#covid restrictions changed how we socialised during the #pandemic. See how in our new paper doi.org/10.1038/s41598… EPR HPRU Richard Amlôt Professor Susan Michie Henry W W Potts Nicola Fear

New CORSAIR paper tracking wellbeing in the UK, April 2020 to April 2022. Distress was high (esp in women) with small fluctuations tracking the number of covid cases & changing restrictions sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Louise Smith Professor Susan Michie Henry W W Potts Nicola Fear Richard Amlôt

Hot off the presses: a collection of essays from some of our team, reflecting on the work we did and what learned during the pandemic. kcl.ac.uk/news/the-vital…

iNews covered our latest COVID study showing ongoing high rates of psychological distress: inews.co.uk/news/science/c… Read the paper at sciencedirect.com/science/articl… With Louise Smith EPR HPRU Professor Susan Michie Nicola Fear Richard Amlôt The UCL Institute of Health Informatics

#Covid puts UK in grip of psychological crisis as half of adults ‘in distress’ despite end of restrictions. "The #Covid19 pandemic had a lasting impact on people’s psychological distress and #wellbeing" - Louise Smith #IoPPNInTheNews #mentalhealth bit.ly/3Jy7nu6

How did people react to the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19? Our new research paper: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/8/e… with Louise Smith EPR HPRU Richard Amlôt Nicola Fear Professor Susan Michie The UCL Institute of Health Informatics

Very proud to have presented today at #UKHSA22 on the CORSAIR study. For more results, see our study website epr.hpru.nihr.ac.uk/our-research/r… #research #covid #behaviour

Brand new fully-funded PhD opportunity with us: *Exploring adolescent perspectives on vaccination and side effects.* Full details and how to apply here: kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/study/re… But get your skates on, closing date is 4 Dec 2022. Please spread the word!

Excellent #funded #phd opportunity, investigating adolescent perspectives on #vaccination

#New paper investigating whether reporting #COVID19 #VaccineSideEffects were associated with #psychological factors, with EPR HPRU Richard Amlôt Professor Sue Sherman Nick Sevdalis Hannah K Dasch Megan Cutts. Read it here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Delighted to have collaborated with @HPRU_BSE on this one. There is a lot here - def worth a look. "Shielding behaviours were nuanced, adapted to suit personal circumstances, and waned over time. Few interviewees received community support..."

New pre-print out on #Mpox #knowledge, #attitudes, #beliefs, and intended #behaviour in the general population and men who are gay, bisexual, and who have sex with men medrxiv.org/content/10.110… (NB - not yet peer reviewed) EPR HPRU @HPRU_BSE

A short blog on the perils of asking us to 'trust our instincts' on when to seek care during an alarming new outbreak / incident: bmj.com/content/379/bm…

Presenting our new paper reporting on a #prospective #cohort study investigating uptake of the #COVID19 #vaccine in the UK: doi.org/10.1016/j.jvac…. With Professor Sue Sherman Nick Sevdalis Richard Amlôt EPR HPRU Hannah K Dasch Megan Cutts and JSim

Read our new paper investigating factors associated with wearing a #facemask after legal requirements to do so were removed, and what happens when they come back in again: doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.1…. With EPR HPRU Professor Susan Michie Robert West Richard Amlôt Henry W W Potts Nicola Fear

New paper investigating #mpox #knowledge, #beliefs, and #intentions during the 2022 outbreak: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/10/… A collaboration between EPR HPRU, @HPRU_BSE, and UK Health Security Agency, with help from Terrence Higgins Trust. With @tommayucl Henry W W Potts Richard Amlôt Dr. Julii Brainard Isabel Oliver

#teenagers ! How do you feel about vaccinations? If you're aged 12-15, in England and in school years 8,9 or 10 this research is your chance to have your say! With thanks to the brilliant pupils at Ark Walworth Academy who helped us to design this research 🙏 EPR HPRU #vaccines

New #postdoc #job at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, in the HPRU in #Vaccines and #Immunisation: jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…. A great opportunity to join a great research team!

Read our new #SystematicReview investigating measures of, and #adherence to, #selfisolation during the #covid #pandemic: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… with Alex Martin, Sam Brooks, Rachel Davies, @byMadelineStein, Richard Amlôt, Theresa Marteau, and EPR HPRU

Self-isolation prevents the spread of infection, but only when people #adhere to it. This #systematicreview shows that 51-86% of #COVID-19 cases reported self-#isolating, but only 16% of people with COVID-like #symptoms: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Louise Smith, EPR HPRU