Michael Absoud
@mabsoud.bsky.social
Paediatrician @EvelinaLondon ,clinical academic @KingsCollegeLon, Neurodevelopmental,epilepsy, long term conditions, mental health:Views personal #Recovery4Kids
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Michael Absoud
@mabsoud.bsky.social
· Oct 5
🎤NEW✍🏽 James Lind Alliance Survey
Help pick top 10 research questions for children & young people (upto 25 years old) with gender incongruence/dysphoria
2 versions:
Young People/parents app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Public & Professionals
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Help pick top 10 research questions for children & young people (upto 25 years old) with gender incongruence/dysphoria
2 versions:
Young People/parents app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Public & Professionals
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
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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/...
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
October 28, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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/...
with an editorial on the collection and the current publication climate www.bmj.com/collections/...
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No one understands the issues related to gender diversity better than those with lived experience, their parents/carers and the professionals who work with them.
Share your views to help ensure that research focuses on what matters most: buff.ly/lGw3Zp8
Share your views to help ensure that research focuses on what matters most: buff.ly/lGw3Zp8
October 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
No one understands the issues related to gender diversity better than those with lived experience, their parents/carers and the professionals who work with them.
Share your views to help ensure that research focuses on what matters most: buff.ly/lGw3Zp8
Share your views to help ensure that research focuses on what matters most: buff.ly/lGw3Zp8
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the core purpose of our PSP is better care for children and young adults with gender dysphoria/incongruence and we want to hear from people with a range of experiences/ views.
the core purpose of our PSP is better care for children and young adults with gender dysphoria/incongruence and we want to hear from people with a range of experiences/ views.
🎤NEW✍🏽 James Lind Alliance Survey
Help pick top 10 research questions for children & young people (upto 25 years old) with gender incongruence/dysphoria
2 versions:
Young People/parents app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Public & Professionals
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Help pick top 10 research questions for children & young people (upto 25 years old) with gender incongruence/dysphoria
2 versions:
Young People/parents app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Public & Professionals
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
October 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Please RT/ share..
the core purpose of our PSP is better care for children and young adults with gender dysphoria/incongruence and we want to hear from people with a range of experiences/ views.
the core purpose of our PSP is better care for children and young adults with gender dysphoria/incongruence and we want to hear from people with a range of experiences/ views.
Reposted by Michael Absoud
🎤NEW✍🏽 James Lind Alliance Survey
Help pick top 10 research questions for children & young people (upto 25 years old) with gender incongruence/dysphoria
2 versions:
Young People/parents app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Public & Professionals
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Help pick top 10 research questions for children & young people (upto 25 years old) with gender incongruence/dysphoria
2 versions:
Young People/parents app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Public & Professionals
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
October 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🎤NEW✍🏽 James Lind Alliance Survey
Help pick top 10 research questions for children & young people (upto 25 years old) with gender incongruence/dysphoria
2 versions:
Young People/parents app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Public & Professionals
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Help pick top 10 research questions for children & young people (upto 25 years old) with gender incongruence/dysphoria
2 versions:
Young People/parents app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Public & Professionals
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Please RT/ share..
the core purpose of our PSP is better care for children and young adults with gender dysphoria/incongruence and we want to hear from people with a range of experiences/ views.
the core purpose of our PSP is better care for children and young adults with gender dysphoria/incongruence and we want to hear from people with a range of experiences/ views.
🎤NEW✍🏽 James Lind Alliance Survey
Help pick top 10 research questions for children & young people (upto 25 years old) with gender incongruence/dysphoria
2 versions:
Young People/parents app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Public & Professionals
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Help pick top 10 research questions for children & young people (upto 25 years old) with gender incongruence/dysphoria
2 versions:
Young People/parents app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Public & Professionals
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
October 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Please RT/ share..
the core purpose of our PSP is better care for children and young adults with gender dysphoria/incongruence and we want to hear from people with a range of experiences/ views.
the core purpose of our PSP is better care for children and young adults with gender dysphoria/incongruence and we want to hear from people with a range of experiences/ views.
🎤NEW✍🏽 James Lind Alliance Survey
Help pick top 10 research questions for children & young people (upto 25 years old) with gender incongruence/dysphoria
2 versions:
Young People/parents app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Public & Professionals
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Help pick top 10 research questions for children & young people (upto 25 years old) with gender incongruence/dysphoria
2 versions:
Young People/parents app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Public & Professionals
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
October 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🎤NEW✍🏽 James Lind Alliance Survey
Help pick top 10 research questions for children & young people (upto 25 years old) with gender incongruence/dysphoria
2 versions:
Young People/parents app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Public & Professionals
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Help pick top 10 research questions for children & young people (upto 25 years old) with gender incongruence/dysphoria
2 versions:
Young People/parents app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Public & Professionals
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
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Dr Michael Absoud, @kingslsm.bsky.social, tells Wired avoiding paracetamol could have adverse consequences for pregnant women: www.wired.com/story/trumps...
Trump’s Tylenol Directive Could Actually Increase Autism Rates, Researchers Warn
Experts fear that Donald Trump’s anti-painkiller tirade could lead to an increase in risk factors for autism, and don’t trust the administration to assess data as it continues to search for a cause.
www.wired.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Dr Michael Absoud, @kingslsm.bsky.social, tells Wired avoiding paracetamol could have adverse consequences for pregnant women: www.wired.com/story/trumps...
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Opinion: The more 'expert' you become, the more you think you ought to know, and the more you fear your credibility will suffer if you ever admit otherwise. on.ft.com/4mh4ujK
August 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Opinion: The more 'expert' you become, the more you think you ought to know, and the more you fear your credibility will suffer if you ever admit otherwise. on.ft.com/4mh4ujK
Socio-Demographic and Health Data of Adolescents Identifying as Transgender or Gender Diverse in the Born in Bradford’s Age of Wonder Cohort., wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-...
wellcomeopenresearch.org
August 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Socio-Demographic and Health Data of Adolescents Identifying as Transgender or Gender Diverse in the Born in Bradford’s Age of Wonder Cohort., wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-...
Closing on 14th September: parent / carer voice member of the CYP Gender Research Oversight Board
www.england.nhs.uk/get-involved...
www.england.nhs.uk/get-involved...
NHS England » Specialised commissioning patient and public voice (PPV) partner roles
NHS England » Specialised commissioning patient and public voice (PPV) partner roles
www.england.nhs.uk
July 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Closing on 14th September: parent / carer voice member of the CYP Gender Research Oversight Board
www.england.nhs.uk/get-involved...
www.england.nhs.uk/get-involved...
Gathering autistic adults’ visual experiences to inform adaptations: a qualitative interview study www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Gathering autistic adults’ visual experiences to inform adaptations: a qualitative interview study
Sensory processing difficulties are highly prevalent in autism and affect quality of life. Identifying the lived visual experiences of autistic individuals across the lifespan is important for info...
www.tandfonline.com
May 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Gathering autistic adults’ visual experiences to inform adaptations: a qualitative interview study www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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I thought this was a great article outlining the changes to the Covid-19 vaccination program in the USA
Bringing it more in line with current practice elsewhere in the world
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Bringing it more in line with current practice elsewhere in the world
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
An Evidence-Based Approach to Covid-19 Vaccination | NEJM
This article from the FDA compares broad U.S. recommendations on Covid vaccination with those from other countries and announces the adoption of an evidence-based approach to such recommendations.
www.nejm.org
May 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I thought this was a great article outlining the changes to the Covid-19 vaccination program in the USA
Bringing it more in line with current practice elsewhere in the world
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Bringing it more in line with current practice elsewhere in the world
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Great new study by on behavioural aspects of ventilation in hospitality venues. Many monitored venues had poor ventilation, but hosts list many barriers to improve - tho some venues attempt to improve following info campaign.
let's see why it's not always simple to ⬆️ ventilation:
let's see why it's not always simple to ⬆️ ventilation:
May 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Great new study by on behavioural aspects of ventilation in hospitality venues. Many monitored venues had poor ventilation, but hosts list many barriers to improve - tho some venues attempt to improve following info campaign.
let's see why it's not always simple to ⬆️ ventilation:
let's see why it's not always simple to ⬆️ ventilation:
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or a new study shows that either, or a combination of:
▪️reduced viral emission (bcos air cleaner added several days later from initial readings)
▪️changes to window ventilation
▪️presence of an air cleaner
see below for fag packet calc to show it can't all be due to air cleaner...
▪️reduced viral emission (bcos air cleaner added several days later from initial readings)
▪️changes to window ventilation
▪️presence of an air cleaner
see below for fag packet calc to show it can't all be due to air cleaner...
A new study shows that air cleaners can reduce up to 98,1 % of viral load in the air of a #COVID patient's room with confirmed positive airborne viral RNA.
Rooms with HEPA ventilation had zero virus detected.
👏 #CleantheAir in hospitals and schools!👏
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Rooms with HEPA ventilation had zero virus detected.
👏 #CleantheAir in hospitals and schools!👏
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
or a new study shows that either, or a combination of:
▪️reduced viral emission (bcos air cleaner added several days later from initial readings)
▪️changes to window ventilation
▪️presence of an air cleaner
see below for fag packet calc to show it can't all be due to air cleaner...
▪️reduced viral emission (bcos air cleaner added several days later from initial readings)
▪️changes to window ventilation
▪️presence of an air cleaner
see below for fag packet calc to show it can't all be due to air cleaner...
Reposted by Michael Absoud
Hello Bluesky! 👋
We’re the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. We represent over 24,000 paediatricians in the UK and internationally.
Follow us to hear about our work to support #Paediatricians and transform #ChildHealth.
We’re the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. We represent over 24,000 paediatricians in the UK and internationally.
Follow us to hear about our work to support #Paediatricians and transform #ChildHealth.
January 31, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Hello Bluesky! 👋
We’re the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. We represent over 24,000 paediatricians in the UK and internationally.
Follow us to hear about our work to support #Paediatricians and transform #ChildHealth.
We’re the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. We represent over 24,000 paediatricians in the UK and internationally.
Follow us to hear about our work to support #Paediatricians and transform #ChildHealth.
The mind/body revolution: how the division between ‘mental’ and ‘physical’ illness fails us all
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
The mind/body revolution: how the division between ‘mental’ and ‘physical’ illness fails us all
New research shows western medicine’s traditional split between brain and body is, in fact, far from clear cut – and could provide a breakthrough for many complex conditions
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The mind/body revolution: how the division between ‘mental’ and ‘physical’ illness fails us all
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NEW Research Associate post to be based in Warrington
www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/mini...
www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/mini...
Research Associate - North Hub PATHWAYS job with KINGS COLLEGE LONDON | 386916
We are looking for a highly experienced and enthusiastic researcher to play a leading role in PATHWAYS, working in our centre in Warrington.
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
NEW Research Associate post to be based in Warrington
www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/mini...
www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/mini...
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Said this re the grooming gangs and we’re back to the same thing. Unclear what *exactly* failed in social services/how, bc they’ve been scant with info. But Britain does expect children’s services to be a firewall vs threats it’s appalled by, while entirely deprioritising them the rest of the time
Local government theory of everything strikes again
'The home secretary also said there was a “serious problem” when cases did not pass the Prevent threshold but other agencies, such as social services and mental health, failed to step in.'
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
January 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Said this re the grooming gangs and we’re back to the same thing. Unclear what *exactly* failed in social services/how, bc they’ve been scant with info. But Britain does expect children’s services to be a firewall vs threats it’s appalled by, while entirely deprioritising them the rest of the time
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EXCELLENT piece: many scientists and even some clinicians are advocating for potentially harmful treatments with certainty and ignoring mind-body connections.
Especially in vulnerable populations
academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
Especially in vulnerable populations
academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
Why inflammatory reductionism is a threat to psychiatry (and the rest of medicine)
A new world-view is emerging, one which attempts to explain all manner of ills as the result of inflammation or immune dysfunction. While motivated by some
academic.oup.com
January 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
EXCELLENT piece: many scientists and even some clinicians are advocating for potentially harmful treatments with certainty and ignoring mind-body connections.
Especially in vulnerable populations
academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
Especially in vulnerable populations
academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
EXCELLENT piece: many scientists and even some clinicians are advocating for potentially harmful treatments with certainty and ignoring mind-body connections.
Especially in vulnerable populations
academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
Especially in vulnerable populations
academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
Why inflammatory reductionism is a threat to psychiatry (and the rest of medicine)
A new world-view is emerging, one which attempts to explain all manner of ills as the result of inflammation or immune dysfunction. While motivated by some
academic.oup.com
January 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
EXCELLENT piece: many scientists and even some clinicians are advocating for potentially harmful treatments with certainty and ignoring mind-body connections.
Especially in vulnerable populations
academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
Especially in vulnerable populations
academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
EXCELLENT piece in the @financialtimes.com today on
integration of physical and mental health..
too long ignored after impact of pandemic, and neglecting mental health aspects of physical presentations
www.ft.com/content/6ec5...
integration of physical and mental health..
too long ignored after impact of pandemic, and neglecting mental health aspects of physical presentations
www.ft.com/content/6ec5...
New UK children’s hospital seeks to combat stigma around mental illness
Cambridge facility will be first in Europe to fully integrate care on one site
www.ft.com
January 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
EXCELLENT piece in the @financialtimes.com today on
integration of physical and mental health..
too long ignored after impact of pandemic, and neglecting mental health aspects of physical presentations
www.ft.com/content/6ec5...
integration of physical and mental health..
too long ignored after impact of pandemic, and neglecting mental health aspects of physical presentations
www.ft.com/content/6ec5...