IBD Doctor
@ibddoctor.bsky.social
Interested in #rstats, reproducibility of medical research, soccer, cycling, and of course, improving care in #IBD
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@scientificdiscovery.dev Hi, I am creating a new version of my free online MOOC, and would like to use this picture, of which you have the copyright. Is it ok if I put it in a slide?
February 2, 2026 at 6:18 AM
@scientificdiscovery.dev Hi, I am creating a new version of my free online MOOC, and would like to use this picture, of which you have the copyright. Is it ok if I put it in a slide?
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Oh look, according to Peter Attia MD “pussy is low carb” something that is totally normal for a doctor to say to Epstein, who had previously been convicted of procuring a child for prostitution
January 31, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Oh look, according to Peter Attia MD “pussy is low carb” something that is totally normal for a doctor to say to Epstein, who had previously been convicted of procuring a child for prostitution
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I’m hiring! 🎉 I’m building out my team and looking for someone who enjoys working in R (tidyverse), is comfortable with Git, and is excited about data. 🤓
#rstats #tidyverse #datascience
roche.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/roche-ext/jo...
#rstats #tidyverse #datascience
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RVA Specialist
At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted an...
roche.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I’m hiring! 🎉 I’m building out my team and looking for someone who enjoys working in R (tidyverse), is comfortable with Git, and is excited about data. 🤓
#rstats #tidyverse #datascience
roche.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/roche-ext/jo...
#rstats #tidyverse #datascience
roche.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/roche-ext/jo...
Why we should avoid reading, quoting, or in any way supporting The Lancet medical journal. @elisabethbik.bsky.social
The fraud underlying the Wakefield anti-MMR publication in the Lancet. Follow the money. A full explication from the BMJ here:
www.immunize.org/clinical/vac...
The fraud underlying the Wakefield anti-MMR publication in the Lancet. Follow the money. A full explication from the BMJ here:
www.immunize.org/clinical/vac...
Fraud Behind the MMR Scare | Immunize.org
BMJ Calls Wakefield’s Study Linking MMR Vaccine to Autism ‘Fraudulent’ In a special series of articles published in 2011 by BMJ, author Brian Deer exposes the data behind claims that launched a worldw...
www.immunize.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Why we should avoid reading, quoting, or in any way supporting The Lancet medical journal. @elisabethbik.bsky.social
The fraud underlying the Wakefield anti-MMR publication in the Lancet. Follow the money. A full explication from the BMJ here:
www.immunize.org/clinical/vac...
The fraud underlying the Wakefield anti-MMR publication in the Lancet. Follow the money. A full explication from the BMJ here:
www.immunize.org/clinical/vac...
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Abigail Haddad back with yet again another banger of a blog post that everyone who is still hanging on to STATA, SAS, SPSS, MATLAB, etc needs to read and internalize.
Especially relevant for #civictech
open.substack.com/pub/presento...
Especially relevant for #civictech
open.substack.com/pub/presento...
Please Switch to Python
Or R. Or Anything. Just Not Stata, SAS, SPSS, or MATLAB.
open.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Abigail Haddad back with yet again another banger of a blog post that everyone who is still hanging on to STATA, SAS, SPSS, MATLAB, etc needs to read and internalize.
Especially relevant for #civictech
open.substack.com/pub/presento...
Especially relevant for #civictech
open.substack.com/pub/presento...
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🆕 New guest post on the blog!
Discover nycOpenData, an R package that provides tidy, reproducible access to NYC Open Data APIs — perfect for teaching, research, and civic data analysis.
statsandr.com/blog/nycopen...
#RStats #OpenData #DataScience #ReproducibleResearch #CivicTech
Discover nycOpenData, an R package that provides tidy, reproducible access to NYC Open Data APIs — perfect for teaching, research, and civic data analysis.
statsandr.com/blog/nycopen...
#RStats #OpenData #DataScience #ReproducibleResearch #CivicTech
nycOpenData: A unified R interface to NYC Open Data APIs
Discover nycOpenData, an R package offering tidy, reproducible access to NYC Open Data APIs for teaching, research, and civic data analysis.
statsandr.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:12 AM
🆕 New guest post on the blog!
Discover nycOpenData, an R package that provides tidy, reproducible access to NYC Open Data APIs — perfect for teaching, research, and civic data analysis.
statsandr.com/blog/nycopen...
#RStats #OpenData #DataScience #ReproducibleResearch #CivicTech
Discover nycOpenData, an R package that provides tidy, reproducible access to NYC Open Data APIs — perfect for teaching, research, and civic data analysis.
statsandr.com/blog/nycopen...
#RStats #OpenData #DataScience #ReproducibleResearch #CivicTech
Slides from today's talk on approaches to refractory #IBD at the Crohn's and Colitis Congress can be found here - please share!
speakerdeck.com/higgi13425/t...
@crohnsandcolitisau.bsky.social @crohns-disease.org.uk @ccyanetwork.bsky.social @crohnscolitisfdn.bsky.social @crohnscolitisca.bsky.social
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@crohnsandcolitisau.bsky.social @crohns-disease.org.uk @ccyanetwork.bsky.social @crohnscolitisfdn.bsky.social @crohnscolitisca.bsky.social
Treating Refractory IBD
Slides from the Crohn's and Colitis Congress 2026
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January 24, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Slides from today's talk on approaches to refractory #IBD at the Crohn's and Colitis Congress can be found here - please share!
speakerdeck.com/higgi13425/t...
@crohnsandcolitisau.bsky.social @crohns-disease.org.uk @ccyanetwork.bsky.social @crohnscolitisfdn.bsky.social @crohnscolitisca.bsky.social
speakerdeck.com/higgi13425/t...
@crohnsandcolitisau.bsky.social @crohns-disease.org.uk @ccyanetwork.bsky.social @crohnscolitisfdn.bsky.social @crohnscolitisca.bsky.social
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Oooh love this. Easiest way to parallelise anything in #rstats. Just add futurize() to your favourite function call
www.jottr.org/2026/01/22/f...
Thanks @henrikbengtsson.bsky.social HT @rstats.blaze.email
www.jottr.org/2026/01/22/f...
Thanks @henrikbengtsson.bsky.social HT @rstats.blaze.email
January 23, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Oooh love this. Easiest way to parallelise anything in #rstats. Just add futurize() to your favourite function call
www.jottr.org/2026/01/22/f...
Thanks @henrikbengtsson.bsky.social HT @rstats.blaze.email
www.jottr.org/2026/01/22/f...
Thanks @henrikbengtsson.bsky.social HT @rstats.blaze.email
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Is anyone here an expert on #rstats ellmer structured data?
It works when I define the JSON schema of an object A containing an array of object B, but not when I read object B from JSON schema and use type_object and type_array to set up object A.
Reprex: gist.github.com/debruine/d35...
It works when I define the JSON schema of an object A containing an array of object B, but not when I read object B from JSON schema and use type_object and type_array to set up object A.
Reprex: gist.github.com/debruine/d35...
January 20, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Is anyone here an expert on #rstats ellmer structured data?
It works when I define the JSON schema of an object A containing an array of object B, but not when I read object B from JSON schema and use type_object and type_array to set up object A.
Reprex: gist.github.com/debruine/d35...
It works when I define the JSON schema of an object A containing an array of object B, but not when I read object B from JSON schema and use type_object and type_array to set up object A.
Reprex: gist.github.com/debruine/d35...
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R Consortium webinar: Scaling up data analysis in R with Arrow. Learn larger-than-memory workflows, why Parquet matters, and where DuckDB fits—w/ Dr Nic Crane (Arrow R maintainer; Apache Arrow PMC). Register: r-consortium.org/webinars/sca... #rstats #arrow @niccrane.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 12:54 AM
R Consortium webinar: Scaling up data analysis in R with Arrow. Learn larger-than-memory workflows, why Parquet matters, and where DuckDB fits—w/ Dr Nic Crane (Arrow R maintainer; Apache Arrow PMC). Register: r-consortium.org/webinars/sca... #rstats #arrow @niccrane.bsky.social
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How sad is this? The CDC closed its FOIA office, so this story could only be published because a Danish journalist provided Rolling Stone with the documents, after obtaining them through a freedom of information request to the University of Southern Denmark
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
HHS Gave a $1.6 Million Grant to a Controversial Vaccine Study. These Emails Show How That Happened
Two Danish researchers faced accusations of “questionable research practices” as RFK Jr.’s top appointees made their study a “funding priority.”
www.rollingstone.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:11 AM
How sad is this? The CDC closed its FOIA office, so this story could only be published because a Danish journalist provided Rolling Stone with the documents, after obtaining them through a freedom of information request to the University of Southern Denmark
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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An oral, mucosal norovirus vaccine given to breastfeeding women can safely induce functional IgA and IgG responses in serum and breast milk.
Phase 1 study but it will be super dope to protect infants from norovirus by vaccinating mum.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Phase 1 study but it will be super dope to protect infants from norovirus by vaccinating mum.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Transfer of breast milk IgA to infants after oral bivalent norovirus vaccination of post-partum women - npj Vaccines
npj Vaccines - Transfer of breast milk IgA to infants after oral bivalent norovirus vaccination of post-partum women
www.nature.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:09 PM
An oral, mucosal norovirus vaccine given to breastfeeding women can safely induce functional IgA and IgG responses in serum and breast milk.
Phase 1 study but it will be super dope to protect infants from norovirus by vaccinating mum.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Phase 1 study but it will be super dope to protect infants from norovirus by vaccinating mum.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@peterubel.bsky.social
Hopping mad?
Welcome to the world of #IBD drugs, where lawsuits and 'settlements' extend patent life until the hoppy drugs are ready.
And new drugs are parked on the shelf until the current generation of drugs approach their patent horizon.
x.com/peterubel/st...
Hopping mad?
Welcome to the world of #IBD drugs, where lawsuits and 'settlements' extend patent life until the hoppy drugs are ready.
And new drugs are parked on the shelf until the current generation of drugs approach their patent horizon.
x.com/peterubel/st...
x.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:08 PM
@peterubel.bsky.social
Hopping mad?
Welcome to the world of #IBD drugs, where lawsuits and 'settlements' extend patent life until the hoppy drugs are ready.
And new drugs are parked on the shelf until the current generation of drugs approach their patent horizon.
x.com/peterubel/st...
Hopping mad?
Welcome to the world of #IBD drugs, where lawsuits and 'settlements' extend patent life until the hoppy drugs are ready.
And new drugs are parked on the shelf until the current generation of drugs approach their patent horizon.
x.com/peterubel/st...
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Want to get the data out of a PDF figure? As in, the actual data – not a rough trace-along-the-lines version?
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... 🧵
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Want to get the data out of a PDF figure? As in, the actual data – not a rough trace-along-the-lines version?
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... 🧵
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... 🧵
This is a big deal for speeding up clinical trials, and for pediatric use after adult trials have proved successful. The @USFDA goes Bayesian.
A win for #IBD patients, and especially for kids with #IBD. @crohnsandcolitisau.bsky.social @f2harrell.bsky.social
www.fda.gov/news-events/...
A win for #IBD patients, and especially for kids with #IBD. @crohnsandcolitisau.bsky.social @f2harrell.bsky.social
www.fda.gov/news-events/...
FDA Issues Guidance on Modernizing Statistical Methods for Clinical Trials
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today published draft guidance designed to facilitate the use of Bayesian methodologies in clinical trials of drugs and biologics, helping drug developers make be...
www.fda.gov
January 13, 2026 at 12:26 PM
This is a big deal for speeding up clinical trials, and for pediatric use after adult trials have proved successful. The @USFDA goes Bayesian.
A win for #IBD patients, and especially for kids with #IBD. @crohnsandcolitisau.bsky.social @f2harrell.bsky.social
www.fda.gov/news-events/...
A win for #IBD patients, and especially for kids with #IBD. @crohnsandcolitisau.bsky.social @f2harrell.bsky.social
www.fda.gov/news-events/...
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Always bad with hashtags. Obviously #datascience
📚Coming soon: Chapters from our open-access book "Hello Data Science," based on our intro courses across three institutions!
📦 Today, we’re releasing the early version of the #rstats package with datasets. Find it on GitHub (on its way to CRAN): github.com/hellodata-sc...
📦 Today, we’re releasing the early version of the #rstats package with datasets. Find it on GitHub (on its way to CRAN): github.com/hellodata-sc...
January 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Always bad with hashtags. Obviously #datascience
Does removing the immune organ of the appendix reduce the severity of Ulcerative Colitis (#IBD)?
Part 1
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Part 1
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Appendicectomy plus standard medical therapy versus standard medical therapy alone for maintenance of remission in ulcerative colitis (ACCURE): a pragmatic, open-label, international, randomised trial
Appendicectomy is superior to standard medical therapy alone in maintaining remission
in patients with ulcerative colitis.
www.thelancet.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Does removing the immune organ of the appendix reduce the severity of Ulcerative Colitis (#IBD)?
Part 1
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Part 1
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Nice article in WIP on the history of vaccine development, and why we are now in a golden age if vaccine precision and development speed. Excellent long-form science writing.
worksinprogress.co/issue/the-go...
worksinprogress.co/issue/the-go...
The golden age of vaccine development - Works in Progress Magazine
The first vaccine was a lucky accident. Now we can design new vaccines in weeks, atom by atom.
worksinprogress.co
January 8, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Nice article in WIP on the history of vaccine development, and why we are now in a golden age if vaccine precision and development speed. Excellent long-form science writing.
worksinprogress.co/issue/the-go...
worksinprogress.co/issue/the-go...
For folks who want to self-teach/learn medical data analysis with R, this resource has moved from bookdown to posit.cloud
peter-higgins-rmrwr.share.connect.posit.cloud
peter-higgins-rmrwr.share.connect.posit.cloud
Reproducible Medical Research with R
This book is for anyone in the medical field interested in learning R to analyze available health data.
peter-higgins-rmrwr.share.connect.posit.cloud
January 2, 2026 at 6:25 PM
For folks who want to self-teach/learn medical data analysis with R, this resource has moved from bookdown to posit.cloud
peter-higgins-rmrwr.share.connect.posit.cloud
peter-higgins-rmrwr.share.connect.posit.cloud
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We made a resource to help with that:
"When goodbye comes too soon: How to wrap up science projects quickly"
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
"When goodbye comes too soon: How to wrap up science projects quickly"
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org
December 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
We made a resource to help with that:
"When goodbye comes too soon: How to wrap up science projects quickly"
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
"When goodbye comes too soon: How to wrap up science projects quickly"
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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📽️ WATCH: When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider.
Here's what you should know: https://propub.li/48KUw5Z
Here's what you should know: https://propub.li/48KUw5Z
December 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
📽️ WATCH: When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider.
Here's what you should know: https://propub.li/48KUw5Z
Here's what you should know: https://propub.li/48KUw5Z
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In a moment of folly I decided to look up tickets for world cup games, you know as one does when a big sporting event is coming to your city. Beloved the resellers have taken over. These are ticket prices for group stage games on stubhub!
My couch and TV will have to do because this is obscene.
My couch and TV will have to do because this is obscene.
December 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
In a moment of folly I decided to look up tickets for world cup games, you know as one does when a big sporting event is coming to your city. Beloved the resellers have taken over. These are ticket prices for group stage games on stubhub!
My couch and TV will have to do because this is obscene.
My couch and TV will have to do because this is obscene.
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I've read @jennybryan.bsky.social happy git with R book a dozen times.
the challenge is you need some real life pain and heart ache with git before you can fully appreciate the words of wisdom in her book
anyways, for no particular reason - see the below link
happygitwithr.com/repeated-amend
the challenge is you need some real life pain and heart ache with git before you can fully appreciate the words of wisdom in her book
anyways, for no particular reason - see the below link
happygitwithr.com/repeated-amend
Chapter 27 The Repeated Amend | Happy Git and GitHub for the useR
One of the principal joys of version control is the freedom to experiment without fear. If you make a mess of things, you can always go back to a happier version of your project. We describe...
happygitwithr.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I've read @jennybryan.bsky.social happy git with R book a dozen times.
the challenge is you need some real life pain and heart ache with git before you can fully appreciate the words of wisdom in her book
anyways, for no particular reason - see the below link
happygitwithr.com/repeated-amend
the challenge is you need some real life pain and heart ache with git before you can fully appreciate the words of wisdom in her book
anyways, for no particular reason - see the below link
happygitwithr.com/repeated-amend
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Hey #Rstats!
What is your favorite #tidyverse way to turn a logical into a factor?
I'm using `factor(ifelse(x, "Yes", "No"))`, but it feels a bit ugly, and `fct_recode()` doesn't work on logicals.
What is your favorite #tidyverse way to turn a logical into a factor?
I'm using `factor(ifelse(x, "Yes", "No"))`, but it feels a bit ugly, and `fct_recode()` doesn't work on logicals.
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Hey #Rstats!
What is your favorite #tidyverse way to turn a logical into a factor?
I'm using `factor(ifelse(x, "Yes", "No"))`, but it feels a bit ugly, and `fct_recode()` doesn't work on logicals.
What is your favorite #tidyverse way to turn a logical into a factor?
I'm using `factor(ifelse(x, "Yes", "No"))`, but it feels a bit ugly, and `fct_recode()` doesn't work on logicals.
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New pub-Pts w/ active IBD may report higher internalized stigma (IS), which may impact IBD disclosure. Higher levels of discrimination seen in females/SGM/BIPOC. IBD disclosure may mediate discrimination and IS. Speaks to need for #gastropsych @ibddoctor.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/art...
Direct and indirect impacts of discrimination, internalized stigma, and disease disclosure on IBD patient health outcomes
AbstractBackground. Internalized stigma impacts inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients’ wellbeing and has complex relationships with experiences of disc
academic.oup.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
New pub-Pts w/ active IBD may report higher internalized stigma (IS), which may impact IBD disclosure. Higher levels of discrimination seen in females/SGM/BIPOC. IBD disclosure may mediate discrimination and IS. Speaks to need for #gastropsych @ibddoctor.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/art...