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Otavio Ranzani @otavioranzani.bsky.social · 2d

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That is true

The PhD Place - Academic Community @thephdplace.bsky.social · 2d

Academics take one headshot at the start of their career and then use it for the next 40 years.

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 2d

A great and informative discussion of peer review. I have too many opinions to go into depth here.

My general solution is to better value, in all senses, both peer and editorial review. If peer review was formally counted as work by an academic that might encourage more engagement.

CMI Communications @cmicomms.bsky.social · 3d

🎙️ Just published: Communicable E37: 'Peer review is broken'

Hosted by @angelahuttner.bsky.social & @anniejoseph.bsky.social

w/ invited guests: Melinda Baldwin @mbaldwin.bsky.social & Serge Horbach

Listen on Communicable:

#IDSky #Clinmicro #MedSky #peerreview #AI

Communicable E37: 'Peer review is broken'

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Catherine Bulka @drcatherineb.bsky.social · 2d

Any cancer epidemiologists looking for a tenure track position? We (Dept of Epi at USF) are hiring. Happy to share more info if you’re interested 😊

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 2d

NEW Research: Non-invasive high frequency oscillatory ventilation for primary respiratory support in extremely preterm infants: multicentre randomised controlled trial

Read here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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Otavio Ranzani @otavioranzani.bsky.social · 5d

#Pubmed is in trouble

Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 6d

PubMed is in trouble

This is beyond bad for medical research

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Luiza Caires - Jornalista de Ciências @luizacaires.bsky.social · 6d

jornal.usp.br/artigos/a-ex...

Meu comentário sobre o recém-lançado livro da Rossana Soleti, cientista, professora e coordenadora do Parent in Science.

A extraordinária ciência da gestação

Por Luiza Caires, jornalista e editora de Ciências do Jornal da USP

jornal.usp.br

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Otavio Ranzani @otavioranzani.bsky.social · 6d

@alinemghilardi.bsky.social have you seen this?

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Otavio Ranzani @otavioranzani.bsky.social · 6d

Decolonize Science

Science Magazine @science.org · 6d

A collection of fossils that helped change our understanding of humanity’s origins is itself going back to its origin. https://scim.ag/4mHHVUM

‘Thrilled’ Indonesian scientists celebrate return of fossil trove from the Netherlands

The items to be returned, which include Java Man, were collected during the colonial era

scim.ag

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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 7d

Real-world data from Brazil's 2024 dengue outbreak indicate that the Qdenga vaccine significantly reduced symptomatic cases and hospitalizations among vaccinated adolescents. doi.org/g95kjz

Dengue vaccine shows effectiveness under real-world conditions during Brazil's 2024 outbreak

An international team of researchers has demonstrated that the tetravalent dengue vaccine known as Qdenga provided significant protection against the disease under real-world conditions, during the large 2024 epidemic in São Paulo, Brazil.

medicalxpress.com

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The Global Vector Hub @globalvectorhub.bsky.social · 7d

📢 "Invasive #mosquito surveillance in the #UnitedKingdom 2020 to 2024: First detection of #Aedes aegypti eggs in the UK and further detection of Aedes albopictus 🦟" by Colin Johnston et al. @ukhsa.bsky.social published in @plosglobalpublichealth.org

journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

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Mark Chin @mememedianmode.bsky.social · 8d

Folks on Bluesky who use RStudio - I have a student who for has had no issue using it for the past few months but all of a sudden RStudio has been crashing basically everytime after immediately opening and doing anything in RStudio (clicking a button, running code). Has this happened to anyone else?

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WHO @who.int · 8d

Did you know that since 1999 an independent group of global experts called the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) has been providing WHO evidence-based recommendations on #vaccines?

What is the Strategic advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE)? Provides independent, evidence-based recommendations on vaccines. Established in 1999.

SAGE recommendations consider public health impact, cost-effectiveness, programmatic feasibility, and equity.They ensure that vaccines work in real-world settings and reach those who need them the most.

Thanks to expert advice from SAGE, WHO’s vaccine policies help give children lasting protection against serious diseases like measles, polio, diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough; giving parents confidence their
child is protected.

WHO regularly reviews evidence and ensures vaccine policies reflect the latest science. In fact, SAGE bases its recommendations
only on publicly available evidence
that is carefully assessed and validated using internationally recognized methods.

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Guilherme Werneck @glwerneck.bsky.social · 9d

📢 *INSCRIÇÕES PRORROGADAS!*

*18ª EXPOEPI*

*Novo prazo: 06/10*

🔗 *Inscreva-se agora:* bit.ly/expoepiedital25

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Tulio de Oliveira @tuliodna.bsky.social · 10d

This week, we lost a leading scientist. Prof Amilcar Tanuri, who died with 67 years after leading the scientific response to Zika, HIV, COVID-19 and multiple other epidemics in Brazil. I was so fortunate to have Prof Tanuri as a mentor and friend for over 3 decades. Rest in peace my friend.

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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · 12d

Teaching help request!

I have a clinician mentee for whom I think building out decision trees is the right research aim. While he gets the general idea, I don’t think he has ever been taught formal decision analysis. I was taught expected values so long ago I no longer remember how to teach it.

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Otavio Ranzani @otavioranzani.bsky.social · 13d

Why... always reviewer 2 😂?

The problem is... I have been editor of 4 journals (managed >300 submissions), with 2 different systems for managing. On my experience, reviewer # is usually "random" and based on acceptance, not on invitation. R2 madness is related to time to accept? Hesitance of COI?

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Stepped Wedgehog @steppedwedgehog.bsky.social · 13d

📢 Registration now open for the 11th annual meeting on Current Developments in Cluster Randomised Trials & Stepped Wedge Designs on 18th & 19th November 2025 in Birmingham UK.

shop.bham.ac.uk/conferences-...

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Maarten van Smeden @maartenvsmeden.bsky.social · 13d

NEW FULLY FUNDED PHD POSITION

Looking for a motivated PhD candidate to join our team. Together with Danya Muilwijk, Jeffrey Beekman and I, you will explore opportunities and limitations of AI in the context of organoids

For more info and for applying 👉
www.careersatumcutrecht.com/vacancies/sc...

Vacancy — PhD position on AI methodology for prediction of patient outcomes using organoid models

Are you passionate about bringing personalized medicine to the next level and make real impact in healthcare? Join our team and develop novel AI methodology to improve predictions of relevant patient ...

www.careersatumcutrecht.com

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Otavio Ranzani @otavioranzani.bsky.social · 13d

Dengue outbreak in Sudan 👇. We need better tools and investment to tackle dengue

Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) @dndi.org · 13d

Dengue outbreak in Sudan, where health infrastructures are devastated by the conflict. More than 2.000 cases of #dengue reported, with the real number probably much higher. We need better tools for dengue, including treatments. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Dengue fever ravages Sudan as infrastructure battered by war

Tens of thousands of Sudanese people have fallen victim to dengue fever and other diseases, Sudan's health minister said, as seasonal rains further test infrastructure and hospitals devastated by conflict.

www.reuters.com

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Otavio Ranzani @otavioranzani.bsky.social · 13d

Why... always reviewer 2 😂?

The problem is... I have been editor of 4 journals (managed >300 submissions), with 2 different systems for managing. On my experience, reviewer # is usually "random" and based on acceptance, not on invitation. R2 madness is related to time to accept? Hesitance of COI?

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Otavio Ranzani @otavioranzani.bsky.social · 15d

Always a good experience to hear prof. Akiko @virusesimmunity.bsky.social, inspiring!

New episode on The Night Science Podcast 👇

The Night Science Podcast @nightsciencepod.bsky.social · 16d

🔥 New episode of the Night Science Podcast with Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social Yale & HHMI professor, and one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2024! Akiko explains how leading large collaborations requires managing expectations, not micromanaging the research.

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European Medicines Agency @ema.europa.eu · 15d

Paracetamol remains an important option to treat pain or fever in pregnant women.

Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children.

Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...

Use of paracetamol during pregnancy unchanged in the EU | European Medicines Agency (EMA)

Paracetamol medicines can be used in pregnancy, in accordance with official recommendations

www.ema.europa.eu

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Camarote da República @camarotedacpi.bsky.social · 17d

✊🏾🇧🇷 SEM ANISTIA em Belo Horizonte-MG

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 19d

📣 BMJ Medicine is now on Bluesky 📣

Follow them at @bmjmedicine.bsky.social

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Otavio Ranzani @otavioranzani.bsky.social · 20d

Vaccines save lives and complications!

Our new study evaluating the Dengue vaccine TAK-003 in adolescents in São Paulo, Brazil during the 2024 (massive) outbreak @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social

⬇️ Symptomatic disease (1st and 2nd dose)
⬇️ Hospitalization (1st dose)

doi.org/10.1016/S147...

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