Our study using data from COVID-19 Social Study is now in Psychological Medicine Cambridge UP - Psychology & Psychiatry. It looks at longitudinal changes in days of not leaving the house/garden and how they were related to depressive and anxiety symptoms. doi.org/10.1017/S00332…

Alexandru Cernat Giorgio Di Gessa Eleonora Iob Prof Irene Petersen Prof Pia Hardelid George Ploubidis Richard Silverwood Dr Merry Martyn Rhian Daniel Feifei Bu

Pleased to share our latest EpiArts findings, out now in Aging & Mental Health: Arts group participation was associated with the positive (but not negative) elements of evaluative, experienced, and eudaimonic wellbeing in older adults after propensity score matching. doi.org/10.1080/136078…

Want to learn how to Prepare Longitudinal Data for analysis using #biomedical and #socialdata? Join our RADIANCE training on 31 May and 1 June run by Alexandru Cernat Giorgio Di Gessa for £30 radiance.org.uk/modules/ #biostats #datascience #publichealth #pophealth

There's still time to register for the Coordinate Network (EU) Summer School on longitudinal analysis of child and adolescent data. 20-24 June at the sunny (hopefully!) University of Essex. Led by our Dr Cara Booker 🧜🏽‍♀️ Dr. Alita Nandi & Edith Aguirre. Apply by 23 May. coordinate-network.eu/event-details/…

As our network comes to a close, academics around the world offer their thoughts on the major mental health lessons learnt during the pandemic. Thank you COVID-MINDS researchers for taking part! VIDEO: bit.ly/3tMu5aS UCL IEHC Behavioural Science & Health UCL

A new paper led by my wonderful student Esme Elsden shows that the types of leisure activities and levels of engagement can have differential associations with health amongst middle-aged adults Dr Daisy Fancourt Feifei Bu Behavioural Science & Health UCL #feelingproud doi.org/10.1186/s12889…

What is RADIANCE? We are a @UKRI project offering FREE rigorous training in longitudinal #datascience led by Prof. Bianca De Stavola & Prof. Paola Zaninotto at @UCL For more info, look on our website radiance.org.uk #biostats #publichealth #pophealth youtube.com/watch?v=LIqkF8…

It's 2.5 years since we launched the @UCL #COVID19 Social Study. >70,000 people, 1.2m surveys, 30k written testimonials & 400 telephone interviews later we've attempted to summarise (nearly) everything we've learnt & the impact we've had in this report! covidsocialstudy.org/final-report

Huge congratulations to Dr Dr Daisy Fancourt and Prof Andrew Steptoe on winning the ESRC outstanding impact in society 2022 for their work on the COVID-19 Social Study! Social Biobehavioural Research Group Behavioural Science & Health UCL

Some more photos of the wonderful team at the Economic and Social Research Council Impact Prize Awards to kick off the week🏆 Feifei Bu Dr Daisy Fancourt AndrewSteptoe and Dr Alex Burton receiving the 'Outstanding Societal Impact' award for our COVID Social Study

. On 5th-6th June we are running our Longitudinal Data Analysis module, which is taught by Alexandru Cernat and Feifei Bu. To reserve a spot, sign up to the Eventbrite link eventbrite.co.uk/e/486777493587

. On the 6th-8th November we are running our Estimating Causal Effects course, which is taught by Bianca De Stavola, Eduardo Fe’, Rhian Daniel and Andrea Aparicio Castro. To reserve a spot, sign up to the Eventbrite link eventbrite.co.uk/e/486782809487

. On the 4th-6th December we are running our Machine Learning for Prediction and Causal Effects course which is taught by Eduardo Fé, Eleonora Iob and Andrea Aparicio Castro. To reserve a spot, sign up to the Eventbrite link eventbrite.co.uk/e/492278005767

📣 #BMCPublicHealth is delighted to announce the launch of its new collection 'Loneliness and Social Isolation', Guest Edited by Feifei Bu Feifei Bu UCL and Michelle H. Lim Michelle Lim Submit your paper by 31 October 2023! bit.ly/3XL8w7G

Arts & Population Health Week 🎭 Today sees the launch of our new report showing how engaging in the arts & culture is linked to better health across the lifespan sbbresearch.org/new-report-by-… Throughout this week we will be sharing key findings each day. 🧵

Great to work with Harry O Taylor Dr. Michelle Lim Feifei Bu & BMC Public Health on “ The state of loneliness and social isolation research: current knowledge and future directions” bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Submit manuscripts bit.ly/3XL8w7G by 31 October 2023

Join our team! We're seeking to appoint a Research Fellow in Epidemiology/Statistics to join our growing team. Deadline for applications is 24th August - apply below👀

Another chance to join my team Social Biobehavioural Research Group Research Fellow / Senior Research Fellow in Epidemiology and Statistics working on administrative data related to social prescribing. jobs.ac.uk/job/DCK496/res…

Interested in studying the psychological and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic? Join us at the online workshop to learn more about how to access and use the data from the COVID-19 Social Study! 🗓️16 November, 1–2 PM 📨Email [email protected] or DM us for the link