Darren Dahly
@statsepi.bsky.social
Epidemiologist + Statistician | Clinical Research Facility - University College Cork | UCC School of Public Health | #ClinicalTrials #Epidemiology #Statistics #RStats #WBE #IDSurveillance
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Darren Dahly
@statsepi.bsky.social
Β· Sep 15
Thanks again to @avrilkennan.bsky.social for the opportunity to share some thoughts on research integrity and methodological rigor with a room full of Irish health research funders via @hrci.bsky.social. π
youtu.be/5q8l-OV9Msc
youtu.be/5q8l-OV9Msc
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I ran across this 1896 editorial in a medical journal.
The author is discussing a smallpox outbreak in Gloucester, England (pop 42,000). The town was a hotbed of anti-vaxxers until there was a massive outbreak.
At that point, 25,000 people lined up for smallpox vaccines.
The author is discussing a smallpox outbreak in Gloucester, England (pop 42,000). The town was a hotbed of anti-vaxxers until there was a massive outbreak.
At that point, 25,000 people lined up for smallpox vaccines.
An Object Lesson for Antivaccinists
An official website of the United States government
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I ran across this 1896 editorial in a medical journal.
The author is discussing a smallpox outbreak in Gloucester, England (pop 42,000). The town was a hotbed of anti-vaxxers until there was a massive outbreak.
At that point, 25,000 people lined up for smallpox vaccines.
The author is discussing a smallpox outbreak in Gloucester, England (pop 42,000). The town was a hotbed of anti-vaxxers until there was a massive outbreak.
At that point, 25,000 people lined up for smallpox vaccines.
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Started/Going with Dr. Rachael Bedard.
There is no common ground between science and RFK Jr.
There is no common ground between science and RFK Jr.
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Started/Going with Dr. Rachael Bedard.
There is no common ground between science and RFK Jr.
There is no common ground between science and RFK Jr.
Is it one of mine? π
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Is it one of mine? π
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Itβs especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the βparalyzing cowardiceβ of todayβs elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Itβs especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the βparalyzing cowardiceβ of todayβs elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
I am questioning the nature of my own reality.
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I am questioning the nature of my own reality.
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The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
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ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. Sheβs now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. Sheβs now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
Where did you hide it!?
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Where did you hide it!?
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If you want to read something completely nuts from the unregulated world of direct to consumer genomics, look no further.
And when I say completely nuts, Iβm being restrained and polite. Criminal is another word that springs to mind.
And when I say completely nuts, Iβm being restrained and polite. Criminal is another word that springs to mind.
"Concerns about the legitimacy and integrity of Nucleus Genomics", by X account @sichuan_mala
totalhealthoptimization.com/2025/11/21/c...
totalhealthoptimization.com/2025/11/21/c...
Concerns about the legitimacy and integrity of Nucleus Genomics β Total Health Optimization
totalhealthoptimization.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
If you want to read something completely nuts from the unregulated world of direct to consumer genomics, look no further.
And when I say completely nuts, Iβm being restrained and polite. Criminal is another word that springs to mind.
And when I say completely nuts, Iβm being restrained and polite. Criminal is another word that springs to mind.
We certainly can't compel people to work with us, but the major funder of health research in RoI also co-funds our CRF (and others) and grant application materials are worded to encourage involvement with the relevant infrastructure they fund when appropriate.
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
We certainly can't compel people to work with us, but the major funder of health research in RoI also co-funds our CRF (and others) and grant application materials are worded to encourage involvement with the relevant infrastructure they fund when appropriate.
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New fully funded PhD opportunity to come and work with me at the University of Glasgow exploring the role of data-driven interventions (audit and feedback) to improve environmental sustainability of the NHS. Deadline to apply: 12th Jan 2026.
Find out more here:
www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
Find out more here:
www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
New fully funded PhD opportunity to come and work with me at the University of Glasgow exploring the role of data-driven interventions (audit and feedback) to improve environmental sustainability of the NHS. Deadline to apply: 12th Jan 2026.
Find out more here:
www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
Find out more here:
www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
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A bit more here.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
Rutger Bregman accuses BBC of 'cowardice' after anti-Trump quotes purged from Reith Lecture
The corporation axed part of a lecture in which the Dutch historian described Trump as 'the most openly corrupt president in American history'
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A bit more here.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
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this is one of my favourite observations about sample size calculations. (afaik first articulated by Miettinen in 1985)
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
this is one of my favourite observations about sample size calculations. (afaik first articulated by Miettinen in 1985)
Shout out to my colleagues in the @crf-ucc.bsky.social, and particularly Dr Erin Crowley, who coordinates our academic-led studies and all of the inputs we provide to applications.
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Shout out to my colleagues in the @crf-ucc.bsky.social, and particularly Dr Erin Crowley, who coordinates our academic-led studies and all of the inputs we provide to applications.
Remember starter packs? π Here is one for UCC. I've surely missed people so just let me know if you'd like to be added (you might first check that you aren't already there).
go.bsky.app/CytFGSt
go.bsky.app/CytFGSt
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Remember starter packs? π Here is one for UCC. I've surely missed people so just let me know if you'd like to be added (you might first check that you aren't already there).
go.bsky.app/CytFGSt
go.bsky.app/CytFGSt
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Surrogate outcomes
Screening versus prevention schools of thought
And much more in this extremely readable @hildabast.bsky.social post absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
(Remember Nordic Cochrane aka GΓΈtzsche went off the rails a few years ago? This is the outcome)
Screening versus prevention schools of thought
And much more in this extremely readable @hildabast.bsky.social post absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
(Remember Nordic Cochrane aka GΓΈtzsche went off the rails a few years ago? This is the outcome)
This Evidence Fundamentally Shifts the Debate About the HPV Vaccine - Absolutely Maybe
Weβve had to wait a long time to get to this point. If cervical cancer develops after HPV infection, it will takeβ¦
absolutelymaybe.plos.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Surrogate outcomes
Screening versus prevention schools of thought
And much more in this extremely readable @hildabast.bsky.social post absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
(Remember Nordic Cochrane aka GΓΈtzsche went off the rails a few years ago? This is the outcome)
Screening versus prevention schools of thought
And much more in this extremely readable @hildabast.bsky.social post absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
(Remember Nordic Cochrane aka GΓΈtzsche went off the rails a few years ago? This is the outcome)
Wonderful to get the feedback from school that our kid is talking to their friends about the existence of things that their parents aren't equipped to talk to their kids about, and somehow that's a problem for my family to solve.
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Wonderful to get the feedback from school that our kid is talking to their friends about the existence of things that their parents aren't equipped to talk to their kids about, and somehow that's a problem for my family to solve.
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Studies of fecal bacteria have led some researchers to propose a link between the gut microbiome and autism.
But a new paper argues the claim rests on shaky foundations. https://scim.ag/48lckEh
But a new paper argues the claim rests on shaky foundations. https://scim.ag/48lckEh
Research linking gut microbes to autism is deeply flawed, critics say
Amid growing investment in the field, a new paper argues it rests on shaky foundations
scim.ag
November 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Studies of fecal bacteria have led some researchers to propose a link between the gut microbiome and autism.
But a new paper argues the claim rests on shaky foundations. https://scim.ag/48lckEh
But a new paper argues the claim rests on shaky foundations. https://scim.ag/48lckEh
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This by @whippletom.bsky.social is brilliant. A little dose of epistemic humility goes a long way.
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Weβll need good data next time or lockdown arguments multiply
At the start of the pandemic two professors, Martin Landray and Peter Horby, did something that should have been banal but was also rare: they tested drugs
www.thetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This by @whippletom.bsky.social is brilliant. A little dose of epistemic humility goes a long way.
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
He's nothing like a Rorschach test, you fools.
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
He's nothing like a Rorschach test, you fools.
What. The. Fuck. Is. Wrong. With. You.
November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
What. The. Fuck. Is. Wrong. With. You.
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Remember when vacating your student accommodation every weekend for airbnb became norm?
Greedy landlords targeting students is not new thing in Ireland
Today I came across this post about cost & realities of student life in Galway City back in 2019
#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland
Greedy landlords targeting students is not new thing in Ireland
Today I came across this post about cost & realities of student life in Galway City back in 2019
#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Remember when vacating your student accommodation every weekend for airbnb became norm?
Greedy landlords targeting students is not new thing in Ireland
Today I came across this post about cost & realities of student life in Galway City back in 2019
#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland
Greedy landlords targeting students is not new thing in Ireland
Today I came across this post about cost & realities of student life in Galway City back in 2019
#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland
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I think it's hard to overstate how much Simine has changed research practices and standards in psychology for the better, despite at times massive resistance from powerful parties with a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. Very well deserved award imho π₯³
Congratulations to @simine.com well deserved winner of the Einstein Foundation Individual Award for Promoting Quality in Research 2025 π www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/media/pre...
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I think it's hard to overstate how much Simine has changed research practices and standards in psychology for the better, despite at times massive resistance from powerful parties with a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. Very well deserved award imho π₯³