Richard Patterson
@richpatter.bsky.social
Public health scientist.
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Interested in a PhD in 'Social Inequalities and Adolescent Health Behaviours' (for Oct 2026)? See here for a PhD jointly supervised with Prof Jessica Barrett, MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge www.cam-dtp.ac.uk/students/cur... 🛟🧪@socsocmed.bsky.social
2026 Studentship Opportunities - CAM-DTP
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September 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Interested in a PhD in 'Social Inequalities and Adolescent Health Behaviours' (for Oct 2026)? See here for a PhD jointly supervised with Prof Jessica Barrett, MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge www.cam-dtp.ac.uk/students/cur... 🛟🧪@socsocmed.bsky.social
Apply for a PhD studentship in public health within our team. www.cam-dtp.ac.uk/students/cur...
2026 Studentship Opportunities - CAM-DTP
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September 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Apply for a PhD studentship in public health within our team. www.cam-dtp.ac.uk/students/cur...
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New research by Caroline Kienast-von-Einam et al. into changes in cycling behavior following residential relocation, finds most participants didn't base relocation decisions on cycling intentions, and physical and social changes were far more important in shaping cycling behaviour.
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September 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
New research by Caroline Kienast-von-Einam et al. into changes in cycling behavior following residential relocation, finds most participants didn't base relocation decisions on cycling intentions, and physical and social changes were far more important in shaping cycling behaviour.
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Health & Place paper by Richard Patterson and colleagues examines the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of residential neighbourhood walkability and takeaway food availability with markers of adiposity separately and combined.
Read at buff.ly/XY8Hrqg
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August 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Health & Place paper by Richard Patterson and colleagues examines the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of residential neighbourhood walkability and takeaway food availability with markers of adiposity separately and combined.
Read at buff.ly/XY8Hrqg
Read at buff.ly/XY8Hrqg
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This webinar will introduce the updated MRC/NIHR framework for the conduct and use of natural experimental evaluations.
Fri 23 May, 1200 to 1315 BST
Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f01e66...
Fri 23 May, 1200 to 1315 BST
Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f01e66...
May 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
This webinar will introduce the updated MRC/NIHR framework for the conduct and use of natural experimental evaluations.
Fri 23 May, 1200 to 1315 BST
Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f01e66...
Fri 23 May, 1200 to 1315 BST
Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f01e66...
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You've heard of the many analysts projects, right?
Scholars give the same dataset/question to a bunch of researchers & they still get different answers.
Why is that?
Data cleaning!
This is consistent with Gelman's "garden of forking paths." Small coding decisions often drive results.
Scholars give the same dataset/question to a bunch of researchers & they still get different answers.
Why is that?
Data cleaning!
This is consistent with Gelman's "garden of forking paths." Small coding decisions often drive results.
May 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
You've heard of the many analysts projects, right?
Scholars give the same dataset/question to a bunch of researchers & they still get different answers.
Why is that?
Data cleaning!
This is consistent with Gelman's "garden of forking paths." Small coding decisions often drive results.
Scholars give the same dataset/question to a bunch of researchers & they still get different answers.
Why is that?
Data cleaning!
This is consistent with Gelman's "garden of forking paths." Small coding decisions often drive results.
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This is excellent. Well done Alena, Eleanor and team.
Young adults generally become more active after starting work, but sleep less – unless working from home.
New analysis of @usociety.bsky.social with Alena Oxenham, @adam-martin.bsky.social @hannahfairbrother.bsky.social @mrcepid.bsky.social Esther van Sluijs
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New analysis of @usociety.bsky.social with Alena Oxenham, @adam-martin.bsky.social @hannahfairbrother.bsky.social @mrcepid.bsky.social Esther van Sluijs
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New job, new habits? A multilevel interrupted time series analysis of changes in diet, physical activity and sleep among young adults starting work for the first time - International Journal of Behavi...
Background The workplace is an important determinant of health that people are exposed to for the first-time during adolescence or early adulthood. This study investigates how diet, physical activity,...
ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com
March 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM
This is excellent. Well done Alena, Eleanor and team.
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🚨 New Research Alert! 🚨
In our latest study we found that:
🍔 Online food delivery services (OFDS) use increased from 16% to 25% in just three years.
🏠 The impact of physical food outlets on out-of-home meal consumption is weakening as OFDS availability grows.
In our latest study we found that:
🍔 Online food delivery services (OFDS) use increased from 16% to 25% in just three years.
🏠 The impact of physical food outlets on out-of-home meal consumption is weakening as OFDS availability grows.
Physical and online food outlet availability and its influence on out-of-home dietary behaviours in Great Britain: A repeated cross-sectional study
As online food delivery service (OFDS) platforms gain popularity, understanding their impact on diet alongside physical food outlets is important for …
www.sciencedirect.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
🚨 New Research Alert! 🚨
In our latest study we found that:
🍔 Online food delivery services (OFDS) use increased from 16% to 25% in just three years.
🏠 The impact of physical food outlets on out-of-home meal consumption is weakening as OFDS availability grows.
In our latest study we found that:
🍔 Online food delivery services (OFDS) use increased from 16% to 25% in just three years.
🏠 The impact of physical food outlets on out-of-home meal consumption is weakening as OFDS availability grows.
The dry stone wall metaphor for systematic reviewing.
"Whereas the conventional systematic reviewer’s task is statistical (to summarise data), the dry stone wall reviewer’s task is interpretive (to make sense of those data)."
"Whereas the conventional systematic reviewer’s task is statistical (to summarise data), the dry stone wall reviewer’s task is interpretive (to make sense of those data)."
In the excitement over our new review of PAs, I forgot to tell you about the OTHER paper published in BMJ today, my commentary on the challenges of doing systematic reviews of evidence when there's no RCTs and most of the primary studies were unique and non-standardised.🧪
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Systematic reviews of non-RCT evidence: building dry stone walls
To bake good cookies, start with good cookie dough. To use a different metaphor, to build a brick wall, take a large collection of bricks—all the same size and in perfect shape—and line them up neatly...
www.bmj.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The dry stone wall metaphor for systematic reviewing.
"Whereas the conventional systematic reviewer’s task is statistical (to summarise data), the dry stone wall reviewer’s task is interpretive (to make sense of those data)."
"Whereas the conventional systematic reviewer’s task is statistical (to summarise data), the dry stone wall reviewer’s task is interpretive (to make sense of those data)."
Living in more walkable neighbourhoods with lower availability of takeaway food outlets is associated with lower adiposity and improved trends over time.
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February 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Living in more walkable neighbourhoods with lower availability of takeaway food outlets is associated with lower adiposity and improved trends over time.
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ICYMI: Our new paper on the impact of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy is out. 19 months after implementation, we found that households purchased 7.5g less sugar from soft drinks compared to expected - equivalent to a 2.6% reduction. nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl...
February 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
ICYMI: Our new paper on the impact of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy is out. 19 months after implementation, we found that households purchased 7.5g less sugar from soft drinks compared to expected - equivalent to a 2.6% reduction. nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl...
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We are looking for a data scientist to help us process and combine GPS and PA data, could it be you or someone you know? Deadline 18 Feb www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49988/
Data Scientist (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Data Scientist (Fixed Term) in the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
January 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We are looking for a data scientist to help us process and combine GPS and PA data, could it be you or someone you know? Deadline 18 Feb www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49988/