Dr Jon Heron
B.Sc.(Manc.), M.Sc.(Sheff.), D.Phil.(Bristol)
Current positions
Associate Professor in Medical Statistics
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Exploring the antecedents of adolescent cancer risk behaviours using ALSPAC
Principal Investigator
Description
An MSc dissertation project exploring the antecedents of adolescent cancer risk behaviours using ALSPACManaging organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
03/05/2021 to 30/09/2021
Assessing the associations between autism, autistic traits and multiple risk behaviours in adolescence: a longitudinal population-based birth cohort study
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
A PhD mini project, Assessing the associations between autism, autistic traits and multiple risk behaviours in adolescence: a longitudinal population-based birth cohort study;Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/10/2019 to 30/09/2020
Young Adult Relationships and Health
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/04/2019 to 30/09/2022
Early-onset depression: characterising development and identifying risks
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/10/2017 to 30/09/2020
Modelling within-individual variation in repeated continuous exposures
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
01/10/2016 to 31/03/2019
Thesis supervisions
Modifiable Risk Factors for Depression in Adolescence – Understanding the Causal Role of Obesity and Physical Activity
Supervisors
Assessing causality of the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring intellectual disability
Supervisors
Investigating causal associations of substance use with mental health and social cognitive performance in adolescence
Supervisors
Pathways to Psychosis
Supervisors
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in young adults
Supervisors
Investigating the Relationship between Anxiety and Alcohol Use
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
12/01/2023Age-specific effects of weight-based body size on fracture risk in later life: A lifecourse Mendelian randomisation study
European Journal of Epidemiology
Growth trajectories for executive and social cognitive abilities in an Indian population sample
Asian journal of psychiatry
Intellectual disability in the children of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)
Wellcome Open Research
Mediators of the association between childhood body mass index and educational attainment
Pediatric Obesity
Parental depressive symptoms across the first three years of a child's life and emotional and behavioural problem trajectories in children and adolescents
Journal of Psychiatric Research
Related people
Professor Matthew Hickman
Interim Head of School
Bristol Medical School
Professor Carol Joinson
Professor of Developmental Psychology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Laura Howe
Professor of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Abigail Fraser
Professor of Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Becky Mars
Senior Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)