Jon Deeks FMedSci

The Cochrane Handbook for Diagnostic Tests launched today! 20 years of work from many people @CochraneDTAteam Details cochrane.org/news/introduci…. At Wiley or @cochranetrain online. Thanks to coeditors @pmmbossuyt Yemisi Takwoingi @leeflang_m and @EllaFlemyng to get this out.

Health tests on the high street: Convenient or confusing? Public Webinar 🗓️ Tuesday 14 October THIS EVENING 6-7pm Register here eventbrite.com/e/health-tes... This evening, we are presenting the findings of our evaluations of supermarket self tests, summarising our BMJ papers

Great to see this research being shared across the news today: Health DIY tests often inaccurate, study says (via @BBCNews) bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Are shop-bought health tests putting you at risk? A landmark new study from our researchers highlights serious concerns about the safety & reliability of self-testing kits sold in UK stores - testing for everything from vitamin deficiency to bowel cancer birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/stri…

The MHRA have said “We’re overhauling the medical device regulations to further strengthen standards for safety, usability and clinical performance – and we’re exploring new transparency measures such as requiring published summaries of clinical evidence."

I did promise that we would tell you what we found when we went shopping in Birmingham for self-tests. It was more work than we thought - two papers Direct-to-consumer self-tests sold in the UK in 2023: cross sectional review of regulation and evidence of performance | The BMJ

We’ve been stopping at Tesco. My Test team will have a look at these tomorrow. We’ll write up what we find …

This paper discussed the Packaging and the Instructions for Use. doi.org/10.1136/bmj-20…

This paper discusses the challenges in accessing the study reports, and their quality (for those we could get) doi.org/10.1136/bmj-20…

7th MEMTAB conference April 2025 @unibirmingham Methods for Evaluating Models,Tests And Biomarkers Important for those developing, evaluating and using tests - whether patients clinicians, test developers and methodologists uobevents.eventsair.com/memtab-2025/ Call for Abstract open

Link here to the @RoyalStatSoc Series A report from the RSS Working Group on Diagnostic Tests. It includes the RSS recommendations to update how we should evaluate and regulate IVD diagnostic tests - and ensure their studies and findings are transparent. doi.org/10.1093/jrsssa…

Last week for Statisticians to book their place at the YSM meeting - the programme looks really good

Pre-conference courses on Tuesday 16th An Introduction to Diagnostic Tests and Studies of Diagnostic Tests - @deeksj, Alice Sitch, and Yemisi Takwoingi An Introduction to Risk Prediction Models & Sample Size Calculations for Development & Validation @Richard_D_Riley

Please promote this conference for all Young Statisticians - 16th-18th July at the University of Birmingham - it's the annual event where other statisticians can get to discuss issues. Abstracts are being requested - see sites.google.com/view/youngstat

More info about what we are doing 👇 to develop evidence requirements for DTCT. We are convening stakeholder meeting so get in touch birmingham.ac.uk/research/appli…

There is an opportunity for a researcher to join our team to sort the patient information and use of self-tests. Funded by @CRUKresearch here at @unibirmingham in our institute @UoB_IAHR

This is the most important event of 2024 for people thinking about how we choose and evaluate new tests which can improve health through use of diagnostic tests. Evidence Based Early Diagnosis – Conference 2024 | Mackenzie Institute for Early Diagnosis (st-andrews.ac.uk)

Some of the older more cranky statisticians here are going to host two pre-conference workshops on Diagnostic and Prediction models on the day before - do book your place.

Our team is proud to be hosting this year's Young Statisticians Meeting @ysm_conference here at @UoB and @UoB_IAHR . Make sure that you invite all young statisticians to attend.

CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS The first phase of the 125th Anniversary Fellows and Chairs scheme is currently accepting applications. To find out more or to apply: fellowsandchairs.birmingham.ac.uk #fellowshipopportunity

News on Covid tests is a bit boring. This paper compares the manufacturer claims with those in independent studies. It's not a surprise that the manufacturer claims on sensitivity are higher. We need to get this fixed for all tests for the sake of public health.

A lot of love went into this new #CochraneDTAHandbook! Was such a delight to support @deeksj, @pmmbossuyt, Yemisi Takwoingi & @leeflang_m - read our launch Editorial on why it’s such a great addition for Cochrane & the wider field 👇