@lucia-petito.bsky.social
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New on CRAN: UComp (5.1.5). View at https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=UComp
UComp: Automatic Univariate Time Series Modelling of many Kinds
Comprehensive analysis and forecasting of univariate time series using automatic time series models of many kinds. Harvey AC (1989) <<a href="https://doi.org/10.1017%2FCBO9781107049994" target="_top">doi:10.1017/CBO9781107049994</a>>. Pedregal DJ and Young PC (2002) <<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002%2F9780470996430" target="_top">doi:10.1002/9780470996430</a>>. Durbin J and Koopman SJ (2012) <<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Facprof%3Aoso%2F9780199641178.001.0001" target="_top">doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199641178.001.0001</a>>. Hyndman RJ, Koehler AB, Ord JK, and Snyder RD (2008) <<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-540-71918-2" target="_top">doi:10.1007/978-3-540-71918-2</a>>. Gómez V, Maravall A (2000) <<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002%2F9781118032978" target="_top">doi:10.1002/9781118032978</a>>. Pedregal DJ, Trapero JR and Holgado E (2024) <<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ijforecast.2023.09.004" target="_top">doi:10.1016/j.ijforecast.2023.09.004</a>>.
CRAN.R-project.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
New on CRAN: UComp (5.1.5). View at https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=UComp
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Confidence interval discussion time! The perfect opportunity to repost this blog post answering the question you haven’t dared to ask: www.the100.ci/2024/12/05/w...
November 19, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Confidence interval discussion time! The perfect opportunity to repost this blog post answering the question you haven’t dared to ask: www.the100.ci/2024/12/05/w...
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With a link that works for those not at BU!: bit.ly/43lEIn2
Statistical software skills for master’s-level jobs in epidemiology: an analysis of 15 years of job posting data url: academic-oup-com.ezproxy.bu.edu/aje/article-...
Great work led by @busph.bsky.social Dr. Emily Goldmann! Keeping the curriculum up to date.
#episky #datascisky #MPH #publichealth
Great work led by @busph.bsky.social Dr. Emily Goldmann! Keeping the curriculum up to date.
#episky #datascisky #MPH #publichealth
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November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
With a link that works for those not at BU!: bit.ly/43lEIn2
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We wrote an article explaining why you shouldn't put several variables into a regression model and report which are statistically significant - even as exploratory research. bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/.... How did we do?
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We wrote an article explaining why you shouldn't put several variables into a regression model and report which are statistically significant - even as exploratory research. bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/.... How did we do?
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We built the openESM database:
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We built the openESM database:
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Just because an LLM can produce a report with various figures & charts doesn't mean it is good at statistics.
Because good statistics is not about producing code.
It's about deep knowledge of study design & conduct. In my opinion, 95% of all data science problems come from poor questions & design.
Because good statistics is not about producing code.
It's about deep knowledge of study design & conduct. In my opinion, 95% of all data science problems come from poor questions & design.
Y'all. I just got ChatGPT to do everything in R for this manuscript. I mean EVERYTHING. And it's all legit and reproducible. I'm shook.
How are we mentoring our trainees in statistics now? Who needs to learn coding in R line by line, and who doesn't?
scienceforeveryone.science/statistics-i...
How are we mentoring our trainees in statistics now? Who needs to learn coding in R line by line, and who doesn't?
scienceforeveryone.science/statistics-i...
Statistics in the era of AI
How do we mentor, teach, and do stats when AI can do so much of the work?
scienceforeveryone.science
October 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Just because an LLM can produce a report with various figures & charts doesn't mean it is good at statistics.
Because good statistics is not about producing code.
It's about deep knowledge of study design & conduct. In my opinion, 95% of all data science problems come from poor questions & design.
Because good statistics is not about producing code.
It's about deep knowledge of study design & conduct. In my opinion, 95% of all data science problems come from poor questions & design.
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Autism has gone up by a factor of five since 2000 but acetominophen use during pregnancy has been going down. Sorry but the math just ain’t mathing.
September 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Autism has gone up by a factor of five since 2000 but acetominophen use during pregnancy has been going down. Sorry but the math just ain’t mathing.
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Excited to share a new article with Delaney Glass & @lucia-petito.bsky.social in the American Journal of Human Biology! 🧬
We introduce a roadmap for causal inference with observational data in human biology & biocultural anthropology.
(1/4)
We introduce a roadmap for causal inference with observational data in human biology & biocultural anthropology.
(1/4)
Toward New Directions in Human Biology: A Roadmap for Anthropological Causal Inference With Observational Data
Human biologists seek to understand how cultural, environmental, and biological forces shape observed patterns of human variation. Yet contemporary insights and approaches to observational causal inf....
doi.org
September 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Excited to share a new article with Delaney Glass & @lucia-petito.bsky.social in the American Journal of Human Biology! 🧬
We introduce a roadmap for causal inference with observational data in human biology & biocultural anthropology.
(1/4)
We introduce a roadmap for causal inference with observational data in human biology & biocultural anthropology.
(1/4)
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2️⃣ weeks! 2025 Methods Series @ki.se continues.
"Promoting the use of causal inference methods in applied health research by integrating causal reasoning into academic curricula: barriers and solutions."
📆 Oct 7, 2025
⏰ 15.00 CEST/9.00 ET
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"Promoting the use of causal inference methods in applied health research by integrating causal reasoning into academic curricula: barriers and solutions."
📆 Oct 7, 2025
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September 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
2️⃣ weeks! 2025 Methods Series @ki.se continues.
"Promoting the use of causal inference methods in applied health research by integrating causal reasoning into academic curricula: barriers and solutions."
📆 Oct 7, 2025
⏰ 15.00 CEST/9.00 ET
📍 Online
Register 👇
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"Promoting the use of causal inference methods in applied health research by integrating causal reasoning into academic curricula: barriers and solutions."
📆 Oct 7, 2025
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🧵 I’m a public health researcher who wants to build bridges
This podcast ep with #MAHA folks from May has been taking up brain space all summer
the convo was illuminating & discouraging
@meganranney.bsky.social
@kkjetelina.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
This podcast ep with #MAHA folks from May has been taking up brain space all summer
the convo was illuminating & discouraging
@meganranney.bsky.social
@kkjetelina.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Special: MAHA Meets w Public Health, the 2nd Conversation: On RFK Jr., Vaccines, Corporate Influence, & More
Podcast Episode · Why Should I Trust You? · 05/20/2025 · 1h 34m
podcasts.apple.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🧵 I’m a public health researcher who wants to build bridges
This podcast ep with #MAHA folks from May has been taking up brain space all summer
the convo was illuminating & discouraging
@meganranney.bsky.social
@kkjetelina.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
This podcast ep with #MAHA folks from May has been taking up brain space all summer
the convo was illuminating & discouraging
@meganranney.bsky.social
@kkjetelina.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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I'm going to do a quick #MEstimatorMonday (36/52) to show how the pooled logit EE can be used to construct inverse probability of censoring weights (IPCW)
This is based on the algorithm in my pre-print, but needs a few tweaks
arxiv.org/abs/2504.13291
This is based on the algorithm in my pre-print, but needs a few tweaks
arxiv.org/abs/2504.13291
Estimating equations for survival analysis with pooled logistic regression
Pooled logistic regression models are commonly applied in survival analysis. However, the standard implementation can be computationally demanding, which is further exacerbated when using the nonparam...
arxiv.org
September 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I'm going to do a quick #MEstimatorMonday (36/52) to show how the pooled logit EE can be used to construct inverse probability of censoring weights (IPCW)
This is based on the algorithm in my pre-print, but needs a few tweaks
arxiv.org/abs/2504.13291
This is based on the algorithm in my pre-print, but needs a few tweaks
arxiv.org/abs/2504.13291
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When using observational data for #causalinference, the choice isn’t between emulating or not emulating a #TargetTrial, but between reporting or not reporting the target trial that we are emulating.
For those who prefer to be explicit about what they do, we have developed the TARGET Statement 👇
For those who prefer to be explicit about what they do, we have developed the TARGET Statement 👇
🎯 TARGET Guideline published 🎉
TARGET is a reporting guideline for observational studies of interventions that use the target trial framework.
Over 3 years the @TARGETGuideline was rigorously developed and was co-published today in @jama.com & @bmj.com
doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.13350
#episky
TARGET is a reporting guideline for observational studies of interventions that use the target trial framework.
Over 3 years the @TARGETGuideline was rigorously developed and was co-published today in @jama.com & @bmj.com
doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.13350
#episky
September 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
When using observational data for #causalinference, the choice isn’t between emulating or not emulating a #TargetTrial, but between reporting or not reporting the target trial that we are emulating.
For those who prefer to be explicit about what they do, we have developed the TARGET Statement 👇
For those who prefer to be explicit about what they do, we have developed the TARGET Statement 👇
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The TARGET reporting guidelines for target trial emulation studies have arrived!
#EpiSky #CausalSky
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#EpiSky #CausalSky
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
TARGET 2025 Statement
This Special Communication introduces the Transparent Reporting of Observational Studies Emulating a Target Trial (TARGET) 2025 guideline, a consensus-based guidance for reporting observational studie...
jamanetwork.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The TARGET reporting guidelines for target trial emulation studies have arrived!
#EpiSky #CausalSky
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#EpiSky #CausalSky
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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It’s crazy that America just like. Destroyed science. Just looked at its golden goose and went “wow should we kill this? And not for the gold, but just because we fucking hate this thing”
And if you tell random people about it they go “no, that doesn’t seem true” and just refuse to believe you
And if you tell random people about it they go “no, that doesn’t seem true” and just refuse to believe you
August 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
It’s crazy that America just like. Destroyed science. Just looked at its golden goose and went “wow should we kill this? And not for the gold, but just because we fucking hate this thing”
And if you tell random people about it they go “no, that doesn’t seem true” and just refuse to believe you
And if you tell random people about it they go “no, that doesn’t seem true” and just refuse to believe you
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NEW 🚨 The violence is the point. Elected Dems must call for widespread resignations (RFK, Bhattacharya, Prasad) in response to the CDC shooting. Public health must demand this of them, and the public must demand that of us. With @publichealthguy1.bsky.social in STAT: www.statnews.com/2025/08/15/c...
The CDC shooting was public health’s Jan. 6
“In RFK Jr.’s America, it will never be safe to practice public health or medicine," write an epidemiologist and a former CDC staffer.
www.statnews.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
NEW 🚨 The violence is the point. Elected Dems must call for widespread resignations (RFK, Bhattacharya, Prasad) in response to the CDC shooting. Public health must demand this of them, and the public must demand that of us. With @publichealthguy1.bsky.social in STAT: www.statnews.com/2025/08/15/c...
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Just in case there was any doubt, ChatGPT 5.0 still makes up completely random citations that don't exist and should not be used for literature search.
August 16, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Just in case there was any doubt, ChatGPT 5.0 still makes up completely random citations that don't exist and should not be used for literature search.
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A letter from myself and @jdwilko.bsky.social that expands on this a bit more. Thanks to Fertility and Sterility for the opportunity.
doi.org/10.1016/j.fe...
doi.org/10.1016/j.fe...
August 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
A letter from myself and @jdwilko.bsky.social that expands on this a bit more. Thanks to Fertility and Sterility for the opportunity.
doi.org/10.1016/j.fe...
doi.org/10.1016/j.fe...
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a major argument in favor of LLMs is they will speed up scientific research, especially in human health.
but when they are spending >10x the biomedical research burdget every year, it is very hard to argue that the money wouldn't be better spent simply paying for biomedical research.
but when they are spending >10x the biomedical research burdget every year, it is very hard to argue that the money wouldn't be better spent simply paying for biomedical research.
August 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
a major argument in favor of LLMs is they will speed up scientific research, especially in human health.
but when they are spending >10x the biomedical research burdget every year, it is very hard to argue that the money wouldn't be better spent simply paying for biomedical research.
but when they are spending >10x the biomedical research burdget every year, it is very hard to argue that the money wouldn't be better spent simply paying for biomedical research.
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SAVE THE DATE: The 2026 IEA European Congress of Epidemiology and 70th @socsocmed.bsky.social Annual Conference will take place in London, UK on 8th-11th September 2026!
#EpiSky #EuroEpi2026
#EpiSky #EuroEpi2026
July 24, 2025 at 10:18 AM
SAVE THE DATE: The 2026 IEA European Congress of Epidemiology and 70th @socsocmed.bsky.social Annual Conference will take place in London, UK on 8th-11th September 2026!
#EpiSky #EuroEpi2026
#EpiSky #EuroEpi2026
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RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF).
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
Exclusive | RFK Jr. to Oust Advisory Panel on Cancer Screenings, HIV Prevention Drugs
The task force determines which preventive services insurers must cover at no cost to patients.
www.wsj.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF).
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
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Less than a decade ago, reactions for adding, deleting, and swapping single atoms in complex organic molecules were almost unheard of. Now there’s a growing community of researchers working on them. cen.acs.org/synthesis/Sk... #chemsky 🧪
Skeletal editing: How close are we to true cut-and-paste chemistry?
Reactions that alter organic scaffolds by a single atom are already proving useful, but time will tell if they’ll fundamentally change how molecules are made
cen.acs.org
July 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Less than a decade ago, reactions for adding, deleting, and swapping single atoms in complex organic molecules were almost unheard of. Now there’s a growing community of researchers working on them. cen.acs.org/synthesis/Sk... #chemsky 🧪
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We're thrilled to share Associate Professor Mark Levin has been named a recipient of the 2025 National Brown Investigator Award. This award provides up to $2 million over five years and supports fundamental science discoveries in chemistry and physics. physicalsciences.uchicago.edu/news/article...
May 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
We're thrilled to share Associate Professor Mark Levin has been named a recipient of the 2025 National Brown Investigator Award. This award provides up to $2 million over five years and supports fundamental science discoveries in chemistry and physics. physicalsciences.uchicago.edu/news/article...
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🎉Congrats to Mark Levin, Associate Professor of Chemistry, who received a 2025 National Brown Investigator Award! 🎉
https://physicalsciences.uchicago.edu/news/article/mark-levin-associate-professor-of-chemistry-receives-a-2025-national-brown-investigator-award/
https://physicalsciences.uchicago.edu/news/article/mark-levin-associate-professor-of-chemistry-receives-a-2025-national-brown-investigator-award/
May 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🎉Congrats to Mark Levin, Associate Professor of Chemistry, who received a 2025 National Brown Investigator Award! 🎉
https://physicalsciences.uchicago.edu/news/article/mark-levin-associate-professor-of-chemistry-receives-a-2025-national-brown-investigator-award/
https://physicalsciences.uchicago.edu/news/article/mark-levin-associate-professor-of-chemistry-receives-a-2025-national-brown-investigator-award/
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Northwestern has not received any NIH funds since March. No written communication about why or what can be done. Thank you Ben Singer for raising awareness at #ATS2025
May 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Northwestern has not received any NIH funds since March. No written communication about why or what can be done. Thank you Ben Singer for raising awareness at #ATS2025