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Haemorrhage and hypertensive disorders like preeclampsia are the leading causes of maternal deaths globally, according to a new study by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Congratulations to Dr Ursula Gazeley, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science and Oxford Population Health, who received the Cicely Williams Prize during her graduation ceremony at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

A new study by researchers at Oxford Population Health and Trinity College Dublin finds increased smoking and drinking during marital separation.

Researchers from the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science have outlined a framework for understanding the limits of predictive accuracy in a correspondence article published today in Nature Computational Science.

Gabriella Conti, Professor of Economics at University College London, will present at the next LCDS and Biosocial Collective seminar on 'Unraveling Gene-Environment Interactions in Child Health and Development: Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence'.

Daphne Oluwaseun Martschenko, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, gives LCDS seminar on the ethics of sociogenomics 'The Acid We Inherit: Social and Behavioral Genomics in the Context of an Ugly History and Uncertain Future'

A study of occupational status published in Nature Human Behaviour identifies 106 genetic variants, the importance of the interplay of genetics and family environment, childhood educational and occupational aspirations, and differences across the life course and links to health.

An international study involving researchers at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science has found significant effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on many causes of death across 24 countries.