Michael Absoud

Let’s make care better for gender diverse young people – your voice matters.
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The other aspect of this story is, academics and NHS staff could and would have done this better and essentially for free if they were given the same data access as Faculty, but they are not allowed it. Government policy is deliberately to frustrate pro bono / non-profit health data research.

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Please share the Youth Gender Diversity PSP survey with your colleagues, patients, and their carers so their questions about gender dysphoria/incongruence are heard and represented in the future. Survey now open: buff.ly/CRZUinI

“This is why the trial is necessary”: experts behind the puberty blockers study respond to mounting opposition As the NHS launches its most contested clinical trial in decades, Deborah Cohen speaks to Emily Simonoff, Pathways lead investigator, and Hilary Cass, the author of the review that led to the study T...

Amid fierce criticism, I spoke to critics & triallists about the puberty blocker trial, putting methodological & ethical concerns to researchers & Hilary Cass for @bmj.com. They describe clinical context, challenge criticism & say studies are necessary. (open access)

www.bmj.com/content/391/...

🎤NEW✍🏽 James Lind Alliance Survey

Help pick top 10 research questions for children & young people (upto 25 years old) with gender incongruence/dysphoria

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Young People/parents app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...

Public & Professionals
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A special collection of 6 papers on cohort studies in China is just out in @bmj.com www.bmj.com/collections/...
with an editorial on the collection and the current publication climate www.bmj.com/collections/...

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No one understands the issues related to gender diversity better than those with lived experience, their parents/carers and the professionals who work with them.

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the core purpose of our PSP is better care for children and young adults with gender dysphoria/incongruence and we want to hear from people with a range of experiences/ views.

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the core purpose of our PSP is better care for children and young adults with gender dysphoria/incongruence and we want to hear from people with a range of experiences/ views.

@nihr.bsky.social , @nhsengland.bsky.social

🎤NEW✍🏽 James Lind Alliance Survey

Help pick top 10 research questions for children & young people (upto 25 years old) with gender incongruence/dysphoria

2 versions:
Young People/parents app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...

Public & Professionals
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...

Labour won’t fend off Reform UK by just diluting Farage’s poison | Letters Letters: The party must not offer a watered-down version of Reform’s policies, but instead tell the truth about immigrants, writes Guy Fassler. Plus letters from Doug Maughan, Sunil Bhopal and Dr Roge...

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

thanks for helping researchers speak up for science and evidence

Trump’s Tylenol Directive Could Actually Increase Autism Rates, Researchers Warn Experts fear that Donald Trump’s anti-painkiller tirade could lead to an increase in risk factors for autism, and don’t trust the administration to assess data as it continues to search for a cause.

Dr Michael Absoud, @kingslsm.bsky.social, tells Wired avoiding paracetamol could have adverse consequences for pregnant women: www.wired.com/story/trumps...

Opinion: The more 'expert' you become, the more you think you ought to know, and the more you fear your credibility will suffer if you ever admit otherwise. on.ft.com/4mh4ujK

Socio-Demographic and Health Data of Adolescents Identifying as Transgender or Gender Diverse in the Born in Bradford’s Age of Wonder Cohort., wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-...

NHS England » Specialised commissioning patient and public voice (PPV) partner roles NHS England » Specialised commissioning patient and public voice (PPV) partner roles

Closing on 14th September: parent / carer voice member of the CYP Gender Research Oversight Board

www.england.nhs.uk/get-involved...

Gathering autistic adults’ visual experiences to inform adaptations: a qualitative interview study Sensory processing difficulties are highly prevalent in autism and affect quality of life. Identifying the lived visual experiences of autistic individuals across the lifespan is important for info...

Gathering autistic adults’ visual experiences to inform adaptations: a qualitative interview study www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

rebuilding trust in science

An Evidence-Based Approach to Covid-19 Vaccination | NEJM This article from the FDA compares broad U.S. recommendations on Covid vaccination with those from other countries and announces the adoption of an evidence-based approach to such recommendations.

I thought this was a great article outlining the changes to the Covid-19 vaccination program in the USA

Bringing it more in line with current practice elsewhere in the world

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Great new study by on behavioural aspects of ventilation in hospitality venues. Many monitored venues had poor ventilation, but hosts list many barriers to improve - tho some venues attempt to improve following info campaign.
let's see why it's not always simple to ⬆️ ventilation:

or a new study shows that either, or a combination of:
▪️reduced viral emission (bcos air cleaner added several days later from initial readings)
▪️changes to window ventilation
▪️presence of an air cleaner
see below for fag packet calc to show it can't all be due to air cleaner...

www.jla.nihr.ac.uk/priority-set...

Indeed increased awareness & improved detection.. there is a debate to be had re resourcing long waiting lists for broader neurodivergence assessments vs identifying needs for early intervention/support.

Ultimately children's services are always the cinderella of services, particular after pandemic

I do think the majority of public can see through fake causes and fake cures, if enough scientists/ clinicians call it out...

Problem is how can the most vulnerable families and children be safe guarded?

Research Assistant PATHWAYS Study (based in Warrington)

www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/110785-...

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