Just published The Lancet The waning protection after 2-doses of AZ vaccine became evident at 3 months vs hospitalizations and deaths among >45 million people in Brazil and Scotland thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Latest data from UK Health Security Agency for Omicron vaccine effectiveness vs hospitalization Booster provides very high protection thru 10+ weeks Without it, VE down to 44% by >6 months assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…

Just out from the SCAMP Study : We observed bidirectional associations between sleep problems and mental health symptoms during adolescence in a cohort of 6,616 adolescents from Greater London. Chen Shen Iroise Dumontheil acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jc…

Just out in JAMA Internal Medicine, we highlight a mechanism to detect selection bias/confounding in observational studies by looking at Kaplan Meier curves. If the curves separate implausibly early, the findings are too good to be true! jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai… Vinay Prasad MD MPH

Our recent paper unveiling the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and digital technologies on adolescent mental health Jon Roiser 🟣 Dasha Nicholls Helen Ward Alex Spiers Mireille B Toledano SCAMP Study imperial.ac.uk/news/251333/un…

An important paper on polygenic risk scores was published Nature Medicine today nature.com/articles/s4159… and I wrote a Ground Truths post about it (see profile for link)

Fantastic opportunity to learn about air pollution with our fully funded course! From basics to in-depth research, discover why some are more vulnerable than others. Limited spots left! Register interest by Feb 29, 2024. shorturl.at/euzN6 Dr Diana Varaden Impact on Urban Health

CALLING ALL ECRS! Join us and MQ this April for two exciting events. We're teaming up for a workshop on machine learning in #mentalhealth and a #datascience meeting 🧠 🔗 WORKSHOP: eventbrite.co.uk/e/machine-lear… 🔗 MEETING: eventbrite.co.uk/e/mq-and-datam…

Mendelian Randomisation (MR) is going to hell in a handcart, with an exponential weekly increase of papers with Mendelian Randomisation in the title, most of them nonsense. 25th April 4.30pm online or in person UCL I'll talk about what should be done forms.office.com/pages/response…

Today, MPs vote on new laws to protect our future generations across the UK from the harmful effects of smoking and to tackle youth vaping. The UK’s Chief Medical Officers explain why they're supporting our plans for a #SmokefreeGeneration 🔽 gov.uk/government/new…

Mechanisms linking social media use to adolescent mental health vulnerability New Review by Amy Orben (@OrbenAmy), Adrian Meier, Tim Dalgleish (Tim Dalgleish) & Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore) 🚨FREE🚨 to access until May 21 -- download now! go.nature.com/4dwD71i

PhD studentship opportunities in Environment and Health deadline to apply 15th May 2024 environment-health.ac.uk/training-oppor…

Don't miss out! Join us on 1-2 July 2024 at Imperial College London for the Joint UK & Ireland Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology and Exposure Science Annual Meeting with @daniela_fecht and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Register by 16th June! Get your tickets now: bit.ly/3UUVtjY

Great to welcome colleagues from HKUPaed The University of Hong Kong at the Mohn Centre this afternoon speaking about their holistic approach to child heath & development research Fantastic to see research interests aligning across the globe 🌍

Out today in Nature Genetics! Important new updates to the Polygenic Score (PGS) Catalog, & a new software tool that simplifies the calculation of polygenic scores in the context of genetic ancestry 👉 tinyurl.com/fa5ts5a3 Sam Lambert @minouye271 Dr. Scott C. Ritchie Florent Yvon

Read our statement about an article in The Guardian about potential misuse of UK Biobank data: ow.ly/Z35s50TNSXW

🚨New paper out in Nature Mental Health from my work with Erin C Dunn, ScD, MPH @MGH_RI! We found that childhood adversity leads to epigenetic changes that can increase OR reduce risk for depression. Let me explain... 🧵(1/7) Read the paper here: nature.com/articles/s4422…

2/n Bringing together the largest and most diverse samples to date, this PGC Consortium effort has identified 697 genetic variants and 308 genes linked to major #depression. Of these, 293 loci are novel ✨

🤔Trying to decide if a PhD is for you? 👀Take a look at our #PhD #studentship opportunities on our website and see how you could contribute to leading edge, child and adolescent health #research ➡️imperial.ac.uk/a-z-research/m… #PhDlife #PhDFunding #ChildHealth Centre for Paediatrics & Child Health

"Epigenetic clocks and DNA methylation biomarkers of brain health and disease" Our review paper is now out in Nat Rev Neurology Eleanor Conole Simon Cox Hannah nature.com/articles/s4158…