Do you have strong research software engineering skills who wants to make a real-world impact? We are looking for a Senior Research Associate/Research Fellow in Genetic Epidemiology Research (Software Engineer). Apply by 14th September. www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Work done in collaboration with Marie Standl @www.helmholtz-munich.de Sara Brown @uoe-igc.bsky.social Sinéad Langan @lshtm.bsky.social and Ashley Budu-Aggrey, alumnus of my group. With many many more contributors of data and analysis!

New research on genetics of eczema - found interaction between IL7R locus and dog exposure. Not sufficient evidence to suggest getting a dog, but important insight into how one particular mechanism might be influenced by the environment onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @uob-ieu.bsky.social

Are you looking for a PhD in health data science and/or dermatology? We have a studentship available that will use multiomic data for prediction in eczema. Closing 6th June. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Patient and public webinar discussing the findings from Biomap, a European-wide academic/industry consortium www.linkedin.com/posts/biomap...

Touched by the responses I’ve had. I wished I’d mentioned the brilliant book by @magswatson1.bsky.social Women in Academia:
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#InternationalWomenDay
#IWD

A brilliant piece on IWD about women in academia by @katrinaturner.bsky.social. I’ve had the privilege of hearing Katrina’s words of wisdom before and they’ve stuck!

Thrilled to be awarded a LEO grant to launch the Skin Genetics Consortium - to undertake global GWAS for all common skin conditions tinyurl.com/52jzv7ab

Muddy face, happy place

In response to the final few seconds in this podcast, that CB is something to be aware of but really hard to actually DO anything about. Here’s our suggestions in the genetic epidemiology context: journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...

Some strategies to deal with collider bias (in the context of genetic epidemiology) in our paper here: journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...

Some said it couldn’t be done. That it was impossible; ridiculous; absurd. But @tomchivers.bsky.social and I have done it: recorded a whole podcast episode about collider bias. www.thestudiesshowpod.com/p/episode-57...

🎨 In case anyone need…

The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏!

Check it out 👇
bioart.niaid.nih.gov

Find your people open.spotify.com/track/6GuyIX...

Discussing research/workplace culture with my group this week, so finding a more positive online place for academic discussion feels very fitting. Feel free to comment your own top research culture tips

I am co-leading a very hands on short course (5 days spread over 2 weeks) on Genetic Epidemiology through the Bristol Medical School. There is a discounted rate for students from for lower and middle income countries. direct link to sign up: www.bristol.ac.uk/medical-scho...