Professor Miguel Hernán of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health discusses "Target Trial Emulation: A Framework for Causal Inference From Observational Data" with JAMA Statistical Editor Roger J. Lewis. ja.ma/3QupTYZ

Congratulations to our Director, Max Parmar, who has been awarded the Royal Statistical Society's 2024 Bradford Hill Medal!🏅👏 Max has been recognised for his innovative work on efficient designs for late-phase #ClinicalTrials. Learn more about this honour👉bit.ly/44zndPx

Keele Clinical Trials Unit

⚠️About 26% of #gout patients are prescribed #colchicine prophylaxis despite already being on meds with potential interactions, according to Ram Bajpai and colleagues So, what about adverse events? Find out more at Healio 👇 healio.com/news/rheumatol…

Interested in developing models of care for older people? Then read our Age_and_Ageing typology paper academic.oup.com/ageing/article… which accompanies our recent The BMJ meta-analysis bmj.com/content/bmj/38… Academic Unit for Ageing and Stroke Research British Geriatrics Society NIHR Yorkshire & Humber ARC Community Health Services National Institute for Health and Care Research ANZSGM

🚨Please share #PhD opportunity🚨 Illness perceptions & outcomes in people with gout. Funded by HaywoodFoundation & Keele University 🐿️ Closing date 31/08/2024. Full advert & contact details: keele.ac.uk/study/postgrad…

Preprint: TRIPOD-LLM statement medrxiv.org/content/10.110… and website tripod-llm.vercel.app to help authors address the unique challenges of reporting use of #LLMs in biomedical applications medRxiv TRIPODStatement Danielle Bitterman, MD

There is a still time to apply for a fully funded full-time #PhD in Applied Statistics/ Epidemiology on illness perception and outcomes in people living with gout with us at #KeeleUniversity. Further details can be found at findaphd.com/phds/project/i…

"Methods for Evaluating Models, Tests & Biomarkers" Save the date for the MEMTAB 2025 conference! 29th April - 1st May 2025 University of Birmingham, UK. Abstract submission opens in next fortnight Initial details & past meetings: memtab.org

CTU Research Fellow in Biostatistics, Elaine Nicholls with her poster on display at @ictmc2024 about Data Collection mode - Online vs Offline: what is the preference? We are looking forward to seeing lots more posters tomorrow! #ctu #clinicaltrials #methodology #healthresearch

We conducted a systematic review to determine prognostic factors, measurable in primary care, for poor outcome in people living with #dementia. We identified 11 prognostic factors were associated with an increased risk of care home admission. bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

*** MEMTAB 2025 *** Interested in models, tests and biomarkers for prediction, diagnosis and monitoring in healthcare? Please join us & share your methodology work! 29 April - 1st May 2025, Birmingham UK Abstract submission & registration NOW OPEN 😀 uobevents.eventsair.com/memtab-2025/

Great to see this R package: stephenrho.github.io/pminternal/ 😀 Implements the (in)stability plots and checks recommended by myself & Gary Collins after developing a prediction model Our paper is here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Calling all teachers of Statistics in Medicine and Allied Health Sciences Burwalls 2025 (Celebrating 40+ years of Burwalls): Call for Abstracts University of York, UK, 10-11th June 2025 Free registration but you need to come to York. sites.google.com/view/burwalls/…

Tutorials in Biostatistics So Many Choices: A Guide to Selecting Among Methods to Adjust for Observed Confounders. Luke Keele, Richard Grieve. Statistics in Medicine. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/si…

📢Last opportunity to book on to our Statistical Methods for Risk Prediction and Prognostic Models course, running 4th-6th March online. Registration closes 25th Feb. tinyurl.com/bddbcd2e

We have a fully funded PhD position in quantitative epidemiology at the School of Medicine, Keele University. Deadline is 02-04-2025. More details can be found at keele.ac.uk/study/postgrad…

We’re excited to welcome Danielle van der Windt to #BPSASM2025! 🗣️ UK and Global Impact of Pain and Implications for Pain Management Be part of the conversation—don’t miss this powerful session. 🔗 bit.ly/4jJaEay

**New Lancet DH paper "Importance of sample size on the quality & utility of AI-based prediction models for healthcare" - for broad audience - why inadequate SS harms model training, evaluation & performance - pushback to claims SS irrelevant to #AI 👇 tinyurl.com/yrje52fn

!!ANNOUNCEMENT!! Prognosis Research In Healthcare Summer school 2025 keele.ac.uk/primary-care-s… The course will take place between the 9th and 11th of July 2025 and will be hosted online through a dedicated custom platform. REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 30-06-2025