This week, we have our annual meeting - virtually of course and spread across 4 days. We had a great session yesterday with Charles Breeze, Sara Sammallahti and Giulietta Monasso, looking forward to today's 3 talks by Samantha L Wilson Bsky:SamanthaLWilson, Dr Laura Schellhas and Jolien Rijlaarsdam!

Ready for a throwback? Some children of the 90s are learning how they’ve made a difference to society 🧒 30 years on from the most groundbreaking scientific study of children’s health, #BBCBreakfast speaks to families involved from the beginning 👨‍👩‍👧 bbc.in/2R89ihx

Interested in the effects of maternal smoking and caffeine consumption on offspring mental health? Then check out our genetic risk score analysis that has now been published🥳 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33891774/ Dr Kayleigh Easey Robyn Wootton Hannah Sallis @ammegandchips Dr Luisa Zuccolo Marcus Munafò

New #OpenAccess paper published using Children of the 90s data: Maternal and child #geneticliability for #smoking and #CaffeineConsumption and #ChildMentalHealth Dr Laura Schellhas Dr Luisa Zuccolo CapiceProject TARG Bristol Marcus Munafò published in Addiction Journal bit.ly/PaperC2510

1. Really excited to see our Perspective piece out today in Molecular Psychiatry! Hannah Sallis, @HannahJaJo and I discuss the use of Mendelian randomisation for psychiatry: doi.org/10.1038/s41380…

Strong words from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) on the draft World Health Organisation alcohol action plan that says all women of childbearing age should be prevented from drinking...

Our very own @JennFerrar and Gareth Griffith have been featured in UoB News today! News story here: bristol.ac.uk/news/2021/june… Associated paper here: jmir.org/2021/6/e26004

Atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation out in Nature Genetics representing an enormous international collaborative effort. bristol.ac.uk/news/2021/sept… via University of Bristol

⏰for a🧶 to gather #anxiety #gwas studies to date in one place.. In recent years GWAS have begun to reach adequate sample sizes to drive the discovery of novel genetic variants associated with anxiety and anxiety disorders. (1/9)

Interested in finding out how mental health is affected by Covid-19 using data (incl PRS and medical records) from the internationally renowned #MoBa study? Come do a PhD with our friendly team at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Please retweet! 945000.webcruiter.no/Main/Recruit/P…

Congratulations to TARG Bristol / MRC IEU's Dr Laura Schellhas for passing her PhD viva 🎉 And thanks to her examiners - Rebecca Richmond Prof Thalia Eley 💙!

Our new study’s out 🎉 We showed that genetic and environmental factors shared between siblings explained the association of childhood infections with later depression and suicide. It highlights the importance of adjusting for familial confounders! 1/4 🧵 doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.…

Stell dir vor du hast z.B. eine Depression, kriegst eine Liste von TherapeutInnen, schreibst E-Mails und das ist alles, was du zurückbekommst:

Lots of former ⁦TARG Bristol⁩ PhD students graduating today 🍾

PLEASE RETWEET. Looking for artists around Bristol to work with us to produce artistic outputs from our research about women's health. All types of artistic styles welcome. Paid opportunity! Message me here for more info. Dr Siobhan Mitchell Kate Ash-Irisarri GW4 Alliance

Calling PGRs and ECRs in Exeter & Beyond! Would you be interested in joining an inter-disciplinary + cross-institutional researcher development network in women’s health and women’s issues? I’d love to hear from you in the form below 😄 shorturl.at/hvGP4

Melanie Channon gives a fabulous update on Menstrual Justice at the #Menarche, #Menstruation, #Menopause and #mentalhealth (@4mhealth) series, highlighting the importance of menstruation on education across the globe University of Exeter

Had the most fascinating day talking to other @4mhealth members and hearing about their research. So interesting to hear about how other disciplines approach researching menstruation and menopause and think about how we can work together.

Sharing on behalf of my brilliant partner MaryFran 🤩🏳️‍⚧️ Excited to announce recruitment for a new study on the experiences of PMS symptoms in AMAB trans & gender-diverse individuals on estrogen hormone therapy!