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Nicole Erler
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Biostatistician, Assistant Professor, Julius Center, UMC Utrecht
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Nicole Erler @nerler.bsky.social · May 28
🌟 New Publication Alert! 🌟

Excited to share our new paper: 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗽𝘀𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗨𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗹-𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲-𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹.

🔗 doi.org/10.1002/sim.... 

with Zhenwei Yang, @drizopoulos.bsky.social , Eveline Heijnsdijk, Lisa Newcomb
Personalized Biopsy Schedules Using an Interval‐Censored Cause‐Specific Joint Model
Active surveillance (AS), where biopsies are conducted to detect cancer progression, has been acknowledged as an efficient way to reduce the overtreatment of prostate cancer. Most AS cohorts use fixe...
doi.org
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Nicole Erler @nerler.bsky.social · May 11
Only 5 days left to apply for our 3 PhD positions at the @umcutrecht.bsky.social 🎓 🏃🏃‍♀️
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Maarten van Smeden @maartenvsmeden.bsky.social · Apr 25
HIRING!

We offer 3 fully funded PhD positions to work on research methodology with experts in a great medical research environment.

More info: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
HIRING! We offer 3 fully funded PhD positions to work on research… | Maarten van Smeden
HIRING! We offer 3 fully funded PhD positions to work on research methodology with experts in a great medical research environment. Interested in one of these projects? Send us your motivational let...
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Oisín Ryan @oisinryan.bsky.social · Apr 28
Still some spots available in our summer school on all things causal inference, 7-11 July in Utrecht! Discounts for those working in universities and non-profits, and affordable accommodation offered by @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social summer school!
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Maarten van Smeden @maartenvsmeden.bsky.social · Apr 25
HIRING!

We offer 3 fully funded PhD positions to work on research methodology with experts in a great medical research environment.

More info: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
HIRING! We offer 3 fully funded PhD positions to work on research… | Maarten van Smeden
HIRING! We offer 3 fully funded PhD positions to work on research methodology with experts in a great medical research environment. Interested in one of these projects? Send us your motivational let...
www.linkedin.com
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Richard Riley (R²) @richarddriley.bsky.social · Feb 12
Just published a couple of pre-prints for those interested in sample size calculations for precise and fair individual-level predictions ... (not the end of the story, but a useful contribution we hope):

Binary outcomes: arxiv.org/abs/2407.09293

Survival outcomes: arxiv.org/abs/2501.14482
A decomposition of Fisher's information to inform sample size for developing fair and precise clinical prediction models -- part 1: binary outcomes
When developing a clinical prediction model, the sample size of the development dataset is a key consideration. Small sample sizes lead to greater concerns of overfitting, instability, poor performanc...
arxiv.org
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Nicole Erler @nerler.bsky.social · Dec 10
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Nicole Erler @nerler.bsky.social · Dec 7
What about investigating (non-)linearity and interactions? Couldn't that be seen as the nature of the association?
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