🎉Excited to announce my new role as Programme Director for pharmacoepidemiology & pharmacovigilance training @LSHTM
We @ehr_lshtm have updated & modularised our entire suite of long-standing #rxepi short courses
Offerings for beginner to experienced 👉 bit.ly/pepi-lshtm
20 years ago, our 500,000 volunteers selflessly donated their biological samples & health data to us.
Soon we can apply to add their coded, de-identified GP data to our database so researchers can study the full spectrum of disease
📰 Statement here: ow.ly/IV3f50TE6Gh
Elated. The ability to link coded GP records with omics data in secure TREs from consented @uk_biobank participants is a huge game changer for #pharmacogenomics#PGx
Thank you @wesstreeting and countless others for unlocking the full potential of this precious national resource
20 years ago, our 500,000 volunteers selflessly donated their biological samples & health data to us.
Soon we can apply to add their coded, de-identified GP data to our database so researchers can study the full spectrum of disease
📰 Statement here: ow.ly/IV3f50TE6Gh
We’re delighted that today Health Secretary @wesstreeting has announced @NHSEngland will take responsibility for GP data in England, paving the way for coded data to be shared with consented cohorts like UK Biobank.
📰 Full statement: ow.ly/wGvw50TE6BT
Happy 125th birthday to LSHTM!🎉
The School opened on 2nd October 1899 with 27 students enrolled and one course: the Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Health.
Learn more about the origins of the School here: bit.ly/4dspvCS
ALT Manson lecturing a group of students in the original laboratory of the London School of Tropical Medicine
One in six integrated care boards (ICBs) in England have stopped accepting new patients for specialist weight management services as their referral numbers spiral out of control, an investigation by The BMJ has found @bmj_latest Link:bit.ly/4cgTu0D#Investigation#TheBMJ
🚀 Join Our Team @LSHTM
We're hiring a Research Fellow to support teaching and research in our group
Ideal for candidates with passion for teaching & strong track record in epidemiology or related field
Apply 👉 jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.asp…#AcademicTwitter
DM @DarthCTR with Qs
Disappointed to find my first @VirginAtlantic 900neo flight swapped to a330-300 (harringbow☠️), but still looking forward to the journey ahead! ✈️ #VS11#1A#flyhappy#avgeek
NEW PAPER
It's not all about residual confounding.
Hopefully this paper gives a little pushback to discussion sections that only mention uncontrolled residual confounding as a potential limitation of the study and some suggestions to improve analyses
academic.oup.com/aje/advance…
This is a critical point. Drug target MR investigations should use genetic variants in biologically-relevant gene regions that mimic the intervention of interest. Not genetic variants that predict drug prescription or drug usage.
More MR studies on drug effects are coming out. We cannot use genetic variants associated with drug intake behaviors as instrumental variables. Why? Please read our letter in @Gut_BMJ.
gut.bmj.com/content/early/20…