Hi, my name is

Tom Metherell.

I research social media and adolescent mental health.

I am a student on the UCL–Wellcome 4-year PhD in Mental Health Science, based in the Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

Latest projects

Mental health service use in young people and its relationship with social media use
Research R Cohort study
Mental health service use in young people and its relationship with social media use
I am currently working on this project using data from the UK's Millennium Cohort Study.
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Children’s social connections, internet usage and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Global South: evidence from Disrupting Harm
Research R UNICEF
Children’s social connections, internet usage and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Global South: evidence from Disrupting Harm
I recently completed this study using data collected by UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight.
Preprint
Mice.jl
Software Julia Missing data
Mice.jl
I am the author of this Julia package that allows faster multiple imputation for handling missing data.

About me

I read Natural Sciences at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, graduating with a BA (Hons) in 2022. I am currently completing my PhD at University College London.

I am interested in methodological advancements in investigating the relationship between social media and adolescent mental health. This includes using new data collection methods, data sources and statistical approaches to better understand the complex interplay between social media use and mental health outcomes.

I am committed to Open Science, and am always keen to contribute to building more reproducible and data analysis procedures. I mostly work in R and Julia.

I’m always open to discuss potential collaborations, statistical queries, or anything else you think I might be able to help with! It’s usually easiest to get in touch via email or Bluesky.