Alun Hughes
@adh30.bsky.social
Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology and Pharmacology
Cardiometabolic health | Haemodynamics | Blood pressure | Hypertension | Statistics | Epidemiology
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Cardiometabolic health | Haemodynamics | Blood pressure | Hypertension | Statistics | Epidemiology
All views my own. RT does not mean endorsement.
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Alun Hughes
@adh30.bsky.social
· Jul 23
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We have just published our paper on the multi-system impacts of long COVID
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A great team effort.
#ALSPAC #TWINSUK #NIHR #UKRI #LongCovid #UCL
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A great team effort.
#ALSPAC #TWINSUK #NIHR #UKRI #LongCovid #UCL
We have just published our paper on the multi-system impacts of long COVID
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A great team effort.
#ALSPAC #TWINSUK #NIHR #UKRI #LongCovid #UCL
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A great team effort.
#ALSPAC #TWINSUK #NIHR #UKRI #LongCovid #UCL
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July 23, 2026 at 10:34 AM
We have just published our paper on the multi-system impacts of long COVID
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A great team effort.
#ALSPAC #TWINSUK #NIHR #UKRI #LongCovid #UCL
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A great team effort.
#ALSPAC #TWINSUK #NIHR #UKRI #LongCovid #UCL
Our Chapter on The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children by S Chiesa, S Jones, C Park, N Timpson, A Hughes is published in Primordial Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. (Eds. Elaine M. Urbina, Sarah D. de Ferranti)
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June 3, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Our Chapter on The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children by S Chiesa, S Jones, C Park, N Timpson, A Hughes is published in Primordial Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. (Eds. Elaine M. Urbina, Sarah D. de Ferranti)
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@chiesascott.bsky.social
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👉Our paper on addressing missing data in the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) has been published in BMC Medical Research Methodology
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@rjsilverwood.bsky.social @georgeploubidis.bsky.social @clscohorts.bsky.social Martina Narayanan, Brian Dodgeon
1/8
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@rjsilverwood.bsky.social @georgeploubidis.bsky.social @clscohorts.bsky.social Martina Narayanan, Brian Dodgeon
1/8
A data driven approach to address missing data in the 1970 British birth cohort - BMC Medical Research Methodology
BMC Medical Research Methodology - Missing data may induce bias when analysing longitudinal population surveys. We aimed to tackle this problem in the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70). We utilised...
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April 29, 2026 at 8:04 AM
👉Our paper on addressing missing data in the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) has been published in BMC Medical Research Methodology
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@rjsilverwood.bsky.social @georgeploubidis.bsky.social @clscohorts.bsky.social Martina Narayanan, Brian Dodgeon
1/8
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@rjsilverwood.bsky.social @georgeploubidis.bsky.social @clscohorts.bsky.social Martina Narayanan, Brian Dodgeon
1/8
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Two weeks to go: @georgeploubidis.bsky.social is delivering the keynote at @ucl.ac.uk's Past, Present and Future symposium on Thursday, 14 May. Living Longer but Not Healthier: The Generational Health Drift uses data from CLS’ cohorts. Register: bit.ly/42wK4ef
April 30, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Two weeks to go: @georgeploubidis.bsky.social is delivering the keynote at @ucl.ac.uk's Past, Present and Future symposium on Thursday, 14 May. Living Longer but Not Healthier: The Generational Health Drift uses data from CLS’ cohorts. Register: bit.ly/42wK4ef
Incidental findings and duty-of-care protocols in cardiovascular magnetic resonance among older adults: a prospective population-based study from MyoFit46 - The Lancet Healthy Longevity www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Incidental findings and duty-of-care protocols in cardiovascular magnetic resonance among older adults: a prospective population-based study from MyoFit46
CMR and baseline assessments revealed that incidental findings are common in imaging
research in adults aged 75 years and older, underscoring the need for robust duty-of-care
frameworks to ensure time...
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March 7, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Incidental findings and duty-of-care protocols in cardiovascular magnetic resonance among older adults: a prospective population-based study from MyoFit46 - The Lancet Healthy Longevity www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Happy 80th Birthday Medical Research Council (MRC) National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD) - the world's longest running birth cohort study
March 7, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Happy 80th Birthday Medical Research Council (MRC) National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD) - the world's longest running birth cohort study
Incidental findings and duty-of-care protocols in cardiovascular magnetic resonance among older adults: a prospective population-based study from MyoFit46
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March 5, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Incidental findings and duty-of-care protocols in cardiovascular magnetic resonance among older adults: a prospective population-based study from MyoFit46
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UK productivity grew more in the last year than in the previous seven combined www.resolutionfoundation.org/comment/uk-p...
UK productivity grew more in the last year than in the previous seven combined • Resolution Foundation
Here’s some good news that might have passed you by. UK productivity – how much the economy produces per hour worked – grew more in the past year than in the previous seven years combined. I know. It ...
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February 12, 2026 at 3:45 PM
UK productivity grew more in the last year than in the previous seven combined www.resolutionfoundation.org/comment/uk-p...
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👉We are running a 3-day in-person course
"Causal Inference Using Cohort Data"
Dates: 20-22 Apr 2026
Presenters: Dr M Katsoulis (Associate Professor in Biomedical Statistics) & Dr L Wright (Lecturer in Statistics and Survey Methodology)
check here for more details www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...
"Causal Inference Using Cohort Data"
Dates: 20-22 Apr 2026
Presenters: Dr M Katsoulis (Associate Professor in Biomedical Statistics) & Dr L Wright (Lecturer in Statistics and Survey Methodology)
check here for more details www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...
Training course: Causal Inference Using Cohort Data
The aim of this three-day in person short course is to teach methods of causal inference with an emphasis on application. In our experience, many causal inference courses focus on specific methods wh
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February 11, 2026 at 3:30 PM
👉We are running a 3-day in-person course
"Causal Inference Using Cohort Data"
Dates: 20-22 Apr 2026
Presenters: Dr M Katsoulis (Associate Professor in Biomedical Statistics) & Dr L Wright (Lecturer in Statistics and Survey Methodology)
check here for more details www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...
"Causal Inference Using Cohort Data"
Dates: 20-22 Apr 2026
Presenters: Dr M Katsoulis (Associate Professor in Biomedical Statistics) & Dr L Wright (Lecturer in Statistics and Survey Methodology)
check here for more details www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...
February 10, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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The founding of London’s first university – now @ucl.ac.uk – 200 years ago this week was controversial, but how much truth was there to claims of its students’ radical politics and rowdy ways?
🔓 Georgina Brewis’ recent article is free for 7 days
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🔓 Georgina Brewis’ recent article is free for 7 days
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The Godless Students of London University
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February 9, 2026 at 9:50 AM
The founding of London’s first university – now @ucl.ac.uk – 200 years ago this week was controversial, but how much truth was there to claims of its students’ radical politics and rowdy ways?
🔓 Georgina Brewis’ recent article is free for 7 days
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
🔓 Georgina Brewis’ recent article is free for 7 days
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
Congratulations to Alex Jamieson for winning the 2025 Ernest Starling Young Investigator Award from the UCL BHF Centre of Research Excellence.
December 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Congratulations to Alex Jamieson for winning the 2025 Ernest Starling Young Investigator Award from the UCL BHF Centre of Research Excellence.
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I wrote something about publication bias at statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/11/14/t...
November 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I wrote something about publication bias at statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/11/14/t...
Virtual Human Global Summit II in Barcelona.
November 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Virtual Human Global Summit II in Barcelona.
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📝Individual socioeconomic inequalities (based on education and employment trajectories) in cardiometabolic health can already be identified at age 24. The Part-time Employment group showed worst cardiometabolic health. #inequalities #earlyadulthood @laura-howe.bsky.social @adh30.bsky.social
The socioeconomic trajectories followed during early adulthood contribute to inequalities in cardiometabolic health by age 24 years
Socioeconomic position is strongly associated with cardiovascular health. However, little is known about the short-term health impacts of socioeconomi…
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October 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
📝Individual socioeconomic inequalities (based on education and employment trajectories) in cardiometabolic health can already be identified at age 24. The Part-time Employment group showed worst cardiometabolic health. #inequalities #earlyadulthood @laura-howe.bsky.social @adh30.bsky.social
Cardiovascular Biology and Translational Medicine International Workshop, 12th September 2025 at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Cardiovascular Biology and Translational Medicine International Workshop
Join us to hear from a variety of speakers working in key areas relevant to cardiovascular biology and medicine, in both experimental settings and in translational biology and clinical trials.
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August 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Cardiovascular Biology and Translational Medicine International Workshop, 12th September 2025 at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Danish Cardiovascular Academy
International Summit on Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease 2025 🫀
Info:
🏠 Tavistock room, Woburn House Conference Centre, London, UK
🕙 1 September 2025 - 3 September 2025
⏳Deadline for registration: 6 July 2025
👉 Sign up and read more here: ow.ly/Kt1m50W6NVH
International Summit on Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease 2025 🫀
Info:
🏠 Tavistock room, Woburn House Conference Centre, London, UK
🕙 1 September 2025 - 3 September 2025
⏳Deadline for registration: 6 July 2025
👉 Sign up and read more here: ow.ly/Kt1m50W6NVH
International Summit on Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease 2025
Sign up to apply for the International Summit on Sex Difference in Cardiovascular Disease, a joint effort between DCAcademy and University College London.
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June 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Danish Cardiovascular Academy
International Summit on Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease 2025 🫀
Info:
🏠 Tavistock room, Woburn House Conference Centre, London, UK
🕙 1 September 2025 - 3 September 2025
⏳Deadline for registration: 6 July 2025
👉 Sign up and read more here: ow.ly/Kt1m50W6NVH
International Summit on Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease 2025 🫀
Info:
🏠 Tavistock room, Woburn House Conference Centre, London, UK
🕙 1 September 2025 - 3 September 2025
⏳Deadline for registration: 6 July 2025
👉 Sign up and read more here: ow.ly/Kt1m50W6NVH
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🎉 Huge congratulations to RSS fellow Tim Cole, awarded a CBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to medical stats! 👏
Read more and find out who else from the world of stats and data made the list 👉 rss.org.uk/news-publica...
Read more and find out who else from the world of stats and data made the list 👉 rss.org.uk/news-publica...
Statisticians and data scientists included in King’s Birthday Honours List
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June 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
🎉 Huge congratulations to RSS fellow Tim Cole, awarded a CBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to medical stats! 👏
Read more and find out who else from the world of stats and data made the list 👉 rss.org.uk/news-publica...
Read more and find out who else from the world of stats and data made the list 👉 rss.org.uk/news-publica...
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The New BlueSky account for the Artery Research Journal, the Oficial Journal of the Artery Society.
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Artery Research
Artery Research is a dedicated hub for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge concerning arterial structure and function.
Official journal of the ...
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June 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Fully automated measurement of aortic pulse wave velocity from routine cardiac MRI... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Fully automated measurement of aortic pulse wave velocity from routine cardiac MRI studies
Aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) is a prognostic biomarker for cardiovascular disease, which can be measured by dividing the aortic path length by the…
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June 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Fully automated measurement of aortic pulse wave velocity from routine cardiac MRI... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Cohort profile: characterisation, determinants, mechanisms and consequences of the long-term effects of COVID-19 – providing the evidence base for health care services (CONVALESCENCE) in the UK bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6...
Cohort profile: characterisation, determinants, mechanisms and consequences of the long-term effects of COVID-19 – providing the evidence base for health care services (CONVALESCENCE) in the UK
Purpose The pathogenesis of the long-lasting symptoms which can follow an infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus (‘long covid’) is not fully understood. The ‘COroNaVirus post-Acute Long-term EffectS: Con...
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June 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Cohort profile: characterisation, determinants, mechanisms and consequences of the long-term effects of COVID-19 – providing the evidence base for health care services (CONVALESCENCE) in the UK bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6...
The Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Phenotype of Lamin Heart Disease | JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
The Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Phenotype of Lamin Heart Disease:
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May 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Phenotype of Lamin Heart Disease | JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...