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LHA @ UCL retweeted
Bit of media attention today for my recent collaboration with 🫀-🧠 Ageing Group at University of Oxford
Unhealthy childhood could affect brain later in life, study suggests independent.co.uk/news/uk/bm…
@MRCLHA @UCL_ICS @ARUKscientist @CO90s @eBioMedicine
LHA @ UCL retweeted
Latest *open access* paper on the @MRCLHA Insight 46 cohort explores the relationship between vascular risks across the life course and cerebral haemodynamics/blood flow. A great collaboration with colleagues @amsterdamumc
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
LHA @ UCL retweeted
New preprint: genetic liability + BMI across generations born 1946, 1958, 1970, 2001. Led by Liam Wright @clscohorts @MRCLHA @UCLSocRes
Obesity is highly heritable, yet rates have soared in recent decades. How have links between genes and BMI changed across time? ... 🧵
LHA @ UCL retweeted
🔔The latest Longitudinal News is out now! Check out the latest #longitudinal news, research & events including:
- Our new interactive briefing note tool
- Videos/slides on using standardised scales & lists in CLOSER Discovery
- @PopRes_UK workshops
➡️mailchi.mp/3e580f5de66c/ln-2…
ALT A woman's hands typing on a laptop keyboard. Text reads: Longitudinal News October 2024 - News: Try out our new interactive briefing note tool - Event: Catch up on our latest CLOSER Discovery webinar
LHA @ UCL retweeted
We have two Postdoc positions available in the VITAL Study at King's College London!
1️⃣ Developing and validating digital twins. kcl.ac.uk/jobs/095966-post-d…
2️⃣ Personalising virtual twins and creating patient cohorts. kcl.ac.uk/jobs/095947-post-d… Apply before October 27th
LHA @ UCL retweeted
This is my last week at UCL after 11 incredible years! A HUGE thank you to all my wonderful, talented, colleagues and friends at @MRCLHA, especially Nish, Alun and Alisia for your mentorship and support. Grateful for all the experiences and excited for my new challenge at DHSC.
LHA @ UCL retweeted
Thrilled to have won the @BSCMR young investigator award! This would not have been possible without @gabycaptur from @UCL_ICS/@MRCLHA and prof. Anna Hansell from @uniofleicester.
Congratulations to all the finalists for their impactful work and excellent presentations.
🏆🍾🥇The amazing Dr Cristian Topriceanu @UCL_ICS wins @BSCMR Young Investigator Award showing how aircraft noise pollution✈️impacts the human heart🫀🧲
Thank you @BSCMR and well done to the other excellent finalists👏
@CTopriceanu
LHA @ UCL retweeted
💡 3 Ways to Improve your Brain Health:
🩺 Look after your heart
🏃♀️ Stay mentally and socially active
🧠 Start looking after your brain early
Find out more about dementia research at UCL buff.ly/3Bc2aba
#UCLDementia @MRCLHA @UCL_ICS @AlzResearchUK @UCLBrainScience
LHA @ UCL retweeted
Thanks for the invitation! Was great to speak about the @MRCLHA Insight 1946 birth study and how we are using imaging to understand dementia risk @ARUKscientist @UCLBrainScience @alzassociation #eumind
Very insightful talk by @jmschott about the risk factors for brain health in a population-based cohort at @eumind_congress
LHA @ UCL retweeted
New paper just out — combining the @MRCLHA Insight 46 and Lothian cohorts to examine cardiometabolic and ApoE4 effects on brain age. TLDR — key findings summarised below @ARUKscientist @UCLBrainScience @alzassociation
🚨Check out our new paper out in Neurology (@GreenJournal): Sex-Dependent Effects of Cardiometabolic Health and APOE4 on Brain Age: A Longitudinal Cohort Study neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WN… Summary below👇🏾
LHA @ UCL retweeted
Unvaccinated individuals are more likely to experience mental illness a year after a severe Covid-19 infection, according to a new @The_MRC and @NIHRresearch funded study at @ucl co-led by Prof @pravpatalay (@MRCLHA) with @BristolUni @COVID19_LHW. bit.ly/3XdkWHJ
LHA @ UCL retweeted
Inspiring day at HDRUK #blackinternprog closing event, celebrating working with the brilliant Susana Quissua 🌟@MRCLHA this summer with @alundhughes30. Thanks Susana!
LHA @ UCL retweeted
Very proud of former @UCL_ICS @MRCLHA Cardiovascular Science students Arisa Sittichokkananon and Priyanka Iyer who presented findings from their excellent iBSc and MSc research projects at #ESCCongress 2024 last week.
LHA @ UCL retweeted
Mental ill health is much more likely for up to a year following severe Covid-19, with vaccination appearing to mitigate the adverse effects of infection on mental health, finds a new study co-led by Prof @pravpatalay @MRCLHA with @BristolUni @COVID19_LHW
buff.ly/4cGrmU9
LHA @ UCL retweeted
An alarming signal in obese patients: the relationship between Body Mass Index and left ventricular structural features: read the comment on #EHJ!
academic.oup.com/eurheartj/a…
#EHJ #cardiotwitter @ESC_journals @escardio #adipositty #left #ventricular #mass
LHA @ UCL retweeted
Glad to announce that the findings of our recent study looking at the association between #adiposity and #cardiac_health is now available: academic.oup.com/eurheartj/a…
Early #prevention of excessive adiposity is important to prevent cardiac damage later in life.
LHA @ UCL retweeted
Introducing the @HorizonEU VITAL Study! Find out more information in this new press release vital-horizoneurope.eu/news/ #VITALhorizonEU
LHA @ UCL retweeted
We’ve awarded £35 million to nine universities across the UK to support heart and circulatory diseases research.
The funding will help the universities to attract the brightest talent, power cutting-edge science and unlock lifesaving discoveries. bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/news-f…
LHA @ UCL retweeted
We're hiring again at the @MRCLHA! Senior research fellow post to use -omics data from many large cohort studies to understand the causes of multi-morbidity / frailty in old age. Apply by 23rd June: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search…
