Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Dream job for anyone who’s worked with cohort surveys 084
Dr Ellen J Thompson @ejthompson.bsky.social · 10/07/20251️⃣: Our paper: TIDAL - Tool to Implement Developmental Analysis of Longitudinal data has just been published in the International Journal of Epidemiology: academic.oup.com/ije/article/... 🎉🎉🎉academic.oup.comSoftware Application Profile: TIDAL—Tool to Implement Developmental Analysis of Longitudinal dataGrowth-curve modelling uses repeatedly measured data from the same individuals to estimate trajectories that describe how variables change over time and id 150
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonReproducibiliTea @reproducibilitea.org · 01/07/2025📚 AI, peer review and the human activity of science www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comAI, peer review and the human activity of scienceWhen researchers cede their scientific judgement to machines, we lose something important. 012
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonGerome Breen @psychgenomics.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Excited about our new preprint: 1st successful genome-wide study of >61,000 panic attack and 29,000 panic disorder cases. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... We find 17 associations & evidence that peripheral neurons in eye, lungs and heart are involved in panic & other psychiatric disorders 1/n 14624
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Researchers have found #genetic factors that may make people more or less sensitive to the environments they experience. It is the largest genetics study of identical #twins to date. 🔗 kcl.ac.uk/news/largest... @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social 01211
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonDylan Williams @dylwil.bsky.social · 14/04/2025One year later ... a major update to our manuscript showing that most Alzheimer's disease is attributable to the gene APOE. We expanded it to analyses of four studies, now with data on about 460,000 people in total..... www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... #Alzheimers #Dementia #Epidemiology #EpiSkymedrxiv.orgThe proportion of Alzheimer's disease attributable to apolipoprotein EObjective To estimate the proportions of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and all-cause dementia burden attributable to the common risk alleles ε3 and ε4 in the APOE gene Design Genetic association analyses i... 265
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonThe Lancet @thelancet.com · 21/05/2025Adolescence, “a time of ideas, reimagination, revolution, and a creation of new approaches—exactly what we all need for a better future and the survival of our planet.” Lancet editors on the 2nd Commission on adolescent health & wellbeing. Read 👉 bit.ly/4jadJQj 12610
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Politicians During Mental Health Awareness Month 183584832
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonBecca Lacey @rebeccalacey.bsky.social · 16/05/2025I am hiring for a new researchers on my @nuffieldfoundation.org young carers project. Closes 4thJune. After someone with strong quant longitudinal skills, passion for communicating research beyond academia & wants to work with people w lived experience/other sectors jobs.sgul.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...jobs.sgul.ac.ukJob Opportunity at St George's University of London: Research Fellow in Social EpidemiologyThe Research Fellow will investigate young carers and health inequalities using advanced longitudinal quantitative methods. Responsibilities include data analysis, literature reviews, publishing findi... 21826
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonNature Human Behaviour @nathumbehav.nature.com · 12/05/2025The application of polygenic risk scores (PRS) in clinical practice has advanced but also received criticism. In this Perspective by Saskia Sanderson & @mikeinouye.bsky.social, major psychological and behavioural arguments against PRS applications have been assessed. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comPsychological and behavioural considerations for integrating polygenic risk scores for disease into clinical practice - Nature Human BehaviourThe application of polygenic risk scores (PRSs) in clinical practice has advanced but also received criticism. In this Perspective, major psychological and behavioural arguments against PRS applicatio... 0196
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 11/05/2025Thanks to everybody who chimed in! I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist. So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:> 651124273
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonLuisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · 06/05/2025After 3 years in the making, our Registered Report is out in @nathumbehav.nature.com! We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comSocial media use in adolescents with and without mental health conditions - Nature Human BehaviourUsing a nationally representative UK sample of adolescents with clinical-level mental health symptoms, this Registered Report examined differences in social media use. The results suggest that adolesc... 414051
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Remember the good times when the main threat to the scientific endeavor was conditioning on a collider 28116
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonClaire Niedzwiedz @drcenz.bsky.social · 08/04/2025📢 New publication out today in BMJ Mental Health. We looked at whether climate change worry is associated with an increased risk of future depression, anxiety and sleep disturbance across European countries, using data from the European Social Survey. mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...mentalhealth.bmj.comClimate change worry and the association with future depression and anxiety: cross-national analysis of 11 European countriesBackground Climate change affects people’s mental health directly and indirectly. Climate anxiety, characterised by persistent worry and distress about environmental changes, is increasingly recognise... 076
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonAndrea Allegrini @andrealle.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Our work on intergenerational transmission of psychiatric risk is now out!! www.nature.com/articles/s41... @naturecomms.bsky.social with thanks to my super coauthors @leofrach.bsky.social @jessiebaldwin.bsky.social and several others who made this possiblenature.comIntergenerational transmission of polygenic predisposition for neuropsychiatric traits on emotional and behavioural difficulties in childhood - Nature CommunicationsParental neuropsychiatric traits relate to children’s emotions and behaviours beyond genetic transmission alone. Here the author's findings suggest potential environmental risk factors that can act on... 0165
Dr Ellen J Thompson @ejthompson.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Trying really really hard this year to not ramp up my work load before the spring break in order to “get things off my desk”. I don’t know who needs to hear this but you’re allowed a break without your work load doubling before or after your leave! 040
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonDr Zeynep Nas @zeynepnas.bsky.social · 01/04/2025First post will be a plug for our national fellowship network ➡️ We have an exciting new session focused on NIHR fellowships! 💡 Come along to this brilliant event and do spread the word for the network led by @flosheen.bsky.social @alice-kininmonth.bsky.social and myself 👇 033
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 20/03/2025New blog post! In which I explain the issue with mediation analysis and sketch out one way to deal with the underlying causal inference problem -- in just a bit over 1,000 words! If you have never found the time to read up on this, now is your chance. www.the100.ci/2025/03/20/r...the100.ciReviewer notes: That’s a very nice mediation analysis you have there. It would be a shame if something happened to it.Mediation analysis has gotten a lot of flak, including classic titles such as “Yes, but what’s the mechanism? (Don’t expect an easy answer)” (Bullock et al., 2010), “What mediation analysis can (not) ... 26452138
Dr Ellen J Thompson @ejthompson.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Nice snippet from @popres-uk.bsky.social on the value of longitudinal population studies for understanding life course society and health, and the support PRUK can offer 052
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonRuben C. Arslan @ruben.the100.ci · 18/03/2025New comment by @faridanvari.bsky.social and friends arguing that psychology is fragmented into the study of too many constructs and measures with too few links. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comDefragmenting psychologyNature Human Behaviour - Psychology is fragmented into the study of a myriad of constructs and measures, most of which are used very rarely. This hinders cumulative knowledge generation. We call on... 38339
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonEiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Are you doing EMA research and wonder how to go about it? In recent work we've adressed some open questions and challenges, here is a brief summary of papers and materials. 🧵 #PsychSciSky 🧪 #StatsSky 515073
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonAngelica Ronald @angelicaronald.bsky.social · 11/03/2025The London Genetics Network has arrived on Bluesky! Follow us here if you'd like @ldngenenet.bsky.social 044
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonOla Demkowicz @olademk.bsky.social · 08/03/2025International Women’s Day seems as good a time as any to remind folks that adolescent girls continue to face a range of gendered challenges in their day-to-day lives and they point to these as critical issues in understanding the gender mental health gap 👇 0115
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonUCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @clscohorts.bsky.social · 06/03/20251 / 2 Data from the 1970 British Cohort Study Age 51 Sweep are now available to download from @ukdataservice.bsky.social These new data offer opportunities for research on midlife and ageing, and for cross-cohort comparisons with earlier-born generations. Read more: buff.ly/Lcl8IqK 182
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonDr Giorgia Michelini @giorgiamichelini.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Special issue of JCPP Advances on *Transdiagnostic Approaches to Child and Adolescent Mental Health*! We especially encourage submissions on developmental processes, cultural factors, methodological innovation and translation to clinical care and policy 👇 Letter of intent due 28 March 2025 193
Reposted by Dr Ellen J Thompsonrachaelbedford.bsky.social @rachaelbedford.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Advertising 2 new positions in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. A postdoc & an RA at Queen Mary University of London as part of our UKRI-funded Animating Minds Project. More details and how to apply here: Postdoc: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLX749/p... RA: qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/appcentre...jobs.ac.ukPostdoctoral Research Associate at Queen Mary University of LondonApply now for the Postdoctoral Research Associate role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details. 1813
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonMental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 18/02/2025🌟 ECRs – Funding Alert! 🌟 Our UKRI MHP ECR Fellowship Awards open 1st March 2025! 💡 <£300K, 1–3 years 🤝 Collaborate with MHP Hubs 📚 Access training, resources & PPIE support 📅 Apply by 30th April 2025 🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/42Qn3UZ #MentalHealth #ECR #Fellowship 0107
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonUCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @clscohorts.bsky.social · 20/02/2025✨ We’re delighted the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) have given the go ahead to a new UK-wide birth cohort study! We're looking forward to submitting our proposal. The news follows on from the #EarlyLifeCohortFeasibilityStudy - find out more here: buff.ly/4i4f9fa 0203
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 10/02/2025The hardest part about public health is that when we succeed, there's no crisis, no epidemic. People carry on with daily life, unaware of a near-miss. We may never know how bad it could have been - because our public health workforce is always taking action to avoid, prevent, and control threats. 281684260
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonHiTOP @hitop-system.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Some of our members have submitted a letter to Meta protesting their revised policy on hateful conduct that now allows allegations of mental illness on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity You can read the letter and list of signatories here: www.hitop-system.org/letter-to-meta 1/2hitop-system.orgLetter to MetaLetter from some of the HiTOP membership (signatories listed) to Meta, protesting their revised policy on hateful conduct that permits allegations of mental illness on the basis of sexual orientation ... 14717
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonDr Zoë Ayres @zjayres.bsky.social · 11/02/2025On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a reminder to not close your eyes and turn away from what is happening in the US right now. Fascism is an assault on scientific integrity, knowledge, and innovation. www.chron.com/news/space/a...chron.comNASA to wipe mentions of women, Indigenous people from websitesNASA employees told to remove mentions of women, indigenous people, and environmental justice from websites. 6408175
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonSaloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 10/02/2025Twin births have risen dramatically since the 1980s. 🧵 410813
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonJohn Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 30/01/2025University of Sussex @sussex.ac.uk announces new scholarships for Palestinian students staff.sussex.ac.uk/news/article...staff.sussex.ac.ukUniversity announces new scholarships for Palestinian studentsThese scholarships will provide fully-funded support for two Palestinian students, with a particular focus on those impacted by the conflict in Gaza 15024
Dr Ellen J Thompson @ejthompson.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Such a brilliant and useful tool for finding out about longitudinal studies across the globe! 020
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonMental Health Research Incubator @mhrincubator.bsky.social · 15/01/2025In 2025, we're running two fully-funded Writing Retreats for #mentalhealth #researchers. Express your interest using the link below👇 mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/writing-retr... Here's what one of our participants said about their experience at the last retreat: 073
Dr Ellen J Thompson @ejthompson.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Really enjoyed this brilliant explanation of how researchers study the genetics of eating disorders by @helenadavies.bsky.social 🌟 Fascinating area with lots of work to be done! 031
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonTania Gergel @drtgergel.bsky.social · 12/01/2025 1/2 V. disappointed to see this article making headlines yet again, with no mention of its deep methodological flaws and the vilification of its opponents. www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...thetimes.comDo antidepressants work? This British professor says they don’tJoanna Moncrieff is a professor and NHS psychiatrist who dared to argue that depression is not a physical illness. As a result she has been abused by peers — and championed by Tucker Carlson. Is her t... 13314
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonNeedhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 12/01/2025“‘It’s very easy to assume that science is going to change organically towards equality — and what this study shows is that that’s not happening…It is an ‘important reminder for us that we need to stay vigilant in working towards equality in science’” @crsugimoto.bsky.social 🧪 #AcademicSky 👩🏽🔬nature.comWho’s quitting academia? Data reveal gender gaps in surprising fieldsEven in scientific areas in which women are well represented, they are up to 40% more likely than men to leave research within 20 years. 14430191
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonMQ Mental Health Research @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social · 07/01/2025YOU are invited to the launch of the ATLAS of Longitudinal Datasets. A new web-based, searchable platform that maps thousands of longitudinal datasets from research studies around the world. Find out more & book your free place for the launch event here: www.mqmentalhealth.org/atlas-of-lon...mqmentalhealth.orgLaunch of the Atlas of Longitudinal DatasetsNext month, researchers at King’s College London will be launching the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets; A ground-breaking platform that can facilitate research. 0225
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonMadhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Non-native English speakers need 50% more time to write a paper When they do, they face a 2.5 times higher chance of being rejected because of language journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... 24642290
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 13/12/2024Do you know any early career researchers in the UK who have contributed something special to improve research practices? The call for the 2025 Dorothy Bishop award is open now! Nominations close on 26 January 2025. www.ukrn.org/2024/12/12/t... 3109138
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonAlex Lloyd @dralexlloyd.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Excited to share our new review on PPI with young people in mental health research, including recommendations for how to conduct co-production and co-design! We also have a response from two young people with experience of collaborating on mental health research. Link to the paper belowacamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.comJCPP Advances | ACAMH Child Development Journal | Wiley Online LibraryInvolving young people with lived experience in youth mental health research is important. The current review examined this question and identified common practices for collaborating with experts by ... 2114
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonDarío Moreno-Agostino @dmorenoagostino.bsky.social · 04/12/2024📰 Our latest study, “Gender inequalities in the disruption of long-term life satisfaction trajectories during the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of time use: evidence from a prospective cohort study”, has just been published in BJPsych Open! doi.org/10.1192/bjo....doi.orgGender inequalities in the disruption of long-term life satisfaction trajectories during the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of time use: evidence from a prospective cohort study | BJPsych Open | Cambr...Gender inequalities in the disruption of long-term life satisfaction trajectories during the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of time use: evidence from a prospective cohort study - Volume 10 Issue 6 1147
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonMaria Loades @marialoades.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Have you seen these short videos? Aimed at researchers who are keen to involve young people in their research as advisors/project partners, we coproduced this series of supportive HOW TO videos. digitalyouth.ac.uk/resources/wa... #copro #youthinvolvementdigitalyouth.ac.ukWatch & listen - Digital YouthExplore our video and podcast library What is genuine collaboration? What does good involvement look like? 21511
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonProf Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 18/11/2024Want to learn/teach R? I'm still actively developing my package of learnr tutorials at github.com/profandyfiel... Just added a tutorial on multilevel models and repeated measures.github.comGitHub - profandyfield/discovr: discovr package for R to accompany Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudiodiscovr package for R to accompany Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio - profandyfield/discovr 411443
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonThe Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 13/05/2024Are psychological interventions effective in preventing relapse and recurrence in depression? www.nationalelfservice.net?p=194016 Andrea Cipriani is back, this time summarising an individual patient data meta-analysis on the use of psychological interventions for preventing relapse in depression.nationalelfservice.netAre psychological interventions effective in preventing relapse and recurrence in depression? - National Elf ServiceAndrea Cipriani is back, this time writing with Rosario Aronica to summarise an individual patient data meta-analysis on the use of psychological interventions for preventing relapse in depression. 012
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonEric Hehman @erichehman.bsky.social · 10/05/2024SEM approach to treating variance as a latent factor psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-...psycnet.apa.orgAPA PsycNet 076
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonUnderstanding Society @usociety.bsky.social · 26/03/2024We’ve worked with What Works Wellbeing to create a dashboard to make data on wellbeing easier to find and use. It’s live on our site now!understandingsociety.ac.ukNew wellbeing data dashboard - Understanding SocietyWhat Works Wellbeing collaboration makes trends accessible 011
Reposted by Dr Ellen J ThompsonJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 02/03/2024Do you think that learning more about causal inference is not worth it because you're running experiments anyway, or because you're interested in predictive questions? In that case, I've written a paper just for you, out now in SPPC: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 1118483