A tutorial on Longitudinal Modified Treatment Policies-- a flexible method for defining, identifying, and estimating causal parameters of interest-- is now in @EpidemiologyLWW! 🔗journals.lww.com/epidem/abst… cc🌟coauthors: @dasalazarb @nickWillyamz @kara_rudolph @ildiazm

Apropos of nothing, here is a problem set question from one of my undergrad econometrics courses

Starts October 2! PhD applicants applying to @UWBiostat and @UWStat may use a pre-application review service designed for applicants from historically marginalized groups. Information: biostat.washington.edu/apply…

What should you call your academic event? Another great flowchart from PhD Comics.

Our Division is hosting its inaugural yearly Biostatistics Symposium, and this year the topic is Causal Inference! We have an exciting lineup of speakers listed below. If you are in the NYC area, please join us! Link to register in the QR below.

Many of my students struggle with the distinction between Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE). To clarify, we use an interactive #Python dashboard that fits parameters to a Gaussian distribution based on a given dataset. This visual approach helps them see the difference: OLS minimizes the mismatch between the model and the data, while MLE maximizes the likelihood of the data given the model parameters. With this tool, the concepts become much clearer! I share it on #GitHub @ github.com/GeostatsGuy/DataS… ∀. #DataScience #MachineLearning

As application season rolls around again, here's your reminder that materials from my successful applications are available on my website (NSF-GRFP, Google PhD Fellowship, Stanford data science postdoc, and CS faculty job search): anjalief.github.io/statement…

Great Idea for Poster presentation...!!! Via Caroline O'Donnell/O'Flaherty Lab (Linkedin) #scicomm #scienceoutreach #sciencetalk #scienceposter

amazing resource for PhD applicants by @drlucylai below! tag-teaming off her with my own post on my Biostatistics PhD application experience (applied Fall '22) ⤵️ khstats.com/blog/phd-apps/

I can't remember the last time I renamed variables manually in #rstats. I always use my data dictionary for renaming! That way, if I ever need to update names in the future, I'm only updating once in my data dictionary, not in both my data dictionary and script. 🙌

We’re seeking a new chair to lead a dedicated team of faculty, staff, and students who are passionate about developing and using rigorous quantitative methods to improve the well-being of communities in the United States and around the world. bit.ly/3MmZHwE

Thank you to @AmstatNews for the support, and so many mentors for guidance/encouragement. Extra thanks to @ildiazm for helping me start methods research pre-PhD. Looking forward to year 2 at @UWBiostat!!

More proof techniques

thank you @BhramarBioStat for years of encouragement, going all the way back to when I was an undergrad-- giving me an invitation to attend summer BDSI talks as soon as you learned I lived locally 💛💙 Michigan will miss you!

theres definitely some overlap in the R packages {lmtp} and {ltmle}! here's some diffs: - lmtp can be used for MTP estimands (intervening on natural value of treatment) - lmtp encodes an additional estimator (SDR) for static/dynamic/MTPs - lmtp does not encode MSMs

updated tutorial on Longitudinal Modified Treatment Policies is now on arxiv! 🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2304.09460v3 for those at ACIC, i'll be hanging out by this poster today from 5-6:30pm and would love to chat about LMTPs, methodology tutorials, etc.

Wondering why you can't find the 13th floor? Madison Hardesty and @jauerbach_stats find out how much New Yorkers are prepared to pay not to live on the “unlucky” level ow.ly/9PG250Ryh7L #freetoread #statistics

perennial reading

When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the U.S. are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/4Nt

I'll be a panelist on this virtual discussion about applying to (bio)statistics phds, taking place in a few minutes! it will be recorded if you can't make the live session ⤵️