💬 Viewpoint: Mass abstract submissions in #MedEd have led to inflated metrics, less meaningful research, and misaligned incentives for trainees and institutions. ja.ma/3MYsmvO

“Rewriting the Chapter on Cystic Fibrosis” #LaskerAward winner Michael Welsh writes in @JAMA.com about key moments that led to transforming #cysticfibrosis from a death sentence into a manageable condition. 🧪 #Lasker2025

Rewriting the Chapter on Cystic Fibrosis

In this Viewpoint, 2025 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award winner Michael J. Welsh describes his contributions to cystic fibrosis (CF) disease identification, understanding the cellular…

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In 1605 Francis Bacon complains about researchers exaggerating scientific claims without substantive evidence & accepting claims of others as true without doing due diligence: he called this the “contract of error” (An Advancement of Learning)

A new paper discussing the importance of federal, institutional, and programmatic support for physician scientist trainees. The same can easily apply to biomedical trainees. We as a nation need to support the next generation of doctors and researchers! rdcu.be/etaiE

Join APSA on June 18th @ 7PM EDT for a free webinar with physician-scientist experts on how to fund your vision & build your academic profile. Register for FREE here: tinyurl.com/APSAWebinars #residency #physicianscientists #grants #APSA

"We are still continuing to learn about everything." Physician-scientist Cynthia Tang discusses the role of uncertainty in scientific research in this edition of #AskAScientist. @a-p-s-a.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvWn... 🧪

Ask a Scientist: Cynthia Tang on Uncertainty and Science

YouTube video by Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation

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"Epidemiology itself is the study of uncertainty in populations." Physician-scientist Marzieh Ghiasi discusses the role of uncertainty in scientific research in this edition of #AskAScientist. @a-p-s-a.bsky.social 🧪

Really fantastic illustrative thread ⭐

Sasha Gusev@sashagusevposts.bsky.social · 2y ago

How population stratification makes environments look like genes. A short 🧵:

Interesting historical principles of clinical trial conduct … Rule 5 “the medical statistician has to be competent” … sure hope we’ve got that one sorted!

American Statistical Association History of Statistics @hos-asa.bsky.social · 2y ago

#OTD 28 Jan 1809 Louis-Dominique-Jules Gavarret b (d 30 Aug 1890) An early proponent of the 'statistical method' in medicine, his 1840 book 'Principes de Statistique Médicale' was among the first to describe statistical principles for rigorous clinical trial conduct. /10 🧵

A collaborative platform for causal DAGs is here! We released the beta version of cStructure today; try it out at cstructure.dev. A low code canvas to identify adjustment sets, bind and annotate data, analyze with in-browser Jupyter notebooks, and LLM kickstarters #causalinference #stats #episky

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Not just semantics... Great way to think. It's not the data, it's what you do with it that can lead to biased conclusions.

Maarten van Smeden@maartenvsmeden.bsky.social · 2y ago

Data are not biased. Datasets can be small, selective, incomplete, full of error, and is mostly a combination of these. Depending on what you do with such a dataset, some estimators (but not always all of them) may be biased and results unreliable and untrustworthy

Hey #episky! 🚀 I’m creating collaborative hub for epidemiology resources. Check out the latest mini post on clustering models: epitodate.com/clustering-m.... Send me a message if you're interested in contributing! 💡"