So we put together a fantastic team co-led by Melinda Mills. This work is built on the tenacity and perseverance of Aoxing Liu 🌟🌟 big help from Eva Akimova 🇺🇦 Xuejie Ding Sakari Jukarainen @FallTove and others not on Twitter Check here to explore the results: dsgelrs.shinyapps.io/DiseaseSpecifi…

Gender differences in #sleep disruption during #Covid_19: cross-sectional analyses from two UK nationally representative surveys. New research from Xuejie Ding, David Brazel & Melinda Mills using data from UKHLS and the cohort studies. BMJ_Open bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/4/e…

Nice coverage of our BMJ_Open article today in The Times and The Sunday Times Peta Bee w/ Xuejie Ding & David Brazel - Part of our European Research Council (ERC) CHRONO project

I’m so happy to be quoted on The Times and The Sunday Times on this great article about the sleep gender gap by Peta Bee.

🚨*PhD Positions*🚨 dropbox.com/s/6e859swjgif1… Interested in studying #inequality + #NatureAndNurture? Want to do a PhD? We are looking for 13 PhD students in Social Science Genetics across eight universities that constitute the European Social Science Genetics Network #ESSGN

Excited to share our new publication 📚 exploring the relationship between being an evening person, working nights & #sleep deficits. It's been a pleasure collaborating with such a fantastic team on this fun and insightful project! 🌟💤

NEW: Study finds that having the genetic predisposition to being an ‘evening person’ protects night shift workers against sleep loss. Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science analysed 53,211 workers between 2006-2018, to investigate if they had genetic tendencies to ‘eveningness’. #WorldSleepDay

Are university stakes making university spinouts unfundable? #UniversitySpinouts #Innovation A new study with Thomas Hellmann and Junida Mulla offers insights into the effects of university equity stakes on spinout fundraising. Link to study: tinyurl.com/ytk7srrr A short🧵:

🌟 "Delving into the depths of our #MentalHealth, our brilliant team is unraveling the intricate connection between #genetics, #sleep, and our well-being.#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek🧠💤

Our new JECH_BMJ study shows prepayment meter users in England & Wales are more likely to experience higher levels of social, economic & health deprivation demography.ox.ac.uk/news/prepaymen… The Leverhulme Trust Oxford Population Health (OxPop) Connecting Generations Melinda Mills Xuejie Ding Eva Akimova 🇺🇦 Kasimir Dederichs

32% men & 22% women aged 40 in Finland are childless Only ~4-5% is voluntary Why is this level so high? We know a lot about socioeconomic & structural reasons, but less about the role of disease... Our Nature Human Behaviour out 🧵 nature.com/articles/s4156…

Our latest work asks: How 414 diseases diagnosed early in life impact the lifetime chance to remain childless? Using within-sibs analysis, nationwide data from 🇸🇪 and 🇫🇮 we find large effect of mental health in ♂️ and metabolic disorders in ♀️ nature.com/articles/s4156…

Proud to be part of this groundbreaking research. Thanks to my amazing coauthors Aoxing Liu , Eva Akimova 🇺🇦 , Andrea ganna and Melinda Mills , and the support from Oxford Population Health (OxPop), University of Oxford, and The Leverhulme Trust. Don't miss it! ➡️ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…

New paper out! 1st try to understand interracial marriage in China! check out: Social Media Discourses on Interracial Intimacy: Tracking Racism and Sexism through Chinese Geo-located Social Media Data | Proceedings of the ACM on Web Conference 2024 dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.114…

Thrilled to share that I’m joining The University of Hong Kong as Assistant Professor in SWSA this Summer! Grateful to all who’ve supported me, especially Melinda Mills, Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science and WZB—for the mentorship, collaboration, and community along the way. 💛