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Join us for a one-off short course (Mar 21 & 22) in Melbourne on assessing the risk of bias in studies evaluating the effects of interventions and of exposures, led by #JulianHiggins. Unique learning opportunity for those synthesizing evidence. More info shorturl.at/corL0

Join us for this two day in-person course and learn how to assess the risk of bias in studies of interventions and of exposures. bit.ly/3Ttfjnl

#Cluster #RCTs are increasingly popular but they raise complex #statistical and #ethical issues. Here we discuss when the choice of a #clustertrial is appropriate. B Giraudeau SM Eldridge K Hemming Charles Weijer Schulich WesternU Read: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The PRISMA statement website has had a makeover! Access all the checklists, flow diagram templates and other resources at prisma-statement.org

Excellent work suggesting a framework for extrapolating results from a dense to a sparse network of interventions!

Marion Campbell @Brennan_Kahan And Suzie Cro is leading important work on how to involve patients and the public in discussions about estimands. The co-developed tool in this paper is a great starting point trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

📢 Don't miss out! Sign up now for our upcoming 'Writing a Systematic Review following Cochrane methods' workshop. 📷 Learn to develop your research question, prepare for synthesis, analyse data, and interpret the results using GRADE. bit.ly/4anEMnX

Congratulations Jessica Kasza on being awarded an NHMRC Investigator Grant!🎉 Jess will focus on "Developing, translating and implementing biostatistical expertise in stepped wedge cluster randomised trials" vicbiostat.org.au/news

📢Hot off the press - revised and better than ever John Carlin & Margarita Moreno-Betancur "On the uses and abuses of regression models: a call for reform of statistical practice and teaching" arxiv.org/abs/2309.06668 Clinical Epi & Biostatistics Unit (CEBU)

Yes, it's true! I'm looking to recruit a new PhD student to work on cluster randomised trials with me - see the link below for more details. #Biostatistics #PhD

Optimal design of cluster randomized crossover trials with a continuous outcome: optimal number of time periods and treatment switches under a fixed number of clusters or fixed budget link.springer.com/article/10.375…

Must watch! Inspirational talk by Prof Tim Cole reflecting on his remarkable statistical career over 55 years Humble, funny, impactful - & an incredible role model for other statisticians (& curve fitting!) Congratulations Tim on an exceptional career youtube.com/watch?v=ECAOC7…

Very proud of Coralie Williams 's first #PhD paper Methods in Ecology and Evolution ! Improving reporting of statistical simulation studies for EcoEvo and beyond besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/20…

2024 revision to the Declaration of Helsinki JAMA highlights the importance of completeness & accuracy of study reports + adhere to accepted guidelines for reporting jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… Visit our guideline repository at the EQUATOR Network equator-network.org

This article presents the CONSORT (consolidated standards of reporting trials) extension for cluster randomised crossover trials bmj.com/content/388/bm…

Congratulations to Margarita Moreno-Betancur and Julie Simpson who have both received 2025 NHMRC Investigator Grants 👏 Margarita Moreno-Betancur Julie Simpson Clinical Epi & Biostatistics Unit (CEBU) MISCH Research Hub vicbiostat.org.au/news