Maximiliane Verfürden

🇪🇺 Epidemiologist interested in child health, trials, real-world data, and metascience. Effective altruism fan.

[Maximiliane Verfürden @MaxVerfuerden]

HDRUK post on accelerating research through data-enabled clinical trials, discussing our study :) https://t.co/HGPXjJW9gh

[Maximiliane Verfürden @MaxVerfuerden]

Maybe something interesting for you? @zylberek @PHardelid @KateMarieLewis1 @mind_the_gap___ :)

[Maximiliane Verfürden @MaxVerfuerden]

Most diseases are caused by a combination of risk factors. Yet, most epidemiology studies focus on single risk factors. This paper explains how to use machine learning to identify the most common combinations of risk factors sufficient to cause a disease. https://t.co/qba8YGRPbc

[Maximiliane Verfürden @MaxVerfuerden]

..."What combination of household and environmental exposures before age 6 weeks cause high child mortality between age 6 weeks and age 3 years?"

[Maximiliane Verfürden @MaxVerfuerden]

Examples of research questions mentioned in the paper are: "What are the most common combinations of stressful events in childhood causing a high disease burden in early adulthood?" or

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

Medical students may encounter people with diabetes during placements in any specialty.

This @BMJStudent article lists 10 things medical students need to know about diabetes when going on placement https://t.co/8e2QocWJXY

[Emily Oster @ProfEmilyOster]

This morning's ParentData newsletter (link in bio) is a deep dive on Mendelian Randomization, through a new study on alcohol and heart disease.

I try to explain the technique, why it might work and what might cause it to fail. (1/n)

[CAUSALab @CAUSALab]

NEW: A #TargetTrial emulation to study the comparative effectiveness & safety of fertility treatments, led by @Jennifer_Yland.

Another example of how #observational databases can be used to extend the results from (necessarily small) #randomizedtrials for better decision making.

[Chris Gale @DrCGale]

Concerning data - strongly supporting the importance of vaccinating pregnant women to protect them and their babies.
Thank you to everyone who contributed data to @BPSUtweet surveillance of neonatal complications of COVID

[Maximiliane Verfürden @MaxVerfuerden]

@jburnmurdoch Could "admissions slowing" be explained by increased immunity from previous waves or different patient characteristics, rather than just milder disease? Would like to see how this looks like adjusted for confounders.

[Philippa Rees @PhilippaCRees]

We're looking for a post-doc to come join our team at @ich_ppp
Get in touch if interested in working with #healthdata on lots of exciting projects in a friendly team!😀
@UCLchildhealth
https://t.co/p5Te5DtEcH

[Prof Irene Petersen @i_petersen]

Why do Covid boosters offer greater protection against Omicron? https://t.co/BITppsbS9F

[Dr Lola Solebo 💙👶🏾👁️👩🏾‍💻 @lolaeyedoc]

Really pleased to have contributed to this important book alongside @Rahi_Eye_Vision - pre-order now for practical guidance on the care & management of children with long-term vision impairment & disability

https://t.co/ywWDKaQW8l

@mackeithpress

[Maximiliane Verfürden @MaxVerfuerden]

Inspired by @physicsjackson: my PhD thesis titled "Finding new answers in old trials with data linkage
A novel method to assess whether nutrient intake in infancy affects long-term cognition." created this art piece on @WOMBO Dream Ai with the prompt "festive"🎄:

[UCL Political Science - School of Public Policy @uclspp]

🎙️ UCL Uncovering Politics 🎙️

This week we are looking at legacies of armed conflict in Northern Ireland. How are punishment attacks today connected to the violence of the past?

🎧 Host @alanjrenwick is joined by @KristinMBakke and @KitRickard → https://t.co/79Q64Kvvab

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

Is it risky to sing in a choir or eat in a small restaurant? How much difference does it make if I open windows or clean surfaces?

A new #BMJInfographic helps people decide what to do in everyday situations to protect themselves, and others, from covid-19 https://t.co/RMoEwZ9wTz

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

At the start of the covid pandemic, many scientific publishers made their articles on covid-19 open access, likely strengthening the world’s response. Shouldn't we open up research on the climate crisis with the same sense of urgency, says Caitlin Edgell
https://t.co/vLF3E9MMOA

[Maximiliane Verfürden @MaxVerfuerden]

@JoshuaBlake_ „Nationally, ~5% of all specimens are sequenced. This means our system can detect down to 0.01% of circulating variants. So, Omicron can be found…eventually.„ Source: https://t.co/ie4cf8jR6v

[Michael Baym @baym]

Twenty years of being a mathematician and only yesterday I learned omicron and omega were “little o” (o-micron) and “big o” (o-mega)

[UCL ECHILD project @ucl_echild]

The ECHILD Data Resource Profile has been published. This explains what ECHILD contains and its strengths and limitations when exploring how children’s health affects their education, and education affects long-term health
#LinkedData #AdminstrativeData
https://t.co/Ou27uvDwzz