
Dr Amrit Kaur Purba
@amritkpurba
Social media-Teens-Inequalities-Quant | Senior Research Associate @cambridge_uni | Views my own | Active here: linkedin.com/in/amrit-kaur-…
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🆕research led by Dr Amrit Kaur Purba finds teens who were on social media for more than 2hrs a day, were 2.5 times more likely to smoke cigarettes & 3 times more likely to use e-cigarettes, compared to those who used social media for 1-30mins a day. Read more 👉tinyurl.com/3cn8e7b2


Time spent on social media was associated with an increased risk of cigarette and e-cigarette use in teenagers, according to new research led by University of Glasgow’s Improving Health. More 👉 gla.ac/4cG8y8N


It was great to welcome the TARGET Reporting Guideline team to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to reach consensus on items for a #ReportingGuideline for target trial emulation. We look forward to the guideline being piloted and released in the coming year Sign up to contribute via redcap.link/target-piloting


A pleasure to be interviewed by the Medical Independent on my persective on how best to decode a public health approach to addressing social media concerns. A thought provoking piece! Oxford Internet Institute


The OII's Prof. Andrew Przybylski is collaborating with the Cambridge University team (@OrbenAmy and Dr Amrit Kaur Purba) on a new government research project on the impact of smartphones and social media on young people. Read more here: cam.ac.uk/research/news/…


Cambridge's Dr Dr Amrit Kaur Purba has contributed to an important new documentary from Idris Elba about breaking the cycle of knife crime. 📺 Watch now on iPlayer bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…