Benjamin Cairns

Director of Science and Biostatistics @ukfuturehealth :: No longer active on this site

[Benjamin Cairns @bj_cairns]

Fantastic opportunity to join a brilliant team (but I may be biased 😁)

I joined a year ago, and have loved being able to use my expertise in a whole new setting, to learn constantly, and to be part of such an exciting project. Take a look! ⬇️👀

[Our Future Health @ukfuturehealth]

#Epidemiology If you’re interested in defining the scientific activities and research methodologies of #OurFutureHealth, join our team as Director of Epidemiology and make your mark on the UK’s largest ever health research programme. https://t.co/ILIGqSiB4X

[Benjamin Cairns @bj_cairns]

Spectacular achievement by @uk_biobank and all who have contributed!

[UK Biobank @uk_biobank]

🧬 We’re excited to announce that we have sequenced the whole genomes of 500,000 UK Biobank volunteers! 🧬

The dataset is the world’s largest of its kind and we’re proud to make it available to approved researchers around the world 🌍

https://t.co/m2EeGLTr1d

#500KGenomes

[Our Future Health @ukfuturehealth]

As of today, our volunteers are officially one in a million! A huge thank you to everyone across the UK who has signed up to #OurFutureHealth to help future generations live in good health for longer.

[Arzoo @ArzooAhmed]

🚨#JobAlert @ukfuturehealth -deadline 16.04.23
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☑️Keen to drive #ethical #design & embed ethics in a large scale #health research programme?
➡️You could be our #Ethics #Operations #Manager
https://t.co/3wGNHZ5smR

[Our Future Health @ukfuturehealth]

Calling all researchers interested in studying #OurFutureHealth data – what do you want to see from our researcher platform? To help us understand your needs and preferences, please complete our short survey: https://t.co/xrmIb5SJZh

[Our Future Health @ukfuturehealth]

We’ve hit a major milestone of 300,000 people who have already signed up for #OurFutureHealth, the UK’s largest research programme. Read more from our volunteers and join today to help prevent, detect and treat diseases: https://t.co/jRqPplhIru

[Our Future Health @ukfuturehealth]

Greater Manchester is helping #OurFutureHealth, building the UK’s largest ever health research programme. Join us at for our free online event on Thursday 16 Feb at 10:30am to learn more about the success of this local programme – book your space here: https://t.co/el8tBsVMlI

[Our Future Health @ukfuturehealth]

West Midlands is helping #OurFutureHealth, building the UK’s largest ever health research programme. Join us for our free online event on Wednesday 15 Feb at 10:30am to learn more about the success of this local programme – book your space here: https://t.co/IqwvSvYaHT

[Benjamin Cairns @bj_cairns]

@PWGTennant I was replying to the two main points you made in your thread, rather than the causal inference issues, which I'm definitely keen to understand better. Of course, both measures are proxies so I'm sure they share some shortcomings there too, if not all the same ones.

[Benjamin Cairns @bj_cairns]

@PWGTennant I was replying to the two main points you made in your thread, rather than the causal inference issues, which I'm definitely keen to understand better. Of course, both measures are proxies so I'm sure they share some shortcomings there too, if not all the same ones.

[Benjamin Cairns @bj_cairns]

@PWGTennant Doesn't waist circumference have the same issues you raise for BMI? It also has worse problems with measurement error, especially for self-reported measures (which I hope you'll include discussion of in your forthcoming longer piece!).

[Benjamin Cairns @bj_cairns]

My favourite, and most surprisingly coherent, #ChatGPT response to date. Tip of the hat to @ebhcmedstats for the inspiration...

[Benjamin Cairns @bj_cairns]

Two elderly dragons deciphering a train timetable 📄🐉🐉

[European Space Agency @esa]

2️⃣ The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope snapped this eerie, extremely dusty view of the Pillars of Creation in mid-infrared light using its MIRI instrument – showing us a new view of a familiar landscape.
👉 https://t.co/Fp5dLoApSx

[Our Future Health @ukfuturehealth]

Calling all researchers – what do you want to hear from #OurFutureHealth? To help us understand the areas of our research programme most interesting to you, please complete this short survey: https://t.co/Fbza79Zu61

[Benjamin Cairns @bj_cairns]

Unexpectedly beautiful sight this morning of a green woodpecker on the heavily-frosted lawn. A bit like this, except I didn't take a photo and this was generated by the #DALLE2 AI tool

[Benjamin Cairns @bj_cairns]

I don't know if I'm late to this but @Twitter now has this "add a feather"-looking button to tweet, and all I can think is, that's not how birds work

[Benjamin Cairns @bj_cairns]

@PhDemetri Am thinking the next step is ask ChatGPT to code the simulations for you

[Our Future Health @ukfuturehealth]

You can now book Sunday appointments at our hubs from this Sunday 4 December, one of the ways we’ve taken on volunteer feedback to make it more accessible and convenient for people to join #OurFutureHealth. Find out more details here: https://t.co/3pN6OZDlNJ

[Benjamin Cairns @bj_cairns]

I'm going to go with Florence, but after the sea levels have risen

[Mediterranean Aesthetics @mediterraneanAE]

Guess the place.

[Our Future Health @ukfuturehealth]

#ProgrammeManager We’re recruiting for a Senior Programme Manager to work with our colleagues in the NHS to deliver our recruitment programme so that more people can join #OurFutureHealth, the UK’s largest ever health research programme. https://t.co/FWmg9yvfQp

[Benjamin Cairns @bj_cairns]

Love to see a bit of epidemiology in the wild (London Paddington station yesterday evening). Can’t say that the people on the concourse seemed much bothered about zoonoses.