
Dr Jon Heron
B.Sc.(Manc.), M.Sc.(Sheff.), D.Phil.(Bristol)
Current positions
Associate Professor in Medical Statistics
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Contact
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Parenting and children's behavioural problems: Micro- and macro-processes at play in the context of intervention
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
30/06/2023 to 29/06/2025
Exploring the antecedents of adolescent cancer risk behaviours using ALSPAC
Principal Investigator
Description
An MSc dissertation project exploring the antecedents of adolescent cancer risk behaviours using ALSPACManaging organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
03/05/2021 to 30/09/2021
Assessing the associations between autism, autistic traits and multiple risk behaviours in adolescence: a longitudinal population-based birth cohort study
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
A PhD mini project, Assessing the associations between autism, autistic traits and multiple risk behaviours in adolescence: a longitudinal population-based birth cohort study;Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/10/2019 to 30/09/2020
Young Adult Relationships and Health
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/04/2019 to 30/09/2022
Early-onset depression: characterising development and identifying risks
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/10/2017 to 30/09/2020
Thesis supervisions
Assessing causality of the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring intellectual disability
Supervisors
Modifiable Risk Factors for Depression in Adolescence – Understanding the Causal Role of Obesity and Physical Activity
Supervisors
Investigating causal associations of substance use with mental health and social cognitive performance in adolescence
Supervisors
Approaches, challenges, and opportunities in the application of genetic epidemiological techniques to lifecourse epidemiology
Supervisors
Pathways to Psychosis
Supervisors
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in young adults
Supervisors
Investigating the Relationship between Anxiety and Alcohol Use
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
13/03/2025Association of Multiple Indicators of Pubertal Timing with Depressive Symptoms and Depression in Adolescent Girls
The British Journal of Psychiatry
A structural mean modelling Mendelian randomization approach to investigate the lifecourse effect of adiposity
American Journal of Epidemiology
Bidirectional relationships between depression, anxiety and urinary symptoms in women
Journal of Affective Disorders
Emotional problems and urinary incontinence in children from a UK cohort
Journal of Affective Disorders
Maternal Religiosity and Adolescent Substance Use
Journal of Religion and Health