Having an interesting weekend.

Looks like Megan McCabe is now in da house! (literally)

Eh, I once took a girl to Chuck E Cheese on our first date. I also once took a girl to Chuck E Cheese on our last date.

UPSET CITY. #Hawkeyes

Our causal inference methodological workshop is happening this Wednesday! Join Emily Roberts, assistant professor in the Department of Biostatistics, to learn the foundations of causal reasoning and commonly used methods in causal inference. Learn more and register here:

Swimming & Diving: Both Lake Forest College Swim and Dive teams placed 3rd at the 2025 MWC Championship Meet (Final). At the four-day meet Lake Forest swimmers won six events, set seven school and two meet records, and made 22 updates to the program's list of the top-five performers in each event.

ON TENNESSEE SATURDAY NIGHT

The swift developments we witnessed during COVID-19 demonstrated the immense potential of adaptive clinical trials — highlighting the urgent need to design trials that facilitate faster learning and smarter decision-making. Though tools like ChatGPT can provide algorithmic

One change absolutely should be made. The First Four games should involve the last 8 at-large teams. No conference tournament champion should be in those games.

Such a wonderful opportunity to chat with the Encephalitis Society to discuss why Clinical Trials are such a valuable opportunity for patients affected by neurologic disease. The ExTINGUISH Trial for acute NMDAR Encephalitis in enrolling now 🧠 🔥 Podcast Link in comments 👇

📣The Iowa Chapter of the ASA 2025 Annual Meeting is coming up! Check out the meeting website, register, and come on April 11 at Grinnell College's campus: stats-tgeorge.quarto.pub/iowaasa_stat_c…

Being involved in the @ExTINGUISHTrial for NMDAR Encephalitis is the honor - and challenge - of a lifetime. And our community is making it a reality ❤️ Fantastic updates: 📣 As of 2025 ALL 37 US and 2 EU ExTINGUISH Trial sites are enrolling patients with NMDAR Encephalitis 1/

A trivia fact for #MayThe4thBeWithYou In 1980, a Star Wars Christmas album (“Christmas In The Stars”) included a song named “R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas”. Singing on that track - a very young Jon Bon Jovi. It is widely regarded as his first recorded vocal performance.

Berry Consultants is proud to sponsor and attend the upcoming Society for Clinical Trials (SCT) 46th Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on May 18-21. Multiple Berry Consultants team members will be presenting in a range of innovative clinical trial sessions:

Some students in my clinical trials class this year were in a band (Walter & The Worms). I told them I would give them all extra credit on the final exam if they wrote and performed a clinical trial themed song. They nailed the assignment. m.youtube.com/watch?v=m-2ydN…

Just published 👉 A NEWLY updated, comprehensive meta-analysis of the treatment of anti-NMDAR encephalitis: Analysis, equipoise, and the urgent need for evidence over anecdote 🧠🔥 Why is this paper so important ? 1/

Join NINDS for "Challenges in Pediatric Neuroscience Research: Bench to Bedside" with Dr. Sunny Juul & Dr. Elizabeth Berry-Kravis. July 30, 2025 | 12-1 PM ET Register now: bit.ly/3ZqgPZm

Tonight is #MLBAllStarGame2025 It always reminds me of one of the most “statistician” things I did as a kid. I would keep score each year and using different color pencils for each player - with the color matching the player's team colors (red for Reds, blue for Dodgers, etc.)

The ExTINGUISH Trial Methods Paper is available, Open Access! 👉There are no approved (or rigorously studied) treatments for NMDAR Encephalitis. 👉 Enrollment is ongoing for newly diagnosed NMDAR Encephalitis patients, via NIH/NINDS & the NeuroNEXT Clinical Trial Network

If you'll be at #JSM2025 next week, come check out some of our University of Iowa Department of Biostatistics current students and faculty present their research!