JOB: Research Associate/Senior Research Associate in Evidence Synthesis, University of Bristol, UK Funded for 3 years Closing date for applications: 10th September 2026 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... We are looking for a talented systematic reviewer or quantitative researcher with…

New paper! 📣 People with cirrhosis are often monitored for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common primary liver cancer. But how accurate are the various tests (imaging, blood & genomic biomarkers) - particularly for detecting early-stage cancer? bmjopengastro.bmj.com/content/13/1...

Diagnostic accuracy of surveillance tests for hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Objective For surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) to be effective, tests—including imaging, serological biomarkers (conventional and genomic) and algorithms combining multiple tests—must i...

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📢New funded PhD available!📢 Design and analysis to estimate diagnostic test accuracy without universal verification Applications close on Monday 16th March. More info➡️ tinyurl.com/8vhvse8p @bristoluni.bsky.social @profhayleyjones.bsky.social

📣 PhD studentship - Biostatistics 💻 University of Bristol, UK Help improve methods for something that affects us all - how accurate are tests for disease? Learn, apply & develop Bayesian models to estimate accuracy from varying study designs, synthesise evidence & optimise design of future studies

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PhD Project - Design and analysis to estimate diagnostic test accuracy without universal verification at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com

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How do researchers estimate prevalence when public health data are incomplete? Looking forward to attending & presenting at this symposium in Denver USA in a few weeks. And you can join online! calendar.cuanschutz.edu/event/Public... 4th Feb 09:45-13:00 MST(=16:45-20:00 GMT) Register by 28th Jan

In Edinburgh for work. Some (Scottish) guy was in my way when I was walking back to my hotel. When he saw me waiting behind him he shouted “Sorry! Just tell me to get oot of your way next time - you’re in F-ing Scotland!” Love it 😂

Addiction is currently seeking to expand its pool of Statistics & Methodology Editors - please see here for more details, including how to apply www.addictionjournal.org/newsroom/dep...

Addiction Journal - Deputy Statistics & Methodology Editor Role with Addiction

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Huh? 🤔

Super proud of my PhD student Yasin Okkaoglu who passed his viva with very minor corrections today 🥳. We’ve enjoyed guiding him through research on latent class models to estimate diagnostic test accuracy, and we’ve learned a lot too! Yasin is heading to Newcastle Uni next for a post doc position.

Planned to go to ISCB this year for the first time in ages, but it’s sold out before I got around to booking! 😭

How ‘correct’ should #evidencesynthesis be? How does this change if we add #AI? Help inform new tool dev and best practice guidance! forms.office.com/e/ZwdicYQpjv Open until 2 Jul, ~35 mins. Part of @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded DESTinY @campbellreviews.bsky.social @ellaflem.bsky.social

Finally official! We're excited to have just launched the new NIHR Bristol Evidence Synthesis for Screening (BESS) Group. Funded for 5 years to produce evidence reviews and models to support the important work of the UK National Screening Committee. nationalscreening.blog.gov.uk/2025/04/07/n...

New NIHR evidence synthesis groups give major boost to the UK NSC

The National Institute for Health Research is investing millions of pounds to provide the UK NSC with dedicated research expertise.

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We extended our work from last year to estimate prevalence of opioid dependence in Scotland up to 2022/23 and for 4 additional NHS Boards. For more info about this project and model, see hprubse.blogspot.com/2024/08/coun... Updated estimates now available via the PHS report below.

Andrew McAuley@arjmcauley.bsky.social · 2y ago

Latest opioid dependence prevalence estimates for Scotland published today. publichealthscotland.scot/media/32049/...

Looking forward to presenting (online) with colleagues tomorrow, on our use of rich linked data in Scotland to better understand prevalence of and risks of opioid dependence. Still time to sign up via link below

Drugs Research Network Scotland (DRNS)@drnscot.bsky.social · 2y ago

Join us online tomorrow! The Power of Data Linkage 📅 27 February 2025 🕘 10:00 - 12:00 📍 Online via Teams Sign up here:

📣*Information Scientists*: please share in your networks! Part time (50%) 5 year position available at Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol UK Opportunity to contribute to evidence syntheses needed to support the work of the UK National Screening Committee www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Where in this article do Drs say either of those things? 🤔

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2y ago

At-home ECGs will detect early heart issues and save thousands, say doctors

📣Still time to apply for this job - closing date 13th January. A 5 year post doc position for a statistician with expertise in evidence synthesis / meta-analysis. Opportunity to join the excellent Bristol Evidence synthesis Appraisal and Modelling Centre at the University of Bristol, UK!

Hayley Jones@profhayleyjones.bsky.social · 2y ago

JOB! We're looking for a post doc (or equivalent) statistician with interest in meta-analysis and NMA to work across University of Bristol's 3 NIHR Evidence Synthesis Groups. www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... Yes, I know this is a crazy time to advertise and I'll send reminders after Christmas!

JOBS: Multiple evidence synthesis posts available at the University of Bristol: *4x (Senior) Research Associate (SRA/RA) in Evidence Synthesis www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... *SRA in Medical Statistics www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... *SRA in Information Science www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

JOB! We're looking for a post doc (or equivalent) statistician with interest in meta-analysis and NMA to work across University of Bristol's 3 NIHR Evidence Synthesis Groups. www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... Yes, I know this is a crazy time to advertise and I'll send reminders after Christmas!

NEW TSD 25 evidence synthesis one page summary. To view visit: bit.ly/3ZxIreu To view the series of TSDs in the area of evidence synthesis, visit: bit.ly/3ZsV8XX For all available TSD one page summaries, visit: bit.ly/3Sx5ljz

Super interesting 1950s screening programme, including this amazing sounding publicity campaign: “two specially commissioned songs… which were played at football matches, church services, and on the radio. Illuminated tram cars carried posters, an aeroplane flew over the city trailing a banner”

Peter MacPherson@petermacp.bsky.social · 2y ago

How Glasgow's 1957 #tuberculosis screening programme could help countries today. #episky #IDsky 🛟🧪🦠 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Excited to announce NICE Technical Support Document 25: Evidence synthesis of diagnostic test accuracy for decision making. Guidance on implementation of meta-analysis of test accuracy and use of results in decision models. Available from: www.sheffield.ac.uk/nice-dsu/tsd...

NICE Decision Support Unit @nice-dsu.bsky.social · 2y ago

NEW TSD25 Evidence synthesis of diagnostic test accuracy for decision making. Covers: implementing bivariate/HSROC model & meta-analysis across explicit thresholds (with a focus on Bayesian estimation), using results in a decision model, inc estimating the optimal threshold.

New paper! Latent class models can be used to estimate diagnostic test accuracy without a 'gold standard' to compare with, but test correlations within true disease state (conditional dependence) can be a big challenge. Estimates of accuracy can be biased... (1/5) doi.org/10.1186/s128...

Detecting departures from the conditional independence assumption in diagnostic latent class models: a simulation study - BMC Medical Research Methodology

Background Latent class models can be used to estimate diagnostic accuracy without a gold standard test. Early studies often assumed independence between tests given the true disease state, however th...

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A handy little app for showing how a diagnostic test result changes probability of disease - input sensitivity & specificity values, which could be from a single study or a #metaanalysis. For more on interpreting test accuracy results, see also Alex Sutton’s DTA primer: crsu.shinyapps.io/diagprimer/

Lars Mølgaard Saxhaug@load-dependent.eurosky.social · 2y ago

I once made a #shiny leaf plot app, demonstrating the relationship between prevalence/pre-test probability, sensitivity, specificity and post-test probabilities has moved! I’ve been very happy to hear some actually use it in #meded! lmsaxhaug.shinyapps.io/Leaf_App/ #rstats #imemcc #cardiosky #foamed

We found a mouse in our house. The (indoor) cats are working hard on their surveillance duties 🙄 😹

Question for my #EvidenceSynthesis #MetaAnalysis #SystematicReview folks: I'm organizing the 2025 meeting of the Society for Research Synthesis Methods (www.srsm.org). Currently working on the call for submissions, which it has me dreaming about sessions I would love to see at the conference....

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The Society for Research Synthesis Methodology (SRSM) is an organization of scholars and practitioners interested in the development and application of research synthesis methodology. This website ser...

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I am trying to find reviewers for a paper which explores the use of LLMs to assess risk of bias in the context of evidence synthesis. I have asked 19 people so far…If you have experience with LLMs and/or RoB assessments AND a desire to review a paper please get in touch.

MEMTAB 2025 pre-conference courses news! 2 options: - An Introduction to Clinical Prediction Models and Sample Size Calculations for Model Development & Evaluation - Systematic Reviews of Prognosis Studies Just £50 when registering for conference! Details 👇 uobevents.eventsair.com/memtab-2025/...

Hi new followers! For those interested in/working on evidence synthesis methods, have you heard of the Society for Research Synthesis Methodology (SRSM)? www.srsm.org We welcome applications from those meeting any 1 of our 5 criteria: www.srsm.org/how-to-apply...

Society for Research Synthesis Methodology

The Society for Research Synthesis Methodology (SRSM) is an organization of scholars and practitioners interested in the development and application of research synthesis methodology. This website ser...

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My first post on this new platform will be sharing our recent research into Suicide among people with opioid dependence. In short, risk is much higher than the general population (8 times higher), but rates have fallen over time and treatment is protective. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Suicide in people prescribed opioid‐agonist therapy in Scotland, United Kingdom, 2011–2020: A national retrospective cohort study

Background and aims Opioid dependence is associated with an increased risk of suicide. Drug-related mortality among people with opioid dependence in Scotland has more than tripled since 2010; less i...

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