People hospitalised for #COVID19 in 2020 were at higher risk of being readmitted & death than general population. Important new findings in PLOS Medicine suggests need for increased monitoring of patients after discharge. 👉 bit.ly/3o03Cnw Krishnan Bhaskaran Ben Goldacre

Our new study, led by the excellent Helen Strongman:

Delighted to have been involved in this new paper highlighting an important methodological issue...

Job opportunity! We're pleased to share details of this new joint role - we are looking for an experienced #statistician #DataScientist to contribute to both Inequalities in Cancer Outcomes Network and the EHR group. This is a key role for both groups. Details 👇 jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…

This promises to be a really interesting hour, in memory of our friend Adrian.

🚨 RWE PEPI 2022 short course London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine now open for applications 🚨 Get your hands messy with #EHR data to investigate impacts of confounding, bias, and missing data. NEW CONTENT: HDPS, QBA, open science, reproducibility, and TREs #epitwitter #rxepi 👉 lshtm.ac.uk/study/courses/…

Brilliant work by rising star @Rutendo_22...

New The British Journal of General Practice paper out from our team! We found that cancer history should be considered as a predictor in future cardiovascular risk scoring tools. Figure below shows that cancer history is linked to raised risks of cardiovascular problems:

Brilliant work by Helen Strongman and Beyond Cancer at LSHTM team on this paper!

Brilliant work by Sophie Eastwood out this week in Lancet Regional Health Europe. Important insights into ethnicity and blood pressure management.

Important point from David about our joint paper from 2021, and how the findings might relate to current observations on excess deaths...