Interested in using data to tackle health inequalities? Join a 1-day, online hackathon for undergrad & grad students w/ at least 1 coding or stats class. Learn about epidemiology and how quantitative methods can answer urgent public health questions. Feb 28. Info: bit.ly/3MtiJFq #EpiSky #DataSciSky

New interview with @busph.bsky.social Department of Epidemiology Excellence Fellow, like Ieza Arshad. BU Epi aims to deliver outstanding education to committed and talented future epidemiologists and public health leaders.

Super talk re Undiagnosed Disease Network - neurologic symptoms most common for both kids and adults. But 60% of patients still not diagnosed after comprehensive genetic workup- suggests non-genetic sources. At NINDS' neural exposome workshop. bit.ly/4b3c277 #publichealth #datascience #exposome.

I hope some of you #NIA researchers present and attend. @bryandjames.bsky.social , @sdukehan.bsky.social , @leadcoalition.bsky.social , @mariaglymour.bsky.social , @cgster.bsky.social , and anyone else interested? #geronsky

#episky #MPH #gradSchool #DataSciSky

Wondering what software to learn for master's level epidemiology jobs? I summarized a new paper from @bostonu.bsky.social Epi faculty here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/offeri...

The session felt like a watershed though I lost the debate. @sfackley.bsky.social gave an amazing discussion of how the "garden of forking paths" - a gazillion tiny decisions we all make in an analysis - creates serious reproducibility issue in health research. #episky #datascisky #reproducibility

Public Health education must be rigorous & demanding to prepare students for the uphill battle for public health progress. Faculty need to deliver that training while supporting students to succeed. Are we delivering? About BU Dept of Epi Excellence Fellows: bit.ly/49OBf4n #EpiSky #MPH #GradSchool

With a link that works for those not at BU!: bit.ly/43lEIn2

Statistical software skills for master’s-level jobs in epidemiology: an analysis of 15 years of job posting data url: academic-oup-com.ezproxy.bu.edu/aje/article-... Great work led by @busph.bsky.social Dr. Emily Goldmann! Keeping the curriculum up to date. #episky #datascisky #MPH #publichealth

For those of you attending #GSA2025 in Boston, consider this panel of #NIH awardees, Drs. Alden Gross, @mariaglymour.bsky.social , @sfackley.bsky.social , and @bryandjames.bsky.social. Please remember to tag #geronsky and @geronsociety.bsky.social in your posts.

If you're interested in research on hearing and cognitive aging, check out The Harmonized Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia for the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI-DAD)LASI-DAD hearing assessment and audiometry data webinar this morning. Register here: usc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Looks like a great methods primer paper from Emma Nichols and Eleanor Hayes-Larson. @timead.bsky.social @g2aging.bsky.social "Common methodological issues in observational epidemiological studies of older adults" bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/...

🔔 #TRCI Special Issue 🔔 Marking the 10th anniversary of AD Drug Development Pipeline articles led by Dr. Jeffrey Cummings! Submit your research highlighting advances in ADRD clinical trials and drug development! ⏰Oct. 31, 2026 alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...

I used to think "Alzheimer's Disease" was clearly defined. But the definitions have changed repeatedly, with <3 years between revisions since 2007. Really thoughtful paper from van der Molen et al: doi.org/10.1002/alz.... Advantages of updates are unclear, with numerous industry co-authors. #EndAlz

Clickable link :) progressive.org/op-eds/paid-... Great read!

Paid Family Leave Can Be a Lifeline url:https://progressive.org/op-eds/paid-family-leave-can-be-a-lifeline-wells-20251022/ Fantastic essay from UCSF PhD student Whitney Wellls #EpiSky #DataSky #PublicHealth

@tulsaworld.com published my essay re health research funding. The situation has changed since I wrote this (before the shutdown) but research funding is just as threatened. Please join me in speaking out. Link (from 9/28): bit.ly/496kEIV Without a paywall: bit.ly/47nvTLP Recording: bit.ly/3KKtKRJ

Exciting @melodem.bsky.social presentation from Dr Sudha Seshadri on Biomarkers to Parse Heterogeneity of Brain Aging and Dementia. Contrasts Framingham vs San Antonio! icymi, recordings posted: melodem.org #EpiSky #EndAlz @sudha-md.bsky.social @uthealthsa.bsky.social #Biomarkers #BiggsInstitute

Most population health surveillance efforts focus on mortality and disability rather than pain. TIME-AD’s Dr. Yulin Yang analyzed 24 years of data to understand chronic pain prevalence and trends in urban, suburban, and rural areas of American adults aged 55+. 🔗 tinyurl.com/mrxu8byd

In a bizarre twist of fate, I am the unofficial photographer for Caroline and the Green Line show at the Ponderosa, a super Trumpy but kinda fabulous dive bar in Acushnet MA. It is funny to try to jibe the venue with working on my post about why we need a strong CDC!!! I shoulda brought my own sign.

PhD student Alick Sixpence will co-lead our BU Undergrad Hackathon for Health Equity Oct 18 on infectious disease epidemiology. Check out Alick's work: bit.ly/4q67uSn - if you find this inspiring, join us for hands-on experience in epi research: bit.ly/46Na9ca Register: bit.ly/3KL6pzd

Undergrad Hackathon for Health Equity on infectious diseases. Oct 18 @buhaririinstitute.bsky.social (Boston). Come learn about epidemiology research & dive into real data with fun mentors and epi-curious colleagues. Info: bit.ly/46Na9ca. Register: bit.ly/3KL6pzd. #EpiSky #DataSciSky #PublicHealth

New @melodem.bsky.social working group presentation from Dr. Brian Downer at @utmbscoa.bsky.social UTMB on education trends in Mexico across birth cohorts and cognitive aging, using data from MHAS. melodem.org #EpiSky #DataSky #Demography #Education #SDOH

One of the fun things about launching @timead.bsky.social is the amazing early career folks. We started a "scientist spotlight" website section. The 3 posted are just our first few - really gratifying to see the work of Master's & PhD students, and post-docs -more spotlights coming! bit.ly/3VCa84g

I wrote a LinkedIn post on advice for incoming Master's students in public health and epidemiology. tl;dr: do hard things, get help when needed, make friends and thank people, and have fun - it's amazing. #EpiSky #DataSciSky #PublicHealth #GradSchool Full article: bit.ly/4neVYlE

The @busph.bsky.social PROGRESS Initiative journal club hosting Dr. Chase Latour from UNC Chapel Hill Epi for her paper on healthy births as censoring versus competing events in studies of prenatal medication use. sites.bu.edu/progressinit... onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy.bu.edu/doi/10.1111/...

Potential paediatric tuberculosis incidence and deaths resulting from interruption in programmes supported by international health aid, 2025–34: a mathematical modelling study - The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Such a cool paper. #EpiSky @amjepi.bsky.social #DataScience #Reproducibility Led by @sfackley.bsky.social at @brown-epi.bsky.social Research on reproducible research funded by NIH/NIA - thank you!

🔁 ICYMI: TIME-AD introduces the AI-Y Checklist, a framework for evaluating the development and deployment of AI tools in population health through an ethical lens. 🔗 Check it out: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

In this podcast w/ Dr. Salma Abdalla, we discussed dementia epi (including Piller's book "Doctored"), choosing health research topics, non-causal studies and... It was fun, tho without the video you can't appreciate the Flour Bakery product placement. bit.ly/485sC4x #publichealth #EpiSky #EndAlz

P-hacking or power improvements? Sarah Ackley examined trends in p-value distributions in epi journals and compared to distributions expected under p-hacking vs changes in statistical power over 20 years. #EpiSky #DataScience #MetaSci #Reproducibility

Nice defense of diversity from Oklahoma of all places: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/o...

Final report-outs from #ΨMCA2025 -Workgroup 3 focused on using synthetic data: can we regenerate the features of the original data using either sythpop or Q-net (large science model). #EpiSky #DataSci #EndAlz #NIA

Final report-outs from #ΨMCA2025- this is always amazing to see how much people have done in <4 days -Workgroup 2 focused on statistical power needed to fulfill #NAPA (bit.ly/4mpQgNK) and #NASEM (bit.ly/3UvnVcu) goals for ADRD research. #EpiSky #DataSciSky #EndAlz #NIA

Final report-outs from #ΨMCA2025- this is always amazing to see how much people have done in <4 days -Workgroup 1 focused on measurement error in mediation effect estimates. First q: Measurement error on income and estimated mediation of education-->cognition. #EpiSky #DataSci #EndAlz #NIA

Such a great scene at #ΨMCA2025 as usual. This year's workshop focuses on issues central to evidence triangulation, including synthetic data, cross-walking between measures used in different studies, and formalizing the research infrastructure (samples) needed to fulfill #NAPA and #EndAlz

This is not how we achieve this goal: bsky.app/profile/pozm...

Neither is this: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-p...

woh- this surprised me. The NIH director thinks we can end the HIV epidemic by 2029 and notes this was President Trump's prediction some years ago, when it seemed wildly optimistic. youtu.be/Qtt80qfdGyU?... I hope he means end it globally. #EpiSky #PublicHealth #NIH #ImplementationScience

Belatedly enjoying Kowall et al multi-analyst paper rdcu.be/ey1uI & Rohrer etal commentary: rdcu.be/ey1uH. A quibble: the trope "these analyses answer different questions". Rather, I'd say the analyses answer the question posed under very different assumptions. #EpiSky #DataSci #ReproducibleResearch

I asked my mom to guess at the NCI payline - she thought 40th percentile? Maybe 60th? Right now they anticipate funding up to the 4th percentile. Can folks point me to their NCI-funded research (from past years) that had a worse score than the 4th %ile? What are we losing? #Cancer #EpiSky #NIH

What can pharma do *now* - with data they already have in their files but have not yet shared with other researchers- to learn how to treat AD? Sarah Ackley illustrates with data from the A4 trial (one of few w/ full data release). @fda.gov get the data. Use the data. #EndAlz

Can only hide AI for one session at a time. Driving me bonkers.

Dear Adobe: Your AI assistant is possibly the most irritating invention since the frigging microsoft paperclip. Please stop pushing it. I bet it has collectively reduced efficiency of all Adobe users by 10% - in part because of the pure fury of having to try repeatedly to get rid of it. @adobe.com

This paper from Mary thoma @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social phd student was lots of fun. Now out in @amjepi.bsky.social

🧠 TIME-AD is now on Bluesky! #TIME-AD brings together results from different study designs and populations to find what really works to prevent and delay dementia. Follow along as we share what we’re learning and check out our website to learn more: www.time-ad.org #EndALZ #EpiSky #NeuroSky

Thanks to the Oklahoman newspaper for publishing my Opinion piece about the devastating losses in Kerr County. bit.ly/44CFFZl In case people have a hard time accessing the oklahoman, I read it aloud here: on.soundcloud.com/LyVOzvWTjOwv...

A good peer reviewer - who engages thoughtfully and constructively, teaches, notes what's good about a paper and what can be improved - is such a positive force. As a mentor (and as an editor and an author), I send out deep thanks to everyone who works hard to write kind and useful reviews.

Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States www.nytimes.com/interactive/...