Wow! This is really amazing -- so happy to see this student-run initiative U of T Public Health take flight. Sabrina Chiodo et al. - well done! cc-ing faculty who helped make this possible, too (Laura Rosella Erica Di Ruggiero, PhD Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown)

Today I’m at #ENDO2024! If you see me, please say hi! Ill be giving a talk on drug holidays at the bisphosphonate symposium at 4:30– lots of fun other talks too including on BMD/BTM monitoring by Doug Bauer . See you there!

Viewpoint describes the potential consequences of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed data access policy change for graduate students and early-career researchers. ja.ma/3Vocft6

So excited to join the University of Delaware as a new assistant professor of epidemiology. If you're interested in pharmacoepidemiology, aging, and descriptive/applied epi, please say hello! #epitwitter UD Health Sciences International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology SER udel.edu/academics/coll…

The latest issue of #DelawareJournalofPublicHealth is out now. Learn more about cancer and the power of preventative screening here: djph.org

Gabapentinoids continue to be widely prescribed for numerous health conditions, despite limited evidence on their efficacy for off-label uses and their association with serious adverse events. In the US alone, 5.7 million older adults were prescribed gabapentin in 2022. Read

We're hiring a postdoc in the &-Lab at Network Science Institute! Looking for a curious, collaborative scholar to work on computational social science questions, at the intersection of data justice + network science. Applications ongoing, interviews ~late Sep/early Oct northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/Bo…

In a new collaboration between Walgreens & BrownGerontology, genome sequencing found potentially concerning racial and ethnic variation in the burden of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants using whole genome sequencing on over 18M tests. Kaley Hayes, PharmD, PhD Vince Mor frontiersin.org/journals/publi…

👋 #DataScience community, apply now for the University of Toronto -University of Illinois System Joint Call for Proposal A competitive seed funding program for collaborative education and research initiatives in the area of data science. Deadline: November 18 🔗 uoft.me/aRY

Calling all Canadian drug data nerds! Tired of hunting down DINs? We’ve built an easy-to-use tool that generates a list of DINs by ATC/Name in seconds – no more manual labour. Check it out! 🔗 poxotn-arian-aminoleslami.shinyapps.io/Find_DINs_by_A… Share with friends!

We are hiring! If you want to be part of a team which is revolutionizing how we conduct randomized controlled trials, please apply for the position as a senior researcher/postdoctoral researcher in our team! We need bright team members like you 🫵 CTCPR Trials & CIRL @BiomedUCPH UCPH Healthscience

We are hiring a Research Scientist to help with exciting NIA and PCORI-funded projects! Please share widely with your networks. brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff-ca…

🌳 We're growing! The Epi Program at University of Delaware is hiring an open-rank, CT faculty member. If you are passionate about teaching epi, have a knack for SAS and R, and enjoy consulting on biostatistical methods you should apply. #EpiTwitter careers.udel.edu/en-us/job/5014…

Wonderful work and congratulations, Yalin Deng!

Come join our team!

UD researchers have been awarded a $3.9 million grant from The National Institute on Aging (NIA) to explore links between aging arteries, brain and cognitive decline. ow.ly/mX3x50U7chF

Check out our paper developing Bayesian methods for causal inference with incomplete outcome and covariates (all doable in Stan!): arxiv.org/abs/2410.22481… Recording of a talk on this at NYU's biostatistics symposium can be found here (4:04:20): tinyurl.com/n9wc5fav

🎉 Thrilled to share our latest paper published in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology! 📈 We describe how we developed guidelines to bring RWE into Canadian regulatory/HTA decisions, using transparent reporting. Original guidance link in QR code below: doi.org/10.1016/j.jcli…

🔬 How do oncologist networks shape clinical trial referrals? Smith et al. use Social Network Analysis to uncover referral patterns, revealing insights for better trial design with a novel algorithm. Read more: doi.org/10.33137/utjph… #Oncology #ClinicalTrials #SNA

🚨New publication! 🚨 Our International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology-endorsed review in Am J Epidemiology evaluates how real-world data is used to study #deprescribing 💊 including exposure measurement and immortal time bias 📈 with recommendations for best practices ✅ 📚Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/aje/kw…