Scientist (epidemiology / methodology / biostats), vocalist & cineast. I mainly tweet for @ag_epi_meth & @DGEpi_eV. This account is for personal messages
@MiedemaF “Research that makes you better”! Better for who? What’s good for science isn’t good for scientists in our current reward system. #QUESTopening
Ethical principle that research should be valuable: the large proportion of unpublished research suggests we are systemically violating this principle @Strech_Da#questopening
@Strech_Da - very few approved animal studies in Switzerland did blinding, randomization, sample size calculation. Approval seems to hinge more on confidence than scientific rigor.
#QUESTopening
@questbih
@Strech_Da - making research valuable to society inherently raises some ethical questions (harming animals, putting people at risk, consent and access to data)
#QUESTopening
@questbih
Taking the stage here at @questbih #questopening : @ehafen of @midata_coop!
"It took my 37 years of Drosophila research to realize that if we want to change human lives we should study humans."
#careerchat
https://t.co/LwB9sZiG5d
In just 16 years the number of publications almost doubled to 2.000.000 a year!
(Oh and the data on retractions is interesting too!)
#questopening https://t.co/AaTew362YL