Erik Igelström

PhD student @SPHSU_ineq Glasgow (social epi & causal inference). Sometimes makes music and/or theatre.

@[email protected] @igelstorm.bsky.social

[Rachel Thomson @Rachel_Thomson]

Delighted to present my main PhD work using microsimulation policy modelling to explore how #UBI might influence #mentalhealth in UK working age adults at #EPH2023 💰🧠 Abstract available here: https://t.co/EaRDMUswg7

[Erik Igelström @igelstorm]

Delighted to present my work with @UrbanHealthProf on social mobility, income inequality and mortality in Canada and the US at #EPH2023 @EUPHActs Great to see a lot of interest, especially from Nordic colleagues!

[Alastair H Leyland @AlastairLeyland]

A list of activities of @SPHSU_ineq at #EPH2023
Join any of these great sessions to find out about our #HealthInequalities research
@theSPHSU @EPHconference

[Alastair H Leyland @AlastairLeyland]

The multi-talented @igelstorm entertains a crowd focused on health inequalities at the #MaxHel opening @SPHSU_ineq

[Vittal Katikireddi @vkatikireddi]

Re-advertising exciting funded PhD studentship on physical health outcomes among transgender people using linked health datasets. Suits quant social scientists, statisticians, epi etc. Get in touch for more details: https://t.co/YueoqENqfz @CSO_Scotland @theSPHSU @SPHSU_ineq

[C Thi Nguyen @add_hawk]

New paper out: "Hostile Epistemology"!

The basic idea: we seem so willing to attribute the misinformation crisis and the "post-truth" world to bad people being stupid and lazy. An alternate explanation: it's the systematic exploitation of our cognitive vulnerabilities.🧵:

[Erik Igelström @igelstorm]

@truesolicitor I'm reminded of this from @DanNeidle 👇 Is it fair to say that even if it's in your interest to delete a post, you're generally still entitled to publish or refer to the SLAPP letter/email itself, despite some solicitors disingenuously claiming otherwise? https://t.co/31grdicq0k

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

Important news for everyone who cares about free speech. The Solicitors Regulation Authority has banned solicitors from sending libel threats falsely labelled as "confidential" or "without prejudice", to bully the recipients into not publishing them.

https://t.co/zp9jo6KkGA

[Erik Igelström @igelstorm]

@lorenzoF_SM This: https://t.co/JaAZBmdS4p

You can activate it in the frontmatter of your Quarto file like this: https://t.co/GKB4xnUw2U

[Erik Igelström @igelstorm]

@Jxspxrth I'll rephrase my first point: you could read the thread as

- making a general point using academia as an example, but not limited to academia, and
- not necessarily motivated by self interest

and if so you're talking at cross purposes. Apart from that I think you've been clear.

[Erik Igelström @igelstorm]

@Jxspxrth @kirbyconrod It's possible to be happy with one's job and still be angry that other people's jobs suck though? Also the idea that proletarianisation is totally distinct from and not an intrinsic feature of capitalism seems like a bold assumption that deserves a bit more unpacking?

[Erik Igelström @igelstorm]

@MOOberndorfer Ah, the Make Epidemiology Great Again Journal of Case Reports

[Rachel Thomson @Rachel_Thomson]

Another 🆕 paper applying #causalepi methods to income & mental health in UK cohort data 💰 🧠 This one in @IntJEpidemiol focuses on identifying effects of transitions into and out of poverty on prevalence of common MH problems (CMDs) [1/4] #epitwitter 🔗 https://t.co/AKrdzHvp7Y

[Rachel Thomson @Rachel_Thomson]

Our 🆕 paper in Psychological Medicine (@CambridgeCore) examines how far income explains the effect of unemployment on mental health in UK working-age adults using #causalepi methods 💰 🧑‍💼 🧠 - and you may be surprised by the results [1/5] #epitwitter 🔗 https://t.co/jBwPyLh2sD

[Erik Igelström @igelstorm]

@Charlie_Lkx Hello! One way would be to add a label to the edge:

A -> B [label="0.5"]

There are some examples of this here: https://t.co/nfpzDLmYoe

[Erik Igelström @igelstorm]

Learning or teaching #causalinference?

✨ Here are some highlights from our new causal inference glossary ✨

This would've been a lifesaver when I first started wading through the dense and impostor-syndrome-inducing causal inference lit

https://t.co/nnH6HebWoT #epitwitter

[Rachel Thomson @Rachel_Thomson]

Had a fantastic and inspirational four days at #EPH2022 in Berlin with Team @theSPHSU 💭 🇩🇪 So much to think about as we all head home, and so many exciting conversations had + new connections made. Roll on Dublin 2023! 🇮🇪

[Erik Igelström @igelstorm]

@PWGTennant @statsmethods @GeorgiaTomova @WayneRobertLong - might be of interest 😄

[Erik Igelström @igelstorm]

Thanks to coauthors @vkatikireddi, @jim_lewsey, @petercraig200, Anna Pearce, John Lynch, and of course @JECH_BMJ

https://t.co/nnH6HdTNaL

[Erik Igelström @igelstorm]

Like good documentation for software, consensus on what "the basics" look like is easy to take for granted in more established disciplines, but need continuous effort to develop.