APPARENTLY THIS NEEDS TO BE MADE CLEAR
If you only support randomised controlled trials, then you only support research suitable for experimental study.
That excludes studying structural & social determinants, like racism & poverty.
This is socially regressive.
#EpiTwitter
CKD is associated with stroke and small vessel brain disease. This study shows that urine biomarker concentrations reflecting kidney tubule injury and dysfunction were not associated with brain MRI measures https://t.co/1TBY5wjBjK
@Lindzimo@DanTheKidneyMan
The amount of data needed to extract any relevant information increases exponentially with the number of features in your dataset.
This is the Curse of Dimensionality.
In English: "More features is not necessarily a good thing."
But of course, it's not that simple: ↓
@pranavgarimella @faye_epi @BillMiller_Epi@NIHFunding Yes. You need at least 3 referees that submit a letter on your behalf that are not mentors/collaborators. They just need the PA number and your eRA username.
Celebrating:
1 F32 grant @LindziMo
4 career dev grants @AlisonRenal@cybakhoum Nick Wettersten
2 R01 grants @ginsbergcharles Joe Ix
1 promotion @derifkin
Not pictured but key to success: the failed grants, the rejected papers, the setbacks- we support each other through it all!