Pumped to share Michael Totty's 🌟 new work to help perform quality control for #spatial #transcriptomics data! 🔥🧵👇 Key💡? Eval quality relative to a local (vs global) nbhd SpotSweeper: ✅ Identifies low-quality spots ✅ Identifies region-level artifacts ✅ On Bioconductor 🎉

Researchers and data scientists Urban Institute (Aaron R. Williams, Gabe Morrison, and Jeremy Seeman) are coming to ASA #JSM2024! Check out the following talks on #DataPrivacy and #PublicPolicy! #Statistics #DataScience

Urban Institute’s Upward Mobility Virtual Workshops provide leaders with resources, tools, & guidance to increase upward mobility & racial #equity for all communities. Register for the June 27th workshop and check out the full series of dates. urbn.is/3ITTy9P #LiveatUrban

Join us for a conversation on lowering costs for American families with Lael Brainard, Director, National Economic Council The White House; Sarah Rosen Wartell, Thea Garon, Urban Institute; Susan K Weinstock, Erin Witte Consumer Federation of America

"Grocery prices down 4 months in a row. More to do there. Not yet seeing enough progress in housing. Must increase supply of housing to bring rents down. Provide incentives to states and localities to use available funding." Dr. Lael Brainard, NEC Advisor #LiveAtUrban

10 years later. I can't help falling in love with you. vimeo.com/98881211

📢Calling all grad students! Join the Grad Students of ENAR Affinity Group Discord server to stay connected with your peers in the 361 days of the year when you're not at ENAR! There are channels for #conferencing, #introductions, and more. DM cens_enar for an invite link!

Excited about the intersection of #Statistics, #DataScience, and #PublicPolicy? Join us at #JSM2024 for a panel with women leaders from academia, industry, and government! Featuring Sally C. Morton, Jeri Mulrow, and Lisa Mirel (National Center for Science & Engineering Stats). Learn, ask questions, and get inspired!

Denver’s Housing to Health Pay for Success project provides supportive housing to people experiencing homelessness. Early findings suggest it's started strong with effective outreach, services, retention, and navigation of legal and health care systems. buff.ly/3Y53qq7

Women have come so far in being able to smash records in endurance sports such as marathons, ultra-marathons, long-distance cycling and swimming, and triathlons. Claire McKay Bowen explores what has helped, and hindered, them ow.ly/jJWf50SBj9M #Paris2024

Our ATL to ABQ flight on July 19 faced multiple delays and cancellations. The earliest we could get home was July 25! We rebooked w/another airline and got home at 3 AM today. This is unacceptable. What if I couldn't afford another ticket, had small kids, or a medical condition?

We are happy to share that Vassar College College is hiring a 4th tenure-track statistician to start Fall 2025! The ad is at mathjobs.org/jobs/list/24751 Review of applications will begin on Oct 7. Feel free to reach out with questions. Please help spread the word and thanks!

I'm looking for a new post-doc or two, to start any time in the next 9 months or so. Causal inference, public health applications, policy evaluation, etc. Details here; spread the word! elizabethstuart.org/files/PostDoct…

Excited to announce that our own Drs. Herle McGowan and @EmilyHGriffith1 will be panelists at JSM! See our full lineup of speakers and contributors here: statistics.sciences.ncsu.edu/2024/07/23/dep…

A great opportunity for someone out of college looking to learn about health services research, mental health, programming, data analysis, etc. -- great topics and a great team!

Come join our amazing team! I get to work with the best students and colleagues. Spread the word!

Great opportunity to work in a growing department with amazing people!

Bill Clinton made a claim on Thurs that the US has added ~50 million jobs since 1989, almost all of them during Democratic presidencies. He said he checked 3 times, but I had to look. TLDR: It’s true and it’s even true if you make adjustments for gov't employment and COVID. A🧵

It’s been a while since I shared my knitting projects, as I focused on smaller, quicker items. Here’s a #knitted crop top! It’s not quite my style, so it’s up for grabs—just cover shipping, and it’s yours! Pattern: Magna Floral by Alisa Hartzel Yarn: Heathers from Cascade Yarns

New research brief out! Discover how #syntheticdata can expand access to critical workforce & education data while enhancing privacy protections. Learn how NSWERS is using #privacyenhancingtech to improve data sharing and support better policymaking. urban.org/research/publi…