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Katie Sarah Taylor
@katie-taylor.bsky.social
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Social epidemiology PhD @UCL | Social determinants of life course health
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Katie Sarah Taylor @katie-taylor.bsky.social · Mar 5
Thanks, Melissa! I completely agree. We controlled for baseline BMI (measured at the same time as social connections) to address reverse causation. It would be really interesting to explore the bidirectional relationship further with cross-lagged panel models!
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Katie Sarah Taylor @katie-taylor.bsky.social · Mar 5
Check out this blog written about my first PhD study exploring the role of adolescent social connections in adiposity 🤩
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Equalise: ESRC Centre for Lifecourse Health Equity @equalise.bsky.social · Mar 2
Interesting new blog from @katie-taylor.bsky.social and colleagues @ucl.ac.uk showing strong teenage friendships could be a route to a healthier weight in later life. childofourtimeblog.org.uk/2025/02/coul...
Could strong teenage friendships be a route to healthier weight in later life?
Obesity is a major concern for policymakers and society more widely. In the United Kingdom rates of obesity have doubled since 1990, the House of Commons heard recently, with two thirds of adults c…
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Katie Sarah Taylor @katie-taylor.bsky.social · Jan 20
2/2 Findings 🔎

Stronger peer connections = flatter trajectories 📉
Stronger family ties = steeper trajectories 📈

This shows the nuanced role of adolescent relationships in shaping long-term health 💡

My later PhD studies extend these findings to other life stages & adiposity outcomes ✍️
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Katie Sarah Taylor @katie-taylor.bsky.social · Jan 20
1/2 Thrilled my 1st PhD study on how adolescent social connections influence BMI trajectories has been published🎉

Huge thanks to my coauthors @yvonne-kelly.bsky.social @tattanbirch.bsky.social @martindanka.bsky.social, Liam Wright, Daisy Fancourt, Ellie Iob 🤝

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Social connections with family and friends in adolescence: Shaping body mass index trajectories into adulthood
To investigate whether adolescent social connections influence body mass index (BMI) trajectories into adulthood and explore whether associations are …
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Harry Tattan-Birch @tattanbirch.bsky.social · Jan 20
Will the disposable vape ban help reduce youth vaping?

We discuss this in our editorial out today. Our conclusion:

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Great to work alongside Katie East and Eve Taylor on this one!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
England's disposable vape ban: An inadequate solution to youth vaping with potential unintended consequences
Click on the article title to read more.
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Katie Sarah Taylor @katie-taylor.bsky.social · Dec 18

❗ New @marmotihe.bsky.social report:

🏡 Housing and health crises are inseparable.

💰 Poor quality housing costs the NHS £1.4bn/yr.

📈 Inequalities grow as affordable homes fall short.

🤝 Investors, housing associations, & govt must act together.

www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-re...
Building Health Equity: The Role of the Property Sector in Improving Health - Institute of Health Equity
Building Health Equity: The Role of the Property Sector in Improving Health
www.instituteofhealthequity.org
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Katie Sarah Taylor @katie-taylor.bsky.social · Dec 9
Such a fascinating talk from @enrico-ucl.bsky.social about his experience with the Open Innovation Team 👏🏽

Great to learn some tips on how academics can better engage with policy makers - especially the power or LinkedIn 🤝🏽

#policy #research #linkedin
Enrico sitting down and presenting his title slide ‘Translating research into policy’.
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Katie Sarah Taylor @katie-taylor.bsky.social · Nov 7
We also had a brilliant causal inference workshop by Soc-Bs own @martindanka.bsky.social 🫶🏼

Martin managed to maintain a light-hearted, entertaining atmosphere that made learning complex concepts simple 👏🏻

I know the entire cohort has benefited from your hard work!

#causalinference #phd
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Katie Sarah Taylor @katie-taylor.bsky.social · Nov 7
Hopefully we will get another chance to chat 😊
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Katie Sarah Taylor @katie-taylor.bsky.social · Nov 7
A fantastic and engaging talk from @pwgtennant.bsky.social at our PhD workshop yesterday 👏🏻

Inspiring to see someone I’ve followed for a long time be so passionate about applying causal inference to social epidemiology 🤩

Excited to implement what I’ve learnt 🫡

#causalinference #phd #epidemiology
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