Beth Stuart
@bethstuart97.bsky.social
Medical statistician and Director of PCTU, mum and reader of just about anything I can get my hands on (preferably whilst drinking tea and eating cake)
I am not a great believer in my kids using ChatGPT or similar to help with their homework. I try to help or share articles, etc. But my daughter just asked it "Please explain the Krebs cycle again, but this time like I'm a six year old" and honestly, fair enough.
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I am not a great believer in my kids using ChatGPT or similar to help with their homework. I try to help or share articles, etc. But my daughter just asked it "Please explain the Krebs cycle again, but this time like I'm a six year old" and honestly, fair enough.
Why did my brain at 4am wish to solve all the problems and my brain at 9am would quite like a nap? It might be a long day!
January 20, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Why did my brain at 4am wish to solve all the problems and my brain at 9am would quite like a nap? It might be a long day!
Reposted by Beth Stuart
What should the Department of Health and Social Care be doing to improve the nation’s brain health?
@hdemnitzking.bsky.social and I brought UK experts together to produce a consensus roadmap for dementia risk reduction on behalf of @denpru-qm.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@hdemnitzking.bsky.social and I brought UK experts together to produce a consensus roadmap for dementia risk reduction on behalf of @denpru-qm.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Nottingham consensus on dementia risk reduction policy: recommendations from a modified Delphi process - Nature Reviews Neurology
Translation of evidence about dementia risk into effective public health policy is a challenge. In this Consensus Statement, Demnitz-King and colleagues present 56 policy recommendations for dementia ...
www.nature.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:30 AM
What should the Department of Health and Social Care be doing to improve the nation’s brain health?
@hdemnitzking.bsky.social and I brought UK experts together to produce a consensus roadmap for dementia risk reduction on behalf of @denpru-qm.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@hdemnitzking.bsky.social and I brought UK experts together to produce a consensus roadmap for dementia risk reduction on behalf of @denpru-qm.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
My teenagers are wonderful but parenting this age group is hard. They want to be picked up from friends' houses at times when I am exhausted and should be in bed, like 9.30pm.
January 16, 2026 at 8:18 PM
My teenagers are wonderful but parenting this age group is hard. They want to be picked up from friends' houses at times when I am exhausted and should be in bed, like 9.30pm.
Woke my daughter for school this morning- turned on the lights, opened the curtains- only for her to take one look outside and duck back under her covers with a rather disgusted "Ugh, January is just a whole month of Mondays." She's not wrong (but I still made her get up for school).
January 15, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Woke my daughter for school this morning- turned on the lights, opened the curtains- only for her to take one look outside and duck back under her covers with a rather disgusted "Ugh, January is just a whole month of Mondays." She's not wrong (but I still made her get up for school).
Apparently this is how you sleep when you can't read the news
January 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Apparently this is how you sleep when you can't read the news
Well that was a surprise to wake up to.
January 2, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Well that was a surprise to wake up to.
2026 off to a good start! (I have a good book and the last of the chocolates too) 😊
January 1, 2026 at 3:15 PM
2026 off to a good start! (I have a good book and the last of the chocolates too) 😊
Happy Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Happy Christmas!
My GP's diagnosis of "Chronic urticaria. Seems like you might reacting to the cold or to the heat when you come in from the cold" is a little troubling. I mean, I've never liked winter, but I feel developing an allergy to it is taking the dislike a bit far! Have I got an excuse to hibernate yet?
December 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
My GP's diagnosis of "Chronic urticaria. Seems like you might reacting to the cold or to the heat when you come in from the cold" is a little troubling. I mean, I've never liked winter, but I feel developing an allergy to it is taking the dislike a bit far! Have I got an excuse to hibernate yet?
The world has felt very dark in many ways of late. But we keep sending what light we have out into the world.
December 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The world has felt very dark in many ways of late. But we keep sending what light we have out into the world.
Reposted by Beth Stuart
Anyone looking for a nice Christmas donation to make, the Kevin Jenkins Newham Toy Appeal is now in its 46th year and is still trying to collect enough toys for children in Newham this Christmas. There’s an amazon wish list here (or search justgiving for the appeal to give cash):
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Anyone looking for a nice Christmas donation to make, the Kevin Jenkins Newham Toy Appeal is now in its 46th year and is still trying to collect enough toys for children in Newham this Christmas. There’s an amazon wish list here (or search justgiving for the appeal to give cash):
Struggling with a bit of syntax for part of a trial analysis and I'm still not sure I've gotten it right...but I've gotten it equally wrong across both arms and that is what matters, right?
December 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Struggling with a bit of syntax for part of a trial analysis and I'm still not sure I've gotten it right...but I've gotten it equally wrong across both arms and that is what matters, right?
When the training comes with 2 answers- the correct answer and the answer you really want to give...
December 8, 2025 at 8:58 AM
When the training comes with 2 answers- the correct answer and the answer you really want to give...
I needed to look at something in a paper I wrote some years ago and due to a slight spacing error it looks like we have written about 'a cute respiratory tract infection'. Which sounds like a nicer thing to research (and indeed have...this latest one is not cute but tiresome).
December 2, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I needed to look at something in a paper I wrote some years ago and due to a slight spacing error it looks like we have written about 'a cute respiratory tract infection'. Which sounds like a nicer thing to research (and indeed have...this latest one is not cute but tiresome).
One of my children's friends had her first ever job interview (waitressing in a local restaurant). When asked "and what do you think is your biggest weakness?", apparently she panicked and responded "bees". I have no idea how the interviewer kept a straight face!
November 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
One of my children's friends had her first ever job interview (waitressing in a local restaurant). When asked "and what do you think is your biggest weakness?", apparently she panicked and responded "bees". I have no idea how the interviewer kept a straight face!
Reposted by Beth Stuart
Join the QResearch Scientific Committee
QResearch is recruiting new members for its Scientific Committee to support high-quality, ethical, population-health research using one of the UK’s largest anonymised health datasets.
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closing date: deadline 8 January 2026
QResearch is recruiting new members for its Scientific Committee to support high-quality, ethical, population-health research using one of the UK’s largest anonymised health datasets.
www.qresearch.org/about/scient...
closing date: deadline 8 January 2026
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November 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Join the QResearch Scientific Committee
QResearch is recruiting new members for its Scientific Committee to support high-quality, ethical, population-health research using one of the UK’s largest anonymised health datasets.
www.qresearch.org/about/scient...
closing date: deadline 8 January 2026
QResearch is recruiting new members for its Scientific Committee to support high-quality, ethical, population-health research using one of the UK’s largest anonymised health datasets.
www.qresearch.org/about/scient...
closing date: deadline 8 January 2026
Today I attended a meeting so unpleasant that at the end I hung up Teams and cried. I've been trying to figure out how I might have handled things better to diffuse the situation but, after 2 chocolate bars and a cup of tea, I have decided that some days are just awful and to try again tomorrow.
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Today I attended a meeting so unpleasant that at the end I hung up Teams and cried. I've been trying to figure out how I might have handled things better to diffuse the situation but, after 2 chocolate bars and a cup of tea, I have decided that some days are just awful and to try again tomorrow.
Short and chilly walk along the sea before lunch.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Short and chilly walk along the sea before lunch.
Oh joy! One of those automatic updates that you cannot override, where the computer randomly reboots itself and installs things in the middle of a meeting. And we're currently at 27% and waiting... Is it too early to just decide today is a write off?
November 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Oh joy! One of those automatic updates that you cannot override, where the computer randomly reboots itself and installs things in the middle of a meeting. And we're currently at 27% and waiting... Is it too early to just decide today is a write off?
That rainy Monday feeling. And he doesn't even have to make sense of a budget reconciliation.
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
That rainy Monday feeling. And he doesn't even have to make sense of a budget reconciliation.
I have had a lovely break but it is nice to be home and I think I'm ready to tackle my inbox. However, it is going to have to wait because someone else is glad we are home and he is really hard to see through!
November 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I have had a lovely break but it is nice to be home and I think I'm ready to tackle my inbox. However, it is going to have to wait because someone else is glad we are home and he is really hard to see through!
Enjoying some time with my sister and her family in Korea!
October 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Enjoying some time with my sister and her family in Korea!
Reposted by Beth Stuart
📢 As one of the next round of TRMP PhD students (below) you could join me, Clare Robinson, @averoniki.bsky.social and @marionkcampbell.bsky.social to work on developing a typology of research outputs in trials methodology, based at @wiphcem.bsky.social. Details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
October 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
📢 As one of the next round of TRMP PhD students (below) you could join me, Clare Robinson, @averoniki.bsky.social and @marionkcampbell.bsky.social to work on developing a typology of research outputs in trials methodology, based at @wiphcem.bsky.social. Details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...