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What can population survey data can tell us about the eating problems experienced by young people?

  • 28 May 2026

Dr Benjamin Geers and Dr Tamsin Newlove-Delgado discuss how the Mental Health of Children and Young People in England surveys help researchers move beyond medical diagnoses to support adolescents experiencing eating problems.

Family income and mental health in late adolescence

  • 26 May 2026

Gianmaria Niccodemi, from the University of Liverpool, uses the Millenium Cohort Study to analyse the relationship between family income trajectories and the development of socio-emotional behavioural problems at age 17.

Using 1970 British birth cohort data to explore the long-term consequences of ADHD

  • 19 May 2026

Joshua Stott, clinical psychologist and professor at University College London, explores the relationship between childhood ADHD traits, health and well-being using the British Cohort Study.

The weight of the dataset: looking after yourself in secondary data research

  • 20 November 2025

Michaela Pawley, a UK Data Service Data Impact Fellow, reflects on the emotional challenges of working with sensitive secondary data and shares practical steps for researcher wellbeing.

UK Data Service Data Impact Fellows 2025: Roxana Pollack

  • 22 July 2025

We are delighted to introduce Roxana Pollack as one of our Data Impact Fellows. Roxana shares her background, her current work and research, and what she hopes to get out of the Fellows scheme.

What can we learn about homelessness and health from a household survey?

  • 19 November 2024

Dr Natasha Chilman and Dr Sarah Markham describe a new study looking at mental health and multimorbidity for people with prior experiences of homelessness in a household survey.

Applications for the 2025 Data Impact Fellows scheme are open!

  • 3 October 2024

This week the UK Data Service Impact Team opened applications for the 2025-26 Cohort of Data Impact Fellows. Find out who can apply, how you apply and why you should consider doing so below!

How are children’s social, emotional and behavioural outcomes impacted by poverty?

  • 24 September 2024

In this post we introduce the latest Impact Case study which looks at the importance of social factors in mitigating disparities in the lives of young people in areas such as poverty, health, housing and discrimination.

How are we uncovering more of the stories of how data-enhanced research leads to impact?

  • 3 September 2024

Finn Dymond-Green discusses how our impact team is developing understanding of what data impact looks like, and introduces our newest impact theme.

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