New manuscript on biorxiv, led by the wonderful Sile Hu! We show underlying phenotypic effects are highly conserved across people from different ethnic groups living in the UK, despite the apparent non-portability of polygenic predictions.
https://t.co/BcFZzBEGAF
We are delighted to announce @jburnmurdoch as our Special Guest Lecture at Compass Conference 2022! Register here to attend his talk on #DataVisualisation as a #communication skill: best practices in using charts to convey information to a mass audience.
https://t.co/Hs4Mv97enX
If you've binge-watched the #QueensGambit you've probably heard of the Elo Rating System. Many games require some way to rank players but the applications reach further than you think. Read @ABecsek Compass blog post on her @sparxlearning sponsored project https://t.co/xm3wRkoO7W
South West based learning technology company @sparxlearning has agreed to sponsor a PhD student’s research project which will investigate new approaches to longitudinal statistical modelling within school-based mathematics education.
https://t.co/1H3bR0y3Te
"All-cause mortality is the best measure of whether the system is coping, and currently it is" - Dr Daniel Lawson's comments in the @guardian this week: https://t.co/cnAINeXX40 #coronavirus#statistics
Are schools safe? And what are the risks to students and teachers as they reopen? Read the latest IEUREKA blog for some well-argued answers. @sjlewis86126653 @MarcusMunafo@mendel_random@Lindsey_Pike https://t.co/Fh0ONjbsnG
1. The govt strategy on #Coronavirus is more refined than those used in other countries and potentially very effective. But it is also riskier and based on a number of assumptions. They need to be correct, and the measures they introduce need to work when they are supposed to.