“Interesting”. If the point was to have a discussion about the merits/pros/cons of observational vs experimental data and their associated designs (btw very important) why polarize? Polarizing about this topic creates more confusion #epitwitter nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

#McGill Professors Nicole Li-Jessen, David Buckeridge, and Brent Richards to receive over $1 million in funding for collaborations with UK researchers in artificial intelligence #AI 🇨🇦 🇬🇧mcgill.ca/x/Zjq | McGill Medicine and Health Sciences brent richards @davidbuckeridge McGill University

Our new paper in JAMA: DO NOT TEST FOR PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS in survival analyses. Hazards are never proportional (unless treatment has a zero causal effect on survival). So, no matter what you were taught, don't bother to test. Bootstrap. Or avoid using hazard ratios.

Best modelling I've seen on #COVID19. No scenario looks attractive to me and all strategies at containment or mitigation result in overwhelming of ICU capacity by several-fold. imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial…

PhD Defence: Done! Thank you very much McGill University #GPS for acting fast and ensuring PhD Candidates can defend online despite these challenging times. Thank you brent richards Robert Platt, McGill EBOH Admin, CIHR FRQ - secteur Santé QEScholars ASBMR for your support! 🧬📊🔬🇨🇦⚜️

If there's a baby boom in 9 months, it'll consist entirely of first-born children.

Cdn #epitwitter! 🇨🇦 is recruiting volunteers for: 1. Case tracking & contact tracing; 2. Health system surge capacity; and 3. Surveillance data collection & reporting bit.ly/3bOLswm McGill EBOH U of T Public Health UBC's School of Population and Public Health UAlbertaSPH School of Epidemiology and Public Health École de santé publique de l'UdeM

Put down the news for a bit/beat #danceathome Business as Usual April 2020: Luke Solomon + Natasha Diggs by Classic Music Company. ⁦⁦Luke FM Solomon⁩ soundcloud.com/classic-music-…

Well done European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG)! This makes a lot of sense AND makes me want to join the conference (which this year was not in my plans) #eshg2020

A short thread for the myriad researchers cranking the handle on UK Biobank COVID data. I am a UKB participant, I am pretty certain I was an early UK COVID case (worst winter sickness I've had, weird loss of taste and before that was noted as a symptom), however I will not ..

Columbus returns to the ocean blue.

Thrilled to announce the release of preliminary #COVID19 outcome data and GWAS genotyping from Biobanque québécoise de la COVID-19 Jewish General Hospital site. Outcomes available on N ~ 860 and GWAS on N ~560 We invite you to apply for access! Please re-tweet. bqc19.ca/en/access-data…

Excelente nota para entender la negociación de la deuda, de dónde venimos y hacia dónde podríamos llegar a ir (haciendo ref a notas de medios de diferente ideología) gracias Julia Strada

If you do any sort of research, here is a must-read:

During my PhD, I am writing papers in English, but I want my papers to be accessible in my native language, Spanish. An idea is to start adding a translation in Spanish as supplementary material. #epitwitter peeps, do you know journals who encourage this? Other suggestions?

Is the opposition NDP sleeping at the wheel or just doesn’t care (even worth mentioning Conservative Party?) What about campaign promises Liberal Party? #ForwardForTelcos Then we wonder why Canada has one of the highest internet/mobile plans OpenMedia theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

Venía explicándola a la situación actual con este candidato con pelo raro usando el mismo ejemplo de Alfred! Gracias! aleph cero ℵ₀