Ben Ackerman, PhD

Notice my new 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️📊 banner? I’ve updated my #rstats pride flag code to use the wonderful color palettes in the ‘gglgbtq’ package (by @Rturtletopia)! Every generated plot is unique and special, make and share yours today! gist.github.com/benjamin-acker…

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New Year, New Mayor.

@svershbow Mr. Mayor and Mr. Mayor!

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Eurovision 2025 statistics: vocal ranges of the songs, calculated with the live performances #Eurovision #Eurovision2025

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When people think of #Eurovision2025 they will think of Miriana Conte. #Eurovision

LET THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST BEGIN!!! #Eurovision2025

HAPPY EUROVISION WEEK, HAPPY SEMI FINAL DAY 🎊 #Eurovision

congestion pricing is a policy miracle

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@svershbow Gotta make up for lost time!

He's so dramatic

*BROOKLYN*, I’ll be back on Thursday 5/1 at 10am, where it all began at Kings County Hospital where my mother and grandmother worked, where I trained in Emergency Medicine, to give a keynote! The first 100 attendees will receive a free copy of LEGACY🩺

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@svershbow Good morning Mr. Mayor!

Good morning, Simon

@5_utr @ADAlthousePhD @f2harrell Thanks for the thoughts!

@backerman150 @ADAlthousePhD @f2harrell Take the term representativeness and toss it in the 🗑️. In health care, RCTs are never “representative”, we don’t force patients on to trials

I don’t understand this work- what is wrong with transportability from RCTs with reasonably broad eligibility criteria, covariate adjusted relative effect measures (HR, OR)? Curious as to your thoughts @f2harrell pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33241607/

@5_utr @ADAlthousePhD @f2harrell Agreed. Establishing a clear target population, identifying relevant characteristics, and having an established research question can help shift ‘representativeness’ from a sweeping concern to something more concrete!

@backerman150 @ADAlthousePhD @f2harrell Dogs and memes are both good, but representativeness is largely a false concern and not good

@ADAlthousePhD @5_utr @f2harrell Also good to consider what types of questions these tools can help best answer, like using trial results (across diff diseases) to inform population-level decisions (e.g. policy, reimbursement). Reconciling any trial/target pop differences can help build confidence!

@ADAlthousePhD @5_utr @f2harrell There are ways to improve representativeness from a design perspective (like broader eligibility criteria, thoughtful recruitment/sampling). These stat methods can help when such design strategies are infeasible, or also if trials have already recruited/read out

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📚 Take a break from doomscrolling and pick up a book from your local library or support an independent bookstore! Here are some of my favorite novels from last year: