Tomáš Formánek
@tformanek.bsky.social
MSCA Fellow @ Aarhus University and Visiting Researcher @ University of Cambridge studying the mental-physical health interface.
I focus on the aetiology of co-occurring mental and physical health conditions and the consequences of such co-occurrences.
I focus on the aetiology of co-occurring mental and physical health conditions and the consequences of such co-occurrences.
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Tomáš Formánek
@tformanek.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Other epi disciplines already have their lovely starter packs, so for establishing parity of esteem, here comes the psychiatric epidemiology starter pack 👇
go.bsky.app/ADVqVyp
Please nominate other people to grow our ranks ☺️
go.bsky.app/ADVqVyp
Please nominate other people to grow our ranks ☺️
Signed up for my first trail running event!
a cartoon of ralph from the simpsons sits in an orange seat
ALT: a cartoon of ralph from the simpsons sits in an orange seat
media.tenor.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Signed up for my first trail running event!
A day in the life with Deutsche Bahn 😳
October 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A day in the life with Deutsche Bahn 😳
The streets of Amsterdam are asking crucial epidemiological questions!
October 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The streets of Amsterdam are asking crucial epidemiological questions!
A bit late, but please consider donating to the cause of these magnificent and majestic creatures! 🦍🥺
Sept. 24 is observed as World Gorilla Day. It was launched in 2017 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of a Rwanda-based gorilla study center founded by Dian Fossey, the American primatologist and conservationist who gained global renown for her research.
What to know about endangered gorillas and tourist tours tracking them
World Gorilla Day is observed on September 24. It began in 2017 to mark the 50th anniversary of a gorilla study center in Rwanda founded by Dian Fossey.
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September 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A bit late, but please consider donating to the cause of these magnificent and majestic creatures! 🦍🥺
I’M IN BERLIN 🇩🇪 for the WFSBP Congress this week, and would love to catch up for coffee, lunch, dinner! Give me a shout if around ✋
September 8, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I’M IN BERLIN 🇩🇪 for the WFSBP Congress this week, and would love to catch up for coffee, lunch, dinner! Give me a shout if around ✋
Reading a co-reviewer's comments who suggests that the authors should have ideally conducted an RCT to establish causality between mental disorders and premature mortality. Now I've seen it all!
September 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Reading a co-reviewer's comments who suggests that the authors should have ideally conducted an RCT to establish causality between mental disorders and premature mortality. Now I've seen it all!
What terminology does #episky prefer for "X decreasing the risk of Y"? Negative association? Inverse association? Dissociation? Others?
two men are sitting at a desk writing on a piece of paper in a classroom .
ALT: two men are sitting at a desk writing on a piece of paper in a classroom .
media.tenor.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
What terminology does #episky prefer for "X decreasing the risk of Y"? Negative association? Inverse association? Dissociation? Others?
If ever wondered, it seems that giraffes are not immune to lightning (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...) 😱
August 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
If ever wondered, it seems that giraffes are not immune to lightning (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...) 😱
Hope this little fella will come back – would be the coolest neighbour!
August 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Hope this little fella will come back – would be the coolest neighbour!
I'm delighted that Amadeus returns to the cinemas – I'm going to see it tonight! A total cinematic treat!
a man with pink hair is dancing in a theatre
ALT: a man with pink hair is dancing in a theatre
media.tenor.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I'm delighted that Amadeus returns to the cinemas – I'm going to see it tonight! A total cinematic treat!
Reposted by Tomáš Formánek
#tidyverse purrr 1.1.0 is out - now with parallel processing!
Scale your #rstats map operations reliably and efficiently across multiple cores and even distributed systems.
Powered by the mirai framework, this unlocks new levels of performance.
Read more at:
www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07...
Scale your #rstats map operations reliably and efficiently across multiple cores and even distributed systems.
Powered by the mirai framework, this unlocks new levels of performance.
Read more at:
www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07...
Parallel processing in purrr 1.1.0
The functional programming toolkit for R gains new capabilities for parallel processing and distributed computing using mirai.
www.tidyverse.org
July 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
#tidyverse purrr 1.1.0 is out - now with parallel processing!
Scale your #rstats map operations reliably and efficiently across multiple cores and even distributed systems.
Powered by the mirai framework, this unlocks new levels of performance.
Read more at:
www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07...
Scale your #rstats map operations reliably and efficiently across multiple cores and even distributed systems.
Powered by the mirai framework, this unlocks new levels of performance.
Read more at:
www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07...
Any peeps in Lisbon 🇵🇹 currently? Will spend the next month there – would be happy to grab a coffee or something 🤗
a man in a suit says anyone there in the desert
ALT: a man in a suit says anyone there in the desert
media.tenor.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Any peeps in Lisbon 🇵🇹 currently? Will spend the next month there – would be happy to grab a coffee or something 🤗
Reposted by Tomáš Formánek
Last couple of weeks to apply!
🚨job alert!
Fancy working on mental health electronic health records #EHR?
Working across the Uni of Cambridge and industry, alongside Akrivia Health?
We are looking for an experienced postdoctoral researcher or engineer to help develop common data models for EHR.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50667/
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Fancy working on mental health electronic health records #EHR?
Working across the Uni of Cambridge and industry, alongside Akrivia Health?
We are looking for an experienced postdoctoral researcher or engineer to help develop common data models for EHR.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50667/
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April 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Last couple of weeks to apply!
Reposted by Tomáš Formánek
🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨
Are the associations between autoimmune arthritides (rheumatoid arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis) and mental disorders predominantly the consequence of the burden of the former, or might common causes influence the susceptibility to both?
Are the associations between autoimmune arthritides (rheumatoid arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis) and mental disorders predominantly the consequence of the burden of the former, or might common causes influence the susceptibility to both?
Psychiatric morbidity in people with autoimmune arthritides as a model of inflammatory mechanisms in mental disorders
Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) are autoimmune illnesses characterised by chronic inflammation demonstrating differential associations with psychiatric conditi...
mentalhealth.bmj.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨
Are the associations between autoimmune arthritides (rheumatoid arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis) and mental disorders predominantly the consequence of the burden of the former, or might common causes influence the susceptibility to both?
Are the associations between autoimmune arthritides (rheumatoid arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis) and mental disorders predominantly the consequence of the burden of the former, or might common causes influence the susceptibility to both?
🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨
Are the associations between autoimmune arthritides (rheumatoid arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis) and mental disorders predominantly the consequence of the burden of the former, or might common causes influence the susceptibility to both?
Are the associations between autoimmune arthritides (rheumatoid arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis) and mental disorders predominantly the consequence of the burden of the former, or might common causes influence the susceptibility to both?
Psychiatric morbidity in people with autoimmune arthritides as a model of inflammatory mechanisms in mental disorders
Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) are autoimmune illnesses characterised by chronic inflammation demonstrating differential associations with psychiatric conditi...
mentalhealth.bmj.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨
Are the associations between autoimmune arthritides (rheumatoid arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis) and mental disorders predominantly the consequence of the burden of the former, or might common causes influence the susceptibility to both?
Are the associations between autoimmune arthritides (rheumatoid arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis) and mental disorders predominantly the consequence of the burden of the former, or might common causes influence the susceptibility to both?
Choice of the day!
March 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Choice of the day!
March 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Reposted by Tomáš Formánek
Our new article on stigma is published today. Well done, Sophie Hytner! ‘Myths and facts about alcohol use disorder: a Delphi consensus study’ @rcpsych @rcpsychAddFac @SSA_Addiction @NHS_APA @addictionprofs academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
March 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Our new article on stigma is published today. Well done, Sophie Hytner! ‘Myths and facts about alcohol use disorder: a Delphi consensus study’ @rcpsych @rcpsychAddFac @SSA_Addiction @NHS_APA @addictionprofs academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
If ever wondered what could happen from seeing a dead hyena (source www.jstor.org/stable/645270) 😲😬
March 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
If ever wondered what could happen from seeing a dead hyena (source www.jstor.org/stable/645270) 😲😬
I love this bit 😄
February 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I love this bit 😄
New presentation aspirations! 😲
February 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
New presentation aspirations! 😲
Reposted by Tomáš Formánek
The first phase III trial of a #GLP-1 drug (Exenatide) for a neurodegenerative disease (#Parkinson's disease) found no effect:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Epidemiological studies had shown large effects. Potential implications for the repurposing of GLP-1 drugs in other conditions?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Epidemiological studies had shown large effects. Potential implications for the repurposing of GLP-1 drugs in other conditions?
Exenatide once a week versus placebo as a potential disease-modifying treatment for people with Parkinson's disease in the UK: a phase 3, multicentre, double-blind, parallel-group, randomised, placebo...
Our findings suggest that exenatide is safe and well tolerated. We found no evidence
to support exenatide as a disease-modifying treatment for people with Parkinson's
disease. Studies with agents that...
www.thelancet.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The first phase III trial of a #GLP-1 drug (Exenatide) for a neurodegenerative disease (#Parkinson's disease) found no effect:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Epidemiological studies had shown large effects. Potential implications for the repurposing of GLP-1 drugs in other conditions?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Epidemiological studies had shown large effects. Potential implications for the repurposing of GLP-1 drugs in other conditions?
Reposted by Tomáš Formánek
King's College London launches the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets, in partnership with @wellcometrust.bsky.social / @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social, a free platform with over 1,600 datasets, to support mental health research worldwide. 🌍
Read more and learn how to access: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...
Read more and learn how to access: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...
King's launches the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets to support mental health research
Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London have launched a new free platform to allow people to discover hundreds of longitudinal mental hea...
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
King's College London launches the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets, in partnership with @wellcometrust.bsky.social / @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social, a free platform with over 1,600 datasets, to support mental health research worldwide. 🌍
Read more and learn how to access: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...
Read more and learn how to access: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...
stringfish is an #Rstats library for fast common string operations, and boy, is it fast! With more threads, the difference is perhaps even bigger.
January 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
stringfish is an #Rstats library for fast common string operations, and boy, is it fast! With more threads, the difference is perhaps even bigger.