Good news, everyone! I have a short piece coming out in The Conversation on Monday that explains the main issues with this study. It's impossible for me to have the same media reach as the original press release. So I'd be extremely grateful if people could help me share it as widely as possible 🙏

G. Willow Wilson@gwillow.me · 6mo ago

Good news, everyone www.cnn.com/2026/05/14/h...

Meet Dr Maurice O'Connell @mauriceoconnell.bsky.social, research associate in statistics @manchester.ac.uk. Maurice bring deep expertise in causal inference, machine learning, counterfactual prediction and decision theory to DynAIRx - helping us understand what works, for whom, and why. #Statistics

Postdoc (Manchester, UK) Working on methods for “First Few X” studies in resource-limited contexts. with Thomas House @tah-sci.com, Lorenzo Pellis, Christopher Overton at Univ. of Manchester More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2310

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PROBAST+AI: an updated quality, risk of bias, and applicability assessment tool for prediction models using regression or artificial intelligence methods

The Prediction model Risk Of Bias ASsessment Tool (PROBAST) is used to assess the quality, risk of bias, and applicability of prediction models or algorithms and of prediction model/algorithm studies....

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You can view the recording of my online talk at Turing Institute here on YouTube on #causalinference #TargetTrial emulation #CausalMachineLearning #polypharmacy & #deprescribing on research with @mattsperrin.bsky.social @dynairx.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social youtu.be/z0CtfYnu3b8?...

An overview of causal machine learning methodology in Electronic Health Records (EHR)

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🚀 Funding Announcement - New to Causality Research Call Are you passionate about the potential of Causal AI in healthcare? Interested in developing methods to identify causal relationships in complex data? Applications for funding are open NOW - bit.ly/3XcStS2 #CHAIHub #Funding #AIinHealthcare

📣 Exciting new opportunity to join the Cancer Data-Driven Detection (CD3) program as Senior Research Programme Manager based at @dphpc.bsky.social @cambridgeuni.bsky.social Closing date 16 March 2025 Please repost! More about CD3 below. 👇 www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50376/

Cancer Research UK@cancerresearchuk.org · 2y ago

Together with the NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research), the EPSRC, Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) and ADR UK (Administrative Data Research UK), we’re announcing a £10m programme which will help identify individual cancer risk 🙌 Read more 👉 cruk.ink/42q0aaY

Job: Lecturer in Health Data Science at University of Manchester: Teaching focused, 3y fixed term www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Lecturer in Health Data Science (Teaching and Scholarship):Oxford Road

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**NEW BMJ PAPER** "Uncertainty of risk estimates from clinical prediction models: rationale, challenges, and approaches" - most models provide just a risk estimate - we argue for presenting associated uncertainty too - includes pros, cons, PPIE & methods Hope helpful! www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Uncertainty of risk estimates from clinical prediction models: rationale, challenges, and approaches

Clinical prediction models estimate an individual’s risk (probability) of a health related outcome to help guide patient counselling and clinical decision making. Most models provide a single point es...

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🌟 Final Reminder: PhD Opportunity with @official-uom.bsky.social, @mattsperrin.bsky.social and CHAI Hub! Project: Investigating disease causal pathways and opportunities for targeted prevention Deadline: February 14, 2025 Apply now: tinyurl.com/yc5a3ajd #PhDOpportunity #AIinHealthcare

Investigating disease causal pathways and opportunities for targeted prevention at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Investigating disease causal pathways and opportunities for targeted prevention at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Come and work with us! "Senior Lecturer or Reader in Computational Statistics ... biomedical data analysis, computational statistics and machine learning, foundations of data science and AI, high-dimensional data analysis, and uncertainty quantification." www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Senior Lecturer or Reader in Computational Statistics (Teaching & Research) :Oxford Road

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📢 The latest CHAI Hub newsletter is out! Stay up to date with CHAI’s latest news, research, and opportunities in causal AI for healthcare. 🔗 Read it here & subscribe: www.chai.ac.uk/newsletter #CausalAI #AIResearch #CHAIHub #HealthcareInnovation

Happy to share the first paper of my PhD is published☺️! In case you like to use class imbalance corrections, maybe it is interesting. Let me know what you think! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Many thanks to @maartenvsmeden.bsky.social, @benvancalster.bsky.social, Anne, Kim and Carl !!

Cancer Data Driven Detection is a multi-funder collaboration in which we will use statistics and AI to identify individuals at risk of cancer. I'm thrilled to be a part of it and looking forward to getting started!

Cancer Research UK@cancerresearchuk.org · 2y ago

Together with the NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research), the EPSRC, Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) and ADR UK (Administrative Data Research UK), we’re announcing a £10m programme which will help identify individual cancer risk 🙌 Read more 👉 cruk.ink/42q0aaY

🚀 Exciting PhD Opportunity with CHAI Hub! 🚀 Join The University of Manchester in exploring disease causal pathways using cutting-edge AI to uncover insights for targeted prevention. ⏳ Deadline: Feb 14, 2025 👉 Apply now: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #PhDOpportunity #CausalAI #AIinHealthcare

Investigating disease causal pathways and opportunities for targeted prevention at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Investigating disease causal pathways and opportunities for targeted prevention at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

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We'd love lots of people on this course 👇

MEMTAB conference 2025@memtab.bsky.social · 2y ago

Join us for a pre-conference course on 29th April: An Intro to Clinical Prediction Models & Sample Size Calculations! Learn from experts like Dr Joie Ensor & Prof Richard Riley. Only £50. More info: https://buff.ly/40hOPZ2. #PredictionModels #MEMTAB2025

2024 saw a major update of the TRIPOD reporting standards for #artificialintelligence and #machinelearning in healthcare www.bmj.com/content/385/... (guidance) www.bmj.com/content/385/... (opinion piece) #statsSky #MLSky #transparency #reportingstandards #AI

Let us start 2025 in a positive mood: here are 10 methods things researchers can worry *less* about in 2025

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NEW PAPER Paper excellently led by Kim Luijken on dealing with interventions/treatments when developing a clinical prediction model Open access 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...