Anna Dearman
@annadearman.bsky.social
Bio-social mental health researcher 🧠🧬 | 41yo interdisciplinary Soc-B PhD student & ex Senior Research Officer @ Uni of Essex | MSc Bioinformatics | BSc (Hons) Biomed | Ex lab person 🧪👩🔬 | Own views
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Anna Dearman
@annadearman.bsky.social
· Feb 3
New paper! What's going on in our bodies when we experience poor #MentalHealth ?
Explainer: www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...
#ICYMI #proteomics #psychology #PopulationHealth #PublicHealth #Epidemiology #BioSocial #BioPsychoSocial #biomarkers
Explainer: www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...
#ICYMI #proteomics #psychology #PopulationHealth #PublicHealth #Epidemiology #BioSocial #BioPsychoSocial #biomarkers
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I'm old enough to remember when "armed agents of the federal government raiding churches on Christmas" was not, in fact, a cornerstone of the Republican Party's agenda.
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I'm old enough to remember when "armed agents of the federal government raiding churches on Christmas" was not, in fact, a cornerstone of the Republican Party's agenda.
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Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
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Thank you Zack Polanski for saying what needs to be said
‘This is extreme. This is inhumane. This is government of cowards.
‘I am furious - so many people are furious’ 👏
‘This is extreme. This is inhumane. This is government of cowards.
‘I am furious - so many people are furious’ 👏
“They went for pensioners, they went for the disabled, and now they’re going for people fleeing war and conflict. I am furious — this government should hang their heads in shame.”
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Thank you Zack Polanski for saying what needs to be said
‘This is extreme. This is inhumane. This is government of cowards.
‘I am furious - so many people are furious’ 👏
‘This is extreme. This is inhumane. This is government of cowards.
‘I am furious - so many people are furious’ 👏
There's a new documentary today called "Hitler's DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator" - but DNA is not a blueprint! See below.
Your genome is not a blueprint. A thread about misleading metaphors in science communication. 🧬🧪 1/n
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
There's a new documentary today called "Hitler's DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator" - but DNA is not a blueprint! See below.
A reminder that there are things we can do.
I give to War Child / Save the Children / etc near my late Mum's birthday, because it's what she would have done 💔❤️🩹
Donate here:
www.warchild.org.uk/donate-today...
I give to War Child / Save the Children / etc near my late Mum's birthday, because it's what she would have done 💔❤️🩹
Donate here:
www.warchild.org.uk/donate-today...
November 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A reminder that there are things we can do.
I give to War Child / Save the Children / etc near my late Mum's birthday, because it's what she would have done 💔❤️🩹
Donate here:
www.warchild.org.uk/donate-today...
I give to War Child / Save the Children / etc near my late Mum's birthday, because it's what she would have done 💔❤️🩹
Donate here:
www.warchild.org.uk/donate-today...
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
As MSP sang: "prejudice burns brighter when it's all we have to burn"
Social security is a human right.
When it's torn away fear and division fill the gap.
amn.st/63329A7uPZ
When it's torn away fear and division fill the gap.
amn.st/63329A7uPZ
Welfare cuts have fuelled rise of far right and populism, top UN expert says
Exclusive: Poverty rapporteur says governments must rethink welfare state as essential to fabric of society
amn.st
October 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
As MSP sang: "prejudice burns brighter when it's all we have to burn"
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Is Peston suggesting that Western democracies (albeit, apartheid states) should get a free pass on genocide?
This raises all kinds of questions, not least over whether, if equally capable of committing crimes against humanity, liberal democracy has any value other than being a Get Out of Jail card
This raises all kinds of questions, not least over whether, if equally capable of committing crimes against humanity, liberal democracy has any value other than being a Get Out of Jail card
Peston cuts Zack Polanski off because Zack points out that yes Israel should be boycotted because they Torture Western citizens, including from the UK.
October 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Is Peston suggesting that Western democracies (albeit, apartheid states) should get a free pass on genocide?
This raises all kinds of questions, not least over whether, if equally capable of committing crimes against humanity, liberal democracy has any value other than being a Get Out of Jail card
This raises all kinds of questions, not least over whether, if equally capable of committing crimes against humanity, liberal democracy has any value other than being a Get Out of Jail card
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Can we all just shout about how despicable it is to scapegoat migrants for everything? Can we just stop being too polite or shy about it? Can we condemn it at work, with friends, family, on SM, everywhere? Can we just not keep calm & carry on until it’s too late?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Stop blaming migrants and tackle UK’s real problems, 100 charities tell home secretary
A letter warns Shabana Mahmood that ‘targeting refugees will do nothing to tackle’ problems with housing and the NHS
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Can we all just shout about how despicable it is to scapegoat migrants for everything? Can we just stop being too polite or shy about it? Can we condemn it at work, with friends, family, on SM, everywhere? Can we just not keep calm & carry on until it’s too late?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Here are some random exploratory plots for you - looks like women report better social support from family and friends than men regardless of marital status, while partnered men report better partner support than partnered women do
September 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Here are some random exploratory plots for you - looks like women report better social support from family and friends than men regardless of marital status, while partnered men report better partner support than partnered women do
Not candidate gene studies being cited in a 2025 neuroscience course 😖
September 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Not candidate gene studies being cited in a 2025 neuroscience course 😖
It was great to contribute to this study for @usociety.bsky.social on the epigenetic correlates of major depression, and to be listed alongside such incredible co-authors!
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
A methylome-wide association study of major depression with out-of-sample case–control classification and trans-ancestry comparison - Nature Mental Health
The authors report a meta-analysis of methylome-wide association studies, identifying 15 significant CpG sites linked to major depression, revealing associations with inflammatory markers and suggesti...
www.nature.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
It was great to contribute to this study for @usociety.bsky.social on the epigenetic correlates of major depression, and to be listed alongside such incredible co-authors!
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
September 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
Wake me up when someone with a shred of decency and leadership is running the UK
Thousands join an emergency protest to demand the UK government to arrest Israeli President Issac Herzog when he lands in Britain today.
September 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Wake me up when someone with a shred of decency and leadership is running the UK
I had a great time at the British Society for Population Studies @bspsuk.bsky.social conference this week. I've written a blog post about what I learned - check it out at the link below!
peoplescienceuk.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/w...
#BSPS2025
peoplescienceuk.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/w...
#BSPS2025
September 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I had a great time at the British Society for Population Studies @bspsuk.bsky.social conference this week. I've written a blog post about what I learned - check it out at the link below!
peoplescienceuk.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/w...
#BSPS2025
peoplescienceuk.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/w...
#BSPS2025
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September 5, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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BBC: "We're just reporting what the Israeli Defence Forces have said..."
Exactly.
Exactly.
August 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
BBC: "We're just reporting what the Israeli Defence Forces have said..."
Exactly.
Exactly.
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BREAKING: At least 71 Palestinians, including 24 aid seekers, have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the latest 24-hour reporting period, says Gaza’s Health Ministry.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/r3s7v3
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/r3s7v3
August 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
BREAKING: At least 71 Palestinians, including 24 aid seekers, have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the latest 24-hour reporting period, says Gaza’s Health Ministry.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/r3s7v3
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/r3s7v3
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Latest processing of UK Biobank brain imaging data - now with 82,000 usable first-scan datasets. Correlating brain IDPs with 13,000 non-imaging variables gives a rich manhattan-stye plot. 324,000 Bonferroni-significant associations.
August 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Latest processing of UK Biobank brain imaging data - now with 82,000 usable first-scan datasets. Correlating brain IDPs with 13,000 non-imaging variables gives a rich manhattan-stye plot. 324,000 Bonferroni-significant associations.
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“We’re here to talk about A levels”
“Free Palestine the BBC is complicit” 💀💀
“Free Palestine the BBC is complicit” 💀💀
August 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“We’re here to talk about A levels”
“Free Palestine the BBC is complicit” 💀💀
“Free Palestine the BBC is complicit” 💀💀
I read the word "endpoint" in the context of EWAS disease phenotypes today, and I think it's important to frame diseases in this way because it reminds you to think about everything upstream!
August 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I read the word "endpoint" in the context of EWAS disease phenotypes today, and I think it's important to frame diseases in this way because it reminds you to think about everything upstream!
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Genetic "optimization" of embryos appears to be becoming mainstream. The narrative currently is largely controlled by startups that range across the spectrum from hardcore snake-oil to well-intentioned & occasionally strong domain expertise. But these are not neutral parties. 1/
July 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Genetic "optimization" of embryos appears to be becoming mainstream. The narrative currently is largely controlled by startups that range across the spectrum from hardcore snake-oil to well-intentioned & occasionally strong domain expertise. But these are not neutral parties. 1/
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This is one of the best ideas I've heard in ages.
July 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
This is one of the best ideas I've heard in ages.