George Davey Smith
mendelrandom.bsky.social
George Davey Smith
@mendelrandom.bsky.social

Time expired epidemiologist

George Davey Smith is a British epidemiologist. He has been professor of clinical epidemiology at the University of Bristol since 1994, honorary professor of public health at the University of Glasgow since 1996, and visiting professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine since 1999. .. more

Biology 40%
Public Health 21%

Now safe in the knowledge that A Windsor won’t be drinking it 🤣

Finally in Navi Mumbai located my favourite beer since first coming to work in India in 1992, it is increasingly difficult to find, and now often only the STRONG ~8% “premium” version the only one available

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Reassuring to see a cow at a major road junction in Bangalore; after a third of a century of work trips to India most things have changed out of all recognition, but a silicon valley thriving bovine represents continuity

A special collection of 6 papers on cohort studies in China is just out in @bmj.com www.bmj.com/collections/...
with an editorial on the collection and the current publication climate www.bmj.com/collections/...
Enhancing cohort studies in China and internationally
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www.bmj.com

Galton calling for data sharing in 1901 - does anyone know of earlier examples?
I know that Galton called out for sharing data in 1901

that's great Uku, I hadn't seen that!
I know that Galton called out for sharing data in 1901

Are there earlier occurrences of groups being established to archive biological data to make them available for future analyses by researchers than this, which is from The British Association Committee on Biological Measurements, 1927?

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Fantastic opportunity to lead the Equity Lab @wellcometrust.bsky.social working with the legendary Jimmy Volmink, details here wellcome.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/Wellco... Please repost so as many as possible can see this great opportunity
Associate Director, Equity Lab
Salary: £120,800 Closing date: 9th November Contract type: Permanent Interview dates: 24th and 28th November The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by fun...
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Met @mendelrandom.bsky.social at a pub in Bristol after my talk yesterday to chat about causality, ratio variables, and the state of Epidemiology in Europe.

Behind him, on the bookshelf, was an old copy of Mendel's Principles of Heredity. A remarkable coincidence that required a photograph!

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TOMORROW IN BRISTOL!

"Have DAGs fulfilled their promise in epidemiology and health research?"

📆 22 October
⏰ 13:00 - 14:00
📍Queens Building, 1.18LT at the University of Bristol

Cc @bristoltarg.bsky.social @uob-ieu.bsky.social @mendelrandom.bsky.social @garethjgriffith.bsky.social

For the tech bros who are intending to live forever it must be a shock to hear the big crunch is gonna end it all in 20 billion years .. they'll still be in middle age then www.sciencealert.com/physicists-p...
Physicists Predict When The Universe Will End in a Reverse Big Bang
If recent discoveries that dark energy is evolving hold any water, our Universe will collapse under its own gravity on a finite timeline, new calculations suggest.
www.sciencealert.com

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Do you have heavy or painful menstrual periods? If so, please consider filling in our short survey so that we can better understand how these symptoms interact with mental health and wellbeing. exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Is There a Link Between Heavy Menstrual Bleeding, Menstrual Pain, and Mental Health?
We are exploring how people experience heavy menstrual bleeding and menstrual pain, and how these experiences interact with their mental health. We want to better understand how these issues affect ea...
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Just replace dark chocolate for whatever the nutritional exposure in today's news story is in the below ieureka.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/12/04/d...

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Great to have @markmccarthy985.bsky.social at @uob-ieu.bsky.social giving a seminar tomorrow (Friday) at 12.30 online or in person www.bristol.ac.uk/integrative-...

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Apply to do a PhD with me, Laura Corbin, Gareth Hawkes and George Davey Smith ( @mendelrandom.bsky.social) in Bristol on identifying rare effects on health using new and innovative methods. Amazing team, great educational environment, lovely city. Forward to your undergrads wrapping up!
Shining a light on the un-common to identify novel health risk-factors - GW4 BioMed MRC DTP
Project Code MRCPHS26Br Nivard Project Type Dry lab Research Theme Population Health Science Project Summary Download Summary Complex traits such as body mass index and height are influenced by a mixt...
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"Triangulation: moving from correlations to causation", Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine Distinguished Lecture 2025, Thursday, October 16th, 5pm, in person or online
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/school-of-...

phew 😅

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8/8 on why this is so and what could be done to advance this situation. There are 4 other commentaries from contemporary leaders in the many fields Peto covered in 5 pages /fin
link.springer.com/article/10.1...; link.springer.com/article/10.1...; link.springer.com/article/10.1...;
Peto’s paradox revisited: black box vs mechanistic approaches to understanding the roles of mutations and promoting factors in cancer - European Journal of Epidemiology
European Journal of Epidemiology -
link.springer.com

7/n with @Lyonpaul and Bert Hofman here we reflect on the 40 subsequent years, which have confirmed many of Peto's speculations, whilst (sadly) the high proportion of cancer this is preventable in principle but not in practice remains, we speculate/ cont
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Chance, ignorance, and the paradoxes of cancer: Richard Peto on developing preventative strategies under uncertainty - European Journal of Epidemiology
During the early 1980s both cancer biology and epidemiological methods were being transformed. In 1984 the leading cancer epidemiologist Richard Peto – who, in 1981, had published the landmark Causes ...
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