🎉📰📢 Lancaster University CHICAS Group has received high praise from the Coalition for Operational Research on #NTDs during its 10th-anniversary celebration. CHICAS, a #WHO Collaborating Centre, was spotlighted for its significant contributions in statistical research. lancaster.ac.uk/news/chicas-re…

This is very interesting - we need assisted workflow like this for data analysis too. I mean we don't "prove" our estimates/predictions, but we should transparently justify them and link them logically to estimands and generative theories

Today is World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day, there is much progress. 50 countries have eliminated at least one neglected tropical disease.

After an incredibly successful 2022 event, we're bringing back our DRI Retreat in 2024! Join us for 5 days of panels, group discussions, and networking events to level up your research and professional skills. You don't want to miss out, register now! ➡️n8cir.org.uk/events/digital…

🌟 Could you inspire the next generation? The RSS William Guy Lectureship 2024/25 is now accepting applications! 🌟 This year, we're helping young people to discover the hidden world of statistics and data behind our everyday lives 👀 ow.ly/WeXR50QGcV3

🆕Supplement by NTD_Modelling with World Health Organization (WHO) & other experts explores how mathematical models of neglected tropical diseases can accelerate progress towards NTD control & elimination by 2030. #BeatNTDs Funded by @GatesFoundation LiKaShing Foundation Big Data Institute​ 🔗bit.ly/3WjdWJc

Fantastic effort from DeirdreHollingsworth Anthony Solomon Dr Socé Fall - DrMed, PhD, FRCP Panayiota Touloupou Ariktha Srivathsan Claudio Fronterre JM Prada Mutono Nyamai Thumbi Ananthu James Hugo C Turner Dr. Caroline Bulstra Max Eyre @luc_coffeng Graham Medley Prof Kat Rock AndyDobson Katie Gass Alison Krentel and Others.

Can we eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis by 2030? Panayiota Touloupou and Claudio Fronterre research novel ways of linking maps and models to build a framework providing sub-national LF projections across 44 African countries. ​#BeatNTDs #GAELF ⬇️🧵

Achieving the elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) by 2030 is an ambitious yet plausible goal, especially with innovative approaches like those being researched by Panayiota Touloupou and Claudio Fronterre. Their work on linking maps and models to create a framework for subnational ⬇️

1 Billion people worldwide have soil-transmitted helminths (STHs)​. Integrating geo-statistical methods + transmission models to improve monitoring of control programmes. ​Max Eyre & @Cbulstra insights for more efficient preventive strategies #BeatNTDs bit.ly/3UuXwuY

New paper out! A joint work with Dr. Caroline Bulstra Claudio Fronterre @luc_coffeng Olatunji Johnson Sake J de Vlas and Peter J Diggle.

Congratulations to Dr @EmanueleLANCS for winning this year's RSS - Mardia Prize 🎉🎉🎉

We just released GPJax v0.9 🥳 In this release we build on the excellent Flax/NNX library. This release gives users full control over the state of a model's parameters. Such control makes it easy for practitioners to implement their ideas, whilst providing an intuitive design!

We are pleased to announce that registrations for our Digital Research Infrastructure Retreat 2025 are now open! If you are involved in #data, #computation & #research this is the event for you! Check out the panels & apply now: n8cir.org.uk/training-and-e… #DRIRetreat2025

Today is World Neglected Tropical Disease Day, and we're doing our bit to raise awareness! Find out how Lancaster University CHICAS Group is part of the fight against NTDs through the link below 👇🌍 lancaster.ac.uk/news/world-neg…

🚨 Workshop Alert at #RSS2025 📅 Tues 2 Sept, 14:00–16:00 🗺️ Model-based Geostatistics for Public Health in R With Emauele Giorgi & myself Learn to go from spatial data to predictions with RiskMap using real case studies. 👉 rss.org.uk/training-event… #RStats #Geostat

💭 AI can make learning faster but are we learning less deeply? I wrote a short reflection on what might be getting lost in the process. Curious how others are thinking about this 👇 🔗 tinyurl.com/ai-learning-re… #AI #LearningWithAI #EdTech #CriticalThinking