Margherita Malanchini
@marghmalanchini.bsky.social
Developmental psychologist at QMUL. Director of the Cognition, Development and Education research lab (http://codelab.science). Mum of 2. She/her
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Congratulations are in order for the fantastic staff at the Department who received the Research Excellence Award @marghmalanchini.bsky.social, the Research Initiative Awards (Paraskevi Argyriou), and @nadinelavan.bsky.social & Guifen Chen for their work in the EDI committee 🎉👏@qmulsbbs.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Congratulations are in order for the fantastic staff at the Department who received the Research Excellence Award @marghmalanchini.bsky.social, the Research Initiative Awards (Paraskevi Argyriou), and @nadinelavan.bsky.social & Guifen Chen for their work in the EDI committee 🎉👏@qmulsbbs.bsky.social
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How much of the intergenerational transmission of SES is due to social factors?
To answer this, shared 🧬 between parents and children need to be considered. In our new study, we use two designs to account for genetic confounding.
We find that roughly 20 percent is due to social factors!
To answer this, shared 🧬 between parents and children need to be considered. In our new study, we use two designs to account for genetic confounding.
We find that roughly 20 percent is due to social factors!
Social origins and socioeconomic outcomes: a combined twin and adoption study
Abstract. Parents and children tend to have similar socioeconomic status (SES). Sociological theory has often emphasized the role of social mechanisms in i
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June 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM
How much of the intergenerational transmission of SES is due to social factors?
To answer this, shared 🧬 between parents and children need to be considered. In our new study, we use two designs to account for genetic confounding.
We find that roughly 20 percent is due to social factors!
To answer this, shared 🧬 between parents and children need to be considered. In our new study, we use two designs to account for genetic confounding.
We find that roughly 20 percent is due to social factors!
🧠🧬🧑🤝🧑 New CoDE Lab study: Disorder-specific genetic effects drive the associations between psychopathology and cognitive functioning. Link to preprint: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... Led by the brilliant Wangjingyi Liao 🌟
A short thread summarising the study👇
A short thread summarising the study👇
June 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🧠🧬🧑🤝🧑 New CoDE Lab study: Disorder-specific genetic effects drive the associations between psychopathology and cognitive functioning. Link to preprint: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... Led by the brilliant Wangjingyi Liao 🌟
A short thread summarising the study👇
A short thread summarising the study👇
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*New preprint* on ND and co-occurring mental health problems from my lab, led by Chiara Caserini! Using longitudinal data from ABCD we asked: What drives poor mental health outcomes in children with high ND traits? Here's brief summary 🧠🌳🏡 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1.... 1/n
Developmental pathways from childhood neurodevelopmental traits to early adolescent psychiatric dimensions: the role of environmental and lifestyle factors
Objectives: Transdiagnostic dimensional approaches have advanced our understanding of psychiatric comorbidity and developmental continuity, but have rarely been applied to investigate links between ne...
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May 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
*New preprint* on ND and co-occurring mental health problems from my lab, led by Chiara Caserini! Using longitudinal data from ABCD we asked: What drives poor mental health outcomes in children with high ND traits? Here's brief summary 🧠🌳🏡 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1.... 1/n
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Why do children with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) often have parents with autoimmune diseases?
Our new study shows parental autoimmune conditions affect offspring’s T1D risk through complex genetic factors, including both HLA and non-HLA variants.
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Our new study shows parental autoimmune conditions affect offspring’s T1D risk through complex genetic factors, including both HLA and non-HLA variants.
🔗 www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
Effects of parental autoimmune diseases on type 1 diabetes in offspring can be partially explained by HLA and non-HLA polymorphisms
Leveraging Finnish nationwide multi-generational registers and the biobanks of FinnGen,
Wang, Liu, et al. investigated the effect of parental autoimmune diseases on offspring
T1D. Their creative and r...
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April 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Why do children with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) often have parents with autoimmune diseases?
Our new study shows parental autoimmune conditions affect offspring’s T1D risk through complex genetic factors, including both HLA and non-HLA variants.
🔗 www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
Our new study shows parental autoimmune conditions affect offspring’s T1D risk through complex genetic factors, including both HLA and non-HLA variants.
🔗 www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
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New post by me:
The decline in cancer mortality is about much more than smoking. We shouldn't minimize the very real impact of many contributors — including improvements in diagnosis, medical and surgical innovation, vaccination against cancers, and more — to the reduction in cancer death rates.
The decline in cancer mortality is about much more than smoking. We shouldn't minimize the very real impact of many contributors — including improvements in diagnosis, medical and surgical innovation, vaccination against cancers, and more — to the reduction in cancer death rates.
The decline in cancer mortality is about much more than smoking
I respond to the claim that the decline in cancer mortality is mostly, or almost entirely, because of the decline in smoking.
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April 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
New post by me:
The decline in cancer mortality is about much more than smoking. We shouldn't minimize the very real impact of many contributors — including improvements in diagnosis, medical and surgical innovation, vaccination against cancers, and more — to the reduction in cancer death rates.
The decline in cancer mortality is about much more than smoking. We shouldn't minimize the very real impact of many contributors — including improvements in diagnosis, medical and surgical innovation, vaccination against cancers, and more — to the reduction in cancer death rates.
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I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab this autumn, to study how vulnerable young people navigate the transition to adulthood: www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/... Jointly supervised with Skills Development Scotland, so lots of scope to translate findings into impact and policy!
Vulnerable young people’s experiences during the transition to adulthood: A longitudinal investigation in a Scottish birth cohort. - Scottish Graduate School of Social Science
The transition to adulthood is a significant developmental period, not only for young people and their families, but also for policymaking. This is due to the importance of young people’s post-school ...
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March 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab this autumn, to study how vulnerable young people navigate the transition to adulthood: www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/... Jointly supervised with Skills Development Scotland, so lots of scope to translate findings into impact and policy!
🧬🌳 New CoDE lab preprint: From genetic disposition to academic achievement: The mediating role of non-cognitive skills across development.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
On 🦋: @andrealle.bsky.social @kailirimfeld.bsky.social @laraffington.bsky.social
A short thread 👇 (1/9)
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On 🦋: @andrealle.bsky.social @kailirimfeld.bsky.social @laraffington.bsky.social
A short thread 👇 (1/9)
From genetic disposition to academic achievement: The mediating role of non-cognitive skills across development
Genetic effects on academic achievement are likely to capture environmental, developmental, and psychological processes. How these processes contribute to translating genetic dispositions into observe...
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February 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🧬🌳 New CoDE lab preprint: From genetic disposition to academic achievement: The mediating role of non-cognitive skills across development.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
On 🦋: @andrealle.bsky.social @kailirimfeld.bsky.social @laraffington.bsky.social
A short thread 👇 (1/9)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
On 🦋: @andrealle.bsky.social @kailirimfeld.bsky.social @laraffington.bsky.social
A short thread 👇 (1/9)
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I'm looking for someone with neuroimaging experience to join my lab for a year - please do repost!
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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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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February 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I'm looking for someone with neuroimaging experience to join my lab for a year - please do repost!
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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New CoDE Lab preprint. We investigated whether spatial ability consistently predicts STEM success beyond other cognitive skills and what aspects of spatial ability predict success in STEM more accurately. Link: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
New CoDE Lab preprint. We investigated whether spatial ability consistently predicts STEM success beyond other cognitive skills and what aspects of spatial ability predict success in STEM more accurately. Link: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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A permanent job lecturing stats in Psychology at University of Edinburgh (we're a lovely bunch!): elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... @schoolofppls.bsky.social
Lecturer
The School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is seeking to appoint one full time, open-ended, teaching-focused Lecturer to its Department of Psychology.
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December 16, 2024 at 3:58 PM
A permanent job lecturing stats in Psychology at University of Edinburgh (we're a lovely bunch!): elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... @schoolofppls.bsky.social
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Many congratulations to Nadine Lavan (from CBB) and Paraskevi Argyriou for receiving the Research & Innovation and the Student Experience & Education Excellence Awards respectively, from the Faculty of Science and Engineering last night! Well done both🎉
December 4, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Many congratulations to Nadine Lavan (from CBB) and Paraskevi Argyriou for receiving the Research & Innovation and the Student Experience & Education Excellence Awards respectively, from the Faculty of Science and Engineering last night! Well done both🎉
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🔊Next conference of the European Social Science Genetics Network (ESSGN) in Bristol, 22-23 May.
✅Keynote by @michellemeyer.bsky.social
✅Panel on the current frontier of MR w/ George Davey-Smith (Bristol), Dalton Conley (Princeton), and Alice Carter (Novo-Nordisk).
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✅Keynote by @michellemeyer.bsky.social
✅Panel on the current frontier of MR w/ George Davey-Smith (Bristol), Dalton Conley (Princeton), and Alice Carter (Novo-Nordisk).
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ESSGN Conference IV
Bristol, May 22-23, 2025 CALL FOR PAPERS We are pleased to announce the 4th conference of the European Social Science Genetics Network. This conference aims to improve our understanding of how gene…
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November 28, 2024 at 4:13 PM
🔊Next conference of the European Social Science Genetics Network (ESSGN) in Bristol, 22-23 May.
✅Keynote by @michellemeyer.bsky.social
✅Panel on the current frontier of MR w/ George Davey-Smith (Bristol), Dalton Conley (Princeton), and Alice Carter (Novo-Nordisk).
essgn.org/essgn-confer...
✅Keynote by @michellemeyer.bsky.social
✅Panel on the current frontier of MR w/ George Davey-Smith (Bristol), Dalton Conley (Princeton), and Alice Carter (Novo-Nordisk).
essgn.org/essgn-confer...
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Interested in ADHD and ageing? PhD opportunity with my lab at QMUL investigating ADHD in late life using genetic and longitudinal approaches. Co-supervised by @marghmalanchini.bsky.social . Funded by Chinese Scholarship Council (Chinese citizens eligible for funding) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and functioning in older age at Queen Mary University of London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and functioning in older age at Queen Mary University of London, listed on FindAPhD.com
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November 18, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Interested in ADHD and ageing? PhD opportunity with my lab at QMUL investigating ADHD in late life using genetic and longitudinal approaches. Co-supervised by @marghmalanchini.bsky.social . Funded by Chinese Scholarship Council (Chinese citizens eligible for funding) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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@ent3c.bsky.social suggested we need a behaviour genetics starter pack, let me know who to add!
November 13, 2024 at 12:58 PM
@ent3c.bsky.social suggested we need a behaviour genetics starter pack, let me know who to add!
🚨New PhD opportunity funded by the Chinese Scholarship Council: Join my lab to investigate the co-occurrence of neurodevelopmental and disruptive behaviour conditions.
www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/postgra...
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November 12, 2024 at 10:56 AM
🚨New PhD opportunity funded by the Chinese Scholarship Council: Join my lab to investigate the co-occurrence of neurodevelopmental and disruptive behaviour conditions.
www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/postgra...
www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/postgra...
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"On one occasion, a handful of children, all about ages 5 to 8, were carried to the emergency room by their parents. All had single sniper shots to the head."
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Opinion: I'm an American doctor who went to Gaza. What I saw wasn't war — it was annihilation
As a surgeon, I volunteered at a Gaza hospital. The conditions were unthinkable. With a ground offensive in Rafah, people have nowhere to go.
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February 17, 2024 at 4:55 AM
"On one occasion, a handful of children, all about ages 5 to 8, were carried to the emergency room by their parents. All had single sniper shots to the head."
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Interested in working with linked census and survey data for England and Wales? Check out this workshop on the linked Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2011 Census dataset. www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...
Training course: An introduction to the linked ASHE-2011 Census dataset - F2F
As part of the Wage and Employment Dynamics project, funded by ADR UK, data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) has been linked to data from the 2011 Census for England and Wales. Thi
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February 7, 2024 at 8:19 AM
Interested in working with linked census and survey data for England and Wales? Check out this workshop on the linked Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2011 Census dataset. www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...
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Our paper on genetic transmission and genetic nurture effects on conduct problems is now published in Molecular Psychiatry! This version includes new analyses www.nature.com/articles/s41... a 🧵 1/6
January 16, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Our paper on genetic transmission and genetic nurture effects on conduct problems is now published in Molecular Psychiatry! This version includes new analyses www.nature.com/articles/s41... a 🧵 1/6
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seems that those cynics who grumble about employers who offer wellness programs have a point
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January 18, 2024 at 6:35 AM
seems that those cynics who grumble about employers who offer wellness programs have a point
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We ( @torkildl.bsky.social and @eivindy.bsky.social @tibaier.bsky.social & @kph3k.bsky.social also others not on here) have a paper out studying the origins of widely observed gene-environment correlation for educational outcomes. Paper: rdcu.be/dv1sp let me walk you trough it in a thread 1/?
January 15, 2024 at 3:39 PM
We ( @torkildl.bsky.social and @eivindy.bsky.social @tibaier.bsky.social & @kph3k.bsky.social also others not on here) have a paper out studying the origins of widely observed gene-environment correlation for educational outcomes. Paper: rdcu.be/dv1sp let me walk you trough it in a thread 1/?
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We’ve forgotten how terrible Africa’s HIV epidemic was & how important PEPFAR has been.
20 million people today depend on continued treatment from it, and its fate may be the most important issue facing global health this year.
My piece in Vox today – please share! www.vox.com/future-perfe...
20 million people today depend on continued treatment from it, and its fate may be the most important issue facing global health this year.
My piece in Vox today – please share! www.vox.com/future-perfe...
How political gridlock could kill the best global health program the US ever passed
PEPFAR saved millions of people from AIDS. Don’t let it die.
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January 13, 2024 at 4:38 PM
We’ve forgotten how terrible Africa’s HIV epidemic was & how important PEPFAR has been.
20 million people today depend on continued treatment from it, and its fate may be the most important issue facing global health this year.
My piece in Vox today – please share! www.vox.com/future-perfe...
20 million people today depend on continued treatment from it, and its fate may be the most important issue facing global health this year.
My piece in Vox today – please share! www.vox.com/future-perfe...
New preprint. We isolate genetic effects that are shared across 11 major psychiatric disorders to gain further insight into genetic specificity and comorbidity over and above transdiagnostic effects. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-3...
January 12, 2024 at 9:54 AM
New preprint. We isolate genetic effects that are shared across 11 major psychiatric disorders to gain further insight into genetic specificity and comorbidity over and above transdiagnostic effects. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-3...