Simon Chen
@yuntaochen.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow in epi and stats at UCL
See our latest work published in EHJ. We show that increased troponin levels (a protein indicates heart muscle damage) measured at midlife was associated with higher risk of dementia at late life and this elevation started as early as 25 years before dementia diagnosis.
People with poor heart health during middle age are more likely to develop dementia in later life, with signs of heart damage linked to dementia risk as much as 25 years later, finds a new study led by Dr @yuntaochen.bsky.social @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social & Prof Eric Brunner @ucliehc.bsky.social
Poorer heart health in middle age linked to increased dementia risk
People with signs of damage to their heart during middle age are more likely to develop dementia in later life, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
See our latest work published in EHJ. We show that increased troponin levels (a protein indicates heart muscle damage) measured at midlife was associated with higher risk of dementia at late life and this elevation started as early as 25 years before dementia diagnosis.
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People with poor heart health during middle age are more likely to develop dementia in later life, with signs of heart damage linked to dementia risk as much as 25 years later, finds a new study led by Dr @yuntaochen.bsky.social @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social & Prof Eric Brunner @ucliehc.bsky.social
Poorer heart health in middle age linked to increased dementia risk
People with signs of damage to their heart during middle age are more likely to develop dementia in later life, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
People with poor heart health during middle age are more likely to develop dementia in later life, with signs of heart damage linked to dementia risk as much as 25 years later, finds a new study led by Dr @yuntaochen.bsky.social @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social & Prof Eric Brunner @ucliehc.bsky.social
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📢 My third PhD paper was just published in The Lancet Regional Health-Europe (authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...), in which we examined cause-specific mortality in individuals with and without mental disorders according to socioeconomic position, using nationwide registers from Denmark.
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July 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
📢 My third PhD paper was just published in The Lancet Regional Health-Europe (authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...), in which we examined cause-specific mortality in individuals with and without mental disorders according to socioeconomic position, using nationwide registers from Denmark.
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New postdoc opportunity to join us at UCL Division of Psychiatry and work on Whitehall II longitudinal cohort to study the effect of #airpollution on #dementia.
Details and apply below 👇
Details and apply below 👇
We are hiring. A two-year postdoc in Whitehall II research group at UCL focusing on air pollution and dementia based on 40 years longitudinal data. Please find more details in the link below. Please share this to people who may be interested. 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).
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April 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
New postdoc opportunity to join us at UCL Division of Psychiatry and work on Whitehall II longitudinal cohort to study the effect of #airpollution on #dementia.
Details and apply below 👇
Details and apply below 👇
We are hiring. A two-year postdoc in Whitehall II research group at UCL focusing on air pollution and dementia based on 40 years longitudinal data. Please find more details in the link below. Please share this to people who may be interested. 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
April 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We are hiring. A two-year postdoc in Whitehall II research group at UCL focusing on air pollution and dementia based on 40 years longitudinal data. Please find more details in the link below. Please share this to people who may be interested. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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📄Our new World Psychiatry paper found that people with people with mental disorders have a SHORTER life expectancy EVEN than people with the lowest socioeconomic position in the general population. Paper link: doi.org/10.1002/wps.....
January 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
📄Our new World Psychiatry paper found that people with people with mental disorders have a SHORTER life expectancy EVEN than people with the lowest socioeconomic position in the general population. Paper link: doi.org/10.1002/wps.....