I really enjoyed speaking about how we try to support the development of early career biostatisticians as they embark on their careers at #ICOTS12 in Brisbane. I've learned so much at this conference from the varied interesting talks! @mischhub.bsky.social

@myramcguinness.bsky.social is amazing. Any employer looking for a Biostatistician would be lucky to have her 👇

Myra McGuinness@myramcguinness.bsky.social · 4w ago

The curse of underfunded academic research has struck again - my position has been made redundant. Hit me up if you are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic biostatistician.

Was great to cross paths with @njtierney.bsky.social @emitanaka.org (virtually) @aidybarnett.bsky.social (virtually) @analyticaledge.bsky.social And please 🙏🏼 @ tag (below) anyone else that was there as I'd love to stayed connected with everyone but searching @s is ... 🫣🤫

📢 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...

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...

Event registration and abstracts submissions are now open 🎉 We're keen to hear from statisticians and related fields about their experiences in research and consultancy, no matter their background and career stage Please share with your networks. More details and links 👇

AusHSI@aushsi.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📣 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

Statisticians are in demand for their technical expertise, but our job involves wearing many hats - researcher, collaborator, translator, negotiator. We're hosting an event in July to support early-mid career statisticians build confidence in these key skills & more! Sign up for updates 👇

AusHSI@aushsi.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🌟 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

The 2026 SSA #Mentoring Program launched today with training from the excellent @drshanerrr.bsky.social. So happy to see both new and familiar faces in the stats community joining the program! Well done to @nicolewhite.bsky.social, Lizzie Koreevar and the committee! statsoc.org.au/Mentoring

Today I learned that imputation is a magic wand

A new preprint showing strong evidence of peer reviewers engaging in transactional peer review as some only approved a manuscript after requesting and then getting cited osf.io/preprints/os...

📣 Calling all Biostatisticians! We’re conducting a global survey to understand your experiences with requests for Questionable Research Practices—how often they occur, how they’re managed, and their potential outcomes. 👉 Survey link: qsurvey.qut.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_... 👉 Study protocol: osf.io/hvyra

📣 Calling all Biostatisticians! We’re conducting a global survey to understand your experiences with requests for Questionable Research Practices—how often they occur, how they’re managed, and their potential outcomes. 👉 Survey link: qsurvey.qut.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_... 👉 Study protocol: osf.io/hvyra

A new preprint on trends in spelling errors and what predicts spelling errors osf.io/preprints/os.... More authors mean fewer errors, and more errors mean fewer citations. Fewer errors over time, which is possibly due to more authors using LLMs.

Improving the cleaning & disinfection of shared equipment reduces hospital-acquired infections and saves hospitals money. Paper out today in JAMA Network Open. #@escmid.bsky.social #ESCMIDGlobal #IDSky CE paper: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Summary: The Conversation tinyurl.com/23mn8y7a

Economic Evaluation of Enhanced Cleaning of Shared Medical Equipment

This economic evaluation examines whether improved environmental cleaning and disinfection of shared medical equipment would be cost-effective compared with usual care.

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Great paper by my student @stats-geek.bsky.social on more bad statistical practice journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Linear regression reporting practices for health researchers, a cross-sectional meta-research study

Background Decisions about health care, such as the effectiveness of new treatments for disease, are regularly made based on evidence from published work. However, poor reporting of statistical method...

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What has Vincent van Gogh got to do with research fraud? My blog for @aushsi.bsky.social and the @deebleinstitute.bsky.social: ahha.asn.au/painting-a-p...

Hi #rstats friends! I'm starting consulting! I've had a great journey in academia working with brilliant people, and while it's bittersweet (and a bit scary!), I'm excited for this next step. I'll still be maintaining {greta} and am hoping to be even more involved with the R community. 1/n

How avoidance of research waste is now emphasized in the Declaration of Helsinki, and how you might want to improve some of your data management and analysis practices in light of this change (talk, 40 minutes). www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1nb...

The Declaration of Helsinki now says you should avoid research waste. Here's how.

YouTube video by Darren Dahly

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Pie charts are often used for presenting data, but it can be tempting to overindulge. In @aunz.theconversation.com, A/Prof @nicolewhite.bsky.social offers up an appetising menu of better chart types for visualising data in a way that is easier to digest. 👉 Key takeaway: Keep it simple. 📋📊🧇📈

QUT - Sick of pie charts for your uni, school or work projects? Here are 5 other options

qut.edu.au

New #preprint with @nicolewhite.bsky.social and @tayacollyer.bsky.social. We examined if Australian ethics committees use qualified statistical expertise. Our results revealed a large variation in practice, with some committees using qualified statisticians […] (1 of 4) osf.io/preprints/os...

From #digitalhealth to authentic community engagement and everything in between, the #AusHSI team left #HSR24 feeling energised and inspired by the connections that were made and #healthservices research explored. Check out our conference recap and presentation highlights: bit.ly/aushsi13hsr24

#HSR24 Adrian Barnett shares findings and lesson learned from the LOCATE study Community based screening for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease led to patients being screened and diagnosed as high risk sooner @aushsi.bsky.social

#HSR24 Day 3 Michelle Allen shares findings on consumer preferences for chronic disease screening. Consumers value and are willing to pay for nurse led screening close to home, higher test accuracy and shorter wait times. @aushsi.bsky.social

'It is time you cannot get back with your child' @aushsi.bsky.social PhD student Meg Lim shares her qualitative research on barriers to accessing financial aid for pediatric cancer. #HSR24

Last but not least is Sunny Naicker sharing the challenges of applying implementation science principles when evaluating digital health interventions #HSR24 @aushsi.bsky.social

Can your personality traits influence your healthcare use? Paul Kuwornu shares his analysis of the HILDA data with some interesting findings! #HSR24 @aushsi.bsky.social

Next up is Cliff Afoakwah on estimating the cost of injury hospitalisation using administrative data and implications for economic evaluations. #HSR24 @aushsi.bsky.social

Day 2 of #HSR24 with lightning talks underway! Great to see several @aushsi.bsky.social colleagues presenting their research. First up is @rbly.bsky.social on rethinking clinical prediction and alert fatigue

Liking the positive vibes of BlueSky so far but finding it tricky to find my 🇦🇺 stats peeps. Thought I'd try a starter pack to help us find each other. Here's who I've found so far. Let me know if you'd like to be added #StatsSky go.bsky.app/QGgfiQV