Amy Finnegan, PhD

Data scientist, global health behavior change researcher, data nerd, dachshund mom. she/her/hers/dr.

[Amy Finnegan, PhD @sd2nyc2nc]

@ericpgreen Though, he did have low nap/re-nap reliability here.

[Amy Finnegan, PhD @sd2nyc2nc]

@ericpgreen Stealing “causal deniability” to say whenever somebody says correlation doesn’t equal causation.

[Amy Finnegan, PhD @sd2nyc2nc]

@ericpgreen Did you know that if you hold up a groundhog to your ear on Groundhog’s Day you can hear what it’s like to be attacked by a groundhog?

[Amy Finnegan, PhD @sd2nyc2nc]

@ericpgreen The FDA regulations were probably different back then… sniff at your own risk!

[vicki @vboykis]

If the machine is the one that’s learning why am I so tired

[NBER @nberpubs]

Combining satellite technology and machine learning allows country-scale evaluation of infrastructure investments, from Nathan Ratledge, Gabriel Cadamuro, Brandon De la Cuesta, Matthieu Stigler, and @MarshallBBurke https://t.co/P2jbPWcp2s

[Amy Finnegan, PhD @sd2nyc2nc]

#shitacademicssay

[IntraHealth International @IntraHealth]

In 2020, we provided 3,835 facility teams with supportive supervision or mentoring services & sent almost 2 million messages via digital health tech to keep health workers safe, informed, & prepared during #COVID19.

Learn more in our 2020 Annual Report: https://t.co/oLULBTDaH7

[Sara Riese, PhD @drsarariese]

Very excited that the newest @DHSprogram methodological report on #effectivecoverage measurement is out! A 🧵on the key messages... 1/11
https://t.co/PkqBC6ojDR

[IntraHealth International @IntraHealth]

"What tasks can we shift to #AI to empower #HealthWorkers to deliver more of the care, compassion, & empathy that they came into the profession to do?"

Watch Amy Finnegan's (@sd2nyc2nc) report from @Devex's Building health workforces for the future

https://t.co/3Kp6KQOr6s

[Amy Finnegan, PhD @sd2nyc2nc]

Hot off the virtual presses!

[Krishna Udayakumar @krishna_u]

Just published: our paper in #PLOSONE: Improving global maternal and newborn survival via #innovation, from @GCDSavingLives eval

with @sd2nyc2nc, Blen Biru, @adttweet, @SowmyaRajan_, @jn_baumgartner

@dukeghic @DukeGHI @CIIimpact @USAIDGH @gchallenges

https://t.co/va6TbgpVdf

[Amy Finnegan, PhD @sd2nyc2nc]

@DVanceMcMullen I think it depends on the data you want to fake.

[Amy Finnegan, PhD @sd2nyc2nc]

@DVanceMcMullen Or https://t.co/css41lOIGM or https://t.co/jXOZ0tVjGh

[Amy Finnegan, PhD @sd2nyc2nc]

@DVanceMcMullen https://t.co/ctq3UJuYhG

[Karandeep Singh @kdpsinghlab]

When a logistic regression causes your R session to freeze, it’s because it’s too logit to quit.

[Anicca Harriot, PhD🔬 @13adh13]

Academic writing is wild bc you’ll read four articles just to write one sentence.

Anyway, here’s a thread of resources I’ve been using to speed through this review I’m working on:

[Microsoft Excel @msexcel]

Financial modeling as an e-sport. Watch eight top financial modelers around the world work their mad #Excel skills on June 8 at 12 PM UTC. Find out more (and check out the merch):
https://t.co/GqkmWjSFOo

[Amy Finnegan, PhD @sd2nyc2nc]

@RHatDGHI

[Francesco Rampazzo @chiccorampazzo]

Check our 'poster' P6-39 #PAA2021! With @AlyceRaybould, @peterampazzo, and @ross_barker_v, I leverage data from @GooglePlay and @AppStore to study fertility tracker apps. Both stores cover 133 countries, 40 additional countries with @AppStore, while 12 have just the @GooglePlay.