Wow. Thank you for the brilliant paper - a huge amount of work! I had a scan and am looking forward to having a proper read. And thank you for the kind shout out :)

Aloha mai,

Our paper on the role of men & partners in intergenerational health is finally out after 3+ years!

Adopting a transdisciplinary lens, we were particularly inspired by women who've sounded the alarm on imbalanced research & responsibility for years.

authors.elsevier.com/a/1mnE6V-4XW...

cycle-track-study.com/pilot-study

Ever had a period? 🩸

We’re developing new research to better understand menstrual health, and we'd love your help.

You can take part in our pilot questionnaire if you’re:
- Aged 18–65
- Live in the UK, and
- Have ever menstruated

Please share with your networks - every experience matters.

🙏

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LinkedIn is so weird. Someone posted that cute video of Kermit singing ABC with a kid who keeps saying Cookie Monster and giggling. But the caption was about leadership and the comments were like “I see presence build trust faster than authority, teams perform when they feel genuinely seen” 🤢

Allowing myself some time on my holiday to reflect on wtf I’m doing with my life. This pretty much summed it up 😫

Join our team! We’re looking for an experienced lab assistant to generate DNA methylation data from thousands of menstrual fluid samples collected in Children of the 90s and Born in Bradford.

£33,951, full time, in person in Exeter (EX2). Closes 18th January 2026.

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This is the best work I’ve seen all year. And I can confidently state that by the late 80s/early 90s in Somerset, Uncle Billy had been in a very unfortunate accident on the M5

Wait, what? And… why? If we’re just going to AI generate participants, we may as well give up now. What’s the point? Like… why are you even here?

(If you find that the link above doesn’t take you to the right place, please go to jobs.exeter.ac.uk and search for “epidemiology” - it’s the top one)

I’m recruiting a postdoctoral fellow in epidemiology to join the MenstruLife project - using longitudinal data from multiple cohort studies to understand the prevalence, risk factors, and mental health impacts of heavy menstrual bleeding and dysmenorrhea across the life course.

lnkd.in/ebQFYxd5

To be fair, over on LinkedIn, they’re all loving AI. It may as well be a bunch of bots talking to each other. Weird place.

Meanwhile, Stan and I are getting rid of all our non-stick pans and wrapping our heads in foil.

I’m enjoying how much everyone in my feed hates AI. I speak to students and they hate it too (despite not being old women like me). Can we just agree to get rid of it now?

This is exactly what I’m looking for Lorenzo, thank you! Will have a good read…

@mendelrandom.bsky.social @ecehh.org #epibluesky

I have become mightily interested in the causal effect of “forever chemicals” and plastics on gynecological health.

I want to make sure our new menstruation data in ALSPAC and Born in Bradford can be used to research this.

Anyone know who’s big in (causal) epidemiology of this sort of exposure?

Huge congratulations, George. So so well deserved. I’ve learnt an incredible amount from you and your work has inspired thousands. Very nice of the MRC to recognise your amazing contributions! 😊

@churnwell.bsky.social

Picture of health: going to art galleries can improve wellbeing, study reveals Viewing original works of art can relieve stress, cut heart disease risk and boost immune system, first study of its kind finds

Unpopular maybe, but we should firmly resist this kind of banal medicalization of cultural and aesthetic experience. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

One of the greatest two minutes of television ever broadcast.

I’m off sick. In related news, I’ve made a Shiny app that displays random pictures of my cat. I’ve also styled it (accidentally) on how the internet looked in 2001. Thanks for your time. gcsharp.shinyapps.io/is-it-beans/

This is going to be SO useful… I love this sort of academic work. Repositories that make data accessible all in one place are 👌 And there’s even a bloody R package too! 🙏

We are currently particularly low on responses from:
- Male healthcare professionals
- People in Ireland
- People under 16
- People from minoritised ethnic groups
 
We would love to ensure these people’s voices are represented

Thanks for your help!

exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

In our first survey, we received over 1500 questions, which we've grouped into 42. We’re now running a second survey (open to people in the UK or Ireland) where we’re asking people to choose their top 10 most important questions.

Please share/fill in yourself: exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Poster explaining what the researchers are trying to do

Are your periods too heavy, long, unpredictable, frequent/infrequent, or involve bleeding in between? Or do you care for someone with this issue?

Please consider filling out our survey: exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... to find the most important research questions on Problematic Menstrual Bleeding

Do you have heavy or painful menstrual periods? If so, please consider filling in our short survey so that we can better understand how these symptoms interact with mental health and wellbeing. exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Molecular Epidemiology
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Hybrid/On-site
Exeter, United Kingdom #Epijobs
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Period pain and heavy bleeding linked with lower school attendance and GCSE results – new study Many people, including teenagers, struggle with menstrual symptoms that affect their health and wellbeing.

The article, in case you’d like to engage with it (in surprise and sadness) on any deeper level: theconversation.com/period-pain-...

Quite proud of this actually. Since I deleted my Twitter account, I haven’t had a place where I can be told off for colluding with other academics to erase women. It looks like this article in the Conversation about periods and GCSEs has now filled that gap. 👏

Researchers from the #GW4Alliance unis of @exeter.ac.uk and @bristoluni.bsky.social have been awarded $4.5million to drive new research into heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) and its causes:

Read the latest: gw4.ac.uk/news/groundb...