
Ruthie
@roo_parsons
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environmental and reproductive epidemiology PhD student @imperialcollege 🏭 | passionate about women's health and food sustainability 🥙
Joined August 2014
Thank you to @DrGaryFuller for doing this research, which forms part of my PhD, the justice it deserves. Read our paper pre-proof here: More about the research here: Maternal perspectives here:
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HUMAN MILK RESEARCH - Samreen Shah shares her reflections on a recent workshop held at Families in Action Together on Ruthie Parsons' research into human milk.
New UK research raises the possibility that incinerators contribute to pollutants in breast milk. My latest for @theguardian. Research led by @ImperialSPH, @imperialcollege.
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RT @ImperialMed: Do incinerators impact our #health? 🚮. @ImperialSPH-led study found small increases in #pollutants in mothers' milk within….
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ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING - Mothers living within 20 kilometres of waste incinerators may have a small increase in the total levels of two chemical pollutants in their body.
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Watch this space for more feedback from this incredible session! .Thank you to the @HPRU_CRTH @mohn_centre for the funding and support 💕.
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So grateful to the @w_baby_bank today for hosting my workshop on communicating human milk research. We had some amazing conversations, with visual minutes by the wonderful Eddy from @AnnaGeyer_NP .
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It was wonderful to organise this event with @JosephLevermore on behalf of the Researchers' Society where we got to hear from incredible scientists from both @UKHSA and @ImperialSPH.
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I'm looking forward to doing an invited seminar on the statistical side of my research at the @Bruneluni @BrunelMaths department next Wednesday 4 October at 1pm. It would be great to see any Brunel staff, students or alumni there to catch up!
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I loved presenting my PhD work at #dioxin2023 last week and hearing from all the researchers advancing our understanding around halogenated persistent organic pollutants. (Also how gorgeous is Maastricht?!) #phdlife
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Me 🤝 wearing my passive sampler everywhere with pride for a month as a control in @WalderHolly study of brownfield sites for her PhD
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QRISK3, a cardiovascular disease prediction model derived and validated using primary care data, is often used in the UK Biobank cohort. Just published is my work with @Oxford_NDPH to externally validate this model in UK Biobank for future researchers ⬇️.
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RT @DrGaryFuller: New review shows low emission zones (LEZ/#ULEZ) can improve health, with strongest evidence on reduced heart attacks & st….
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Review of research finds particularly clear evidence that LEZs in cities reduce heart and circulatory problems
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The best day working on our fictional grant application (Cerving You for better cervical screening experience) for the NIHR doctoral training camp today @NIHRcommunity #nihrtrainingcamp
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RT @sonjantang: 🎉Immensely grateful and overwhelmingly joyful that my 1st first-author paper is out now in @BMCMedicine😁!!!🎉. This project….
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Background Only a few of the 34 biochemical biomarkers measured in the UK Biobank (UKB) have been associated with breast cancer, with many associations suffering from possible confounding and reverse...
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