Wolfson Institute of Population Health (QMUL)
@qmul-wiph.bsky.social
QMUL institute researching primary care, public health and policy, research methods, preventive neurology, cancer screening/prevention/early diagnosis & mental health
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Early cancer detection in primary care - masterclass w ACED. Prof Fiona Walter and Dr Garth Funston of @qmul-wiph.bsky.social will give an overview, then focus on use of 'ovatools' - age-specific CA125 thresholds - to triage for ultrasound or urgent referral. 27 Nov, online. Register: bit.ly/4qVRqTF
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November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Early cancer detection in primary care - masterclass w ACED. Prof Fiona Walter and Dr Garth Funston of @qmul-wiph.bsky.social will give an overview, then focus on use of 'ovatools' - age-specific CA125 thresholds - to triage for ultrasound or urgent referral. 27 Nov, online. Register: bit.ly/4qVRqTF
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Thank you to @alzsocresearch.bsky.social and @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social for this article and all the support so far in my career! @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
From PhD student to Professor and now co-lead of the I-CARE Doctoral Training Centre, Professor Nathan Davies’ journey shows the power of investing in dementia research careers.
Read his story: alzheimers.org.uk/for-research...
Find out more about this DTC:
alzheimers.org.uk/what-we-do/o...
Read his story: alzheimers.org.uk/for-research...
Find out more about this DTC:
alzheimers.org.uk/what-we-do/o...
Professor Nathan Davies: My journey into dementia care research
Prof Nathan Davies was funded by Alzheimer’s Society as a junior fellow early in his career. Now, as Co-Director of the Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Dementia Care, he's inspiring the next g...
alzheimers.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Thank you to @alzsocresearch.bsky.social and @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social for this article and all the support so far in my career! @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
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📢 calling colleagues to participate or help with recruitment for study on #depression experienced by #neurodivergent young people
Specifically:
👩👧👦Parents/carers
💼Mental health professionals
See poster
@ehayashibara.bsky.social
@qmul-wiph.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social
Specifically:
👩👧👦Parents/carers
💼Mental health professionals
See poster
@ehayashibara.bsky.social
@qmul-wiph.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
📢 calling colleagues to participate or help with recruitment for study on #depression experienced by #neurodivergent young people
Specifically:
👩👧👦Parents/carers
💼Mental health professionals
See poster
@ehayashibara.bsky.social
@qmul-wiph.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social
Specifically:
👩👧👦Parents/carers
💼Mental health professionals
See poster
@ehayashibara.bsky.social
@qmul-wiph.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social
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🌅 Had a great morning filming the @acamh.bsky.social
podcast on our paper examining the phenotypic & aetiological overlap between subclinical hypomania with psychiatric & neurodevelopmental diagnoses. Podcast will be out in the New Year
@qmul-wiph.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social
podcast on our paper examining the phenotypic & aetiological overlap between subclinical hypomania with psychiatric & neurodevelopmental diagnoses. Podcast will be out in the New Year
@qmul-wiph.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🌅 Had a great morning filming the @acamh.bsky.social
podcast on our paper examining the phenotypic & aetiological overlap between subclinical hypomania with psychiatric & neurodevelopmental diagnoses. Podcast will be out in the New Year
@qmul-wiph.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social
podcast on our paper examining the phenotypic & aetiological overlap between subclinical hypomania with psychiatric & neurodevelopmental diagnoses. Podcast will be out in the New Year
@qmul-wiph.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social
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Great video to launch our I-Care DTC - introducing our first cohort of 6 students focusing on dementia care.
@claudiacooper.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @ucliehc.bsky.social @grait.bsky.social @i-care-dtc.bsky.social
@claudiacooper.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @ucliehc.bsky.social @grait.bsky.social @i-care-dtc.bsky.social
Welcome the 6 early career researchers beginning their PhD projects in the Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care in dementia!
This Centre focuses on ways to provide better care and services for people living with dementia!
Find out more: sl1nk.com/JCEfC
This Centre focuses on ways to provide better care and services for people living with dementia!
Find out more: sl1nk.com/JCEfC
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Great video to launch our I-Care DTC - introducing our first cohort of 6 students focusing on dementia care.
@claudiacooper.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @ucliehc.bsky.social @grait.bsky.social @i-care-dtc.bsky.social
@claudiacooper.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @ucliehc.bsky.social @grait.bsky.social @i-care-dtc.bsky.social
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Ava Kanyeredzi, who sadly passed away this year, was awarded a special recognition award during the Education Excellence Awards for her consistent and deep commitment to student-centred, inclusive learning. All her colleagues and students deeply valued her contribution
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October 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Ava Kanyeredzi, who sadly passed away this year, was awarded a special recognition award during the Education Excellence Awards for her consistent and deep commitment to student-centred, inclusive learning. All her colleagues and students deeply valued her contribution
www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...
www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...
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✨ Exciting opportunity for a Postdoctoral Research Associate! ✨
Join our Research and Action on Salt and Obesity Unit within @qmul-wiph.bsky.social at @qmul.bsky.social to help support public health and nutrition policy.
Deadline: 7th Nov 2025
More details and apply 👇
tinyurl.com/bdz9za9u
Join our Research and Action on Salt and Obesity Unit within @qmul-wiph.bsky.social at @qmul.bsky.social to help support public health and nutrition policy.
Deadline: 7th Nov 2025
More details and apply 👇
tinyurl.com/bdz9za9u
October 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
✨ Exciting opportunity for a Postdoctoral Research Associate! ✨
Join our Research and Action on Salt and Obesity Unit within @qmul-wiph.bsky.social at @qmul.bsky.social to help support public health and nutrition policy.
Deadline: 7th Nov 2025
More details and apply 👇
tinyurl.com/bdz9za9u
Join our Research and Action on Salt and Obesity Unit within @qmul-wiph.bsky.social at @qmul.bsky.social to help support public health and nutrition policy.
Deadline: 7th Nov 2025
More details and apply 👇
tinyurl.com/bdz9za9u
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Amazing day launching I-Care DTC, welcoming 6 new PhD students. Thank you to all our PPI, supervisors & collaborators who joined us. Looking forward to seeing how our wonderful new students thrive over the next 4 years! @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social @alzsocresearch.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Amazing day launching I-Care DTC, welcoming 6 new PhD students. Thank you to all our PPI, supervisors & collaborators who joined us. Looking forward to seeing how our wonderful new students thrive over the next 4 years! @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social @alzsocresearch.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social
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This time tomorrow, @claudiacooper.bsky.social will be speaking at the Westminster Health Forum event on next steps for dementia diagnosis, care and research in England.
She will share findings from #denpruQM projects including our suite of NHS provider surveys.
Find out more: tinyurl.com/psxjrf46
She will share findings from #denpruQM projects including our suite of NHS provider surveys.
Find out more: tinyurl.com/psxjrf46
Dementia 25
Next steps for dementia diagnosis, care and research in England
www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
This time tomorrow, @claudiacooper.bsky.social will be speaking at the Westminster Health Forum event on next steps for dementia diagnosis, care and research in England.
She will share findings from #denpruQM projects including our suite of NHS provider surveys.
Find out more: tinyurl.com/psxjrf46
She will share findings from #denpruQM projects including our suite of NHS provider surveys.
Find out more: tinyurl.com/psxjrf46
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Congratulations to @hdemnitzking.bsky.social, @claudiacooper.bsky.social & team on your NIHR/ESRC APPLE-Tree publication 🎉
Harriet & Claudia are joining @ilcuk.bsky.social at the House of Lords today to launch the findings & share #denpruQM work on public health policy for dementia risk reduction.
Harriet & Claudia are joining @ilcuk.bsky.social at the House of Lords today to launch the findings & share #denpruQM work on public health policy for dementia risk reduction.
🎉 Exciting news!
A huge congratulations to the entire APPLE-Tree team on the publication of our latest paper—an important step forward in dementia prevention research. @denpru-qm.bsky.social
Read the full paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A huge congratulations to the entire APPLE-Tree team on the publication of our latest paper—an important step forward in dementia prevention research. @denpru-qm.bsky.social
Read the full paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Remote, lower-intensity, multidomain lifestyle intervention for subjective cognitive decline or mild cognitive impairment (APPLE-Tree): a multicentre, single-masked, randomised controlled trial
Trials of high-intensity, multidomain interventions show that modifying lifestyle and psychological risk factors can slow cognitive decline. We aimed …
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October 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Congratulations to @hdemnitzking.bsky.social, @claudiacooper.bsky.social & team on your NIHR/ESRC APPLE-Tree publication 🎉
Harriet & Claudia are joining @ilcuk.bsky.social at the House of Lords today to launch the findings & share #denpruQM work on public health policy for dementia risk reduction.
Harriet & Claudia are joining @ilcuk.bsky.social at the House of Lords today to launch the findings & share #denpruQM work on public health policy for dementia risk reduction.
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Brilliant panel discussion today at the House of Lords of the NIHR/ESRC APPLE-Tree study. Dementia prevention can progress via marginal yet meanignful gains, involving non-clinical staff and community organisations #prevention #healthpolicy @denpru-qm.bsky.social @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Brilliant panel discussion today at the House of Lords of the NIHR/ESRC APPLE-Tree study. Dementia prevention can progress via marginal yet meanignful gains, involving non-clinical staff and community organisations #prevention #healthpolicy @denpru-qm.bsky.social @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social
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Congratulations to the APPLE-Tree study team who launched their study findings at the House of Lords this morning coinciding with the publication of our primary outcome paper in The Lancet Healthy Longevity
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Congratulations to the APPLE-Tree study team who launched their study findings at the House of Lords this morning coinciding with the publication of our primary outcome paper in The Lancet Healthy Longevity
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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We had a fabulous time meeting everyone at #NewScientistLive this week – children, teens, adults and dinosaurs! Thank you to everyone who stopped by to talk about school meals and play ‘balance the budget’ with us. @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @engageqm.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We had a fabulous time meeting everyone at #NewScientistLive this week – children, teens, adults and dinosaurs! Thank you to everyone who stopped by to talk about school meals and play ‘balance the budget’ with us. @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @engageqm.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social
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The Apple-Tree intervention offers hope and support for people facing memory loss - the first study to show promise in terms of improved cognition in people living with non-dementia memory problems - launch of the findings and new paper @qmul-wiph.bsky.social www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/news/la...
Apple-Tree intervention offers hope and support for people facing memory loss
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October 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The Apple-Tree intervention offers hope and support for people facing memory loss - the first study to show promise in terms of improved cognition in people living with non-dementia memory problems - launch of the findings and new paper @qmul-wiph.bsky.social www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/news/la...
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The recording of this webinar is now available on the @nihr-rss.bsky.social YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cNz...
October 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The recording of this webinar is now available on the @nihr-rss.bsky.social YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cNz...
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🔔 Excited to share our preprint from the largest ever exome-wide association study for T2D in South Asians. We make important discoveries implicating the genes HNF4A, GP2, RNF19A in the aetiology of diabetes and metabolic traits in south Asians. 👉 Read it here:
Exome-wide association study in 54,698 south Asians identifies novel type 2 diabetes associations with RNF19A, HNF4A, and dissects role of coding variants in GP2 and CDKAL1 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.24.25336527v1
October 9, 2025 at 6:48 AM
🔔 Excited to share our preprint from the largest ever exome-wide association study for T2D in South Asians. We make important discoveries implicating the genes HNF4A, GP2, RNF19A in the aetiology of diabetes and metabolic traits in south Asians. 👉 Read it here:
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Our friends
@bartscharity.bsky.social
have launched their latest impact report, featuring CEG work on improving childhood vaccination in London. Their investment helped us to increase timely MMR by 4.1%, making real-world impact with our research issuu.com/bartscharity... @qmul-wiph.bsky.social
@bartscharity.bsky.social
have launched their latest impact report, featuring CEG work on improving childhood vaccination in London. Their investment helped us to increase timely MMR by 4.1%, making real-world impact with our research issuu.com/bartscharity... @qmul-wiph.bsky.social
Impact report 2024-2025
Our 2024-2025 Impact report highlights just a few of the projects we have funded that are transforming healthcare in East London.
We’ve been able to get ahead of the curve by accelerating the path t
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October 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Our friends
@bartscharity.bsky.social
have launched their latest impact report, featuring CEG work on improving childhood vaccination in London. Their investment helped us to increase timely MMR by 4.1%, making real-world impact with our research issuu.com/bartscharity... @qmul-wiph.bsky.social
@bartscharity.bsky.social
have launched their latest impact report, featuring CEG work on improving childhood vaccination in London. Their investment helped us to increase timely MMR by 4.1%, making real-world impact with our research issuu.com/bartscharity... @qmul-wiph.bsky.social
Enrol in our online Global Public Health program to gain a global perspective on health while learning from our expert tutors.
Apply now for the Masters in Global Public Health online programme, starting January 2026!
www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate...
@qmulfmd.bsky.social
Apply now for the Masters in Global Public Health online programme, starting January 2026!
www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate...
@qmulfmd.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Enrol in our online Global Public Health program to gain a global perspective on health while learning from our expert tutors.
Apply now for the Masters in Global Public Health online programme, starting January 2026!
www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate...
@qmulfmd.bsky.social
Apply now for the Masters in Global Public Health online programme, starting January 2026!
www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate...
@qmulfmd.bsky.social
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I'm doing a webinar in two weeks (15 Oct 1-2pm BST), part of NIHR Research Support Service's Methods Academy series, on the age-old question: should I do a stepped wedge trial?
Free registration, details here: tinyurl.com/z6cjvce3
@nihr-rss.bsky.social @wiphcem.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social
Free registration, details here: tinyurl.com/z6cjvce3
@nihr-rss.bsky.social @wiphcem.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I'm doing a webinar in two weeks (15 Oct 1-2pm BST), part of NIHR Research Support Service's Methods Academy series, on the age-old question: should I do a stepped wedge trial?
Free registration, details here: tinyurl.com/z6cjvce3
@nihr-rss.bsky.social @wiphcem.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social
Free registration, details here: tinyurl.com/z6cjvce3
@nihr-rss.bsky.social @wiphcem.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social
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A great new paper to share - National roll-out of social prescribing in England's primary care system: a longitudinal observational study using Clinical Practice Research Datalink data - please do share widely!
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
National roll-out of social prescribing in England's primary care system: a longitudinal observational study using Clinical Practice Research Datalink data
Social prescribing has expanded rapidly in England, far exceeding initial targets
of 900 000 patients by 2023–24, suggesting broad service acceptability. Progress is
being made in reaching specific ta...
www.thelancet.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
A great new paper to share - National roll-out of social prescribing in England's primary care system: a longitudinal observational study using Clinical Practice Research Datalink data - please do share widely!
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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A great event that took place last week at East London Mosque we were joined today by Tower Hamlets health lead, Cllr Sabina Akhtar, who spoke to many local residents attending the Friday prayer about the benefits of quitting smoking. #Stoptober #CommunityHealth #Smokefree
September 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A great event that took place last week at East London Mosque we were joined today by Tower Hamlets health lead, Cllr Sabina Akhtar, who spoke to many local residents attending the Friday prayer about the benefits of quitting smoking. #Stoptober #CommunityHealth #Smokefree
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Fantastic ARUK London Science Day 2025! ✨
Inspiring talks from Sara Calhas & the QMUL Psychiatry & Mental Health team, plus our RA Dicky Lim presenting his UCL master’s research 👏
Huge thanks to the organisers, incl. Avi Chandra from our team, for making it a great day—can’t wait for next year!
Inspiring talks from Sara Calhas & the QMUL Psychiatry & Mental Health team, plus our RA Dicky Lim presenting his UCL master’s research 👏
Huge thanks to the organisers, incl. Avi Chandra from our team, for making it a great day—can’t wait for next year!
September 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Fantastic ARUK London Science Day 2025! ✨
Inspiring talks from Sara Calhas & the QMUL Psychiatry & Mental Health team, plus our RA Dicky Lim presenting his UCL master’s research 👏
Huge thanks to the organisers, incl. Avi Chandra from our team, for making it a great day—can’t wait for next year!
Inspiring talks from Sara Calhas & the QMUL Psychiatry & Mental Health team, plus our RA Dicky Lim presenting his UCL master’s research 👏
Huge thanks to the organisers, incl. Avi Chandra from our team, for making it a great day—can’t wait for next year!
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🚨 New pre-print! 🚨
Dr. Avi Chandra and Ben Jacobs study dementia genetics in underrepresented populations. 🧬✨
In 51,000+ British South Asians, they show APOE influences dementia risk, underscoring the need for equitable care.
Read more: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Dr. Avi Chandra and Ben Jacobs study dementia genetics in underrepresented populations. 🧬✨
In 51,000+ British South Asians, they show APOE influences dementia risk, underscoring the need for equitable care.
Read more: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
The contribution of Apoliproprotein E genetic variation to dementia risk in British South Asians
INTRODUCTION Understanding the genetic basis of dementia in diverse populations is essential to ensure that efforts to predict, prevent, and treat dementia are equitable. The strongest genetic risk fa...
www.medrxiv.org
September 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
🚨 New pre-print! 🚨
Dr. Avi Chandra and Ben Jacobs study dementia genetics in underrepresented populations. 🧬✨
In 51,000+ British South Asians, they show APOE influences dementia risk, underscoring the need for equitable care.
Read more: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Dr. Avi Chandra and Ben Jacobs study dementia genetics in underrepresented populations. 🧬✨
In 51,000+ British South Asians, they show APOE influences dementia risk, underscoring the need for equitable care.
Read more: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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New paper in @age-and-ageing.bsky.social - New horizons in improving research capacity in English care homes for older adults: academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...
September 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
New paper in @age-and-ageing.bsky.social - New horizons in improving research capacity in English care homes for older adults: academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...
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First publication congratulations to our @merissaehickman.bsky.social, for her piece with Rebecca Muir @qmul-wiph.bsky.social expanding the WPR approach in health policy analysis, published in Critical Policy Studies: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Integrating co-analysis and researcher reflexivity into Bacchi’s ‘what is the problem represented to be?’ framework: A cervical screening case study
The ‘What is the Problem Represented to Be’ (WPR) approach to policy analysis is a widely used framework that problematizes how policy problems came to be and scrutinizes the effects of a policy pr...
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September 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
First publication congratulations to our @merissaehickman.bsky.social, for her piece with Rebecca Muir @qmul-wiph.bsky.social expanding the WPR approach in health policy analysis, published in Critical Policy Studies: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....