Check out this blog written about my first PhD study exploring the role of adolescent social connections in adiposity 🤩

1/2 Thrilled my 1st PhD study on how adolescent social connections influence BMI trajectories has been published🎉 Huge thanks to my coauthors @yvonne-kelly.bsky.social @tattanbirch.bsky.social @martindanka.bsky.social, Liam Wright, Daisy Fancourt, Ellie Iob 🤝 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Will the disposable vape ban help reduce youth vaping? We discuss this in our editorial out today. Our conclusion: 1/3 Great to work alongside Katie East and Eve Taylor on this one! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

❗ New @marmotihe.bsky.social report: 🏡 Housing and health crises are inseparable. 💰 Poor quality housing costs the NHS £1.4bn/yr. 📈 Inequalities grow as affordable homes fall short. 🤝 Investors, housing associations, & govt must act together. www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-re...

Such a fascinating talk from @enrico-ucl.bsky.social about his experience with the Open Innovation Team 👏🏽 Great to learn some tips on how academics can better engage with policy makers - especially the power or LinkedIn 🤝🏽 #policy #research #linkedin

We also had a brilliant causal inference workshop by Soc-Bs own @martindanka.bsky.social 🫶🏼 Martin managed to maintain a light-hearted, entertaining atmosphere that made learning complex concepts simple 👏🏻 I know the entire cohort has benefited from your hard work! #causalinference #phd

A fantastic and engaging talk from @pwgtennant.bsky.social at our PhD workshop yesterday 👏🏻 Inspiring to see someone I’ve followed for a long time be so passionate about applying causal inference to social epidemiology 🤩 Excited to implement what I’ve learnt 🫡 #causalinference #phd #epidemiology