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Doctor. Clinical Research Fellow @LSHTM. School Governor. Global health, air pollution & urban early childhood development. Contributor to @conversationUK
Jun 29, 2022 16 tweets 6 min read
Great to be at #RCPCH22 listening to Jack Shonkoff from @HarvardCenter talking about early childhood policy and practice. @RCPCHtweets Three ways of thinking about early childhood development: 1) moral responsibility, 2) ecd as a foundational investment in society, and 3) untapped power of advances in science and lived experience.
Sep 1, 2021 6 tweets 3 min read
As a parent who is sending 2 kids back to school tomorrow, I think this is excellent, and timely, reporting here from @NickTriggle

bbc.co.uk/news/health-58… Also, as a researcher who has worked on another study looking at these questions, it's also reassuring when your - similarly reassuring - findings are replicated.

(Our study: thelancet.com/journals/lanch…)
Aug 28, 2021 5 tweets 2 min read
Dear #epitwitter and kids #MaskMandates Twitter,

Please look at this 👇graph of covid transmission risk amongst 15,000 kids within bubbles, and tell me:

*What age group of children were mandated to wear masks at school/pre-school😷?* Image Looking at the data in this graph, which age group of children in this study were mandated to wear masks at school or pre-school?