We are hiring!! Our trials unit, CHaRT, is looking to appoint a Deputy Director (Methodology). The role will provide methodological leadership across CHaRT’s portfolio. A really exciting opportunity for anyone interested in a leadership role in clinical trials!! See: www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...

Calling all surgical trainees - last few days to sign up for the BOASTiC 2026 surgical trials course! Learn how to design and conduct surgical trials at Merton College, Oxford on 29-30 Sept. Great learning, experienced faculty, and fun!

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If, like me, you thought of Googling “estimand” this thread will sort you out.

Marion Campbell@marionkcampbell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

At the Society of Clinical Trials (#SCT2026) conference last week, one of the topics being discussed was estimands & intercurrent events in cluster trials. Perfect timing for the publication of the new cRCT estimand framework 1/8 #MethodologyMonday #129

At the Society of Clinical Trials (#SCT2026) conference last week, one of the topics being discussed was estimands & intercurrent events in cluster trials. Perfect timing for the publication of the new cRCT estimand framework 1/8 #MethodologyMonday #129

Perspectives on statistics in medicine: Annual joint LSHTM/RSS lecture on 16th June, by Prof. Marion Campbell. Further details here: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Perspectives on statistics in medicine: Annual joint LSHTM/RSS lecture | LSHTM

Future directions in the evaluation of innovative technologies in healthcare: Technology in healthcare is rapidly advancing. For example, a recent healthcare report suggests that 9 out of 10

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Superb resource for all interested in evidence-based critical care 👇

Critical Care Reviews@criticalcarereviews.com · 5mo ago

Interested in the major trials in critical care? We have summarised and critiqued 250 of the most important randomised controlled trials stretching back over the past 25 years. https://criticalcarereviews.com/collections/foundational-trials

Looking forward to this!

Critical Care Reviews@criticalcarereviews.com · 5mo ago

➡️ Can oxygen use influence outcomes after cardiac arrest? ➡️ Can hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy be reduced with this simple intervention? ➡️ Join us at CCR26 to find out! ➡️ Register: https://criticalcarereviews.com/meetings/ccr26

The #NIHR are currently advertising several funding committee vacancies including a number to serve on the #BMBR (Better Methods Better Research) funding Committee. If you are interested in supporting the funding of methods research in the UK, please consider applying. www.nihr.ac.uk/get-involved...

Time for some NE coastal blue 😊

NIHR RSS webinar: Better Methods Better Research (BMBR) Funding Programme The webinar will cover the scope and aims of BMBR, features of strong applications, and experience from a recent successful applicant. Join the webinar on March 16 at 12-1pm: teams.microsoft.com/meet/3410304...

Superb programme lined up for this year’s Critical Care Reviews Meeting… 12 of the leading critical care trials will present their results. Top science, top methodology and a deep dive into the latest evidence for clinical practice. Registration open! #CCR26 criticalcarereviews.com/meetings/ccr26

The Chief Scientist Office has opened their Early Postdoctoral Fellowships for application, providing three years of salary and consumable support to early career health researchers to enable then to develop their careers. Apply now 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/wxa8k75h

Are you passionate about supporting the funding of high-quality methods research in health? If so, please consider applying for the role of Deputy Chair of the NIHR/MRC Better Methods Better Research funding Committee - closing date 22 Jan. See: www.nihr.ac.uk/get-involved...

3/ He established not one but 3 statistics depts at Aberdeen, BARC & Edinburgh. He later said if it wasn’t for typhoid he would have been “a rather poor schoolteacher of mathematics.”

#OTD 1917 David Finney b (d 12 Nov 2018) CBE FRS; ASA Fellow 1951; Royal Statistical Society President 1973. Pioneered statistical methods of experimental design, statistical computing, pharmacovigilance, biological assay & probit analysis. 1/3

On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… 🎶 📊 Three key outcomes 🫀 Two boluses of bicarb ⚡ And ROSC in the BIHCA cardiac arrest trial 🎄 #CCR26 criticalcarereviews.com/meetings/ccr26

Writing Genres: First draft: Horror Abstract: Action thriller Hypothesis section: Fantasy Results section: Tragedy Limitations section: True crime Implications section: Satire Grant application: Science fiction

It’s the run up to the holidays so there can only be one #MethodologyMonday topic - the scientific way to cut your Christmas cake. Published c1906 in Nature by the statistician Francis Galton 🎂🎄🔪😊 Enjoy! galton.org/essays/1900-...

It's the 12 Days of Christmas, CCR Style! Over the rest of December, we'll be announcing the CCR26 trials 1st up - the LOGICAL trial, investigating conservative oxygenation for the attenuation of hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy post cardiac arrest Registration opens soon!

Doug Altman was an internationally renowned statistician who served as The BMJ’s chief statistical adviser. Read about life and work that made this statistician a "citation millionaire" #BMJChristmas www.bmj.com/content/391/...

The Chief Scientist Office has opened their Early Postdoctoral Fellowships for application, providing three years of salary and consumable support to early career health researchers to enable then to develop their careers. Apply now 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/wxa8k75h

Want to improve your knowledge & practice of clinical trials? #UKCTUNetwork members offer a wide variety of learning & development opportunities covering all aspects of academic clinical research. Find out more here: tinyurl.com/mueyhau7 #ClinicalTrials #Training

The stepped wedge design came up in the #CCRDownUnder meeting last week so it seemed a good time to revisit the pros and cons of this design 1/6 #MethodologyMonday #128

New fully funded PhD opportunity to come and work with me at the University of Glasgow exploring the role of data-driven interventions (audit and feedback) to improve environmental sustainability of the NHS. Deadline to apply: 12th Jan 2026. Find out more here: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...

The 10 year follow-up results of the TOPKAT trial of total (TKR) vs partial (PKR) knee replacement are out! Similar clinical outcomes, but PKR more cost effective. t.co/V4O7s6MvZe

One of my 2026 goals is to be more present on BlueSky! Another is to recruit a great candidate to this 4-yr PhD studentship with us at the Aberdeen Centre for Evaluation -applying behavioural science to the design and delivery of clinical trials. Please share. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Improving health by improving trials – applying behavioural science to improve the design and delivery of clinical trials. at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Improving health by improving trials – applying behavioural science to improve the design and delivery of clinical trials. at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com

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Just 4 weeks to CCR Down Under 2025! Join us to hear the results of 8 major critical care trials - in person or virtually ➡️ ImmunoSep ➡️ iRehab ➡️ CLIP II ➡️ ACTiVE ➡️ ARISE AFRICA ➡️ RSI ➡️ VITaCCA ➡️ ECMO REHAB https://criticalcarereviews.com/meetings/ccr-down-under-2025

Beginning Nov 1924, studies on the effect of lighting on worker productivity were performed at the Western Electric Hawthorn Plant. These were the basis for the concept of the Hawthorne Effect 1/2

The term #estimand is now part of the technical language of trials - but it remains a concept that many find hard to understand. Recent work has aimed to make the term more accessible to researchers, patients & public 1/8 #MethodologyMonday #127