Learn our method for creating Household Units of Analysis from pseudonymised GP record data, creating valuable insights into the wider determinants of health. Free online course now available via @dataciseopen.bsky.social dataciseopenlearning.org/courses/adr-...

Machine learning algorithms could improve HIV, Hep B and Hep C testing strategies in primary care. New collaborative research by CEG and colleagues published this week in @bmc.springernature.com qmul.ac.uk/ceg/news/ite... 1/3

Machine learning algorithms could support early diagnosis of HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C in primary care settings

Researchers from the Clinical Effectiveness Group have collaborated on the first study to investigate the use of machine learning algorithms with primary care data to support testing for blood-borne v...

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📣 Registration now open 📣 *70th Society for Social Medicine & Population Health Conference & European Congress of Epidemiology 2026 * Dates: 9th - 11th September 2026, with an ECR event on 8th September Venue: Mile End Campus, Queen Mary University of London, London Register here: bit.ly/4d75tRz

Children who change address in early life are less likely to be protected against measles and other infections. Our research published in @ijpds.bsky.social suggests the need to review the immunisation status of children newly registered with GPs doi.org/10.23889/ijp...

Why do countries keep misdiagnosing inequity? Our umbrella review shows equity is built through welfare, housing and regulation, not behaviour lectures. Low agency. High impact. @bmc.springernature.com @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @qmul-ceg.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Public health policies and interventions to address health inequities in high-income countries: an umbrella review - BMC Public Health

Background Health inequity: defined as systematic and avoidable difference in health outcome, remain entrenched across high-income countries, with socioeconomic gaps in life expectancy exceeding 7–10 ...

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Almost everyone is registered with a GP, so could health records provide up-to-date population statistics that are as reliable as the Census? We found they can! New research published today in @ijpds.bsky.social, with @popdatascisu.bsky.social & Uni of Edinburgh 📄✨ www.qmul.ac.uk/ceg/news/ite...

Electronic Health Records can provide reliable, up-to-date statistics about a population

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We had a fabulous time meeting everyone at #NewScientistLive this week – children, teens, adults and dinosaurs! Thank you to everyone who stopped by to talk about school meals and play ‘balance the budget’ with us. @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @engageqm.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social

Day 2 @ #NewScientistLive! and we're having an amazing time 🦠🥙 The brilliant @centreofthecell.bsky.social are playing Microbe Trumps and @qmul-ceg.bsky.social are tackling improving Free School Meals.

🔔 Excited to share our preprint from the largest ever exome-wide association study for T2D in South Asians. We make important discoveries implicating the genes HNF4A, GP2, RNF19A in the aetiology of diabetes and metabolic traits in south Asians. 👉 Read it here:

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Exome-wide association study in 54,698 south Asians identifies novel type 2 diabetes associations with RNF19A, HNF4A, and dissects role of coding variants in GP2 and CDKAL1 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.24.25336527v1

Our friends @bartscharity.bsky.social have launched their latest impact report, featuring CEG work on improving childhood vaccination in London. Their investment helped us to increase timely MMR by 4.1%, making real-world impact with our research issuu.com/bartscharity... @qmul-wiph.bsky.social

Impact report 2024-2025

Our 2024-2025 Impact report highlights just a few of the projects we have funded that are transforming healthcare in East London. We’ve been able to get ahead of the curve by accelerating the path t

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✨Urban Childhoods: Growing up in Inequality and Hope. Our child health team have contributed to a new publication that compiles research on housing, play and food to consider what creates the best start for children growing up in England’s inner-city areas uclpress.co.uk/book/urban-c...

Urban Childhoods

Urban Childhoods puts children’s and families’ voices centre stage while investigating ways of bringing children’s wellbeing to the fore in planning for urban life. The book explores themes that start...

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Study with us! Join our MSc Health Data in Practice and unlock the power of data to transform healthcare. www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate... Register your interest to receive an invitation to our webinar on 24 July: qmul.tfaforms.net/166

📢 Join CEG as an Academic GP Advanced Fellow! We've launched a new programme, in collab with NHS North East London ICB, that offers a hybrid role, split 50:50 between clinical practice and academia. @qmulfmd.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @qmulprimarycare.bsky.social 1/2

What a setting to engage with science! We enjoyed discussing our research with members of the public at Barts Pathology Museum this week. Natalia Concha @nataconar.bsky.social & Marta Wilk presented studies into school food & household overcrowding. More on these topics: www.qmul.ac.uk/ceg/research/

Prof Rohini Mathur has made the Top Twenty in Data & Tech, an initiative by Women in Data that celebrates inspirational, trailblazing, dedicated women 🎉 We're thrilled this will amplify Rohini’s research and inspire a wider audience of women and allies across the globe www.qmul.ac.uk/ceg/news/ite...

Today, my paper was released in @BMJ_Open: 'Health impacts of the Sure Start programme on disadvantaged children in the UK: a systematic review'. This marks the most comprehensive review of the Sure Start Programme — with some fascinating findings! 1/n bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/2...

📰 Scientists at BCI @qmul.ac.uk and @icr.ac.uk have discovered a ‘roadmap’ that aggressive cancer uses to spread around the body and have identified ways to block its escape. The findings could help doctors spot which tumours are likely to be aggressive⤵️ #medsky #oncosky 🧪

Scientists discover the ‘roadmap’ that aggressive cancer uses to spread around the body and identify ways to block its escape - Barts Cancer Institute - Queen Mary University of London

Scientists have discovered a new way to predict which tumours will become aggressive before they metastasise and spread around the body. The findings could help doctors spot which tumours are likely t...

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As global AI leaders convene in Paris for the AI Action Summit, here's how we're using AI to serve the public interest.

CEG’s Professor Carol Dezateux speaks to Barts Life Sciences about using health data to address inequalities, and our collaborative effort to unlock valuable information from tissue samples, imaging and genomics: bartslifesciences.org/harnessing-h...

Harnessing health data to address health inequalities in North East London - Barts Life Sciences

Professor Carol Dezateux is a leading expert in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Data Science at Queen Mary University of London. With expertise in paediatrics and population health, Professor Dezateu...

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Huge well done to our @qmul-wiph.bsky.social colleagues! 👏

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🎉 A well-deserved recognition for Runguo Wu and Borislava Mihaylova, whose research paper has been selected among the #BJGPTop10 in 2024. This recognition highlights their excellent work in cardiovascular research and modeling. 🔗 Read more about the study>> bjgp.org/content/74/7...

New CEG research published today in @ijpds.bsky.social has found half of families with children in NE London are living in overcrowded homes. In some areas, 70-79% of families have little more than a parking space per person. www.qmul.ac.uk/ceg/news/ite... @qmulfmd.bsky.social 1/3

Today, Dr John Ford from the Clinical Effectiveness Group in @qmul-wiph.bsky.social spoke to @ukparliament.parliament.uk as part of #EvidenceWeek about how #AI can be used to create ‘Living Evidence Maps’, which are helping GPs and policy makers to address inequalities in primary care.

Hello Bluesky! We are the Clinical Effectiveness Group at Queen Mary University of London. We’ll be sharing our data science research uncovering inequalities in population health, and news from our primary care team who collaborate with GP practices across North East London www.qmul.ac.uk/ceg/