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

Human Screenome Project
Research Python Julia SQL Machine learning Big data
Human Screenome Project
I am currently working with data from this project and collaborating with researchers at Stanford University.
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Characterising the longitudinal relationship between social media use and psychiatric diagnoses in secondary care in adolescents in England
Research R Cohort study
Characterising the longitudinal relationship between social media use and psychiatric diagnoses in secondary care in adolescents in England
I have recently completed this project using data from the UK's Millennium Cohort Study.
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.