📣Join our research team! Open job: Clinical Research Specialist Projects: COVID-19 impact on cancer survivors (CovCS) & others in dev in cancer outcomes & caregiving. Duties incl: study mgmt (grants/budget), data collection & analysis. unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/191410 -with Amanda Kong

Good morning, everyone! Let's all welcome the illustrious Dr. Bryce B. Reeve to twitter!! b #Pediatrics #PRO #QOL #PROMIS #PROCTCAE #psychometrics #BBQ

If you haven’t heard, #india is going through a #covid19 surge that is likely to hit full families and cause multiple deaths. Many of us of Indian origin, whether born there or not, have families & friends that have been affected. Check in on your colleagues. That is all.

Happy Ramadan! youtu.be/eTIctqge_UY

Although I cannot applaud her talk in person, Virtual #AGS21 allowed me to see her recording right after answering questions for mine. @melisawongmd is opening the black box on the longitudinal impact of cancer and its treatment on older adult mobility and function (P26).

"We should never want to treat everyone the same because we aren't all the same," Carey Candrian gives her #BriefButSpectacular take on breaking the script in health care, especially for LGBT seniors.

Every chief, chair, and cancer center director should respond to this call to action with a proactive plan of direct and systematic action. The status quo of denial, reactiveness, and quietly sweeping these problems under the rug is disrespectful and ineffective. #HeForShe

In clinical trials of cancer pain, is it really necessary for patients to record their pain daily? Not so say Elizabeth Schaeffer and colleagues. Antonia V. Bennett, PhD Ethan Basch #QOL Elisabeth Schaffer, Ph.D. Outcomes@Lineberger SCTorg #FDA

My Friday project meetings have been melting off my calendar like ice cubes in a drink on the back porch. Happy Solstice everyone, enjoy the weekend!

Thomas McBee describes trans identity in the US over the past 10 years - sociology and medicine. nytimes.com/2021/06/25/opi…

Thanks to our amazing patient partners who have led ‘Give Us The Tools!’-tools to support involvement of patient partners in the development of trial protocols with patient-reported outcomes #PROs BMJ_Open bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/6/e… Roger Wilson CBE Samantha Cruz National Institute for Health and Care Research FDA Oncology

How to put Patient-Reported Outcomes in your clinical trial protocol --

I ❤️ the #BriefButSpectacular segment on PBS News on PBS and I got to do one about harassment in STEM. Check it out! It’ll be on the PBS News sometime soon. #MeToo

Chi-square, logistic regression, machine learning, focus groups

Someone spammed a predatory journal with their abstract "The Justin Timberlake Effect". It went out for review. Enjoy!

Such good news: 🍎🍎🍎California Will Launch The Nation's Largest Free Student Lunch Program It costs the state about $130 per child per year npr.org/2021/07/20/101…

If clinical research had Olympic events, we could assign difficulty ratings to IRB applications.

The difference between consulting on a grant proposal and reviewing a proposal, is like the difference between teaching and grading. One is generative and the other is a little heart-breaking.