A fabricated dataset hosted on Kaggle was recently removed for breaching copyright, months after it was exposed in research led by #AusHSI PhD student @alexdgibson.bsky.social with @aidybarnett.bsky.social, @nicolewhite.bsky.social and Gary Collins. Find out more 👇

Retraction Watch@retractionwatch.com · last wk.

The online data repository Kaggle has removed a problematic dataset for violating intellectual property rights months after it was flagged by sleuths for containing celebrity photos and lacking information on data provenance or confirmed medical diagnoses.

📈 The inaugural 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 symposium brought together statisticians across Australia to explore what leadership looks like in practice, offering a space for early and mid-career researchers to connect, learn and reflect. #StatLeadership2026

🎉 Congratulations to #AusHSI researchers @nicolewhite.bsky.social, Hannah Carter and @thomasinadonovan.bsky.social, who are investigators on a new #NHMRC Partnership Project led by our Centre for Healthcare Transformation partner Jed Duff addressing hospital flow through the SAFEST Framework.

QUT and Metro North Health awarded $1.47 million to partner in tackling hospital access block

Researchers from QUT and staff at Metro North Health and Clinical Excellence Queensland will partner on a new project to address hospital flow, with $1,474,488.80 awarded through the National Health a...

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#AusHSI PhD student @alexdgibson.bsky.social was recently invited onto the @metasciencematters.bsky.social podcast to chat with Randy Ellis about unreliable datasets and why they're so damaging to science. 🎧 Have a listen!

Data Provenance in Medical Machine Learning | Alexander Gibson

YouTube video by Metascience Matters

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📈 Through the upcoming #StatLeadership2026 symposium, @nicolewhite.bsky.social and a stellar team of #statistics experts from around Australia are supporting the next generation to build and strengthen leadership capability. 📊 Explore Nicole’s career journey on the #AusHSI blog: bit.ly/slcrnw

🪥🫧 Pneumonia is one of the most common infections people develop in hospital. New research published in @thelancet.com shows a simple action can have a powerful impact: brushing patients’ teeth. 💡Learn more in @aunz.theconversation.com article by @nicolewhite.bsky.social and the research team. 👇

The Conversation AUNZ@aunz.theconversation.com · 2mo ago

A toothbrush, some toothpaste and a few minutes of care can prevent a life‑threatening infection. That’s rare in modern medicine.

📢 Only one month until our statistical leadership symposium in Australia! With international keynotes, invited local speakers, and contributed presentations, it's shaping up to be a great event! agbarnett.github.io/stats_leader... Register here by 30th June:

Essential skills for statistics leadership in consultancy and research

A two-day Statistical Leadership Symposium for early and mid-career researchers across Australia

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📢 Statisticians in Australia from all sectors: Join us in July to share your experiences and learn from others in developing professional skills and becoming leaders. Please spread the word! Hope to see you there! @mischhub.bsky.social @nicolewhite.bsky.social @aidybarnett.bsky.social

Karen Lamb@kelamb.bsky.social · 2mo ago

There's still time to register for our new statistical leadership event in July 2026. We have in-person hubs in both Melbourne and Brisbane, with low registration costs thanks to the @science.org.au Theo Murphy Initiative. Join us by registering by 30th June: events.humanitix.com/essential-sk...

“We want your work to succeed. We want it to reach the right people and make a difference.” 🐝 Thank you to #QUT Centre for Healthcare Transformation consumer representative, Kristy Thomas, and QUT's Research Strategy team, for joining us at our working bee exploring pathways to #researchimpact.

New @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social preprint on suspected citation manipulation by #PaperMills in molecular oncology, with Baptiste Scancar, David Causer @institutagro.bsky.social & @aidybarnett.bsky.social @aushsi.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au 🙏 @nhmrc.bsky.social for💰 🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Check out a new @retractionwatch.com article on 'comically bad' datasets hosted on Kaggle that are misinforming clinicians and patient care, exposed in research led by #AusHSI PhD student @alexdgibson.bsky.social with @aidybarnett.bsky.social, @nicolewhite.bsky.social and Gary Collins. 👇

Retraction Watch@retractionwatch.com · 3mo ago

Scrolling through an online image dataset, Adrian Barnett pointed out a few familiar faces: Sylvester Stallone, George Clooney, Angelina Jolie and Daniel Craig. “You can see,” Barnett said, “this is just a comically bad dataset.” retractionwatch.com/2026/05/18/k...

⏰ Get in quick! Abstract submissions are closing tomorrow: eventstudio.eventsair.com/hsr-2026/cal...

Coming up on 21 May, CEDA's 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐐𝐋𝐃 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 brings together government and health sector leaders to explore pathways for building a more connected, adaptable and future-ready health system for Queensland. 👉 Explore the program and register: bit.ly/4uNRypz #CEDA #HealthInnovation

A reminder that travel bursary applications for 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 close on Friday 1 May: bit.ly/4deuiL8 #StatLeadership2026 📅 9–10 July 2026 📍 Brisbane & Melbourne 🔗 bit.ly/esslcr

Karen Lamb@kelamb.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📢 Travel bursaries available for statisticians interested in attending our statistical leadership event in Australia in July. Applications welcome for either the Brisbane or Melbourne location. More details here: agbarnett.github.io/stats_leader... Applications close 1st May!

On the #AusHSI blog, learn how Samantha Borg's PhD journey has helped shape the kind of person and academic she wants to become, and the connections she has built to make sure that her research exploring opioid use after #spinalcordinjury has impact where it matters. 🔗 bit.ly/4tSJyTw #QUTHealth

Outstanding work by @alexdgibson.bsky.social to uncover the use of highly dubious data sets from @kaggle.com being used in hundreds of research papers and potentially even informing clinical practice. If you're re-using data, take the time to confirm that it's real. www.nature.com/articles/d41....

Dozens of AI disease-prediction models were trained on dubious data

The models are designed to predict someone’s risk of diabetes or stroke. A few might already have been used on patients.

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📢 Four weeks to go! Submit your abstract now. 👉 Submit your abstract here: eventstudio.eventsair.com/hsr-2026/cal... Submissions close 7 May 2026. #HSRAANZ26

📈 𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫! 📈 Join us at #StatLeadership2026 to hear from Dr Emi Tanaka, an academic statistician at The Australian National University with a passion for data science and open-source software, who will share strategies for managing teams in statistical research. ➡️ Register: bit.ly/esslcr

💥New | Research integrity is locked into an arms race with agentic AI slop ✍️ @aidybarnett.bsky.social & Matt Spick #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchSlop #AcademicPublishing

Research integrity is locked into an arms race with agentic AI slop - LSE Impact

Advances in agentic AI combined with increasingly large reserves of openly accessibly and machine-readable data are creating a perfect storm for the mass-production of AI authored research papers. Adr...

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📢 Travel bursaries available for statisticians interested in attending our statistical leadership event in Australia in July. Applications welcome for either the Brisbane or Melbourne location. More details here: agbarnett.github.io/stats_leader... Applications close 1st May!

Congratulations to #AusHSI PhD student Inosha Alwis, who recently presented a very engaging PhD confirmation seminar on patient preferences and the cost-effectiveness of novel methods for surveillance of hepatocellular carcinonoma, the most prevalent type of primary #livercancer.

#AusHSI PhD student Megumi Lim is no stranger to the financial uncertainty associated with a loved one's cancer diagnosis, and the impact it can have on a family. Read about her research on the financial burden of #childhoodcancer and what families value in financial support models: bit.ly/4dDDk4W

📣 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧! Calling all early and mid-career statisticians! Join us at our 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 #statistics 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 symposium running from 9-10 July in Brisbane and Melbourne. ➡️ Register today: bit.ly/esslcr #StatLeadership2026

On #IWD2026, we celebrate #trauma surveillance expert Prof Kirsten Vallmuur from #AusHSI and the Jamieson Trauma Institute, who has been a driving force behind improving e-mobility safety in #Queensland. Read #ABCNews to explore a parliamentary inquiry recommending regulatory reform: bit.ly/4srKHk9

📢 #HIRING | #AusHSI is seeking a team-focused and organised #ExecutiveAssistant to deliver high-quality administrative support in a research-intensive setting. Join us and contribute to the smooth operation of a leading #healthservices research centre. ⏲️ Applications close 22 March: bit.ly/47k5X38

🌟 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 & 𝐌𝐢𝐝-𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 #𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬! Thanks to support from the Theo Murphy Initiative Australia, we’re excited to launch a 2-day symposium - 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 #𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 ➡️ 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐄𝐎𝐈 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝: bit.ly/eoistatleadership2026

📢 We're excited to announce that the abstracts for 14th HSRAANZ Conference are now open. 👉 Submit your abstract here: lnkd.in/efmq4Ats Submissions close 7 May 2026. #HSRAANZ26

The #QUT #CentreforHealthcareTransformation kicked off the year by bringing together research staff and students for an interactive forum exploring approaches to engaging health partners for real world impact, with highlights including guest speakers, lightning presentations and hands-on workshops.

Drawing on his experience as a social worker in a range of metropolitan and rural settings, Ross's PhD research at #AusHSI aims to co-construct a model of care with stakeholders to improve mental health service access for young people in rural and regional Queensland. 🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/4bYULfK

We are proud to announce the appointment of Belinda Lange as Professor in Health AI. As a nationally recognised leader in #digitalhealth, she brings outstanding expertise in real world translation of AI-enabled health technologies, marking QUT's commitment to responsible Health AI. bit.ly/3OgEA3z