Don't miss out on your chance to apply to CENS! Apply here by June 12: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Tomorrow is our discussion on “Conceptualizing Opioid Geographies”! This is a great opportunity for anyone working in substance use research, healthcare, or community advocacy. Learn more and register here: gccp.healthyregions.org

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How has being an academic now become spending half your day waiting to be verified as a human?

UChicago undergraduates and graduate students interested in using AI to tackle real-world scientific challenges are invited to join us at the AI+Science Hackathon, where machine learning meets scientific discovery! Applications are due TOMORROW datascience.uchicago.edu/events/aisci...

The R/Medicine Call for Proposals has been extended by one week! New deadline: March 13 First-time speakers are encouraged! Need feedback on your abstract? [email protected] rconsortium.github.io/RMedicine_we... #rstats #opensource #healthcare

Nice summary on the role of the statistician in clinical research (spoiler, it is not the sample size calculation): stattrak.amstat.org/2026/03/02/c...

Upcoming session on leveraging external information for the design and analysis of clinical trials at #ENAR2026

R/Medicine CFP is open 🩺🧪 Deadline: March 6 - still time! Submit: Talks, Lightning Talks, Demos, Workshops - Using R + Shiny for health, lab, clinical data First-time speaker? Email for feedback: [email protected] rconsortium.github.io/RMedicine_we... #rstats #datascience

ANNOUNCE: Nominations are open for the prestigious ASA Statistical Computing and Graphic Award. 🎖️ It recognizes innovation in computing, software, or graphics that has had a significant impact on statistical practice or research. #rstats #stats community.amstat.org/jointscsg-se...

We learned today that Paul Rathouz of UT-Austin (previously Chicago and UW-Madison) died on Dec. 10. Few people I've known have enwrapped their brilliance with such modesty, decency, and good humor. A mensch's mensch. RIP.

youtu.be/hvDS-MhkKVo?... Bickel’s historical overview of the UC Berkeley dept of statistics

Great lecture on Stepped Wedge designs:

🗺️ Upcoming Workshop: “Intro to Spatial Data in R” 🗓️ Thursday, October 23, 2025 🕤 9:30–11:30 AM CDT 💻 Virtual; Register here: go.illinois.edu/GCCP-OCT23 This workshop is presented as part of the JCOIN Geospatial Consortium & Community of Practice (GCCP). 👉 gccp.healthyregions.org

Job Opportunities Alert Associate Professor of Data Science: apply.interfolio.com/174768 Assistant Professor of Data Science: apply.interfolio.com/174766 EOE/Vet/Disability

Nice discussion with Mark van der Laan, covering many topics including the history of TMLE, and future efforts: causalbanditspodcast.com

SDOH&Place annual symposium next week in Chicago: symposium2025.sdohplace.org

🚨 Relaunch of CRAN Task View: Clinical Trial Design, Monitoring, and Analysis #rstats Complete rewrite by an int'l team of experts in #clinicaltrials Ya Wang, Thomas Jaki @thomasjaki.bsky.social, Laura Pascasio Harris, Orla Doyle, Elias Laurin Meyer, Wilmar Igl cran.r-project.org/view=Clinica...

Great set of R tips and helpful packages: rfortherestofus.com/2025/06/twen...

New paper in @annalsofim.bsky.social "50 ways to misinterpret clinical prediction models for treatment decisions” --> Published version: www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/... --> Open access version: arxiv.org/pdf/2402.17366

Just got a No Kings stencil and chalk in the mail, waiting for the rain to stop and head out to the sidewalk:

New paper out today examining heterogeneity of cardiovascular effects between 4 classes of glucose-lowering therapies: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40673553/

Still trying to find the best way to teach skepticism in data. When I say check the data, people find the issues, but without that statement there is a “Simon says” reaction. I have many examples of hiding messages (e.g. create a PCA plot it shows “nope” in the plot) but not everyone finds these.

Is reading grant proposals on sleep disorders after midnight a reportable conflict of interest?

Registration and a call for posters are now open for the 2025 Midwest ML Symposium (June 23-24 at UChicago)! The call for posters is a great opportunity for grad and undergrad students to share the exciting work they are doing in research groups! Learn more and register - midwest-ml.org/2025/

📣 R/Medicine 2025 virtual conference is coming June 10-13! rconsortium.github.io/RMedicine_we... ⭐ Early bird registration through April 10 ⭐ Submissions accepted through April 11 ⭐ All-star lineup of keynotes and workshops #rmed25 #rstats

The Biostatistics Laboratory at the University of Chicago has a new position for a Senior Biostatistician. Please visit: uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern... EOE/VET/Disability

I really need to finish my ENAR presentation, so this is clearly one of the Kier tempers

Try the R/Medicine Data Challenge! Tell a Data Story about Measles cases and/or Vaccination Rates in Quarto - Student and Pro Divisions, $200 Prizes! #rstats #quarto Details at rconsortium.github.io/RMedicine_we...

Saw my first mosquito of the season and put the snow shovels away, Chicago you know what this means!

Please apply, this project involves quite a bit of fun work on combining data from observational studies with randomized trials to estimate heterogeneous treatment effects!

📢 The R Consortium is hosting an R/Medicine Webinar on "Rix: reproducible data science environments with Nix". Two weeks from today! Register to attend this virtual event now! r-consortium.org/webinars/rix... #rstats

Keeping a close eye on Pennsylvania, you doing OK?

This is a big deal, y'all. Federal health websites are being stripped of content or removed in their entirety. Stick with this thread for a look at what's disappeared so far! 1/x

Trump Admin to US Biological and Health Science: “F—— off and die” Reporting by @aniloza.bsky.social @statnews.com with details, which I paraphrased above… www.statnews.com/2025/01/22/t...

Yes, it is a struggle to get our kids to wear weather appropriate clothing in winter here in Chicago! (Crocs in snow really don’t mix) Also me in High School:

Remy helping me review a few manuscripts tonight, in case you find your reviewer comments complain about not enough recipes in your methods section:

Job Opportunity Alert: Instructional Professor (open rank) in Data Science: apply.interfolio.com/160114 EOE / Vet / Disability

Save the Date! It is our pleasure to share that the 2025 Midwest ML Symposium will be held at the University of Chicago, June 23-24, 2025! Please stay tuned for further information about registration, accommodation, and transportation on the conference website midwest-ml.org/2025/

We’re excited to announce a program to support first-time contributors to @rOpenSci.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy packages! 🎉 Are you a package maintainer who would like to mentor a new #rstats contributor? See our blog post for details and how to sign up: ropensci.org/blog/2024/10...

We are hiring a new fully funded PhD student We are searching for an enthusiastic PhD student to work on cutting edge methods research, working on methods to combine knowledge from cardioelectrophysiology, 'conventional’ ECG analysis and machine learning. www.werkenbijumcutrecht.nl/vacatures/we...

Festschrift in honor of Michael Kosorok: laber-labs.com/pages/kosoro...