As CLOSER Discovery unveils its new look it’s now the perfect time to try the UK’s most detailed research tool for discovering longitudinal population study data. If you are just getting started check out our new animation! youtube.com/watch?v=9mFF4h…

I am hiring a Research Fellow and two Research Assistants at BSMS Clinical Neuroscience BSMS on projects funded by UK Health Security Agency & UK Research and Innovation on #COVID19 #dementia #cognitivefrailty #communication bit.ly/3tNiz1V Get in touch for initial queries ECR SSM University of Sussex Centre for Dementia Studies

Take a look at POST (UK Parliament)'s new POSTnote on men's health which draws on data and research from multiple longitudinal population studies. Our Research Fellow Charlotte Campbell contributed her expertise to the briefing note ⬇️

For today’s 2023 look back, we’re sharing our most-read blogs of the year! First up, @charly_campbell introduces our cross-study data guides and how they can make easy work of finding specific data across multiple longitudinal population studies closer.ac.uk/news-opinion/b…

🗓️Our first Emerging Longitudinal Scholars webinar is fast approaching! Join us on 24 Jan (1-2pm) for our session exploring longitudinal trends in children's development feat. talks from Kate Mooney & Cátia Margarida Ferreira de Oliveira. Book now: closer.ac.uk/event/els-chil…

🔔Our Areas of Research Interest Tracker has been updated with the new Department for Education ARIs! Discover the questions crying out for longitudinal expertise, including on child wellbeing, school absence, and how to secure public engagement. closer.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…

We’re trying something new this year! I regularly chat with ECRs about skills gaps & what they need to develop their careers & increase confidence, particularly in the policy space. ECR24 aims to fulfil my promise. It’s going to be something special, what are you waiting for?!

Just TWO days left to submit your abstract for our ECR Conference and Training Event (London, 18 Sept 2024). We're inviting ECRs to submit research (using longitudinal population study data) relevant to policy areas within the social sciences and biomedical sciences. More info👇

We are recruiting SSM Newsletter officers to join our Communications Subcommittee socsocmed.org.uk/comms-committe… Join Charlotte Campbell & Yvanna Todorova For more info, get in touch with Dr Dorina Cadar at [email protected] or Charlotte Campbell [email protected]👋😍✍️ECR SSM

🐶In honour of this year's #NationalPetDay, we've published a new Learning Hub case study exploring longitudinal research into pet ownership and cognitive decline in older adults. 🐱Read more: closer.ac.uk/news-opinion/n…

UK Research and Innovation have just announced registration for their next round of policy engagement training, joint funded by Economic and Social Research Council. This is an amazing (and completely free) opportunity for longitudinal researchers! ukri.org/events/policy-…

We are pleased to announce that CLOSER's funding from @UKRI_news Economic and Social Research Council has been extended until September 2028, enabling us to continue increasing the visibility, use, and impact of social and biomedical longitudinal population studies, data, and research. closer.ac.uk/funding-2028

The UK Research and Innovation policy internship scheme is now open. This is a great opportunity for UKRI funded doctoral students to come and work with us for 3 months in @scotparl. Deadline for applications is 2 October. Further details on how to apply 👇 ukri.org/apply-for-fund…

🆕 Hansard in Use: supporting longitudinal research in policymaking. Check out this excellent blog by Jay Dominy CLOSER Economic and Social Research Council on how he uses Hansard in his work… commonshansard.blog.parliament.uk/2024/07/23/han…

📢 New blog alert! 📢 Ziyad Basahal زياد باسهل describes his journey from studying at medical school in Jeddah to now conducting his own research in population health and his passion for #coproduction and #participatory research 📖Read here socsocmed.org.uk/blog/ssm-ecrs-…

🍎Discover new insights on ultra-processed food, dieting and disordered eating, and food insecurity and poverty, with the latest update to our cross-study guide on dietary data. Read more and access the guide: closer.ac.uk/news-opinion/n…

📢 New blog alert! 📢 With less than a week to go before #SSM2024, hear from one of our local organisers, Amy Stevenson, about her path into population health and what to expect at the pre-conference #ECR day Read here socsocmed.org.uk/blog/ssm-ecrs-…

Great oral presentation by our Society for Social Medicine & Population Health ECR SSM subcommittee Member Charlotte Campbell CLOSER UCL at #SSM2024 on the relationship between social isolation & healthy ageing using English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

We're delighted to see our evidence submission cited in the House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee report on fixing the UK food system. The report finds that obesity and diet-related disease are a public health emergency & calls on UK Government to develop a long-term strategy to fix our food system.