ViCBiostat @vicbiostat
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Congratulations to Meg Tully on being awarded Best Student Oral Presentation at the Population Approach Group of Australia and New Zealand (PAGANZ) Conference! 🎖️🙌🎊 @MischHub vicbiostat.org.au/news
NEW PAPER! (in press in EPIDEMIOLOGY) Have you wondered: - How to specify a target trial: as an ideal trial or something else? - What biases do target trial emulations and actual RCTs share? - How does it all relate to potential outcomes? Read👉arxiv.org/abs/2405.10026
ATTN #clinicaltrial colleagues - the Australian Trials Methodology Conference is returning on 20 Nov 2025 Save the date 📆 Abstract submission open ✅ Speaker announcements soon 🗣️ sites.google.com/view/atmc25
ATTN #clinicaltrial colleagues - the Australian Trials Methodology Conference is returning on 20 Nov 2025 Save the date 📆 Abstract submission open ✅ Speaker announcements soon 🗣️ sites.google.com/view/atmc25
Seminar 🗣️ Kelley Kidwell (Uni of Michigan): SMARTer Trials: Integrating Patient Treatment Preferences for Pragmatic Multi-Stage Trial Design & Analyses 27 March, 9:30am AEDT In person @ Monash SPHPM and via Zoom Details: vicbiostat.org.au/seminars
Congratulations to Margarita Moreno-Betancur and Julie Simpson who have both received 2025 NHMRC Investigator Grants 👏 @_MargaritaMB @JulieASimpson50 @CEBU_Melbourne @MischHub vicbiostat.org.au/news
Wrapping up the week with a fantastic two-day course on SMARTs presented by Kelley Kidwell (University of Michigan)
Another successful workshop from our missing data methods research group ✔️ Led by Margarita Moreno-Betancur @_MargaritaMB, with presenters Kate Lee @Katherine_J_Lee, Ghazaleh Dashti, Jiaxin Zhang @JiaxinZhang96 , Cattram Nguyen, Melissa Middleton @MK_Middleton and Jessica Xu.
We're off and away with Summer School 2025! Jonathan Sterne is leading our Advanced causal inference course, ably assisted by tutors Ghazaleh Dashti, Marnie Downes, Daisy Shepherd and Jiaxin Zhang from CEBU. PS. Follow us over on @vicbiostat.bsky.social..
Register now to avoid missing these three great courses! vicbiostat.org.au/short-courses @_MargaritaMB @jonathanasterne @Katherine_J_Lee @JiaxinZhang96 @MK_Middleton @CEBU_Melbourne
Congratulations Daisy!
Congratulations to Kate Lee on election to Vice-President of ISCB! 🎉 We look forward to seeing the positive impact of her leadership on the global biostatistics community. @CEBU_Melbourne @ISCB_info
Seeing double? 👀👀 We're thrilled to have @jonathanasterne (UK) visiting this summer. He's delivering 2⃣ seminars and a 2⃣-day short course on causal inference (10-11/2/25) with @_MargaritaMB, @Katherine_J_Lee & teams. For all the details - vicbiostat.org.au
NEW PAPER! "Causal inference in multi-cohort studies using the target trial framework to identify and minimize sources of bias" led by Marnie Downes @CEBU_Melbourne @vicbiostat @LifeCourseAU Check it out 👇academic.oup.com/aje/advance-ar… #EpiTwitter #causalinference #Stats
Registration is now open for our 2025 Summer School! 10-14 Feb All courses running hybrid in person at @Monash_SPHPM and online via Zoom See full details on our website vicbiostat.org.au/short-courses @CEBU_Melbourne @MischHub
Looking for #biostatistics support? We now have some helpful info up on our website! ✅ guidance docs ✅ resources ✅ consultancy / collaboration vicbiostat.org.au/useful-links @MischHub @CEBU_Melbourne @Monash_SPHPM
Congratulations to Julie Simpson @JulieASimpson50 on election as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences! @AAHMS_health @MischHub
Kelsey Grantham from our "cluster cluster" will be presenting to the NIH Mind the Gap seminar series on Nov 6. Register to watch now!
Kelsey Grantham from our "cluster cluster" will be presenting to the NIH Mind the Gap seminar series on Nov 6. Register to watch now!
Congratulations to @_DaisyShepherd on being awarded a @UniMelb #EarlyCareer Researcher Grant! 🎉This grant will support Daisy's #biostatistics methodological work in developing novel tools & guidance for modern confounding-adjustment methods in observational longitudinal studies.
🚀 Exciting Opportunity at SSA! 🚀 We’re looking for a dynamic Membership & Communications Officer to join our team with flexible working conditions. If you are passionate about community engagement and communication, this role is perfect for you. seek.com.au/job/79322195
Seminar reminder 📣 26/9, 9:30am AEST Arul Earnest: Machine learning techniques to predict diabetic ketoacidosis and HbA1c >7% among individuals with type 1 diabetes- a large multi-centre study in A/NZ In-person @Monash_SPHPM and Zoom. Details: vicbiostat.org.au/seminars

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