I'm increasingly convinced that Alice B Toklas was the prototype for Joyce Meadowcroft in Thursday Murder Club.
Richard Hooper
@richardhooper.bsky.social
Professor of Medical Statistics @qmul.ac.uk. I study how to design evaluations of health technologies and health service interventions. Sometimes I just make patterns.
6 (phew!) on Wordle—that's how I know I'm not sleeping well.
I've found that asking students "how would Mr Beast design a randomised trial to evaluate X" can elicit some much more creative responses than "how would *you* design it?"
I asked a class of students if they'd ever watched Tipping Point and they looked at me blankly. Scratch that example.
Richard Hooper@richardhooper.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe best bit about the show Tipping Point is when the host, Ben Shephard, says "let's find out what would have happened if you'd decided to play". There's always a nagging doubt at the back of my mind: that's not really what *would* have happened, is it?
Should we put together a "sorry you're leaving" card or something? (I asked AI for help) help.researchfish.com/en_US/resear...
Crystal Palace Park will look amazing when its refurbishment is finished.
Almost nobody in the office today, naturally, but they still managed to steal most of the milk I'd tried to stash in the fridge [waves fist like an angry old man]. Happy Friday everyone
15th century keyboard cat www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
A Cat Left Paw Prints on the Pages of This Medieval Manuscript When the Ink Was Drying 500 Years Ago
An exhibition called "Paws on Parchment" tracks how cats were depicted in the Middle Ages through texts and artworks from around the world—including one example of a 15th-century "keyboard cat"
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Idea for TV show: Traitors x Inheritance x Marple: Each player keeps the money they personally win in tasks, and has a “will” naming another current player as their sole beneficiary if they’re murdered.
Wishing all our friends, followers, and well-wishers a peaceful and relaxing few days ahead x
The best bit about the show Tipping Point is when the host, Ben Shephard, says "let's find out what would have happened if you'd decided to play". There's always a nagging doubt at the back of my mind: that's not really what *would* have happened, is it?
link 📈🤖 Personalised Decision-Making without Counterfactuals (Dawid, Senn) This article is a response to recent proposals by Pearl and others for a new approach to personalised treatment decisions, in contrast to the traditional one based on statistical decision theory. We argue that this approac
You know how as a reviewer/editor you dislike that rush of end-of-year manuscripts that are slipped under the wire, before the Christmas shut-down, but without a hope anyone will action them until January? Well, I just did it myself. The lure of getting that manuscript off my desk was too strong...
a person is laying on the ground in a dark room with a window .
ALT: a person is laying on the ground in a dark room with a window .
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They understood principles of good data analysis in Gertrude Stein's day, if not good data governance.
Software companies who add annoying, random pop-ups to their products asking if I would recommend them to a colleague will, ironically, never know how much greater their customer satisfaction would be if only they stopped doing that..
📢 As one of the next round of TRMP PhD students (below) you could join me, Clare Robinson, @averoniki.bsky.social and @marionkcampbell.bsky.social to work on developing a typology of research outputs in trials methodology, based at @wiphcem.bsky.social. Details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Developing a typology of research outputs in trials methodology at Queen Mary University of London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Developing a typology of research outputs in trials methodology at Queen Mary University of London, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Richard Hooper@richardhooper.bsky.social · 10mo ago📢 Interested in a PhD in clinical trials methodology? The Trials Methodology Research Partnership are advertising projects for PhDs starting Oct 2026, in statistics, health economics, epidemiology, social science, and more, hosted at one of 12 UK partner institutions. mrctmrpdtp.com/current-oppo...
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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Dinosaur scene of crime officers at Crystal Palace Park today.
Another day of Teams calls, but just watched a whippet eating a raw carrot, so feeling much better now.
I really enjoyed this inaugural—an academic and a personal journey—thanks @vcornelius.bsky.social
Imperial Clinical Trials Unit@imperialctu.bsky.social · 9mo agoLast night we celebrated our wonderful Director, Professor Victoria Cornelius at her inaugural lecture. She shared her academic journey highlighting the research she has been instrumental in where innovations in statistical methods have led to real changes in clinical trials and their outcomes.
[Shamelessly recycling from my "old twitter"] I think my "introductory stats for ER doctors" session went well—everyone seemed enthused by the homework I set.
Idea for a Christmas BMJ paper: submit loads of Christmas BMJ papers, then do a survival analysis of time to rejection. Then submit the survival analysis as a Christmas BMJ paper the following year
📝 New Research Methods & Reporting article: Covariate adjustment in cluster randomised trials 📝 A practical guide for when and how to adjust for covariates. Read more ⬇️ www.bmj.com/content/391/...
💡 Have you ever taken part in a clinical trial or thought about it? We want to hear your views on how health data is collected using technology like apps, wearable devices, and medical records. 🕐 5 mins, anonymous. imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #PPIE #ClinicalTrials #DigitalHealth
📢 As one of the next round of TRMP PhD students (below) you could join me, Clare Robinson, @averoniki.bsky.social and @marionkcampbell.bsky.social to work on developing a typology of research outputs in trials methodology, based at @wiphcem.bsky.social. Details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Developing a typology of research outputs in trials methodology at Queen Mary University of London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Developing a typology of research outputs in trials methodology at Queen Mary University of London, listed on FindAPhD.com
findaphd.com
Richard Hooper@richardhooper.bsky.social · 10mo ago📢 Interested in a PhD in clinical trials methodology? The Trials Methodology Research Partnership are advertising projects for PhDs starting Oct 2026, in statistics, health economics, epidemiology, social science, and more, hosted at one of 12 UK partner institutions. mrctmrpdtp.com/current-oppo...