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In 1993 BMJ asked Doug Altman🇬🇧to write a few 600-word “filler” pieces on statistics education. The result was BMJ’s *Statistics Notes* series, mostly co-authored with JM Bland🇬🇧. The 67 articles are called “perhaps the finest series of short articles on the use of statistics”

I wrote a thing for IMS about my experience with impostor syndrome. Full text available here: imstat.org/wp-content/upl…

In relationships, we will all hurt people we love. This is why it's important to learn how to authentically apologize. How to Authentically Apologize:

FACTS to blow your mind🤯 Risk of post-vaccine myocarditis is at 2 cases per 100,000 vaccinated - 🟢NORMAL RANGE seen in the general population. Risk of myocarditis with COVID-19 is at 146 cases per 100,000 infected - 🔴MUCH HIGHER RANGE! #VaccinesWork theconversation.com/myocarditis-co…

Moments after discovering malaria's cause, Ronald Ross was inspired to write a poem that included this verse: Seeking His secret deeds With tears and toiling breath, I find thy cunning seeds, O million-murdering Death. #medhum blogs.bmj.com/medical-humani…

Oh hi, I wrote a thing for IMS Full text here: imstat.org/2023/03/31/wri…

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Babies < 6 mo are most at risk of severe #RSV disease and death. This phase 3 trial compared 3570 babies born after RSV #vaccination in #pregnancy & 3558 placebo controls 👉🏻 Efficacy vs severe disease in < 3 mo: 81.8% 👉🏻 No safety signals identified nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

The outdoors are for everyone. "Well, yeah, of course," some might say. But when you're someone grappling with feeling "different," when you don't feel safe to be completely yourself at home, at work, in your community - the outdoors provides refuge...

Congratulations to Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo on her appointment as director at NIAID NIH! Great news for patients, scientists and citizens! #WeAreID ⁦IDSA⁩ ⁦Jeanne Marrazzo⁩ ⁦Carlos del Rio⁩ ⁦Trish Perl⁩ ⁦Dan McQuillen⁩ nih.gov/news-events/ne…

"Marrazzo, an alum of the University of Washington School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, succeeds Dr. Anthony Fauci, who led NIAID for 38 years." buff.ly/45D3b6b

It’s now been one year since President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law—lowering health care costs for families and investing in our future by accelerating the transition to clean energy.

6 Traits of Safe People:

UW Epidemiology is seeking a transformational leader to serve as the new chair and professor with tenure for our #epidemiology department. Please share with your networks. Learn more and apply: apply.interfolio.com/133633

You can extract more information from rapid antigen tests than you may realize How quickly or slowly the test takes to turn positive, and how dark the line gets can help to understand how much virus you have in your sample. Here’s a diagram I made to describe it.

GROW-RURAL PIs Chris Longenecker, MD from UW Medicine & Rusty Baker from University of Idaho are partnering w/ ITHS Practice & Research Network and rural communities to adapt global health innovations to rural CV health across the #WWAMIregion. #RuralPROcare #cardiohealth #reciprocalinnovation

We are proud to highlight our #RuralPROCare trainees! Each Network project appoints at least 1 trainee as part of our goal of investing in the next generation of #healthequity researchers & practitioners committed to #ruralhealth. Thanks for making our work possible, trainees!

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We’re seeking a new chair to lead a dedicated team of faculty, staff, and students who are passionate about developing and using rigorous quantitative methods to improve the well-being of communities in the United States and around the world. bit.ly/3MmZHwE