UK Reproducibility Network is having a conference, July 2026 in Manchester! Please register your interest: www.ukrn.org/conference/ Bringing together researchers, institutions and research stakeholders from the UK and beyond to drive collaborative change within the UK #research sector.

"Two major publishers have begun to automatically reject the vast majority of papers based on public health data sets, following revelations that unscrupulous actors use these data sets to churn out nonsense scientific papers." www.science.org/content/arti...

🚨 Job Vacancy Alert 🚨 Postdoctoral Research Associate in Pharmacoepidemiology Looking for an experienced postdoc to join my team to study the safety and effects of medicines in populations previously underrepresented in clinical research. Apply Here: qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...

HIRING! We offer 3 fully funded PhD positions to work on research methodology with experts in a great medical research environment. More info: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

PhD position with me and Neil Ferguson (Imperial) starting in September. March 7 deadline. Home fees only (unfortunately). Looking for an enthusiastic student looking to learn new things. Please get in touch for more info or an informal conversation.

11 PhD studentships now available in Health Analytics, Epidemic Modelling and Health Economics, jointly between LSHTM, Imperial and UKHSA, to start autumn 2025. Deadline 7 March: www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

PLEASE SHARE! 💡 Have an idea to improve research culture & practice? 📝 Submit a project proposal for the Responsible Research in Action Unconference (Sep. 22-24, Berlin) ⌚ Due Jan. 26! 🙌 If selected, you'll lead a team of 20, working together to make it happen! rr-in-action2025.org/info-for-app...

Peer Review in the Age of Large Language Models – Call for Abstracts https://cdt-art-ai.ac.uk/news/events/peer-review-in-the-age-of-large-language-models-call-for-abstracts/ #metaresearch #peerreview

📣 Do you want to learn about recent advances in causal inference? Colleagues at INSERM are organising a workshop gathering international experts in the field. Bonus: it's happening in two amazing locations 🌇🇫🇷

🚨 Publication alert 🚨 Ursodeoxycholic acid and severe COVID-19 outcomes in a cohort study using the OpenSAFELY platform Paper here: doi.org/10.1038/s438... (1/3) @darthctr.bsky.social @annaschultze.bsky.social @bengoldacre.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social @bennettoxford.bsky.social

People diagnosed with #cancer at a greater risk of #mentalhealth problems even five years after their diagnosis. LSHTM analysis of UK GP data from more than 850,000 patients suggests more psychological support is needed.👥 👉 bit.ly/4d48j6w #publichealth

"The university has an obligation to interrogate the proposition that a world in which AI is widely used is desirable or inevitable. We don’t need to cheer for a vision of tomorrow in which scientists feel comfortable with not personally reading the articles …” uniavisen.dk/en/cut-the-a...

Serious funding for open science. With exquisitely good focus areas: Improving Data Infrastructure Novel Publishing Models Improving the Persistent Identifier Ecosystem Four tiers of funding from $20k to $5M

Scientific racism is a blight on science & isn’t going to go away if scientists ignore it. So I’ve teamed up w/ Magdalena Hurtado, @drsarahmyers.bsky.social & @abbeyepage.bsky.social to highlight & counter this problem by editing a special collection of Evolutionary Human Sciences. Please share CfP👇

Rigour, imagination & production in data-driven science 20 Jun 5.30–8.30pm Andrew Gelman, Jessica Hullman, Hadley Wickham www.turing.ac.uk/events/publi...

Wiley closing 19 journals and retracting ELEVEN THOUSAND academic publications for being fake archive.ph/ouZUd (Wall Street Journal)

#PhD Opportunity with myself, Gerry McCartney & David Walsh. The project will explore the divergent life expectancy trends in the UK & Republic of Ireland & consider the role of austerity policies & broader economic contexts. £19k pa stipend & fees paid Details: tinyurl.com/4db3eed3

This is a big deal - mandatory programming code sharing, for observational studies, in a major medical journal 🎉 Will be interesting to see when and why people don't share code going forward www.bmj.com/content/384/...