News in 2021
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Mendelian randomisation for psychiatry: how does it work, and what can it tell us?
21 June 2021
New commentary by Robyn Wootton, Hannah Jones and Hannah Sallis.
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Validating digital tools for remote clinical research
18 June 2021
Jenn Ferrar and Gareth Griffith have been featured by UoB News for their research.
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Prenatal smoking, alcohol and caffeine exposure and offspring externalising disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis
18 June 2021
New preprint by Elis Haan, Kirsten Westmoreland, Laura Schellhas, Hannah Sallis, Gemma Taylor, Luisa Zuccolo and Marcus Munafò
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TARG Newsletter - June 2021
11 June 2021
The TARG Newsletter for June 2021 has been sent to our participant mailing list.
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Zoe Reed accepted by the Autistica Early Career Researcher Training Programme
11 June 2021
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Health warning labels and alcohol selection: a randomised controlled experiment in a naturalistic shopping laboratory
4 June 2021
New paper by Anna Blackwell, Katie De-loyde, Richard Morris and colleagues from the Behaviour and Health Research Unit at the University of Cambridge.
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Tackling smoker misperceptions about e-cigarettes using expert videos
1 June 2021
New paper and dataset by Madeleine Svenson, James Green and Olivia Maynard.
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Registered reports funding models: a feasibility study
1 June 2021
New dataset published by Rob Clark, Katie Drax, Chris Chambers, Marcus Munafò and Jackie Thompson.
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Dissolving yourself in connection to others: shared experiences of ego attenuation and connectedness during group VR experiences can be comparable to psychedelics
28 May 2021
Computer scientists, chemists, artists, psychiatrists and psychologists including Olivia Maynard and Steph Suddell worked together in this study using virtual reality to elicit states of connectedness and ego dissolution.
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Psychosis-like experiences and cognition in young adults: an observational and Mendelian randomisation study
24 May 2021
New preprint by Caroline Skirrow, Steph Suddell, Liam Mahedy, Ian Penton-Voak, Marcus Munafò and Robyn Wootton.
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Online experimental medicine study of emotional bias training in healthy participants
21 May 2021
New dataset available on the data.bris research data repository.
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Maternal and child genetic liability for smoking and caffeine consumption and child mental health: an intergenerational genetic risk score analysis in the ALSPAC cohort
18 May 2021
New paper by Laura Schellhas, Elis Haan, Kayleigh Easey, Robyn Wootton, Hannah Sallis, Gemma Sharp, Marcus Munafò and Luisa Zuccolo.
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Effects of Electronic Cigarette E-Liquid Flavouring on Cigarette Craving
18 May 2021
New preprint by Maddy Dyer, Jasmine Khouja, Abigail Jackson, Michelle Havill, Martin Dockrell, Marcus Munafò and Angela Attwood.
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Impact Project Award for work on e-cigarette flavours
17 May 2021
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TARG Newsletter - May 2021
14 May 2021
The TARG Newsletter for May 2021 has been sent to our participant mailing list.
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Elis Haan to begin postdoctoral research in Estonia
11 May 2021
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Lilli Waples shortlisted for Masters Student of the Year
10 May 2021
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Straight-sided beer and cider glasses to reduce alcohol sales for on-site consumption: A randomised crossover trial in bars
10 May 2021
New paper by Laura Brocklebank, Anna Blackwell, Theresa Marteau, Gareth Hollands, Paul Fletcher, Katie De-loyde, Richard Morris, Mark Pilling, Rachel Pechey, Olivia Maynard, Angela Attwood and Marcus Munafò.
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Investigating the causal relationship between allergic disease and mental health
10 May 2021
New preprint by Ashley Budu-Aggrey, Sally Joyce, Neil Davies, Lavinia Paternoster, Marcus Munafò, Sara Brown, Jonathan Evans and Hannah Sallis.
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Research evaluation: Gambling on success
4 May 2021
Article by Sophie Inge in Research Professional News.
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Effects of 7.5% Carbon Dioxide and Nicotine Administration on Latent Inhibition
30 April 2021
New paper by Jennifer Ferrar, Angela Attwood and colleagues.
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L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science (FWiS) Fellowship awarded to Jorien Treur
23 April 2021
TARG alumna Dr. Jorien Treur has been awarded a L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science (FWiS) Fellowship.
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Straight-sided beer and cider glasses to reduce alcohol sales for on-site consumption: A randomised crossover trial in bars
23 April 2021
This new dataset has been published in the UoB data repository.
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The effect of an odd-one-out visual search task on attentional bias, body size adaptation, and body dissatisfaction
23 April 2021
Thea House, Ian Stephen, Kevin Brooks, Helen Bould, Angela Attwood and Ian Penton-Voak have registered a study protocol for this project on the OSF.
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Mental health inequalities in healthcare, economic, and housing disruption during COVID-19: an investigation in 12 longitudinal studies
16 April 2021
This new preprint by Gareth Griffith and colleagues looks at whether individuals with pre-existing mental health conditions were more likely to experience economic, housing or healthcare related disruption during the first lockdown.
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TARG Newsletter - April 2021
16 April 2021
The TARG Newsletter for April 2021 has been sent out to our participant mailing list.
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Drug-related deaths could be significantly reduced if existing treatments are more widespread
7 April 2021
Lilli Waples has written a piece for Epigram about opioid substitution treatment.
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Risk-takers predisposed to smoking and e-cigarette use, new study suggests
26 March 2021
UoB news have published a story about Jasmine Khouja and colleagues' recent paper in PLOS Medicine.
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Is attachment style in early childhood associated with mental health difficulties in late adolescence?
26 March 2021
New preprint by Philippa Clery, Angela Rowe, Marcus Munafò and Liam Mahedy in medRxiv.
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Mobile Lab at Bristol Drugs Project outreach event
24 March 2021
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Vaping, smoking and gateway research: the SSA talks to Dr Jasmine Khouja
22 March 2021
Jasmine Khouja has given an interview based around her and colleagues' recent paper 'Is e-cigarette use in non-smoking young adults associated with later smoking? A systematic review and meta-analysis'.
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Are smoking and alcohol related behaviours causal for type 2 diabetes risk?
22 March 2021
Zoe Reed, Hannah Sallis, Angela Attwood, Deborah Lawlor and Marcus Munafo have registered an analysis plan for this project on the OSF.
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Association of genetic liability to smoking initiation with e-cigarette use in young adults: A cohort study
22 March 2021
New paper by Jasmine Khouja, Robyn Wootton, Amy Taylor, George Davey Smith and Marcus Munafò in PLOS Medicine.
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TARG Newsletter - March 2021
12 March 2021
The TARG Newsletter for March 2021 has been sent out to our participant mailing list.
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Causal inference with observational data: the need for triangulation of evidence
10 March 2021
New publication by Marcus Munafò and Gemma Hammerton in Psychological Medicine.
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TARG presentations at SRNT 2021
24 February 2021
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Effects of single session emotion recognition training using six primary emotions in healthy volunteers: an online study
22 February 2021
New study by Zoe Reed, Ian Penton-Voak, Andy Eastwood, Marcus Munafò and Angela Attwood.
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Underestimation of Drug Use: A Perennial Problem with Implications for Policy
22 February 2021
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TARG Newsletter - February 2021
10 February 2021
The TARG Newsletter for February 2021 has been released.
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TARG Newsletter - January 2021
15 January 2021
The TARG Newsletter for January 2021 has been released.
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