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Who gets screened? Linking data to better understand cholesterol screening in people with mental illness
29th Jan 2026
Naomi Launders is a Senior Research Fellow in the Division of Psychiatry at University College London (UCL). Her research is funded by Health Data Research UK (HDR UK).In this blog, Naomi explains how her research team will analyse the linked data in the UK LLC Trusted Research...
How my interest in research led me to public involvement: From Psychology to data access
29th Jan 2026
Karen, a member of our Data Access Public Review Panel shares her long-term interest in research and how it led her to become involved with UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC). Hello and welcome I am Karen Williams a Chartered Psychologist...
From Chemistry to Cohorts: My First Year at UK LLC
29th Jan 2026
It’s almost a year since I joined UK LLC as a Data Research Software Engineer, having stepped into the role in February 2025, after making the leap from a career in chemical research. Looking back, it’s been an incredibly rewarding year. From the very beginning, what stood out...
My Take on Being Part of the Citizen Panel
22nd Dec 2025
Caroline reflects on her experience as a Citizen Panel member attending online at the second workshop held recently at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh.The series also includes contributions from Lidis (Citizen Panel Lead), Sarah and Steve. My Take on Being...
Constellations, challenges and circular perspectives.
11th Aug 2025
The UK LLC Citizen Panel Hybrid Workshop 2 @Edinburgh Futures Institute, 25 June 2025 Introduction Constellation. What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word ‘constellation’? I tend to think of the stars in...
Public Good
11th Aug 2025
Steve shares his thoughts as part of our series of reflections from some of our Citizen Panel members on the second workshop held recently at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh.The series also includes contributions from Lidis (Citizen Panel Lead), Farheen...
Hats off to Hybrid: Reflections on the one-day UK LLC Citizen Panel meeting 25th August 2025
11th Aug 2025
Sarah shares her thoughts as part of our series of reflections from some of our Citizen Panel members on the second workshop held recently at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh.The series also includes contributions from Lidis (Citizen Panel Lead), Farheen...
My journey at the Citizen Panel Workshop # 2
11th Aug 2025
Farheen reflects on her experience as a Citizen Panel member attending online at the second workshop held recently at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh.The series also includes contributions from Lidis (Citizen Panel Lead), Sarah and Steve. My journey at the...
Talking with: Olayemi Amusile
25th Jul 2025
Earlier this week we checked in with Olayemi to find out how she's been getting on since joining us in June and what her experience at UK LLC has involved. This is the second year that we have taken up...
My journey to UK LLC’s Public Involvement Programme
1st Jul 2025
My name is Michael (he/him). In this blog I am going to talk about what I have done as a public contributor for UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC). I’ll set out some of what led me to UK LLC...