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Evangeline Tabor | Research Fellow at UCL @clscohorts.bsky.social | PhD in LGBTQ+ health | they/them 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (views my own)

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Evie Tabor @evietabor.bsky.social · 22d

This blog is based on our comment with @dylankneale.bsky.social in @sllshome.bsky.social journal: doi.org/10.1332/1757...

Evie Tabor @evietabor.bsky.social · 22d

Blog from me and my wonderful colleague Dr Charis Bridger Staatz!

LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 22d

💥New: “Dancing in the Rain” – How to better recognise the impact of longitudinal studies and research infrastructure

✍️ Charis Bridger Staatz & @evietabor.bsky.social

#ResearchImpact #LongitudinalData #SocialScience @clscohorts.bsky.social

“Dancing in the Rain” – How to better recognise the impact of longitudinal studies and research infrastructure - Impact of Social Sciences

How can the impact of longitudinal datasets that are developed over the course of decades be better recognised?

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @clscohorts.bsky.social · 29d

We're excited to announce CLS will lead the first new nationally representative UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years. Generation New Era will follow the lives of more than 30,000 babies born in 2026, during their early years, and potentially beyond. Read more: bit.ly/4gfttBP

Photo of three babies lying on the carpet

Graphic describing some of the key features of the study: 30,000 babies will take part, it is the first new UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years, babies will be age 9-11 months at the first survey, and 3-4 years at the second survey.

Graphic showing sample sizes in the four UK countries: 16,300 babies in England, 5,000 babies in Scotland, 4,500 babies in Wales, and 4,200 babies in Northern Ireland.

Graphic describing some of the elements of the study. This includes boosts for ethnic minority and low income families, interviews with fathers as well as mothers, consent to linkage to administrative data.

Evie Tabor @evietabor.bsky.social · Sep 4

We used brilliant data from @clscohorts.bsky.social, @usociety.bsky.social, and @elsa-study.bsky.social which allowed us to look in detail at asthma in LGBTQ+ people in the UK

Evie Tabor @evietabor.bsky.social · Sep 4

The open-access article can be found here: doi.org/10.1016/j.pu...

Evie Tabor @evietabor.bsky.social · Sep 4

Lastly, we looked at the role of smoking and found that it played only a small role (despite higher LGBTQ+ smoking rates). Further work looking at stress, discrimination, and environmental factors could be important!

Evie Tabor @evietabor.bsky.social · Sep 4

Lung function was also poorer in LGBTQ+ respondents - this study is one of the first to look at this objective measure of lung health in UK LGBTQ+ people

Evie Tabor @evietabor.bsky.social · Sep 4

We also found asthma disparities widened over time and seemed to emerge in late adolescence / early adulthood

Evie Tabor @evietabor.bsky.social · Sep 4

We found bisexuals and LGBTQ+ women had the greatest disparities in asthma compared to their heterosexual counterparts

Evie Tabor @evietabor.bsky.social · Sep 4

This work from my PhD is now out in the world! With @dylankneale.bsky.social and Prof Praveetha Patalay, I looked at asthma disparities in UK LGBTQ+ people

UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @clscohorts.bsky.social · Sep 4

New @ioe.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk research finds that sexual minority adults in the UK are more likely to be diagnosed with asthma than their heterosexual peers, with health disparities between them worsening across life.

Read more on the CLS website: bit.ly/466Hopc

LGBTQ+ adults at greater risk of asthma | CLS

Sexual minority women and bisexual adults are at the greatest risk of asthma, with disparities between them and their heterosexual counterparts worsening across life.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 26

Tens of thousands of people take to streets for London Trans+ Pride 2025

Tens of thousands of people take to streets for London Trans+ Pride 2025

Event becomes biggest of its kind as more than 100,000 turn out to support its ‘existence and resistance’ theme More than 100,000 people took to the streets for London Trans+ Pride 2025 on Saturday, making it the biggest such event in the world, organisers said. The route wound through the centre of the capital’s most famous sites, taking in Regent’s Street, Piccadilly and Trafalgar Square. It concluded at Parliament Square with speakers including Heartstopper and Doctor Who actor Yasmin Finney. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Darío Moreno-Agostino @dmorenoagostino.bsky.social · Jun 18

📢 Job opportunity! 📢

I am recruiting a 2-year postdoc to join me at @clscohorts.bsky.social to work on a SUPER exciting project on the quantitative study of intersectional inequalities in youth mental health across time and place!

See www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... for more info and how to apply!

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Evie Tabor @evietabor.bsky.social · Jun 17

We also had three brilliant responses from colleagues at the @eppicentre.bsky.social, @usociety.bsky.social and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Australia reflecting on challenges and approaches in their own contexts

Evie Tabor @evietabor.bsky.social · Jun 17

We use examples from the @clscohorts.bsky.social and the 1946 cohort to illustrate the challenges and opportunities of longitudinal data for research impact and discuss how the more nuanced, complex and subtle elements of impact can be understood

Evie Tabor @evietabor.bsky.social · Jun 17

New comment from Dr Charis Bridger Staatz, @dylankneale.bsky.social and me on measuring and evaluating research impact from longitudinal studies in @sllshome.bsky.social journal
doi.org/10.1332/1757...

Screenshot of article pdf reading: COMMENTARY
Re-considering ‘impact’ for longitudinal
social science research: towards more scientific
approaches to theorising and measuring the
influence of cohort studies
Charis Bridger Staatz, charis.staatz.17@ucl.ac.uk
Evangeline Tabor, evangeline.tabor.18@ucl.ac.uk
Dylan Kneale, d.kneale@ucl.ac.uk
University College London, UK

Evie Tabor @evietabor.bsky.social · Jun 9

A new working paper from me!

UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @clscohorts.bsky.social · Jun 9

Millennium Cohort Study research was key in influencing practice and policy efforts to legally recognise the impact of domestic abuse on children's wellbeing. Read more in a new CLS working paper, which presents a rapid review and a case study of the potential of such research: buff.ly/S2PsxzP

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Emily Zhou @emializh.bsky.social · May 1

every gender transition is a statement in favor of human possibility and freedom and i’m tired of hearing it talked about like it’s some kind of disease

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Willem Stander @willemjstander.bsky.social · Apr 8

Funded PhD opportunity about LGBTQ+ people & adult social care with an incredible supervisory team at the University of Bristol consisting of Profs @jasonschaub.bsky.social & David Abbott. Applications due 15/05/25 with PhD starting September 2025. More info here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMP621/p...

PhD Studentship: LGBTQ+ people and adult social care at University of Bristol

Discover a PhD Studentship: LGBTQ+ people and adult social care on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other PhD opportunities.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · Apr 7

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.

Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

Evie Tabor @evietabor.bsky.social · Mar 31

Happy Trans Day of Visibility!! Love and solidarity always 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

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UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @clscohorts.bsky.social · Mar 20

📢 CLS wants your help to shape the content of the next cohort study surveys 📢

⏱️Submit your ideas by Friday, 16 May 2025 via the links below:

👉 The joint NCDS and BCS70 web survey - buff.ly/mmTudlI

👉 The web survey of parents and carers of MCS participants - buff.ly/6YLBL5t

Evie Tabor @evietabor.bsky.social · Mar 19

My lovely friend is looking for participants for her PhD:

A poster reading:
Does your work impact your health?
We invite you to take part in a groundbreaking study exploring the effects of work on women's chronic health.

Eligibility:
Women aged 30-40
Living and working in London
Works from an office/desk
Either formally or self-diagnosed with a functional somatic disorder

Participation involves:
A 2 hour in-person interview (April-June 2025)
A short drawing activity
Interviews will be anonymised

For the purposes of this study functional somatic disorders include:
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)
Fibromyalgia
Tension headaches/TMJ
Functional Neurological disorder (FND)
Hyperventilation/ breathing dyspnea
Chronic dizziness and/or chest pains
Multisensory sensitivity disorder

This study does not cover:
Neurodivergence (ADHD/ autism etc)
Long-covid or covid related illnesses
Endometriosis
Mental health conditions (although these may be present as comorbidities)
Pregnancy or gynaecological issues
Disorders of the organs or bones
Cancers

Contact Rosie Mathers, PhD Researcher at UCL: rosie.mathers.16@ucl.ac.uk

Evie Tabor @evietabor.bsky.social · Mar 10

Huge thanks to my co-author
@jdcarpentieri.bsky.social for all his help and to all the fantastic scholars who inspired this short piece

Evie Tabor @evietabor.bsky.social · Mar 10

We use BCS70 from @clscohorts.bsky.social as our example of a dataset which hosts unique data which could be used to really dig into topics such as LGBTQ+ health

Evie Tabor @evietabor.bsky.social · Mar 10

Had the opportunity to write about fun potential ways of working with LGBTQ+ data when the data wasn't necessarily collected for studying queer people and their lives: doi.org/10.1017/S002... (open access)

Excavating LGBTQ+ lives in the birth cohort: an exploration of pen portraits and data storytelling | Journal of Biosocial Science | Cambridge Core

Excavating LGBTQ+ lives in the birth cohort: an exploration of pen portraits and data storytelling