Dean Regier

Senior Scientist/Economist, BC Cancer/ Assoc Prof, Univ British Columbia. Assoc Editor @isporjournals. RT not endorsement. PI #RegulatoryScienceLab

[Science in Vancouver @ScienceVancity]

Drs. Cheryl Wellington and Michael Hayden from the @UBC Faculty of Medicine have been awarded @BrainCanada 2025 Platform Support Grants to support powerful new brain research platforms!

🧠 Congratulations to both researchers. Learn more about their projects: https://t.co/BcfzDQF8pB

[Gordon H. Guyatt @GuyattGH]

AI dangers: Epic used #AI in computerized medical record to predict #sepsis, touted it highly, widely used. First investigation, sensitivity 33% (missed 2/3 of cases, specificity 83%, 88% alerts false positives, alert burden: 6,971 of 38,455 hospitalizations (18%). Withdrawn after 4 years of damage.

https://t.co/3QYM1XreEW

[Buffalo Sabres @BuffaloSabres]

That's how we do it in Buffalo. ❤️🤍

[Dean Regier @DeanRegier]

🇨🇦🇺🇸

[Sportsnet @Sportsnet]

After a microphone issue in Buffalo, the entire crowd helps with the singing of O Canada ahead of Game 5 👏

[Science in Vancouver @ScienceVancity]

The @adMare_Bio M4 Innovation Centre is officially open!

New laboratory facilities opened to support BC’s life sciences sector, offering move-in-ready spaces for early-stage companies that are tackling challenges in medicine and more: https://t.co/lKAFJs0gzY

#VancouverBiotech

[CLEO Network @CleoNetwork]

New CLEO publication on the diagnostic odyssey and forced resilience. @DeanRegier @moehman @DeirdreWeymann @samTpollard

[Genetics in Medicine @GIMJournal]

Colonialism, systemic discrimination, and racism have introduced barriers for #Indigenous families in healthcare. These challenges require resilience, often hindering access to #genomic #sequencing and extending journey toward a diagnosis. https://t.co/OogE1T2o6X #HealthEquity

[Muin J. Khoury @MuinJKhoury]

Achieving the vision of genomics to improve health for all requires a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion. 2025 editorial in the Journal of Community Genetics and the Public Health Genomics Journal. https://t.co/mKbSWRLnqC

[Science in Vancouver @ScienceVancity]

Drs. Sabrina Leslie & Xin Tang have been awarded funding through the @UBC 2026/27 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters competition to launch a new research cluster that brings together advanced imaging and AI technologies.

Congratulations! https://t.co/QSwqv0Zplw

[David Spiegelhalter @d_spiegel]

I was so pleased to be part of a great team writing a commentary on the draft FDA guidelines on Bayesian clinical trial designs. Should have been done 30 years ago, but better late than never

[Economics & genomics @econ_genomics]

NEW PUBLICATIONS IN HEALTH ECONOMICS AND GENOMICS 25/02/26

Four publications since the last update.

Link to blog: https://t.co/zxOUkzjiqr

#healtheconomics [1/5]

[Science in Vancouver @ScienceVancity]

🚨 Funding alert! 🚨

The Wall Fellowships & Research Awards are open to faculty members and graduate students at @UBC.

Deadline info and details at the link below 👇
https://t.co/liiol4VHtE

[Science in Vancouver @ScienceVancity]

A team led by @BCCHresearch's Dr. @Matthew_Wiens has been awarded €5 million in Horizon Europe funding to improve care for children after hospital discharge in Uganda & Kenya.

The goal of reducing deaths from severe infections like #sepsis: https://t.co/pp8bDQ0CIB

[Science in Vancouver @ScienceVancity]

Congratulations to all Vancouver researchers who received funding through the Fall 2025 CIHR Project Grant competition!

🎉 Check out the @ubclifesciences awardees: https://t.co/9NFaPNneaz
🎊 See which @VCHResearch researchers won grants: https://t.co/KHGvMInF8Z

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

The time of day for cancer immunotherapy is associated with major outcomes. Early is better. Results from a randomized trial of lung cancer, backs up the importance of our circadian rhythm and immune system
https://t.co/bHqUZ3U83O

[Economics & genomics @econ_genomics]

NEW PUBLICATIONS IN HEALTH ECONOMICS AND GENOMICS 07/01/26

Happy new year! Five publications since the last update.

Link to blog: https://t.co/EW3TnZH38R

#healtheconomics [1/6]

[Economics & genomics @econ_genomics]

NEW PUBLICATIONS IN HEALTH ECONOMICS AND GENOMICS 16/12/25

Two publications since the last update.

Link to blog: https://t.co/25uJ50Ed6M

#healtheconomics [1/3]

[James Buchanan @jbuchanan_ox]

Confirmed:

* NICE will apply new thresholds of £25k-£35k/QALY asap

* NICE will introduce the new value set for use alongside EQ-5D-5L following peer review and publication

* NICE-hosted webinar on 3 Dec with more details

https://t.co/FNV21A2rGG

#healtheconomics

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Multiple large natural experiments have documented Shingles vaccine is linked with ~20-25% reduced risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. A new report today adds to that and extends the to slowing the progression of dementia @CellCellPress
https://t.co/HPJPKzuyan

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

The more exercise in mid- and late-life, the less Alzheimer's and all-cause dementia, adjusted for all known risk factors
https://t.co/BJlSqpEIIj