New targets for heart disease treatments identified 🫀 A study led by researchers at Oxford Population Health has identified 12 key proteins linked to ischemic heart disease (IHD) that could be targeted by future drug treatments. Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/bSusMwh

Cigarette smoking is the main driver of stalled gains in life expectancy in the USA 📊 An analysis of US death records found that smoking-related diseases accounted for 63% of 3.2 million excess deaths among lower educated White Americans. Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/y5HcQNY

Giving up smoking before a certain age can reverse much of the harm done🚭 Professors Prabhat Jha and Sir Richard Peto spoke to the Daily Mail about how the body can repair itself, but only if given the chance by quitting entirely ➡️ buff.ly/QH70CiA @countthedead.bsky.social

Meet the researcher 🎬 Meet Shaniek Parks, a DPhil student investigating the impact of digital media on the dietary attitudes and behaviours of young adults. Watch the video to learn more about her work ⬇️

Can children shape their parents' lives? ❓ A new study has revealed that influence may flow both ways – children’s characteristics can influence family dynamics over time, challenging the traditional view that influence flows primarily from parents to children. 🧬 Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/HuRwhXr

How can we ensure training for researchers reflects public perspectives? ❓ HDR UK's Transforming Data for Trials programme recently worked with a UK wide Public Advisory Group (PAG) to co-produce modules for an online learning platform on the use of health systems data in clinical trials.

A spotlight on the next generation of population health researchers 🎓 This week our MSc Global Health Science and Epidemiology students gave presentations on the work they have completed while on their research placements in the department. 🎓 Well done to all the students 🎉

🎉EASi-KIDNEY has recruited 7000 randomised participants! 📉EASi-KIDNEY will investigate whether a novel treatment can help slow the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) ➡️ buff.ly/qXd6j1S

Early results of the National Conversation show that sports is a clear binding factor for communities and sense of belonging. Anyone based in the UK can take part to share their voice and views on the country they want to be a part of ➡️ buff.ly/P0HxARG

Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University@oxforddemsci.bsky.social · last mo.

It's not often the case that Ian Mckellen (a.k.a. 🧙)promotes your research project. But this just happened to our team of researchers developing survey and analysis for the national conversation. @melindacmills.bsky.social @andreatilstra.bsky.social @dvaldenegro.bsky.social @saicampbell.bsky.social

How global clinical trials are helping tackle kidney disease. 📊 Researchers at Oxford Population Health are running some of the world’s largest clinical trials on kidney disease to understand its causes and identify new treatments. Read our "Big Question" to learn more ➡️ buff.ly/55V011X

Social inequality remains a powerful predictor of premature death, even among people who neither smoke nor drink alcohol. 🚫 This study is the largest prospective study in South Asia, following half a million adults in Chennai, India. Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/kuLNOIE

The next Festival of Global Health event will be a screening of 'Shades of Survival' on Weds 1 July at @curzon.com, Oxford. 📽️🍿 'Shades of Survival' explores the lives of black women in Africa, the UK and the USA, who have navigated a breast cancer diagnosis. Register ➡️ buff.ly/YjXLLDs

📣 Professor Zhengming Chen has been awarded a major European Research Council Advanced Grant The project will bring together population biobank data from more than 1.15 million people in East Asia, Europe and Latin America to study how body fat affects health➡️ buff.ly/NevAHWU

Your polygenic score can predict your physical traits and health conditions, but for some people, this isn't the case. A study led by the Big Data Institute explored why this might be ➡️ buff.ly/nwn1cYD

📣 Study suggests kneecaps should be resurfaced during replacements A clinical trial following 1,700 patients for 20 years found that resurfacing the kneecap during total knee replacement is likely to be the most cost-effective approach 📉 Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/78EEDEb

Congratulations to Thomas Nichols who has been named as a 2026 Fellow of the @ohbmofficial.bsky.social for his leadership in the field of brain imaging research over more than 20 years. 🎉 Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/3GX4Rbt

We put people at the centre of our research to ensure it is relevant and beneficial to those who need it most. Recently, some of our @ephresearchcentre.bsky.social colleagues took part in the annual @oxfordbrc.bsky.social Health Research Showcase to introduce health economics to the public. 🎈

Revealing how blood proteins shape disease 🔎 Researchers from Oxford Population Health helped lead one of the largest studies to date exploring how genetic differences influence the proteins circulating in our blood. 📊 Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/Tu6qpEI

Stem cells in the blood can retain a molecular "memory" of inflammation that may increase the risk of age-related disease, according to a new study in @nature.com 💡 Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/kp5f0IX @ox.ac.uk @reubencollege.bsky.social @utoronto.ca @medsci.ox.ac.uk @imm.ox.ac.uk

📣 Introducing a new toolkit to support data research – Phenofhy Phenofhy is a new open-source Python package designed to make working with the @ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.social research environment easier and more accessible for researchers. Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/RrqiPPg @oxforddemsci.bsky.social

Individuals addicted to opioids have a 56% higher risk of developing dementia than non-users, according to a new study with @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social, published in @alzdemjournals.bsky.social 🧠 Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/a3h8S5L #AlzSky #AlzResearch

Using wearable GPS to predict disease 📍 A new study from the Big Data Institute shows that how close people live to unsafe water sources strongly predicts their exposure to schistosomiasis, a debilitating waterborne parasitic disease. Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/3Zdph5s

Mapping HIV-1 genetic diversity 🗺️ A challenge of vaccine development is the genetic diversity of the virus. A new study published in @thelancet.com has mapped genetic variants of the HIV-1, the most common type of HIV. Learn more➡️ buff.ly/3N70LRv @oxprimarycare.bsky.social @ndm.ox.ac.uk

Today is Clinical Trials Day 🩺 EASi-KIDNEY is a major trial investigating a potential new treatment to help slow progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and reduce cardiovascular events. Last week we celebrated @ouhospitals.bsky.social 100th patient recruited! Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/SThmyk4

📣Exciting news for the EASi-KIDNEY trial!

Oxford University Hospitals@ouhospitals.bsky.social · 3mo ago

OUH has recruited its 100th patient to a major international trial investigating a potential new treatment for chronic kidney disease. The Churchill Hospital is the EASi-KIDNEY trial’s second highest recruiting site globally. 📰 www.ouh.nhs.uk/news/articles/2400 @oxpop.bsky.social

What have we learned from the Million Women Study? ❓ In the three decades since the Million Women Study began, it has provided answers to many important questions. 📊 Read our "Big Question" to learn more ➡️ buff.ly/4fTXD6p

🎉The world's largest study of women's health reaches 30 years! In May 1996, the first patient was recruited to the Million Women Study, a landmark study into the links between hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and breast cancer risk. 🔎 Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/nIeEiuA

💡Risk of breast cancer recurrence in younger women can be reduced by 1/5 by 'switching off' the ovaries This study, published in The Lancet is the largest ever analysis of ovarian function suppression in breast cancer. 🎀 Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/FDPP3cm

📣Get involved in research We are looking for members of the public to join our panel, helping us understand how diet impacts cancer risk through blood proteins. 🍽️ Find out more and express an interest ➡️ buff.ly/8FdItSt @wcrf.org

📣 Get involved in research Take part in focus groups in coming weeks to help shape a new research project to study the role of blood biomarkers in predicting cancer risk and to improve early detection. 🔎 If interested, fill out the form or share with others you think might be ➡️ buff.ly/RA4d7Qc