Date for the diary! Join us online next Thursday at 13:00 (UK time) to learn more about Growing Up in Digital Europe & feed into plans for the UK pilot. This new Europe-wide study will collect internationally comparable data on children’s wellbeing. More info: bit.ly/4pl4YHs @drlisac.bsky.social

Women who were the first in their family to attend university are 40% more likely to have no children by age 46 than other women in their generation, finds new #1970BritishCohortStudy research led by @sriucl.bsky.social's @adameczanna.bsky.social Read more on the CLS website: bit.ly/3H6OmlB

And don’t miss the recording of last week’s webinar, which takes you through the key highlights of the data. Watch here: bit.ly/4lG6UrP

🎉 News from the 1958 National Child Development Study! Data from the Age 62 Sweep are now available to download from the @ukdataservice.bsky.social. This is the most comprehensive data collection of the cohort’s adult lives. Find out more: bit.ly/4lIwpJa

We had our farewell to @aksoyundan.bsky.social at UCL yesterday! Ozan has been such a big part of our journey, from building our Quant Sociology group to being an incredible mentor and collaborator along the way. We’ll miss his presence & humour a lot, but we’re excited to see what he does next 👀

When we say global reach, we mean it. Including Brisbane. Especially Brisbane.

Today I presented my work on data from the @unicefinnocenti.bsky.social Disrupting Harm survey at #IPC2025 in Brisbane! It was a great opportunity to engage with other researchers interested in investigating youth mental health in the population. Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Thanks @sriucl.bsky.social! We do our best...

Nothing says “please don’t attrit” like a well-timed birthday card. Learn this and other tricks from our stellar cohort studies team!

🔎 Important new research featured today in @thetimes.com and on the BBC World Service draws on Next Steps Study data to explore whether parenthood impacts millennials’ mental health. Read more on The Times website: bit.ly/44Rskez Listen to the BBC World Service Newsroom programme: bit.ly/40Xr0W5

We have a ✨NEW PREPRINT✨! Using data from the @clscohorts.bsky.social Millennium Cohort Study and linked healthcare records, we tested the association between social media use and psychiatric diagnoses in secondary care in young people in England. This is still a work in progress - feedback welcome!

🧸 We're bear-y excited to introduce our new companion, who will be coming with us to @esrasurvey.bsky.social 2025 Conference next week. Sadly this little bear doesn't have a name yet – what should we call him? Post your ideas below and the winning name will be announced on Friday, 18 July. #ESRA25

Register for our latest webinar to explore the rich new data from the Age 62 Sweep of NCDS, to be released imminently. Join us on Thursday, 17 July from 1–2pm to discover how lifelong factors affect retirement and ageing. Book now 👉 buff.ly/vpvsEUI

📣 Our latest training webinar will introduce users to the most comprehensive data in the adulthood of NCDS, captured at Age 62 when cohort members approached State Pension age. Join us on Thursday, 17 July from 1–2pm to explore this major new research resource. Register now👉 buff.ly/z5iDzAX

📢 Job opportunity! 📢 I am recruiting a 2-year postdoc to join me at @clscohorts.bsky.social to work on a SUPER exciting project on the quantitative study of intersectional inequalities in youth mental health across time and place! See www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... for more info and how to apply!

Cohort profile: characterisation, determinants, mechanisms and consequences of the long-term effects of COVID-19 – providing the evidence base for health care services (CONVALESCENCE) in the UK bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6...

📢 Join us for our next free webinar to discover new health data resources that will make it easier for researchers to compare generations. 👇 Harmonising physical health measures in five national cohort studies Date and time: Thursday, 12 June 2025, 12.30–2pm. Register now: buff.ly/XTnelU2

CLS are running an exciting free seminar that combines five different cohort studies and all of their free resources to examine change in physical health outcomes. The session features a panel of experts, including SRI's Laura Gimeno and Martina Narayanan. Sign up below!

🌟 Join us for our latest free webinar on Thursday, 12 June 2025. Discover new harmonised asthma and diabetes measures, find out how you could use these data to compare 5 generations, and learn about other future health data releases. 👉 Register here: buff.ly/1TF4P00

Work on the British cohort studies never stops. Thank you to the thousands of participants and researchers who continue to sustain this invaluable resource.

If you would like to propose questions or topics for the joint web survey of NCDS and BCS70, head over to our consultation webpage by 16 May 2025 to submit your ideas. bit.ly/3FDRog7

Today we are at Woburn House, for an in-person open consultative conference to help shape the next joint sweep of the NCDS and BCS70 studies. Prof. @georgeploubidis.bsky.social welcomed delegates before thematic discussions on possible survey content.

📢 👇 NCDS and BCS70 director @GeorgePloubidis needs you to help shape the next major sweep of these national cohorts! Last chance to register for a consultation event, or submit your ideas online by 16 May: bit.ly/3Ekb2xh

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

"New" Paper : Associations between different measures of SARS-CoV-2 infection status and subsequent economic inactivity: A pooled analysis of five longitudinal surveys linked to healthcare records. doi.org/10.1371/jour... Using @ukllc.bsky.social data

Help us shape the future of the 1958 and 1970 British birth cohorts 👇

An interesting though experiment: what if a paper had instead come out showing that confounds led to a 2-5x *underestimate* of the heritability of social outcomes like income and education? What would the title of the paper be? How would it be covered by geneticists and the press?

🍿 Watch now: our free webinar on the age 32 data release from Next Steps, our national cohort study of millennials. Ideal for researchers with an interest in work, mental health, family and relationships:

📢 CLS wants your help to shape the content of the next cohort study surveys 📢 ⏱️Submit your ideas by Friday, 16 May 2025 via the links below: 👉 The joint NCDS and BCS70 web survey - buff.ly/mmTudlI 👉 The web survey of parents and carers of MCS participants - buff.ly/6YLBL5t

🍿 Watch now: the recording of our recent mode effects webinar. Discover the possible impact of mode effects, and learn from our experts how you can tackle them in your own research: buff.ly/coJAWZC

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Help us shape the next sweeps of NCDS & BCS70 👇

“BSPS joins other demographic societies in expressing deep concern over the removal of key public health & demographic data by US Federal Agencies. The restriction of access to these datasets threatens the integrity of evidence-based policymaking & future of demographic research”

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Join us NEXT WEEK to find out more about the new BCS70 Age 51 data 👇

📣 Check out the latest consultation report from @popres-uk.bsky.social. We're pleased to be collaborating with other longitudinal data infrastructure partners on such an important initiative:

1/2 #ICYMI Data from the 1970 British Cohort Study Age 51 Sweep are now available to download from UK Data Service. Find out more about the new data and potential research opportunities in this video with BCS70 director, Professor @georgeploubidis.bsky.social 👇 Read more - buff.ly/80LJbQs

👥The #AtlasLongitudinalDatasets is a fantastic resource for people from all sectors. Use the Atlas to find datasets for external validation, guide future funding calls, and convey the richness of the longitudinal data landscape! 🧵1/2 @popres-uk.bsky.social @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social

BCS70 Age 51 data now available 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

2 / 2 And register now for our free webinar on Wednesday, 19 March giving an overview of the data and opportunities for research into midlife and ageing: buff.ly/ZUll2Gy

BCS70 Age 51 data now available 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Congratulations to @rjsilverwood.bsky.social @georgeploubidis.bsky.social & Morag Henderson, whose paper on understanding non-response and restoring sample representativeness in the #NextStepsStudy was one of the most read in 2024🎉 👇

Lovely post from Avivah Wittenberg-Cox about @georgeploubidis.bsky.social presentation at @ilcuk.bsky.social #FutureOfAgeing conference on the "hugely precious resource" of our cohort studies:

It's great to be at the International Longevity Centre @ilcuk.bsky.social today for their #FutureOfAgeing conference. Director of 1958 & 1970 birth cohorts, @georgeploubidis.bsky.social has just presented findings on mental health and economic inactivity. Head over to our stand to find out more.

"Mental health matters when it comes to economic inactivity", argues @georgeploubidis.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk Addressing poor #mental health is key to improving economic activity in the UK. #FutureOfAgeing

"In order to plan for the long term, we need great data - this will be able to support us with the challenges of population ageing but also help find new opportunities." - @georgeploubidis.bsky.social @clscohorts.bsky.social #FutureOfAgeing

If I had never been able to do “unfunded research”, most of my publications wouldn’t exist, including these two, which I happen to think are 1) among my most useful papers, 2) likely unfundable www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... osf.io/preprints/ps...

Here is a thread that explains visually the protocol and why it matters. bsky.app/profile/aris...

While the tech billionaires undermine democracy, a new way arrives just in time. "We need to protect the protocol that runs Bluesky" -MIT Technology Review www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/17/1...

We were so excited to see #BCS70 featured in a recent episode of popular BBC drama, Call the Midwife. More than 7 million viewers tuned in to see the midwives preparing for the initial birth survey. With the latest #BCS70 data to be released later this year, what more can the cohort teach us?