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Darío Moreno-Agostino
@dmorenoagostino.bsky.social
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Social inequalities in population mental health and healthy ageing | UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies & ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health | he/him

https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/83395-dario-morenoagostino/
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cpaguk.bsky.social
We’ve joined 100+ others in calling for the government to fully scrap the two-child limit. Every child deserves the best start in life. By fully scrapping the two-child limit the government can deliver a decisive shift in children’s opportunities, and in the UK's potential.
As this government recognises, every child deserves the best start in life. But a record 4.5 million children live in poverty. Their life chances are being held back and their potential wasted. They deserve better. At the Budget, the Chancellor has a unique chance to change this. By fully scrapping the two-child limit she can deliver a decisive shift in children’s opportunities, and in our country’s future potential. We have come together as diverse organisations who recognise that turning the tide on child poverty is crucial for children, and also for wider ambitions on housing, education, health and national growth. Reducing child poverty will boost family budgets, and local economies. It will reduce household debt, and cut the huge future costs of poverty faced by our schools, hospitals and other public services. Every day the two-child limit remains, in any form, it pushes children into poverty. Now is not the time for half-measures. Now is the moment for the Prime Minister and Chancellor to hear the voices of the UK’s children and take this vital opportunity to do the right thing. Abolishing the two-child limit in full will set millions of children’s lives on a path to a brighter future, and help to rebuild a stronger, fairer country and economy.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
dmorenoagostino.bsky.social
📢8 days to apply to this 2-year postdoc!📢

Join @jdasmunshi.bsky.social + @georgeploubidis.bsky.social + me to do research using data from @clscohorts.bsky.social and beyond, as well as linkages to health and administrative data, to examine population mental health inequalities over the life course!
dmorenoagostino.bsky.social Darío Moreno-Agostino @dmorenoagostino.bsky.social · 9d
🚨Job alert!🚨

We are looking for a 🧮 quant postdoc researcher to join the AMAZING Jay Das-Munshi @jdasmunshi.bsky.social George Ploubidis @georgeploubidis.bsky.social & myself at @kingscsmh.bsky.social in collab with @clscohorts.bsky.social

All info: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...

Closes 18 Nov!
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November 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
dmorenoagostino.bsky.social
🚨Job alert!🚨

We are looking for a 🧮 quant postdoc researcher to join the AMAZING Jay Das-Munshi @jdasmunshi.bsky.social George Ploubidis @georgeploubidis.bsky.social & myself at @kingscsmh.bsky.social in collab with @clscohorts.bsky.social

All info: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...

Closes 18 Nov!
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November 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Reposted by Darío Moreno-Agostino
pengzell.bsky.social
1/ So you’re thinking about applying for an academic job in the UK but don’t know how? This thread will walk you through the essentials.
September 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Reposted by Darío Moreno-Agostino
ruettenauer.bsky.social
@sriucl.bsky.social is HIRING 2 permanent Lecturers 🚀 in #QuantitativeSocialScience!

It comes with smart and lovely colleagues🌟, a central London office, and many big ideas and questions 🧐

Apply now! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Reposted by Darío Moreno-Agostino
pengzell.bsky.social
WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you.

Apply by: 10 Oct

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
September 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
dmorenoagostino.bsky.social
Only one more week to go: applications close on 7 August! 📅

📢 I am recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join me to do research on intersectional inequalities in youth mental health across time and place 📢

More info and how to apply: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNO337/r...
July 31, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Reposted by Darío Moreno-Agostino
dmorenoagostino.bsky.social
📢 I am recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join me to do research on intersectional inequalities in youth mental health 📢

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNO337/r...

If this sounds daunting but exciting, please, do NOT self-select out of this!! 🙏

Applications close on 7 August, one more month to go! 🗓️
July 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Reposted by Darío Moreno-Agostino
sriucl.bsky.social
Cohort studies are vital to study a range of social science questions. The Age 62 wave of the 1958 National Child Development Study by @clscohorts.bsky.social‬ is now available! Find out more: bit.ly/4lIwpJa
July 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Reposted by Darío Moreno-Agostino
sriucl.bsky.social
Great to see our cohort data put to work on a big question: does social media harm youth mental health? This new study finds no clear link, reminding us the evidence is often more complex than the headlines.
tommetherell.com Tom Metherell @tommetherell.com · Jul 14
We have a ✨NEW PREPRINT✨! Using data from the @clscohorts.bsky.social Millennium Cohort Study and linked healthcare records, we tested the association between social media use and psychiatric diagnoses in secondary care in young people in England. This is still a work in progress - feedback welcome!
psyarxivbot.bsky.social PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · Jul 8
Characterising the longitudinal relationship between social media use and psychiatric diagnoses in secondary care in adolescents in England: https://osf.io/87cze
July 14, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Reposted by Darío Moreno-Agostino
tommetherell.com
We have a ✨NEW PREPRINT✨! Using data from the @clscohorts.bsky.social Millennium Cohort Study and linked healthcare records, we tested the association between social media use and psychiatric diagnoses in secondary care in young people in England. This is still a work in progress - feedback welcome!
psyarxivbot.bsky.social PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · Jul 8
Characterising the longitudinal relationship between social media use and psychiatric diagnoses in secondary care in adolescents in England: https://osf.io/87cze
July 14, 2025 at 5:59 AM
dmorenoagostino.bsky.social
📢 I am recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join me to do research on intersectional inequalities in youth mental health 📢

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNO337/r...

If this sounds daunting but exciting, please, do NOT self-select out of this!! 🙏

Applications close on 7 August, one more month to go! 🗓️
July 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Reposted by Darío Moreno-Agostino
kingsioppn.bsky.social
How can schools better support #LGBTQ+ students, especially those belonging to other minority groups? The STEPS programme, from IoPPN and @kingscsmh.bsky.social worked with teachers and young people to co-produce research to contribute to a culture of change.
#SchoolsDiversityWeek #PrideMonth
June 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Reposted by Darío Moreno-Agostino
clscohorts.bsky.social
📣 Our latest training webinar will introduce users to the most comprehensive data in the adulthood of NCDS, captured at Age 62 when cohort members approached State Pension age.

Join us on Thursday, 17 July from 1–2pm to explore this major new research resource. Register now👉 buff.ly/z5iDzAX
Grandfather showing tablet to grandson sitting with father on sofa in living room at home. 1958 National Child Development Study at age 62: explore the new data Webinar: Thursday. 17 July 2025 1-2pm UK time Centre for Longitudinal Studies
June 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Reposted by Darío Moreno-Agostino
dmorenoagostino.bsky.social
📢 Job opportunity! 📢

I am recruiting a 2-year postdoc to join me at @clscohorts.bsky.social to work on a SUPER exciting project on the quantitative study of intersectional inequalities in youth mental health across time and place!

See www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... for more info and how to apply!
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
June 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
dmorenoagostino.bsky.social
📢 Job opportunity! 📢

I am recruiting a 2-year postdoc to join me at @clscohorts.bsky.social to work on a SUPER exciting project on the quantitative study of intersectional inequalities in youth mental health across time and place!

See www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... for more info and how to apply!
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
June 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Reposted by Darío Moreno-Agostino
lsehealthpolicy.bsky.social
Unhealthy Divides? 🩺

Join LSE Health on Mon 7 July for a webinar exploring deep-rooted socioeconomic inequalities in health, from policy to economics. 🌍

Speakers: Maarten Lindeboom, jlynch13.bsky.social Jennifer Dowd @emiliecourtin.bsky.social @jcosta-font.bsky.social

Register👉 bit.ly/4jWYavW
June 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Reposted by Darío Moreno-Agostino
clscohorts.bsky.social
📢 CLS wants your help to shape the content of the next cohort study surveys 📢

⏱️Submit your ideas by Friday, 16 May 2025 via the links below:

👉 The joint NCDS and BCS70 web survey - buff.ly/mmTudlI

👉 The web survey of parents and carers of MCS participants - buff.ly/6YLBL5t
March 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Reposted by Darío Moreno-Agostino
sriucl.bsky.social
At the 5th anniversary of UK COVID-19 lockdowns, we are reminded that women's health was disproportionately affected. SRI continues to research the pandemic; @dmorenoagostino.bsky.social led this fantastic paper that examines this in closer detail.
Open access article here:
www.cambridge.org
March 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Reposted by Darío Moreno-Agostino
clscohorts.bsky.social
✨ Have you booked yet? Join us for our free webinar NEXT WEEK introducing 1970 British Cohort Study data at age 51. Discover more about the experiences of generation X in midlife: cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/bcs70... #BSC70 #ageing
BCS70 at age 51 webinar data and photo of man and woman walking in the hills
March 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Reposted by Darío Moreno-Agostino
hetanshah.bsky.social
So the pandemic was like a magnifying glass - taking existing inequalities and exacerbating them
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
‘The pandemic reinforced existing inequalities – it was a magnifying glass’: how Covid changed Britain
More government borrowing, more abandoned pets, more sourdough baking. Our panel looks at the ramifications of the pandemic on education, health, arts and life in the UK
www.theguardian.com
March 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Reposted by Darío Moreno-Agostino
clscohorts.bsky.social
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Data from the 1970 British Cohort Study Age 51 Sweep are now available to download from @ukdataservice.bsky.social

These new data offer opportunities for research on midlife and ageing, and for cross-cohort comparisons with earlier-born generations.

Read more: buff.ly/Lcl8IqK
March 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reposted by Darío Moreno-Agostino
clscohorts.bsky.social
It's great to be at the International Longevity Centre @ilcuk.bsky.social today for their #FutureOfAgeing conference. Director of 1958 & 1970 birth cohorts, @georgeploubidis.bsky.social has just presented findings on mental health and economic inactivity. Head over to our stand to find out more.
February 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Reposted by Darío Moreno-Agostino
olademk.bsky.social
We talk a lot about why adolescent girls report more low mood and anxiety, and why this might be getting worse.

But what do girls themselves think might explain this? As you might have guessed, we don’t really know.

So, we asked them: doi.org/10.1186/s129...

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Adolescent girls’ explanations of high rates of low mood and anxiety in their population: a co-produced qualitative study - BMC Women's Health
Background From early adolescence, girls face greater risk of experiencing low mood and anxiety relative to boys, with recent evidence that this may be worsening. There is a paucity of mental health r...
doi.org
February 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Reposted by Darío Moreno-Agostino
centreformh.bsky.social
Mental health problems cast a shadow over young people's lives - one that can last a lifetime. But too many children are going without the support they need to manage their mental health and thrive.

As #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek kicks off, here are four key facts about the situation we're facing 👇
Infographic: 75% of young people experiencing a mental health problem wait so long that their condition gets worse, or they are unable to access any treatment at all. (Local Government Association, 2023) Infographic: 1 in 5 children and young people in England has a mental health problem. Only a third were able to access treatment in 2023. (Children’s Commissioner for England, 2024) Infographic: Black children are ten times more likely to be referred to mental health services via social services and youth justice teams than through the GP or other voluntary routes, compared with white British children. (NHS Race & Health Observatory, 2022) Infographic: Children with mental health problems are more than twice as likely to live in households that have fallen behind on rent, bills, or mortgage payments compared to their peers without mental health problems. (NHS Digital, 2023)
February 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM