✈️ Heading to #INFORMS to present our research and chair a session on #Analytics in #Healthcare. Can’t wait to meet scholars from around the world and exchange ideas on #AI, #MachineLearning, and #HealthTech. @informs.bsky.social (The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences)

⚡ Our new publication Using unique survey data from 519 counties, we show: agencies investing in data capacity & evidence-based practices are more likely to use implementation strategies needed for successful criminal-justice reforms. Many thanks to Professor Faye Taxman, @scharschool.bsky.social

What impressed me most about the #NASA Space Center in #Florida was how the modern, high-tech complex harmoniously coexists with #nature!

⚡ New Publication in #PublicHealth 🇺🇸 By analyzing data from over 6,000 pediatric patients who underwent liver #transplantation in the US between 2010 and 2024, we found: ✅ #Induction therapy with ATG is associated with a 37% reduction in child #mortality

🌍 Global Network of #IllicitKidneyTrade Our new collaborative research with Harvard, George Mason University, & the University of Tokyo is now published in the International Journal of Health Geographics. Full article & study details available below ⤵️ #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #OrganTrafficking

A few months ago, a Kz journalist 🇰🇿 asked me which #government agencies could be abolished. I mentioned the #Anti-Corruption Agency first, as its work seemed politicized, unaccountable & raised concerns about its own integrity. Today, the President of #Kazakhstan officially abolished this Agency.

Thank you so much, @cessnews.bsky.social! It’s an honor to have my study recognized by such a respected community of scholars.

It was a pleasure to participate in this #Trump 2.0: #Security in #Asia Roundtable discussion at my first alma mater (Narxoz University), reconnect with my former colleagues and meet other experts. Many thanks for the invitation! 🎥 reposted from Narxoz

In 1907, #Einstein got a rejection for #professorship from the University of Bern due to his ‘radical’ #theory, deemed ‘more artistic’ than actual #science. Yet, persistence can defy even the strongest doubts. #NeverGiveUp!

#EconSky humor

Presented my new #Health project using #ML methods in #Python

1/5:👩🏻‍🎓👨🏻‍🎓 How important are non-cognitive #skills in the #labor #market? Our global evidence, presented at #SEA2024, shows: ✅ A 1 SD improvement in Big Five #personality traits (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, (dis)agreeableness, and emotional stability) increases #wages by 9%. #EconSky

Shared my perspective on reforming #Kazakhstan's Presidential #Bolashak scholarship, which funds study abroad, to better support #Science and #Education development in #CentralAsia