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PLOS Medicine @plosmedicine.org · 03/08/2026

In this Perspective, Alice Rhiannon Lee &co discuss new evidence that suggests - in the context of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease - the greatest opportunities in improving #child #health may lie in tackling socioeconomic disadvantage rather than #maternal behavior alone🧪 plos.io/4g7Ihnr

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Expanding the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease beyond maternal behaviors

Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) research has long emphasized maternal pregnancy behaviors as key determinants of child health. In this Perspective, Alice Rhiannon Lee and colleague...

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PLOS Medicine @plosmedicine.org · 24/07/2026

The authors also created a data visualization tool, the Exploring Prenatal influences on Childhood Health (EPoCH) Explorer, to explore associations between prenatal exposures and child health: gcsharp.shinyapps.io/EPoCH/

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PLOS Medicine @plosmedicine.org · 24/07/2026

In this multi-cohort study, Gemma Sharp &co analyzed associations between #parental behaviors & child #health outcomes in four different cohorts, finding that socioeconomic status may have a larger influence on child health outcomes than parental behaviors during pregnancy🧪 #MedSky plos.io/44Qp17I

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Exploring parental prenatal influences on child health: A multicohort study and data visualisation tool

In this multi-cohort study, Gemma Sharp and colleagues analysed associations between parental behaviours and child health outcomes using four different cohorts, and generated a tool to visualize the r...

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Jon Huang @jonhuang.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Aloha mai, Our paper on the role of men & partners in intergenerational health is finally out after 3+ years! Adopting a transdisciplinary lens, we were particularly inspired by women who've sounded the alarm on imbalanced research & responsibility for years. authors.elsevier.com/a/1mnE6V-4XW...

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Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Ever had a period? 🩸 We’re developing new research to better understand menstrual health, and we'd love your help. You can take part in our pilot questionnaire if you’re: - Aged 18–65 - Live in the UK, and - Have ever menstruated Please share with your networks - every experience matters. 🙏

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Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

LinkedIn is so weird. Someone posted that cute video of Kermit singing ABC with a kid who keeps saying Cookie Monster and giggling. But the caption was about leadership and the comments were like “I see presence build trust faster than authority, teams perform when they feel genuinely seen” 🤢

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Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Allowing myself some time on my holiday to reflect on wtf I’m doing with my life. This pretty much summed it up 😫

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Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Join our team! We’re looking for an experienced lab assistant to generate DNA methylation data from thousands of menstrual fluid samples collected in Children of the 90s and Born in Bradford. £33,951, full time, in person in Exeter (EX2). Closes 18th January 2026. lnkd.in/ebQFYxd5

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Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

This is the best work I’ve seen all year. And I can confidently state that by the late 80s/early 90s in Somerset, Uncle Billy had been in a very unfortunate accident on the M5

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Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Wait, what? And… why? If we’re just going to AI generate participants, we may as well give up now. What’s the point? Like… why are you even here?

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Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I’m recruiting a postdoctoral fellow in epidemiology to join the MenstruLife project - using longitudinal data from multiple cohort studies to understand the prevalence, risk factors, and mental health impacts of heavy menstrual bleeding and dysmenorrhea across the life course. lnkd.in/ebQFYxd5

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Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I have become mightily interested in the causal effect of “forever chemicals” and plastics on gynecological health. I want to make sure our new menstruation data in ALSPAC and Born in Bradford can be used to research this. Anyone know who’s big in (causal) epidemiology of this sort of exposure?

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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

One of the greatest two minutes of television ever broadcast.

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Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

I’m off sick. In related news, I’ve made a Shiny app that displays random pictures of my cat. I’ve also styled it (accidentally) on how the internet looked in 2001. Thanks for your time. gcsharp.shinyapps.io/is-it-beans/

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Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

This is going to be SO useful… I love this sort of academic work. Repositories that make data accessible all in one place are 👌 And there’s even a bloody R package too! 🙏

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Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Are your periods too heavy, long, unpredictable, frequent/infrequent, or involve bleeding in between? Or do you care for someone with this issue? Please consider filling out our survey: exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... to find the most important research questions on Problematic Menstrual Bleeding

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Epidemiology Job Openings (EpiJobs) @epijobs.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Molecular Epidemiology Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Hybrid/On-site Exeter, United Kingdom #Epijobs jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

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Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Quite proud of this actually. Since I deleted my Twitter account, I haven’t had a place where I can be told off for colluding with other academics to erase women. It looks like this article in the Conversation about periods and GCSEs has now filled that gap. 👏

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GW4 Alliance @gw4alliance.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Researchers from the #GW4Alliance unis of @exeter.ac.uk and @bristoluni.bsky.social have been awarded $4.5million to drive new research into heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) and its causes: Read the latest: gw4.ac.uk/news/groundb...

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Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

We’re looking for people aged 30-55 who experience heavy menstrual bleeding or dysmenorrhea (menstrual pain) to help us design a new research study around menstrual health

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Gemma Sharp @gemmasharp.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Our study is in the news: Heavy and painful periods are linked to missing school and lower GCSE results - something that anyone who menstruates could probably already tell you, but that is largely not discussed or ignored. Well done to Gemma Sawyer @uob-ieu.bsky.social who did all the hard work

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Dr Abbie Jordan @drabbiejordan.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

🚨Job Alert!🚨 We're launching a funded study on how period pain impacts adolescent girls’ lives & school engagement. Join our team. 🔹 Research Associate 👉 (www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...) 🔹 Research Assistant 👉 (www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...) Please share! #PeriodPain #PainResearch

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4M: Menarche Menstruation Menopause and Mental Health Consortium @4mhealth.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Do you experience problematic menstrual bleeding? Or do you treat or care for someone who does? 4M members Jackie Maybin, Gemma Sharp, and Lucky Saraswat are leading a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership to identify the most important questions for future research to address.

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