Where you live had a lot to do with which COVID-19 vaccine you got. In over 14 million Medicare beneficiaries, we found really large rural-urban variation in who received Pfizer vs Moderna - out today in @Health_Affairs. @Brown_SPH @BrownGero healthaffairs.org/doi/full/1…

Yet another study shows a 24% reduced risk of dementia after the Shingles vaccine. This one in over 500,000 participants with a recent skilled nursing facility stay, adding to 4 huge natural experiments in 4 countries (US, Canada, Wales, and Australia) acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/… @AnnalsofIM

🚨New publication! 🚨 Our @IntPharmacoEpi-endorsed review in @AmJEpi evaluates how real-world data is used to study #deprescribing 💊 including exposure measurement and immortal time bias 📈 with recommendations for best practices ✅ 📚Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwae425

🔬 How do oncologist networks shape clinical trial referrals? Smith et al. use Social Network Analysis to uncover referral patterns, revealing insights for better trial design with a novel algorithm. Read more: doi.org/10.33137/utjph.v5i1.… #Oncology #ClinicalTrials #SNA

🎉 Thrilled to share our latest paper published in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology! 📈 We describe how we developed guidelines to bring RWE into Canadian regulatory/HTA decisions, using transparent reporting. Original guidance link in QR code below: doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2…

Check out our paper developing Bayesian methods for causal inference with incomplete outcome and covariates (all doable in @mcmc_stan!): arxiv.org/abs/2410.22481v1 Recording of a talk on this at NYU's biostatistics symposium can be found here (4:04:20): tinyurl.com/n9wc5fav

UD researchers have been awarded a $3.9 million grant from @NIHAging to explore links between aging arteries, brain and cognitive decline. ow.ly/mX3x50U7chF

Come join our team!

Wonderful work and congratulations, @yalindd!

🌳 We're growing! The Epi Program at University of Delaware is hiring an open-rank, CT faculty member. If you are passionate about teaching epi, have a knack for SAS and R, and enjoy consulting on biostatistical methods you should apply. #EpiTwitter careers.udel.edu/en-us/job/5…

We are hiring a Research Scientist to help with exciting NIA and PCORI-funded projects! Please share widely with your networks. brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/…

We are hiring! If you want to be part of a team which is revolutionizing how we conduct randomized controlled trials, please apply for the position as a senior researcher/postdoctoral researcher in our team! We need bright team members like you 🫵 @CTCPR_ @BiomedUCPH @UCPH_health

Calling all Canadian drug data nerds! Tired of hunting down DINs? We’ve built an easy-to-use tool that generates a list of DINs by ATC/Name in seconds – no more manual labour. Check it out! 🔗 poxotn-arian-aminoleslami.sh… Share with friends!

👋 #DataScience community, apply now for the @UofT -University of Illinois System Joint Call for Proposal A competitive seed funding program for collaborative education and research initiatives in the area of data science. Deadline: November 18 🔗 uoft.me/aRY

Gabapentinoids continue to be widely prescribed for numerous health conditions, despite limited evidence on their efficacy for off-label uses and their association with serious adverse events. In the US alone, 5.7 million older adults were prescribed gabapentin in 2022. Read this @nytimes article to hear compelling patient stories and expert opinions on the risks of inappropriate gabapentin use: tinyurl.com/yj3jdr9u @paula_span @MikeSteinman @jsross119 @matthew_growdon

In a new collaboration between @Walgreens & @BrownGero, genome sequencing found potentially concerning racial and ethnic variation in the burden of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants using whole genome sequencing on over 18M tests. @PharmEpi @themoruknow frontiersin.org/journals/pub…

We're hiring a postdoc in the &-Lab at @NUnetsi! Looking for a curious, collaborative scholar to work on computational social science questions, at the intersection of data justice network science. Applications ongoing, interviews ~late Sep/early Oct northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjo…

The latest issue of #DelawareJournalofPublicHealth is out now. Learn more about cancer and the power of preventative screening here: djph.org/

So excited to join the University of Delaware as a new assistant professor of epidemiology. If you're interested in pharmacoepidemiology, aging, and descriptive/applied epi, please say hello! #epitwitter @UDCHS @IntPharmacoEpi @societyforepi udel.edu/academics/colleges/…

Viewpoint describes the potential consequences of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed data access policy change for graduate students and early-career researchers. ja.ma/3Vocft6

Today I’m at #ENDO2024! If you see me, please say hi! Ill be giving a talk on drug holidays at the bisphosphonate symposium at 4:30– lots of fun other talks too including on BMD/BTM monitoring by @dougbauer . See you there!