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Delighted to advertise five positions for the SYNERG-IE Programme, an interdisciplinary five-year HRB-funded programme focused on #Sjögren’s. Please see the links below for information and closing dates. Two PhD positions will also be advertised soon. Retweets appreciated!

The evocative poem ‘Oíche Nollag’ by Máire Mhac an tSaoi; recited by the people of Dún Chaoin - a community and place that inspired much of her poetry. #WestKerry #NollaigShona

#Jessiebuckley | TROY - a tribute to #sineadoconnor on Culture Night - Live at Dún Lúiche. Watch now m.youtube.com/watch?v=om5jep… #CultureNight  #OneNightForAll @artscouncil_ie @culturenight @RTEplayer

Want to learn more about pharmaceutical policy and economics? In a new report commissioned by @HealthFdn #REAL Centre, the Department’s Huseyin Naci & @robinjforrest_ explain pharmaceutical discovery, development, approval and adoption. ➡️ Access here: bit.ly/41FbIUU

Congratulations @adamsncpe!!! 👏

PhD on causal inference for competing risks data, with @RuthHKeogh thestatsgeek.com/2022/11/13/phd…

@DrGWheeler Congrats Graham! Good luck in the new role! 🥳

Estimation and interpretation of vaccine efficacy in COVID-19 randomized clinical trials. Hege Michiels, An Vandebosch and Stijn Vansteelandt. Statistical Communications in Infectious Diseases. degruyter.com/document/doi/1…

Our latest in World Psychiatry: Up to 50% of psychotic and bipolar disorders occur among individuals who have attended Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. There is huge untapped potential for prediction and prevention within CAMHS. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wp…

We have published a call for expressions of interest from clinical specialists who would be willing to provide clinical expertise to assist us when making regulatory decisions for medicines and medical devices. Please see: hpra.ie/homepage/medic…

not my usual topic.... theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

@cardiffphilos Congratulations @daisyldixon !!! 🥳🎉🥳

We are very pleased to announce that Dr Daisy Dixon will be joining us in September as a full-time Lecturer on a permanent contract. Dr Dixon works on the ways in which visual art behaves like speech and how curators and interpreters affect that speech.

Todays must read commentary: "Tolerating bad health research: the continuing scandal"👏 "we need to put rigour and methodology where it belongs — at the centre of our science" --> tinyurl.com/5xz95fum #statstwitter #medtwitter

@hannahrosewoods Congratulations Hannah! Looking forward to reading! 🎉👏🎉

Publication day! I can’t believe my backwards tour of British history is finally out in the world — I hope you love it! I’m available in all good bookshops, and some disreputable ones smarturl.it/rulenostalgia

One for the #OpenScience and #EpiTwitter nerds: We need more transparency in #RWE study conduct! This include pre-registration of protocols. Lots of talk, but very little action in this space. It doesn't take much, however, except changing habits. Here's an applied example🧵👇

Please share! Dr Kevin Burke is hiring a post-doctoral researcher in time-to-event/reliability modelling @UL @MACSIMaths and @Confirm_Centre. Details: ul.ie/hrvacancies (ID: 050808) Closing date: 21st Apr (Noon) Queries to: kevin.burke@ul.ie

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Sir David Cox. As well as his immense contributions to statistical research, he'll be remembered as a boundlessly generous and supportive friend to generations of statisticians. rss.org.uk/news-publicati…

Sir David Cox has left us. His brilliance was matched only by his kindness. May we all find the courage to be more like him.

PhD opportunity at Bristol in weighting methods for handling selection, dropout and collider bias, with Rachael Hughes, Kate Tilling, Jon Heron, @statnav and myself findaphd.com/phds/project/d…

Ireland’s chief scientific adviser needs to be an independent office and not linked to the post of Director General of Science Foundation Ireland @scienceirel says Mary Canning, President of the Royal Irish Academy. Read more ria.ie/news/policy-an… @IrishResearch @DeptofFHed