Andy Crawford

Head of Operations, Population Research UK @PopRes_UK. Occasional runner and water polo player. Personal account, views my own

[Bristol International Balloon Fiesta @bristolballoon]

If you walk to Ashton Court, or just love to see the balloons soar over your homes and communities, please consider making a small donation so we can continue to put Bristol on an international stage: https://t.co/DtwgorbYg4

Goodnight, Bristol.

#BIBF2025

[Dr Emma Gordon @emma_v_gordon]

An exciting step forward towards HMRC expanding secure access to data for research - please do read. A genuinely collaborative endeavour!

[Lionesses @Lionesses]

It's home, again.

[Lionesses @Lionesses]

WE'RE IN THE #WEURO2025 FINAL! 🙌

[Population Data Science at Swansea University @PopDataSci_SU]

Summer interns benefit from policy and government experience👏

Last week, our cohort of 20 interns visited the Senedd, gaining insight into how data and research can directly inform policymaking in Wales📊

🔎Read more as our interns reflect on the day:
https://t.co/1ff2VRLFmM

[ADR UK @adr_uk]

🔊 New blog from @shayda_k shares how ADR UK has turned public feedback from our 2022 dialogue into real change.

From new public panels to inclusive research & comms, we’re putting public views at the heart of data research.

📖 Read more: https://t.co/nuyejm3J8P

[Wellcome @wellcometrust]

Only a week left to apply for our Mental Health Award ⏰

We’re funding researchers to use longitudinal data to find early signs of anxiety, depression and psychosis.

Find out more and apply by 22 July ⤵️
https://t.co/wMTIOCBEMy

[University of Bristol @BristolUni]

🎉Congratulations to Prof @nic_timpson, Principal Investigator @CO90s & Co-Director @PopRes_UK, who has been elected as a new @acmedsci Fellow 👏

Prof Timpson’s research focuses on genetics & population health 🔬

👉 https://t.co/sg5kn46CVZ

[John Wright @docjohnwright]

Exciting and important news from ⁦@BiBresearch⁩ - demonstrating how research can change a city and a generation ⁦@drrosiemc⁩ ⁦@JoinUsMovePlay⁩ https://t.co/sw1NNJa66g

[Institute for Fiscal Studies @TheIFS]

NEW: Sure Start generated widespread, long-lasting benefits for children in education, health, absences, and SEND.

Every £1 of up-front spending on Sure Start could generate around £2 in total benefits over the long run.

THREAD on our new @NuffieldFound-funded report:

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[Dr Emma Gordon @emma_v_gordon]

A brilliant example of how you can use administrative data to do long term evaluations of government policies, using the @ONS Secure ResearchService (@adr_uk funded data infrastructure).

[UCL Centre for Education & Criminal Justice (ECJ) @educrimjustice]

On 24 June, Data First, a pioneering #data-linkage, #research and #academic engagement programme led by the @MoJGovUK @adr_uk are hosting an event with a keynote from our Network Member Dave Maguire from the @PRTuk - Register to join via the link below⬇️
https://t.co/fmCf5PEwo1

[AllofUsResearch @AllofUsResearch]

Excited to announce that All of Us DNA variant data is now available in dbSNP – a global reference database maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) that helps researchers identify disease-related genetic differences.

[NHS England Transformation @NHSDigital]

This #ClinicalTrialsDay meet @mattsydes, an NHS data scientist whose research became personal when his son was diagnosed with the same rare cancer he was studying. His son joined the very trial Matt helped develop.

➡️https://t.co/ZCFaWDxvlz

#PoweredByNHSData

[Matt Sydes @mattsydes]

My most recent blog post on clinical trials is here: https://t.co/DuobT1f7OL

It's my contribution for #ClinicalTrialsDay.

It's a personal story.

My take-away message for you is: "Every person that ... joins any trial is a hero."

[Bristol Bears 🐻 @BristolBears]

What it means ❤️

#WeGoBeyond #Lions2025

[Population Research UK (PRUK) @PopRes_UK]

💬Collaboration, challenge, and impact - what’s it like to chair the PRUK Forum in its first year?

Rosie McEachan & Paul Bradshaw reflect on building community, influencing policy, and shaping the future of longitudinal research.

Read more: https://t.co/mEFHmsF99X

[Population Research UK (PRUK) @PopRes_UK]

🚨 Missed this the first time?

Our first PRUK Forum chairs, Rosie McEachan and Paul Bradshaw, reflect on a year of community-led change in longitudinal research.

Read more: https://t.co/mEFHmsF99X

@drrosiemc | @BiBresearch | @paulbScotCen | @ScotCen

[Andy Crawford @crayfish27]

Having been involved in setting up this funding opportunity while I was at @UKRI_News it was great to see a poster from @PHIUK_News at today's @UCLHealthPublic symposium

[Andy Crawford @crayfish27]

Final session of @UCLHealthPublic symposium is on lifecourse, health and social care, covering lots of important topics such as the challenge of official data sources on social care not accurately representing the real life situation