Vera Wilde
@verawil.de
Scientist (PhD), writer, transparency activist. Nerd-of-all-trades (research methodologist). Seeker of truth, especially wild.
But seriously hallway track was great. I met some great people working on diagnostics, midwifery, menstrual health, and data ethics. FemTech community >>> tech bro events (duh). The only bro energy was from a female founder who shook my hand hard enough to snap bone. Iconic.
November 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
But seriously hallway track was great. I met some great people working on diagnostics, midwifery, menstrual health, and data ethics. FemTech community >>> tech bro events (duh). The only bro energy was from a female founder who shook my hand hard enough to snap bone. Iconic.
HN discussion is live: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4596...
Lots of interesting angles here (stats, ML, screening, safety). Would love feedback or critiques if you have time to skim.
Lots of interesting angles here (stats, ML, screening, safety). Would love feedback or critiques if you have time to skim.
November 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
HN discussion is live: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4596...
Lots of interesting angles here (stats, ML, screening, safety). Would love feedback or critiques if you have time to skim.
Lots of interesting angles here (stats, ML, screening, safety). Would love feedback or critiques if you have time to skim.
What? No. There are hugely successful population-wide screening programs for rare diseases (e.g., HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C in pregnancy). Programs of this structure can net benefit society when uncertainty and secondary screening harms can be minimized. wildetruth.substack.com/p/links-0831
Links 08/31
Recent health and methods readings
wildetruth.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
What? No. There are hugely successful population-wide screening programs for rare diseases (e.g., HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C in pregnancy). Programs of this structure can net benefit society when uncertainty and secondary screening harms can be minimized. wildetruth.substack.com/p/links-0831
(Weeps quietly while FedEx's AI hangs up on me after a long, failed attempt to get a basic question answered.)
September 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
(Weeps quietly while FedEx's AI hangs up on me after a long, failed attempt to get a basic question answered.)
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Psychologists are also definitely guilty of confusing change with treatment response, which is why I wrote about it here:
www.the100.ci/2025/01/22/r...
www.the100.ci/2025/01/22/r...
Reviewer notes: In a randomized experiment, the pre-post differences are not effect estimates
Reviewer notes are a new short format with brief explanations of basic ideas that might come in handy during (for example) the peer-review process. They are a great way to keep Julia from writing 10,0...
www.the100.ci
September 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Psychologists are also definitely guilty of confusing change with treatment response, which is why I wrote about it here:
www.the100.ci/2025/01/22/r...
www.the100.ci/2025/01/22/r...
Yes, well. In the current climate, it has strong Bermuda Triangle vibes. Ships, planes, postdocs disappear in the Triangle. Jammed radios and half-finished R scripts litter the shores. The tide brings in preprints and grant proposals strangled in plastic trash. Even the seagulls go hungry...
September 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Yes, well. In the current climate, it has strong Bermuda Triangle vibes. Ships, planes, postdocs disappear in the Triangle. Jammed radios and half-finished R scripts litter the shores. The tide brings in preprints and grant proposals strangled in plastic trash. Even the seagulls go hungry...
The measles vaccine is safe and effective. A booster can increase your immunity even if you were vaxxed already. And it may also offer non-specific effects on immunity that are net positive against other infections, to boot. See, e.g., wildetruth.substack.com/p/book-revie...
Book Review: Vaccines, Part 1
Vaccines are like drugs? Hit me.
wildetruth.substack.com
August 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The measles vaccine is safe and effective. A booster can increase your immunity even if you were vaxxed already. And it may also offer non-specific effects on immunity that are net positive against other infections, to boot. See, e.g., wildetruth.substack.com/p/book-revie...