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Whitehall II Study

@whitehall2study.bsky.social

The Whitehall II Study @uclbrainscience.bsky.social set up in 1985 to investigate the impact of social class on health, now seeks to investigate quality of life in an ageing cohort. www.ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/research/mental-health-older-people/whitehall-ii

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Whitehall II Study @whitehall2study.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Many thanks to Boya Zhang for her presentation ‘PM2.5 Exposure And Incident Dementia: Life Course Analysis From Midlife To Late Life Using The Whitehall II Study’ at the April Whitehall II group meeting yesterday!

The first title card from Boya's presentation to the Whitehall II group. It says "PM2.5 Exposure And Incident Dementia: Life Course Analysis From Midlife To Late Life Using The Whitehall II Study", Zhang Boya, PhD Student, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Supervisor: Dr. Yuntao Chen.

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Whitehall II Study @whitehall2study.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Thank you to Prof. Gautam Mehta for his presentation “The Whitehall II Liver Study: How It Started vs How It’s Going” at our February monthly meeting!

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Whitehall II Study @whitehall2study.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

👏Thank you to Cunrong Huang for her excellent presentation at our group meeting this month. "Changes in adiposity indices over 10 years and risk of type 2 diabetes: The Whitehall II cohort study".

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Whitehall II Study @whitehall2study.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

We were delighted to welcome Jens Soeterboek from Maastricht University to today’s Whitehall II group meeting. Despite the backdrop of heavy rain, thunder, and a limited transport network in London, Jens delivered a fascinating presentation on “Exploring Environmental Factors and Brain Health.”

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Whitehall II Study @whitehall2study.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Thank you to Monica Iyer from @lshtm.bsky.social for her excellent presentation on "Mental Health Symptoms as Preclinical Signs of Dementia" at the Whitehall II Study meeting this month. It was a delight to host you!

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Whitehall II Study @whitehall2study.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

It was a pleasure to celebrate Whitehall II's 40th anniversary this month at UCL with Professor Sir Michael Marmot who set up the study in 1985. Watch the recording of the event here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=__gL...

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