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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The other aspect of this story is, academics and NHS staff could and would have done this better and essentially for free if they were given the same data access as Faculty, but they are not allowed it. Government policy is deliberately to frustrate pro bono / non-profit health data research.
I dug behind the industry paywall to find out, what *are* the geniusly clever things that AI can predict will increase NHS A&E pressures?
You’ll never guess
- Flu
- Winter
- Icy weather
- Friday nights
- Christmas
- New Years Eve
Jeez, Dom’s old mates at Faculty AI (o yes) really saw Wes coming
You’ll never guess
- Flu
- Winter
- Icy weather
- Friday nights
- Christmas
- New Years Eve
Jeez, Dom’s old mates at Faculty AI (o yes) really saw Wes coming
December 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The other aspect of this story is, academics and NHS staff could and would have done this better and essentially for free if they were given the same data access as Faculty, but they are not allowed it. Government policy is deliberately to frustrate pro bono / non-profit health data research.
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Please share the Youth Gender Diversity PSP survey with your colleagues, patients, and their carers so their questions about gender dysphoria/incongruence are heard and represented in the future. Survey now open: buff.ly/CRZUinI
December 16, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Please share the Youth Gender Diversity PSP survey with your colleagues, patients, and their carers so their questions about gender dysphoria/incongruence are heard and represented in the future. Survey now open: buff.ly/CRZUinI
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Amid fierce criticism, I spoke to critics & triallists about the puberty blocker trial, putting methodological & ethical concerns to researchers & Hilary Cass for @bmj.com. They describe clinical context, challenge criticism & say studies are necessary. (open access)
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
“This is why the trial is necessary”: experts behind the puberty blockers study respond to mounting opposition
As the NHS launches its most contested clinical trial in decades, Deborah Cohen speaks to Emily Simonoff, Pathways lead investigator, and Hilary Cass, the author of the review that led to the study
T...
www.bmj.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Amid fierce criticism, I spoke to critics & triallists about the puberty blocker trial, putting methodological & ethical concerns to researchers & Hilary Cass for @bmj.com. They describe clinical context, challenge criticism & say studies are necessary. (open access)
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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🎤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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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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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.
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...
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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...