04 Sep 2025
Screentime Validation Study (SVS)
SCAMP (Study of Cognition, Adolescents and Mobile Phones) is a long-term study following thousands of London teenagers to explore how digital technology, lifestyle, and environment affect health and wellbeing. Since 2014, it has involved nearly 12,000 young people from...
04 Mar 2025
The Follow Up Study
The Study of Cognition, Adolescents and Mobile Phones (SCAMP) has been following several thousand London teenagers for over nine years. Thanks to the continued commitment of SCAMP participants, the study has already produced important findings. These include: using screen-based...
22 Apr 2024
COVID 19 Qualitative Mental Health Study
We are currently exploring novel co-produced creative methods combined with a co-produced interview technique with our Young Persons Advisory Group to understand the impact of COVID and associated lockdown measures on young people’s mental health.
15 Apr 2024
SPA – COVID 19
This study looks to understand and monitor the type, amount, length and intensities of daily physical activity, as well as the timing, efficiency and length of your sleep. We are looking to find out which environmental and individual factors may influence your daily exercise and sleep, and therefore may...
15 Apr 2024
BASS (Biological Analysis for SCAMP Samples)
BASS is the study that uses the saliva and urine samples we collected during two visits and looks at Puberty In the saliva and urine collected we can assess puberty onset and progression. We’ve seen that the ratio of two hormones (luteinizing...
15 Apr 2024
CLUE (Cognitive Development in the Urban Environment study)
Young people are increasingly exposed to air pollution and noise in an urban environment, and we already know these ‘exposures’ (mainly arising from transport and industry) are bad for our health, animals, and the environment. However, their psychological effects...
15 Apr 2024
Activity Tracker Study
The Activity Tracker Study aims to measure sleep and physical activity in young people for up to 60 days to better understand how mobile phone use, sleep and physical activity impact your mental health. It is part of the...
15 Apr 2024
Research Challenge
The Research Challenge is a student-led practical research programme in which up to eight selected Year 12 students collaborate with researchers at Imperial College London to plan and deliver a real data collection session at their school, followed by...