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Alun Hughes

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Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology and Pharmacology Cardiometabolic health | Haemodynamics | Blood pressure | Hypertension | Statistics | Epidemiology All views my own. RT does not mean endorsement.

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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
We have just published our paper on the multi-system impacts of long COVID www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... A great team effort. #ALSPAC #TWINSUK #NIHR #UKRI #LongCovid #UCL
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Our Chapter on The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children by S Chiesa, S Jones, C Park, N Timpson, A Hughes is published in Primordial Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. (Eds. Elaine M. Urbina, Sarah D. de Ferranti) link.springer.com/book/9783032... @chiesascott.bsky.social
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Michalis Katsoulis @mkatsoulis.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
👉Our paper on addressing missing data in the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) has been published in BMC Medical Research Methodology link.springer.com/article/10.1... @rjsilverwood.bsky.social @georgeploubidis.bsky.social @clscohorts.bsky.social Martina Narayanan, Brian Dodgeon 1/8
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A data driven approach to address missing data in the 1970 British birth cohort - BMC Medical Research Methodology
BMC Medical Research Methodology - Missing data may induce bias when analysing longitudinal population surveys. We aimed to tackle this problem in the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70). We utilised...
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UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @clscohorts.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Two weeks to go: @georgeploubidis.bsky.social is delivering the keynote at @ucl.ac.uk's Past, Present and Future symposium on Thursday, 14 May. Living Longer but Not Healthier: The Generational Health Drift uses data from CLS’ cohorts. Register: bit.ly/42wK4ef
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Incidental findings and duty-of-care protocols in cardiovascular magnetic resonance among older adults: a prospective population-based study from MyoFit46 - The Lancet Healthy Longevity www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Incidental findings and duty-of-care protocols in cardiovascular magnetic resonance among older adults: a prospective population-based study from MyoFit46
CMR and baseline assessments revealed that incidental findings are common in imaging research in adults aged 75 years and older, underscoring the need for robust duty-of-care frameworks to ensure time...
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Happy 80th Birthday Medical Research Council (MRC) National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD) - the world's longest running birth cohort study
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Incidental findings and duty-of-care protocols in cardiovascular magnetic resonance among older adults: a prospective population-based study from MyoFit46 authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
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Multi-organ structural and functional deficits in association with long COVID: a population-based case-control study
Background Multi-system impacts of long COVID remain unknown. We compared multi-system deficits between people with long COVID and controls. Methods A case-control study recruited from the Avon Longit...
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
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Emerging radar-based technologies for cuffless blood pressure monitoring—a systematic review
Hypertension is the leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease, the most common cause of death worldwide. Less than half the people with high bloo…
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
UK productivity grew more in the last year than in the previous seven combined www.resolutionfoundation.org/comment/uk-p...
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UK productivity grew more in the last year than in the previous seven combined • Resolution Foundation
Here’s some good news that might have passed you by. UK productivity – how much the economy produces per hour worked – grew more in the past year than in the previous seven years combined. I know. It ...
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
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"Causal Inference Using Cohort Data" A 3-day in person course. Dates: 20-22 Apr 2026 Presenters: Dr M Katsoulis (Associate Professor in Biomedical Statistics) & Dr L Wright (Lecturer i...
"Causal Inference Using Cohort Data" A 3-day in person course. Dates: 20-22 Apr 2026 Presenters: Dr M Katsoulis (Associate Professor in Biomedical Statistics) & Dr L Wright (Lecturer in Statistics a...
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Michalis Katsoulis @mkatsoulis.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
👉We are running a 3-day in-person course "Causal Inference Using Cohort Data" Dates: 20-22 Apr 2026 Presenters: Dr M Katsoulis (Associate Professor in Biomedical Statistics) & Dr L Wright (Lecturer in Statistics and Survey Methodology) check here for more details www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...
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Training course: Causal Inference Using Cohort Data
The aim of this three-day in person short course is to teach methods of causal inference with an emphasis on application. In our experience, many causal inference courses focus on specific methods wh
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
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History Today @historytoday.com · 09/02/2026
The founding of London’s first university – now @ucl.ac.uk – 200 years ago this week was controversial, but how much truth was there to claims of its students’ radical politics and rowdy ways? 🔓 Georgina Brewis’ recent article is free for 7 days www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
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The Godless Students of London University
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Congratulations to Alex Jamieson for winning the 2025 Ernest Starling Young Investigator Award from the UCL BHF Centre of Research Excellence.
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Erik van Zwet @erik-van-zwet.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I wrote something about publication bias at statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/11/14/t...
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Virtual Human Global Summit II in Barcelona.
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Eleanor Winpenny @eleanorwinpenny.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
📝Individual socioeconomic inequalities (based on education and employment trajectories) in cardiometabolic health can already be identified at age 24. The Part-time Employment group showed worst cardiometabolic health. #inequalities #earlyadulthood @laura-howe.bsky.social @adh30.bsky.social
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The socioeconomic trajectories followed during early adulthood contribute to inequalities in cardiometabolic health by age 24 years
Socioeconomic position is strongly associated with cardiovascular health. However, little is known about the short-term health impacts of socioeconomi…
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Cardiovascular Biology and Translational Medicine International Workshop, 12th September 2025 at Royal College of Physicians, London. www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-scie...
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Cardiovascular Biology and Translational Medicine International Workshop
Join us to hear from a variety of speakers working in key areas relevant to cardiovascular biology and medicine, in both experimental settings and in translational biology and clinical trials.
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Danish Cardiovascular Academy International Summit on Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease 2025 🫀 Info: 🏠 Tavistock room, Woburn House Conference Centre, London, UK 🕙 1 September 2025 - 3 September 2025 ⏳Deadline for registration: 6 July 2025 👉 Sign up and read more here: ow.ly/Kt1m50W6NVH
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International Summit on Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease 2025
Sign up to apply for the International Summit on Sex Difference in Cardiovascular Disease, a joint effort between DCAcademy and University College London.
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Royal Statistical Society @royalstatsoc.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
🎉 Huge congratulations to RSS fellow Tim Cole, awarded a CBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to medical stats! 👏 Read more and find out who else from the world of stats and data made the list 👉 rss.org.uk/news-publica...
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Statisticians and data scientists included in King’s Birthday Honours List
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arteryresearch-j.bsky.social @arteryresearch-j.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The New BlueSky account for the Artery Research Journal, the Oficial Journal of the Artery Society. Follow for news on published articles, Collections and other initiatives. You can find us @: arteryresearch.biomedcentral.com Article submission: arteryresearch.biomedcentral.com/submission-gui…
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Artery Research
Artery Research is a dedicated hub for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge concerning arterial structure and function. Official journal of the ...
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Fully automated measurement of aortic pulse wave velocity from routine cardiac MRI... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Fully automated measurement of aortic pulse wave velocity from routine cardiac MRI studies
Aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) is a prognostic biomarker for cardiovascular disease, which can be measured by dividing the aortic path length by the…
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Cohort profile: characterisation, determinants, mechanisms and consequences of the long-term effects of COVID-19 – providing the evidence base for health care services (CONVALESCENCE) in the UK bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6...
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Cohort profile: characterisation, determinants, mechanisms and consequences of the long-term effects of COVID-19 – providing the evidence base for health care services (CONVALESCENCE) in the UK
Purpose The pathogenesis of the long-lasting symptoms which can follow an infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus (‘long covid’) is not fully understood. The ‘COroNaVirus post-Acute Long-term EffectS: Con...
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
The Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Phenotype of Lamin Heart Disease | JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
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The Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Phenotype of Lamin Heart Disease:
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Validation of a popular consumer-grade cuffless blood pressure device for continuous 24-hour monitoring academic.oup.com/ehjdh/articl...
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Validation of a popular consumer-grade cuffless blood pressure device for continuous 24-hour monitoring
AbstractBackground. Hypertension is a leading cause of death worldwide, yet many hypertensive cases remain undiagnosed. Wearable, cuffless blood pressure m
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
VIrtual Twins as tools for personalised clinicAL care (VITAL). The team at the 1st VITAL Consortium meeting in Barcelona. vital-horizoneurope.eu
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
The UCL BHF Centre for Research Excellence in partnership with Alzheimer’s Research UK are seeking to better understand adolescent attitudes to heart & brain health. The short anonymous survey is aimed at anyone aged 16-24 and can be accessed using qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_6G…
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Article about some of the Insight46 team's work on physical activity and brain health across the life course. www.medscape.co.uk/viewarticle/...
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Exercise May Help Protect Against Dementia, Study Finds
A lifelong habit of physical activity, particularly before age 50, may lead to brain changes that help reduce the risk of dementia, researchers said.
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UCL Innovative Clinical Trials Unit @innovative-ctu.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Ian White, Professor of Statistical Methods for Medicine at the MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, has been awarded the 2024 Stata Journal Editor's Prize for his outstanding contributions to the journal. Congratulations Ian! 🎉 Read more about the award 👉 buff.ly/3BGCUKU
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Well deserved. Congratulations Ian.
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
More evidence in favour of conditional cash transfers (CCT). CCT and reductions in tuberculosis in the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort. rdcu.be/d5qy5
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Effects of conditional cash transfers on tuberculosis incidence and mortality according to race, ethnicity and socioeconomic factors in the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort
Nature Medicine - Participation in Brazil’s Bolsa Familia Program, one of the largest conditional cash transfer programs in the world, was associated with large reductions in tuberculosis...
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
'During 2000–20, NHS coverage of new drugs displaced more population health than it generated...' Population-health impact of new drugs recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in England during 2000–20: a retrospective analysis. Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Population-health impact of new drugs recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in England during 2000–20: a retrospective analysis
During 2000–20, NHS coverage of new drugs displaced more population health than it generated. Our results highlight the inherent trade-offs between individuals who directly benefit from new drugs and those who forgo health due to the reallocation of resources towards new drugs.
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Positive association of oscillometrically estimated baseline arterial stiffness with incident diabetes... sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Positive association of oscillometrically estimated baseline arterial stiffness with incident diabetes and prediabetes: A large population-based cohort study
This large population-based study aimed to investigate whether arterial stiffness, assessed oscillometrically, was associated with incident diabetes/p…
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medRxivpreprint @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Cigarette Smoking Across Life from 1946 to 2018: Harmonisation of Four British Birth Cohort Studies www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Cynthia Fox @cynthfox.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Fascinating paper from the US's #1 peer reviewed journal, Science: Sugar restriction—both in utero, and over the first 1000 days post-birth—can protect against diabetes and hypertension later in life, according to a new study using data from post-World War II sugar rationing. bit.ly/4epvN6E
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Exposure to sugar rationing in the first 1000 days of life protected against chronic disease
We examined the impact of sugar exposure within 1000 days since conception on diabetes and hypertension, leveraging quasi-experimental variation from the end of the United Kingdom’s sugar rationing in...
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Aortic reservoir-excess pressure parameters are associated with worse cognitive function in people with untreated stage II/III hypertension. Journal of Hypertension.
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Exercise-linked reductions in blood pressure are associated with a reduced prevalence of cardiovascular outcomes by 7 to 28% at the population level: ProPASS consortium www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Estimated change in systolic blood pressure (n=14,761) based on behavioral relocation from the average composition of the population
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Our paper on the relationship between vascular risks across the life course and cerebral haemodynamics/blood flow in the Insight 46 cohort just out. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Patrick Phillips @patrickphillips.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
A reminder for new folks. BlueSky does not have an algorithm to raise posts of interest. It is incumbent upon you to do so via reposting. Liking things only provides feedback to the poster but does not promote the post. The signal to noise ratio is taking a brief beating, so great to help curate.
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Inequality News @inequalitynews.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Will be interesting to see the results ⬇️ 'Homeless people to be given cash in first major UK trial to reduce poverty ... Led by King’s College London, study will recruit 360 people in England and Wales to explore benefits of scheme' www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Homeless people to be given cash in first major UK trial to reduce poverty
Led by King’s College London, study will recruit 360 people in England and Wales to explore benefits of scheme
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UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @clscohorts.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
One week to go! Join us for our flagship free webinar on how to get started using our #UKCohortStudies in your research. Don't miss out: buff.ly/40Ww5yJ
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Alun Hughes @adh30.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Apply now for an interdisciplinary UCL BHF Centre of Research Excellence 3-year PhD studentship. We encourage students from disciplines outside of traditional cardiovascular science (e.g. social sciences, engineering, data science) to apply. findaphd.com/phds/project...
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BHF Centre of Research Excellence 3-year PhD studentships at University College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - BHF Centre of Research Excellence 3-year PhD studentships at University College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
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