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Laure Wynants @laurewynants.bsky.social · Jul 18

Our team quantified how often clinical prediction models are evaluated or used. Spoiler alert: we found more self-reported clinical use in patient care than evidence of thorough evaluation.

www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

External validation, impact assessment and clinical utilization of clinical prediction models: a prospective cohort study

We aimed to assess paths taken by clinical prediction models (CPM) after development by quantifying external validation, impact assessment, and utilization in clinical practice.

www.jclinepi.com

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Reposted by Laure Wynants

Richard Riley (R²) @richarddriley.bsky.social · Jul 8

Thanks to collaborators @joieensor.bsky.social @gscollins.bsky.social Rebecca Whittle, Kym Snell, Lucinda Archer, Amardeep Legha, @pauladhiman.bsky.social, Laura Kirton, @xiaoliu.bsky.social, AlastairDenniston, @glenmartin.bsky.social @f2harrell.bsky.social @laurewynants.bsky.social

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Laure Wynants @laurewynants.bsky.social · Apr 2

Curious about the research? Check out their PhD work here:
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
cran.r-project.org/web/packages...
arxiv.org/abs/2405.01986
arxiv.org/abs/2404.16127
arxiv.org/abs/2501.10240
arxiv.org/abs/2407.03379

Systematic review finds risk of bias and applicability concerns for models predicting central line-associated bloodstream infection

To systematically review the risk of bias and applicability of published prediction models for risk of central line-associated bloodstream infection (…

sciencedirect.com

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Laure Wynants @laurewynants.bsky.social · Apr 2

The end of an era, but a new one begins. 🚀 Best of luck, Shan and Elena, in your future endeavors! And as for me… I'm looking for a new PhD candidate interested in methods research! I'm looking for a new PhD candidate interested in methods research! www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3503...

PhD in Epidemiology on value-of-information from validating clinical prediction models and AI

Join Maastricht University as a PhD student in Epidemiology, advancing interdisciplinary methods to ensure reliable AI in healthcare through innovative statistical and health-economic approaches. Job ...

www.academictransfer.com

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Laure Wynants @laurewynants.bsky.social · Apr 2

@benvancalster.bsky.social and I are proud supervisors 😊 Huge thanks to Ilse Kant, @gaelvaroquaux.bsky.social , @maartenvsmeden.bsky.social , Maarten De Vos, @ruthkeogh.bsky.social, Ann Van den Bruel, Jan Verbakel and Hein Putter for attending!

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Laure Wynants @laurewynants.bsky.social · Apr 2

Their work tackled challenges on extracting and utilizing EHR data, handling missing data, managing competing risks, and building & testing an ensemble of statistical & ML models, all culminating in a great defense!

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Laure Wynants @laurewynants.bsky.social · Apr 2

What a great day yesterday! 🎉 Dr. Shan Gao and Dr. Elena Albu successfully defended their PhDs on the dynamic prediction of CLABSI using EHR data. A huge milestone after four years of dedicated research!

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Laure Wynants @laurewynants.bsky.social · Mar 21

it is a fully funded position for 4 years

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Laure Wynants @laurewynants.bsky.social · Mar 21

Are you a statistician or health-economist who wants to develop new methods and who is interested in evaluating the role of diagnostic & prognostic prediction models and AI? We have an opening for a PhD position at Maastricht University!

www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3503...

PhD in Epidemiology on value-of-information from validating clinical prediction models and AI

Join Maastricht University as a PhD student in Epidemiology, advancing interdisciplinary methods to ensure reliable AI in healthcare through innovative statistical and health-economic approaches. Job ...

www.academictransfer.com

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Laure Wynants @laurewynants.bsky.social · Feb 3

recommended!

Keegan Korthauer 🇨🇦 @keegankorthauer.bsky.social · Dec 2

Excited to see our work on Bayesian Decision Curve Analysis appear in Statistics in Medicine! doi.org/10.1002/sim....

Work led by @giulianonetto.bsky.social - check out the stellar thread (from the old platform) on our preprint here: x.com/giulianonett...

Bayesian Decision Curve Analysis With Bayesdca

Clinical decisions are often guided by clinical prediction models or diagnostic tests. Decision curve analysis (DCA) combines classical assessment of predictive performance with the consequences of u...

doi.org

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Laure Wynants @laurewynants.bsky.social · Dec 20

link to the postdoc vacancy

https://vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastricht-Postdoc-on-value-of-information-from-validating-clinical-prediction-models-and-AI/810172302/

t.co

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Laure Wynants @laurewynants.bsky.social · Dec 20

We have two vacancies for a postdoctoral and PhD researcher at Maastricht University. They will work on the development and application of value-of-information methods for the validation of clinical risk prediction models and medical AI.

links below

PhD in Epidemiology on value-of-information from validating clinical prediction models and AI

vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl

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Reposted by Laure Wynants

Maarten van Smeden @maartenvsmeden.bsky.social · Dec 16

NEW PREPRINT

A detailed overview of 32 popular predictive performance metrics for prediction models

arxiv.org/abs/2412.10288

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Laure Wynants @laurewynants.bsky.social · Nov 23

Bye-bye Brisbane and #AIMOS2023. Arrived in Melbourne for the second leg of my trip visiting vicbiostat centre.

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