Theory and practice of Bayesian and frequentist frameworks for network meta-analysis This paper answers the most *frequently* asked questions about NMA - by Romina Brignardello Gordon H. Guyatt Farid Foroutan Jason Busse et al. from HEI Link📃 bit.ly/3R1nYK7

#Statistics thought of the day: One of the most misleading ideas perpetuated by some #MachineLearning advocates is that a ML method requiring 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 parameters to be estimated can get by with 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 sample sizes. stats.stackexchange.com/questions/5843… @vandy_biostat Vanderbilt University Data Science Institute

📏 730km+ covered 🚴 12 cycling days 🤘 5 rockstar teammates 🏔️ 1 heck of a time Already getting excited for the next #TestYourLimits expedition! bit.ly/3TLplxF Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research @uhn University Health Network_Research UHN Foundation TRANSFORM HF Anne Simard Farid Foroutan

Full disclosure, I am biased. Author of this piece is my mentor. However, I strongly believe #Privatization of #healthcare is a huge distraction from issues at hand. This articles lays out the arguments beautifully!

Just published SR living alone and mortality. Major innovations: GRADE for causation vs risk; credibility of subgroup claim: applying #ICEMANtool, initially for RCTs, to observational studies, super illustration of within vs between study analyses doi.org/10.1016/j.ecli…

In this randomized trial involving 84,585 participants in Poland, Norway, and Sweden, the risk of colorectal cancer at 10 years was lower among those invited to undergo screening colonoscopy than among those assigned to no screening. nej.md/3yggwTp

Woman, Life, Freedom!! #MahsaaAmini

Our #NMA on preventive amino acids for #preterm infants is out in ⁦Scientific Reports⁩ Great collab with BehnamSadeghirad ⁦Xiaoqin Wang⁩ ⁦Farid Foroutan⁩ ⁦Dena Zeraatkar⁩ ⁦⁦Rebecca L. Morgan⁩ Yaping Chang et al cc Evidence-Based Neo ⁦Souvik Mitra⁩ nature.com/articles/s4159…

Gordon H. Guyatt Martin Mayer Reem Mustafa Izcovich Ariel Alfonso Iorio Farid Foroutan Holger Schünemann Elie Akl Dr Robin Christensen, BSc, MSc, PhD @SchandelmaierS

Assessing the certainty of evidence from NMAs using GRADE has never been easier! Check out our new paper in The BMJ. Includes a spreadsheet to automate several of the steps. Romina Brignardello , Derek Chu , Gordon H. Guyatt , Reem Mustafa , GRADE Working Group , The BMJ bit.ly/3NPCXqQ

Global comparison of readmission rates amongst HF patients. Rates are high and variable. Not explained by healthcare spending, GDP, or rates of mortality. Opportunistic gap in evidence to better understand the notable variations Douglas Lee sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

It’s T-minus 17 days until #TestYourLimits Mission: Chimborazo! 🌋 The team is training hard and gearing up, with an honorable mention to coach Biff 🐶 Follow along as we ascend the highest volcano in Ecuador by reading our trek blog: testyourlimits.ca

The design of studies testing the effectiveness of risk-guided care has many challenges: A scoping review addressing key considerations - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology jclinepi.com/article/S0895-…

Struggling to interpret the discrimination of #prognostic models? 🤔 Our new #GRADE paper demystifies whether an AUC of 0.7 is just right, or not enough. Discover how to assess model accuracy with confidence! 📊🔍 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Gordon H. Guyatt Alfonso Iorio Richard Riley (R²)

Explore our GRADE #prognosis series📘! Topics include: Overall prognosis: tinyurl.com/y9uubj2f Prognostic factor: tinyurl.com/zwv6wdwu Calibration: tinyurl.com/mstb4yhc Discrimination: tinyurl.com/5c5dea75