Delighted to meet Bill Nighy, the actor playing my father in JOY, the new Netflix film about IVF.

Interesting analysis based on PLOS journals indicating that posting on preprint servers leads to an increase in citations of the research by about 20% on average. arXiv:2404.16171v1

After a long gestation, I’m delighted that our analysis with @ekgraham22 and others of changes in loneliness with age has appeared in Psychological Science. Very strong detailed work. @ELSA_Study

After a long gestation, I’m delighted that our analysis with @ekgraham22 and others of changes in loneliness with age has appeared in Psychological Science. Very strong detailed work. @ELSA_Study. DOI: 10.1177/09567976241242037

Delighted that the analysis with @ccarynn on the experience of socially isolated people during the pandemic has been published in PNAS. An unusual perspective on pandemic wellbeing, with some unexpected findings. @UCL_BSH @ELSA_Study.

I’m excited to see the first trailer of the new Netflix film about the work of my father Patrick, Robert Edwards and their collaborators in the development of IVF. Coming out later in the year, I understand.

Delighted that Natalie Miller’s analysis of depression and survival among people living with cancer has been published, just before she presents the work at the American Psychosomatic Society conference! @connectAPS @ELSA_Study.

I did a long interview for this a few weeks ago, so it will be interesting to see what they come up with. @UCL_BSH @ELSA_Study

Very pleased to have supported @ediputra_ign in his analysis of how a history of high body weight predicts depression mortality independently of current weight in two US longitudinal cohorts. @UCL_BSH.

Our research on the benefits of tea for stress and cardiovascular risk that was carried out nearly two decades ago has been featured in Michael Mosley’s Just One Thing series this week. I still don’t drink as much tea as coffee... @UCL_BSH

Delighted that our methodological paper comparing salivary and hair cortisol has been published, thanks to @SinghClaudio and @BiancaSerwinski. @UCL_BSH.

I’m delighted that Mikaela Bloomberg’s analysis of physical activity and sleep in cognitive ageing has appeared in Lancet Healthy Longevity. Great work, and watch out for her Lancet podcast @UCL_BSH @ELSA_Study.

I'm very pleased that our study on the impact of mental and physical health during the pandemic on older people’s retirement plans has been published. Interesting results. Congratulations to @cclarynn, @Jingmin_Zhu and @PZaninotto. @UCL_BSH @ELSA_Study.

I'm looking forward to giving a presentation on positive psychological wellbeing and health at the LSE next week. @UCL_BSH

I’m proud to figure in the latest Stanford science-wide citation rankings in the top 800 of the most cited 100,000 scientists worldwide - as does my dear wife Jane, even though she died more than 7 years ago. @UCL_BSH.

Delighted that @Daisy_Fancourt and I have been funded to work on the psychological, social and economic aspects of musculoskeletal conditions by The Nuffield Foundation and Versus Arthritis. @BSH_UCL @ELSA_Study @UCL_SBB

RT @ThamaraTapiaM: Please check our new paper. Using data from @ELSA_Study, HRS and SHARE, we found that older adults living in countries w…

Delighted that work led by @Daisy_Fancourt and @FeifeiBu using the COVID-19 Social Study shows sustained increases in depression and anxiety in long- vs short-COVID. Interesting propensity matching approach. @UCL_BSH. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2022.155

Interested in life course epidemiology? We are looking for a research fellow to work on a new life history module in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. UCL jobs Ref B02-00092. @UCL_BSH @ELSA_Study.