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Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD²

@sharpmelk.bsky.social

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#EvidenceSynthesis specialist, epidemiologist. Research Officer, Health Research Board. 🇺🇸 in 🇮🇪 Views=own Postdoc: @rcsi.bsky.social PhDs: @upcite.bsky.social, University of Split MPH: @columbiauniversity.bsky.social BS: @michiganstateu.bsky.social

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Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD² @sharpmelk.bsky.social · Nov 16

A bit about me for any new followers:
Work: evidence synthesis, meta research (reporting guidelines), women's & mental health

Life: sell stock photos, collages, & embroidery; US immigrant to Ireland, EU since '16, married to an Irish man; love a bit of gardening, weightlifting, & yoga

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European University Association (EUA) @eua.eu · 3d

The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) has released “A Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at Research Performing Organizations”, designed to help research performing organizations.
ℹ️ Learn more at https://bit.ly/4gSzFA6

@dorassessment.bsky.social

A person holding a publication titled "A Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at Research Performing Organizations" by DORA, in front of a bookshelf.

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DORA @dorassessment.bsky.social · 3d

‼️ Global call 🌍 DORA is seeking new Steering Committee members! We especially welcome applications from Africa, Asia, and Latin America/Caribbean.
Help shape the future of responsible research assessment.
Submit your self-nomination by October 31: forms.gle/rqjCBeFbPHak...

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 6d

"Undermining confidence in one of the few safe and effective pain and fever relief drugs in pregnancy risks causing unintended harm."

Pregnant women are often excluded from clinical trials and evidence gaps enable unsubstantiated claims, @louiseckenny.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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PPI Ignite Network Ireland @ppi-ignite-net.bsky.social · 8d

Get ready for lift-off! The fourth National PPI Festival is happening from 1st–31st October 2025.

Have a look at all the events organised so far
tinyurl.com/4bb7vzma

Register for what interests you and share broadly!

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Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD² @sharpmelk.bsky.social · 7d

The email obtained by NPR instructs employees working on energy efficiency & #RenewableEnergy projects to avoid using about a dozen words/phrases including: " #ClimateChange ," "# decarbonization ," " #CleanEnergy ," and "energy transition"

Energy Dept. tells employees not to use words including 'climate change' and 'green'

The banned words list applies to all work done at the largest federal funder of clean energy technology.

www.npr.org

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Health Research Board @hrbireland.bsky.social · 8d

HRB report finds substantial gaps across the OECD, in understanding of conditions affecting women, including early pregnancy loss and mental health after childbirth.
More, incl publication & interactive gap maps: tinyurl.com/2vmvme6m
#womenhealth

Dr Jane Murphy, co-author of the HRB report

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Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD² @sharpmelk.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks! DM'ed

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RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences @rcsi.bsky.social · 10d

The @ppi-ignite-net.bsky.social National PPI Festival 2025 runs this October and will kick off with a free, two-day event at RCSI.

The festival showcases how patients and the public can be involved in planning, conducting and sharing research.

Learn more 🔗 www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...

#RCSIEngage

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Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD² @sharpmelk.bsky.social · 9d

I'm stuck behind a #paywall. Any assistance? #medlibs www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

GRADE Notes 6: Three strategies to determine the clinically important thresholds for outcomes in evidence-based guideline development

In evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach is com…

www.sciencedirect.com

Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD² @sharpmelk.bsky.social · 10d

Such a tough decision to make :(

Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD² @sharpmelk.bsky.social · 10d

For the past 9 years, I normally see my parents in Florida 1x year but this year is the first one where I'm genuinely concerned about going. I'm not outspoken but I am critical (publicly here) of what's going on there, I have an EU spouse, & I don't feel comfortable contributing to their economy..

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 13d

We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.

The degree to which those comments can undermine public health—is violence against the truth.

- Barack Obama

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Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD² @sharpmelk.bsky.social · 12d

Anyone have a good reference on the move away from * ** and *** for p values in tables? #StatsSky #StatisticsSky #EpiSky

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Dr. Jane C @janecragun.bsky.social · 12d

Same goes for public schools, colleges, and universities.

divine beastmode @gunstreet.bsky.social · 13d

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

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Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD² @sharpmelk.bsky.social · 12d

A global study seeks people who conduct, commission, or use qualitative evidence syntheses to take part in a Delphi study to improve the reporting quality of qualitative #EvidenceSyntheses ( #PRISMA #QES ). #ReportingGuidelines sites.google.com/view/prismaq...

PRISMA QES

Transforming Qualitative Evidence Synthesis

sites.google.com

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Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD² @sharpmelk.bsky.social · 12d

But #PublicHealth advocates say the final document released this week by the #WorldHealthOrganization falls far short of an earlier draft that endorsed much more aggressive measures to tackle some of the biggest drivers of #NonCommunicableDiseases which account for 75% of all deaths worldwide. #CDoH

U.N. Health Goals Weakened by Industry Pressure, Experts Say

www.nytimes.com

Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD² @sharpmelk.bsky.social · 12d

US couldn't accept promotion of abortion & “gender ideology.” “We believe in the biological reality of sex...global bureaucrats have absolutely no business attacking the sovereignty of nations that wish to protect innocent life.”
UN declaration does not mention reproductive rights or gender ideology

Kennedy Says U.S. Rejects Global Health Goals

www.nytimes.com

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The Cochrane Collaboration @cochrane.org · 13d

Our October Methods Support Unit clinic will feature a presentation on Version 2 of the ROBINS-I tool to assess risk of bias in non-randomized studies of interventions.

🗓️ Thursday 2nd October 8am UTC
🔗 Sign up here: www.cochrane.org/events/versi...

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Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD² @sharpmelk.bsky.social · 13d

#ChatGPT appears to have some ability to assess RoB and is unlikely to be guessing or “hallucinating”. The estimated agreement for “Overall RoB” is well above estimates of agreement reported for some human reviewers, but below the highest estimates. #evidencesynthesis

Using a Large Language Model (ChatGPT‐4o) to Assess the Risk of Bias in Randomized Controlled Trials of Medical Interventions: Interrater Agreement With Human Reviewers

Background Risk of bias (RoB) assessment is a highly skilled task that is time-consuming and subject to human error. RoB automation tools have previously used machine learning models built using rel.....

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ICR-CTSU @icr-ctsu.bsky.social · 22d

We're currently looking for a Trials Methodologist/Senior Trials Methodologist to join our team.

You can find out more about the role and how to apply here:
jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/13...

#ResearchJobs #TrialsMethodology🧪

Trials Methodologist/ Senior Trials Methodologist (Statistics) in Sutton | The Institute of Cancer Research

View details and apply for this Trials Methodologist/ Senior Trials Methodologist (Statistics) vacancy in Sutton. Salary : Commencement on the salary range is subject to comparable skills an...

jobs.icr.ac.uk

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 22d

You don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text for users to know it's an image. Screen readers will announce that it's an image. But it can help readers to specify if it's a hand-drawn image, Polaroid, infographic, screenshot, chart, map, diagram, or so on.

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 22d

NEW

Researcher Profiles in Altmetric

Altmetric tracks research items and where they are mentioned or cited online. Searching by researcher name wasn't a feature unless you imported your own from a repository or CRIS

Today we are launching a global researcher search feature.

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NEW – See the full picture of researcher influence
Discover Research Search, the new feature on Altmetric that allows users to access comprehensive researcher-level analytics, enabling them to view researcher attention within specific search results and identify top researchers in a field:

Search for researchers by name, or affiliation
Obtain impact data near real-time and almost immediately after publication
Get a comprehensive, real-time view of a researcher’s influence across policy, media, and professional networks
Export ready-to-share researcher profiles to support internal reporting, public dashboards, or strategic reviews

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Richard Riley (R²) @richarddriley.bsky.social · Sep 2

*NEW COURSE*
"Individual Participant Data (IPD) Meta-Analysis Projects: A Practical Introduction"

📅 23-24 Sept 2025 | Online

Covers whole project: rationale & planning; obtaining, cleaning & harmonising IPD; risk of bias & meta-analysis; reporting and dissemination

t.co/2Jsz5si1I1

https://tinyurl.com/3y7phy86

t.co

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Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD² @sharpmelk.bsky.social · 27d

"RTÉ feels that Ireland's participation would be unconscionable given the ongoing & appalling loss of lives in Gaza.RTÉ is also deeply concerned by the targeted killing of journalists in Gaza, the denial of access to international journalists to the territory, & the plight of the remaining hostages"

Ireland won't contest Eurovision if Israel takes part

RTÉ has announced that it will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song contest "if the participation of Israel goes ahead."

www.rte.ie

Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD² @sharpmelk.bsky.social · 28d

Met Éireann, (in partnership with UK's Met Office and the Netherlands KNMI), has launched the list of names for the 2025/26 ‘storm season’.
>10,000 names were received from 4,137 members of the public.
Some of the stories are so heart-warming, take a peek www.met.ie/met-eireann-...