Paul Toner

A systematic review of quality of life and health‐related quality of life as outcomes in substance and behavioural addictions Issues Consideration of an individual's quality of life (QoL) can benefit assessment and treatment of addictive disorders, however, uncertainty remains over operationalisation of the construct as an.....

We investigated how QoL/ #HRQoL instruments were used in substance and behavioural addictions. We found similar issues as this team:
variety of measures, lack of theory, and issues around methodological quality:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#SysReview #Psychometrics
@ptoner.bsky.social

I'm now also looking for a postdoc with strong Bayesian background and interest in developing Bayesian cross-validation theory, methods and software. Apply by email with no specific deadline (see contact information at users.aalto.fi/~ave/).

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A "methods primer" article in the journal "BMJ Medicine", titled "Factors associated with: problems of using exploratory multivariable regression to identify causal risk factors"

We wrote an article explaining why you shouldn't put several variables into a regression model and report which are statistically significant - even as exploratory research. bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/.... How did we do?

📣 Introducing new funding schemes from the SSA and Office for Life Sciences tinyurl.com/mrxwrh8k | Applications for PhD studentships and fellowships open on 3 November

How to get shortlisted for a fellowship This webinar will guide you through the process of developing a strong fellowship application.

On 31st October (11am) we will hold a seminar focused on fellowships.

Again @robcalder.bsky.social will introduce the scheme, a successful applicant (me!) and @ptoner.bsky.social a very experienced short lister will also present.

Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-get...

The SSA are running several webinars about key stages of a research career, including applying for a PhD, fellowship and research grant. These have a great speaker line up -I highly recommend to any addiction researchers!

Highly recommend @dyellowlees.bsky.social presentation tips/training for anyone looking to improve their presentations. Since our team started implementing some of his tips, one of our PhD students won the school 3MT round, and we were awarded the ADRUK best presentation award. Thanks Duncan!

The UK Government has announced £10 million in funding to support the next generation of leaders in addiction research. Find out more about the Addiction Healthcare Goals Research Leadership Programme: tinyurl.com/2sveeum8

A systematic literature review and meta‐analysis of virtual reality nature effects on higher education students' mental health and wellbeing Virtual Reality nature (VRn) may deliver mental health and wellbeing without being outside in real nature. The main objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to report effects of VRn ...

New paper! 📢 VR is a rapidly evolving technology, and this systematic review included 24 unique studies on VR nature and mental health and wellbeing of higher education students. iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

SARN - The Scottish Alcohol Research Network SARN brings together those with the vision, passion, and commitment to drive forward alcohol research in Scotland.

Attending the meeting of the Scottish Alcohol Research Network* at #DundeeUni!

SARN is a collaborative research forum responding to alcohol-related harm in #Scotland

Great to meet internal and external colleagues w similar research interests.

🧵👇
#SubstanceUse #MentalHealth
* www.sarnalcohol.org

A systematic review of quality of life and health-related quality of life as outcomes in substance and behavioural addictions - PubMed Many instruments have been utilised. However, a significant proportion of studies applied a small number of instruments with minimal high-quality validation evidence supporting their use within addict...

This mirrors findings from our broader #SysReview of #HRQL as an outcome in substance and behavioural addictions
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37439397/

Quality of life assessment instruments used in clinical trials for alcohol use disorder: A systematic review Quality of life (QoL) measures are increasingly used as outcome indicators in both pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention trials for alcohol use disorder (AUD). However, there is no curr...

A #SysReview of quality of life & #HRQoL instruments in #RCTs of interventions for adults with alcohol use disorder
www.jsatjournal.com/article/S294...

Interesting: Although focused on the most frequently used instruments, few studies report psychometric properties.

#Psychometrics #Validity

Congratulations @ambercopeland.bsky.social

Future Leaders Fellowships Future Leaders Fellowships (FLF) support talented people in universities, businesses, and other research and innovation environments. They also allow universities, research institutes, independent res...

Great to see colleagues at our "whole school day".

I enjoyed @lmarryat.bsky.social presentation on what @ukri.org Future Leaders Fellowships are.

Find out more about them
www.ukri.org/what-we-do/d...

and about Louise's research
profiles.flfdevnet.com/profile/lmar...

#Funding #ECRs #Fellowship

Great catching up with @dundee.ac.uk Substance Use Research Group talking about all things mental health, education, alcohol brief interventions and much more! So lucky to have such a wonderful bunch of colleagues 😊

Analyzing quality of life among people with opioid use disorder from the National Institute on Drug Abuse Data Share initiative: implications for decision making - Quality of Life Research Purpose We aimed to estimate health state utility values (HSUVs) for the key health states found in opioid use disorder (OUD) cost-effectiveness models in the published literature. Methods Data obtain...

* To develop these utility scores we used National Institute on Drug Abuse-published #RCT data
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

To me an example how #DataSharing supports research building community infrastructure.

#HRQL #Psychometrics

Nice to see so much thought has gone into your protocol @carolagetty.bsky.social best of luck with recruitment!

Crazy coincidence how often [thing that will fix science of all of its ailments] coincides with [thing the speaker considers themselves an expert in]. Makes you think

The @britishacademy.bsky.social #ECR Network organises writing retreats to provide an environment where #ECRs can work on writing projects alongside peers.

Scotland Writing Extravaganza at #DundeeUni
🔥14.08.
Tickets here:
www.tickettailor.com/events/early...

#Scotland #Saidheans #AcademicWriting

I agree Louise, very impressive!

Heartfelt apology but I'll keep the 150K :)

I hear you Laura!! Oh actually, you have muted yourself :)

Dundee University's ex-chief Iain Gillespie's expenses broke rules, auditors find A secret report reveals how the then principal was approving his own expenses - some of which broke university rules.

An example of a culture where it is one rule for those at the top and another for everyone else.

University of Dundee culture change will happen only when people who have aligned themselves with the values of the previous Principal and interim Principal, resign

www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

Alcohol Occasional 2: Relapse prevention and alcohol related cirrhosis Join us online for the second seminar of the 2025 series, delivered by Dr Christopher Oldroyd

Don't miss our next SHAAP/ @sarnalcohol.bsky.social Alcohol Occasional!

🗓️Mon, 23 Jun 2025
⏱️12:45 - 14:00 BST
🗣️Relapse prevention and alcohol related cirrhosis by Dr Christopher Oldroyd

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alcohol-oc...

Study suggests children being let down by knowledge gaps around opioids The stigma surrounding opioid use, particularly during pregnancy, could be causing significant gaps in knowledge that put children at risk.

Excellent work from our brilliant Substance Use Research Group colleague @lmarryat.bsky.social on highlighting the need to better understand how opioid use during pregnancy affects children's development www.heraldscotland.com/news/2512771...

On your marks, get set...GROW! 🌱

Applications for our GROW 2025 Researcher Development Programme for #mentalhealth and #addiction early career researchers are now open. ‍💫

APPLY NOW 👇

mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/grow25/

Do you have a favorite empirical example of a situation in which there is a (documented) lack of measurement invariance? Send them all my way 😊!

Shocking that there were no pre-registered covariates @drjillhalladay.bsky.social

If you're currently working on a PhD in the field of Addiction, you should consider signing up for the SSA PhD symposium, a fun, friendly one day event before the main conference, where you can present your research and meet your peers working across Addiction research.

Congratulations Matt, I look forward to hearing about your new grant! I like that you normalise that even senior Profs. continue to have to deal with rejection in academia.

✏️ A propos of nothing in particular (ahem) some thoughts on #SelfCare in uncertain times:

www.worklifepsych.com/self-care-in...