a 3-day intro course to Causal inference in practice, in person in London starts Feb 18 2025. To register
onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
#epidemiology
#causalinference
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F61 Causal Inference In Practice 2025 | UCL Online Store
Abstract A wide range of fields, from clinical medicine to social science, seek to use empirical data to learn how different factors affect the world. Maki
https://onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-mathematical-physical-sciences-c06/department-of-statistical-science-f61/f61-causal-inference-in-practice-2025
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Karla Diazordaz
about 1 year ago
I’m hiring- info in the link below, or get in touch if interested 📣 JOB OPPORTUNITY! 💻 Research Fellow in causal inference and machine learning, Statistical Science Department, UCL 🔗
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
📅 Deadline 5th December
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Are you looking to learn methods for applied causal inference? You can register now for our in-person short course at UCL. With
@kdiazordaz.bsky.social
and Peter Martin. 18th to 20th February 2025. Details here:
onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
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F61 Causal Inference In Practice 2025 | UCL Online Store
Abstract A wide range of fields, from clinical medicine to social science, seek to use empirical data to learn how different factors affect the world. Maki
https://onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-mathematical-physical-sciences-c06/department-of-statistical-science-f61/f61-causal-inference-in-practice-2025
about 1 year ago
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Viktor H. Ahlqvist
about 1 year ago
New research out on antiseizure medications in pregnancy 🎉🎉 Nature Communications:
nature.com/articles/s41...
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1/ New paper—We've just published a practical guide to instrumental variable studies in the BMJ. It explains how instrumental variable methods can estimate causal effects in clinical research.
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
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Reading and conducting instrumental variable studies: guide, glossary, and checklist
Instrumental variable analysis uses naturally occurring variation to estimate the causal effects of treatments, interventions, and risk factors on outcomes in the population from observational data. U...
https://www.bmj.com/content/387/bmj-2023-078093.full
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