Two new preprints with @TsukushiKamiya Mircea T. Sofonea and HRB Clinical Research Galway statisticians John Ferguson and Alberto Alvarez. (2) Understanding the role of mask-wearing during COVID-19 on the island of Ireland medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Two new preprints with @TsukushiKamiya Mircea T. Sofonea and HRB Clinical Research Galway statisticians John Ferguson and Alberto Alvarez. (1) Estimating time-dependent infectious contact: a multi-strain epidemiological model of SARS-CoV-2 on the island of Ireland medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

We found there would have been a large decrease in infectious contact and ensuing hospitalisations, had population mask-wearing been adopted during the first wave of Covid-19 in Ireland.

Last day to register for "Statistical Approaches to Understanding the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Island of Ireland". Speakers include statsepi @anthonybmasters @cathalwalsh.bsky.social and Prof Adele Marshall. Details: istat.ie/n2020/statisti…

Fantastic talk by James Sweeney UL on age structured SEIR model for #Covid_19 incidence at “Statistical Approaches to Understanding the Covid19 pandemic on the Island of #Ireland “ workshop in #NUIGalway MACSI UL Research Nicola Fitz-Simon University Of Limerick data_science_ie @nuigalway

Two very good, but fairly technical presentations from John Sweeney and Nicola Fitz-Simon on #COVID19 modelling. Very useful models, and look forward to seeing them extended to look at the impacts of reinfection.

First real talk in 2.5 years!!

Some news! We are changing our name✍️ Our university has been at the heart❤️of our beautiful city since 1845 – we are becoming Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway #UniversityofGalway

We need to reject negative stereotypes around maths The RSS, along with many of the UK’s leading mathematical sciences societies, is led by a woman and three of our four VPs are women We are home to thousands of female members who all like ‘hard maths’

A report on our recent workshop on covid-19 stats, with speakers including statsepi @cathalwalsh.bsky.social @anthonybmasters James Sweeney UL rss.org.uk/news-publicati…

Excess mortality in Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic, March 2020-April 2022 Full article 👉🏼 bit.ly/3w8jJTo Excess mortality is a term used to refer to number of deaths from all causes during a period of time above & beyond what we'd normally expect to see. 🧵

Refocusing time at CASI!

In-person discussion meeting on statistical aspects of Covid-19 at Errol Street, 16th June: rss.org.uk/training-event…

It's great to be hosting our first in-person Discussion Meeting since February 2020. It's a multi-paper meeting on Statistical Aspects of the Covid-19 Pandemic. 📅 16 June, 4-6pm BST Register your place and download the preprints at: rss.org.uk/training-event…

Our three super speakers on #datavisualusation at the Statisticien #JdS2022

Read the report from our invited session at #JdS2022 de la Société Française de Statistique rss.org.uk/news-publicati… with speakers Catey Bunce💙 Roger Beecham Victoria Cornelius #datavis

Join us for an in-person symposium to celebrate 50 years of the Cox model. 📆 10 November 🕧 10:00 GMT 📍 LSHTM 🗣️ Nancy Reid, @statnav, Bhramar Mukherjee, Per Kragh Andersen & Heather Battey 🔗 bit.ly/3evmI2Q

Interested in joining the RSS Medical Section committee?

Our call for new committee members is also now live on the Royal Statistical Society website, closing date 20th October rss.org.uk/news-publicati…

Reminder: the deadline for applications to join the Royal Statistical Society Medical Section committee is this Thursday 20th October