@linda-ng.bsky.social
Population Health Researcher at Department of Epidemiology and Public Health UCL, co-Investigator of the Health Survey for England
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* 70th Society for Social Medicine & Population Health Conference & European Congress of Epidemiology 2026 *
Dates: 9-11 Sept 2026
Venue: Mile End Campus, QMUL, London
Abstract submissions: Jan and Feb 2026. Results required so start planning!
Website: bit.ly/4oyrifb
@qmul-wiph.bsky.social
Dates: 9-11 Sept 2026
Venue: Mile End Campus, QMUL, London
Abstract submissions: Jan and Feb 2026. Results required so start planning!
Website: bit.ly/4oyrifb
@qmul-wiph.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
* 70th Society for Social Medicine & Population Health Conference & European Congress of Epidemiology 2026 *
Dates: 9-11 Sept 2026
Venue: Mile End Campus, QMUL, London
Abstract submissions: Jan and Feb 2026. Results required so start planning!
Website: bit.ly/4oyrifb
@qmul-wiph.bsky.social
Dates: 9-11 Sept 2026
Venue: Mile End Campus, QMUL, London
Abstract submissions: Jan and Feb 2026. Results required so start planning!
Website: bit.ly/4oyrifb
@qmul-wiph.bsky.social
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UKRI announces first UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years #ESRC #AcademicSky
UKRI announces first UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years
A ground-breaking UK-wide scientific study will help improve the lives of future generations by studying 30,000 children born in 2026.
www.ukri.org
September 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
UKRI announces first UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years #ESRC #AcademicSky
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"...the latest in a list of acts that is weakening the UK’s evidence base for policy-making: The Health #Survey for England will be discontinued after 2025."
Take part in the consultation about its replacement
studies.ons.gov.uk/s/Future_HSE/
#HealthData #HealthEconomics #SecondaryData
Take part in the consultation about its replacement
studies.ons.gov.uk/s/Future_HSE/
#HealthData #HealthEconomics #SecondaryData
July 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
"...the latest in a list of acts that is weakening the UK’s evidence base for policy-making: The Health #Survey for England will be discontinued after 2025."
Take part in the consultation about its replacement
studies.ons.gov.uk/s/Future_HSE/
#HealthData #HealthEconomics #SecondaryData
Take part in the consultation about its replacement
studies.ons.gov.uk/s/Future_HSE/
#HealthData #HealthEconomics #SecondaryData
The Health Survey for England 2025 will be the last HSE in it's current format. Please consider adding your views to this consultation if you think that timely national health data is important! Deadline 25 July, please retweet @socsocmed.bsky.social
Can you help with the redevelopment of the Health Survey for England and the future collection of population health data?
The ONS have opened a questionnaire to gather feedback. You can access it until midday on 25 July at the following link: studies.ons.gov.uk/s/Future_HSE/
The ONS have opened a questionnaire to gather feedback. You can access it until midday on 25 July at the following link: studies.ons.gov.uk/s/Future_HSE/
July 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The Health Survey for England 2025 will be the last HSE in it's current format. Please consider adding your views to this consultation if you think that timely national health data is important! Deadline 25 July, please retweet @socsocmed.bsky.social
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🚑 New on the Data Impact blog 🚑
Oyinlola Oyebode presents a personal view on the importance of the Health Survey for England and encourages participation in the ONS / DHSC questionnaire on the future of population health surveys.
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/future-popul...
Oyinlola Oyebode presents a personal view on the importance of the Health Survey for England and encourages participation in the ONS / DHSC questionnaire on the future of population health surveys.
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/future-popul...
July 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🚑 New on the Data Impact blog 🚑
Oyinlola Oyebode presents a personal view on the importance of the Health Survey for England and encourages participation in the ONS / DHSC questionnaire on the future of population health surveys.
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/future-popul...
Oyinlola Oyebode presents a personal view on the importance of the Health Survey for England and encourages participation in the ONS / DHSC questionnaire on the future of population health surveys.
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/future-popul...
Less than a week to go until the free Health Studies User Conference, online on 23 June. Come and join us for data updates and more! @ucliehc.bsky.social @natcen.bsky.social @ukdsimpact.bsky.social https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/health-studies-user-conference-2025-06-23/ #UKDSHealth25
Health Studies User Conference 2025 — UK Data Service
A comprehensive resource funded by the ESRC to support researchers, teachers and policymakers who depend on high-quality social and economic data.
ukdataservice.ac.uk
June 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Less than a week to go until the free Health Studies User Conference, online on 23 June. Come and join us for data updates and more! @ucliehc.bsky.social @natcen.bsky.social @ukdsimpact.bsky.social https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/health-studies-user-conference-2025-06-23/ #UKDSHealth25
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“While the future of existing DHS datasets remains in flux, the global health and demographic research community should diversify its use of data sources, invest in strengthening data infrastructure in LMICs, and share data management and use practices publicly to accelerate research progress”
The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Program was central in improving the evidence base for health policies and interventions, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and Central & Southern Asia - figure by @aasli.bsky.social.
Our preprint on the termination of the DHS Program: osf.io/preprints/so...
Our preprint on the termination of the DHS Program: osf.io/preprints/so...
May 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
“While the future of existing DHS datasets remains in flux, the global health and demographic research community should diversify its use of data sources, invest in strengthening data infrastructure in LMICs, and share data management and use practices publicly to accelerate research progress”
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The persistent higher rate of alcohol deaths in England since the pandemic in 2020 is an “acute crisis” requiring urgent action from government, according to a new study led by Dr @melissaoldham.bsky.social @ucliehc.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ap...
Increase in alcohol deaths in England an ‘acute crisis’
The persistent higher rate of alcohol deaths in England since the pandemic in 2020 is an “acute crisis” requiring urgent action from government, according to a new study led by researchers at UCL and ...
www.ucl.ac.uk
April 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The persistent higher rate of alcohol deaths in England since the pandemic in 2020 is an “acute crisis” requiring urgent action from government, according to a new study led by Dr @melissaoldham.bsky.social @ucliehc.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ap...
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“the increase in hate speech just before Musk bought X persisted until at least May of 2023, with the weekly rate of hate speech being approximately 50% higher than the months preceding his purchase”
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
X under Musk’s leadership: Substantial hate and no reduction in inauthentic activity
Numerous studies have reported an increase in hate speech on X (formerly Twitter) in the months immediately following Elon Musk’s acquisition of the platform on October 27th, 2022; relatedly, despite ...
journals.plos.org
February 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“the increase in hate speech just before Musk bought X persisted until at least May of 2023, with the weekly rate of hate speech being approximately 50% higher than the months preceding his purchase”
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Science is a noble but fragile endeavour that must be protected from political control and censorship.
Scientific communities, around the world, should show solidarity with our colleagues in the US and denounce this chilling attack on science and scientists.
Share this if you agree!
#ScienceSky
Scientific communities, around the world, should show solidarity with our colleagues in the US and denounce this chilling attack on science and scientists.
Share this if you agree!
#ScienceSky
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Science is a noble but fragile endeavour that must be protected from political control and censorship.
Scientific communities, around the world, should show solidarity with our colleagues in the US and denounce this chilling attack on science and scientists.
Share this if you agree!
#ScienceSky
Scientific communities, around the world, should show solidarity with our colleagues in the US and denounce this chilling attack on science and scientists.
Share this if you agree!
#ScienceSky
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"Unfunded research" = basic research motivated by disciplinary importance, which forms the basis for funded research and the international reputation of universities that drives student recruitment.
Without it, a university is not a research university and is not financial viable.
Without it, a university is not a research university and is not financial viable.
January 23, 2025 at 7:46 AM
"Unfunded research" = basic research motivated by disciplinary importance, which forms the basis for funded research and the international reputation of universities that drives student recruitment.
Without it, a university is not a research university and is not financial viable.
Without it, a university is not a research university and is not financial viable.
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Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
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People who care for both their children and older family members – also known as ‘sandwich carers’ – experience a decline in mental and physical health over time, finds a study led by Dr @baowenxue.bsky.social & Prof @anne-mcmunn.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...
‘Sandwich carers’ experience decline in mental and physical health
People who care for both their children and older family members – also known as ‘sandwich carers’ – suffer from deterioration in both their mental and physical health over time, finds a new study by ...
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
People who care for both their children and older family members – also known as ‘sandwich carers’ – experience a decline in mental and physical health over time, finds a study led by Dr @baowenxue.bsky.social & Prof @anne-mcmunn.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...
Only one day to go to hear the latest findings from The Health Survey for England! Joint organised by UCL, Natcen and NHS England. This is a Hybrid seminar taking place at UCL and via Zoom @socsocmed.bsky.social @natcen.bsky.social . Please register here: www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology...
Health Survey for England Seminar
Come and hear the latest findings from the Health Survey for England (HSE) in-person or online.
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Only one day to go to hear the latest findings from The Health Survey for England! Joint organised by UCL, Natcen and NHS England. This is a Hybrid seminar taking place at UCL and via Zoom @socsocmed.bsky.social @natcen.bsky.social . Please register here: www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology...