Alton Russell
@altonrus.bsky.social
I make models to inform health policy, health services design, and clinical decisions
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Decision science, blood banking, rstats, disease surveillance, health technology assessment.
Native North Carolinian 🇺🇸, assistant professor at McGill 🇨🇦
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Decision science, blood banking, rstats, disease surveillance, health technology assessment.
Native North Carolinian 🇺🇸, assistant professor at McGill 🇨🇦
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Got ideas on the future of Canada's international cooperation? International financing architecture, aid policy, Canada's approach to Africa, anything else
Cooperation Canada is offering $2,000 for short papers with big ideas, especially from young people
cooperation.ca/call-for-big...
Cooperation Canada is offering $2,000 for short papers with big ideas, especially from young people
cooperation.ca/call-for-big...
Call for Big Ideas: Shaping the Future of International Cooperation
Cooperation Canada is inviting bold, forward-looking ideas to shape strategic discussions at the 2025 Leaders’ Forum.We’re looking for big, catalytic concepts that reimagine the future of Canadian int...
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June 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Got ideas on the future of Canada's international cooperation? International financing architecture, aid policy, Canada's approach to Africa, anything else
Cooperation Canada is offering $2,000 for short papers with big ideas, especially from young people
cooperation.ca/call-for-big...
Cooperation Canada is offering $2,000 for short papers with big ideas, especially from young people
cooperation.ca/call-for-big...
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This week at the Society for Medical Decision Making Annual Meeting in Ann Arbor, d3center affiliate @jillianstrayhorn.bsky.social presented on using Bayesian methods to optimize multicomponent interventions, highlighting the value of considering multiple outcomes: myumi.ch/P3mQP #SMDM25
Decision-making in the multiphase optimization strategy: Applying decision analysis for intervention value efficiency to optimize an information leaflet to promote key antecedents of medication adhere...
The recently proposed decision-making framework for use in intervention optimization, DAIVE, was applied to select a new optimized information leaflet to s
myumi.ch
June 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This week at the Society for Medical Decision Making Annual Meeting in Ann Arbor, d3center affiliate @jillianstrayhorn.bsky.social presented on using Bayesian methods to optimize multicomponent interventions, highlighting the value of considering multiple outcomes: myumi.ch/P3mQP #SMDM25
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Omg @wrightcensored.bsky.social did it she’s wearing her old poster at #SMDM25
June 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Omg @wrightcensored.bsky.social did it she’s wearing her old poster at #SMDM25
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Most viewed this week from JAMA: A blood-based test demonstrated acceptable accuracy for colorectal cancer detection in an average-risk colorectal cancer screening population.
https://ja.ma/4knUjcd
https://ja.ma/4knUjcd
June 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Most viewed this week from JAMA: A blood-based test demonstrated acceptable accuracy for colorectal cancer detection in an average-risk colorectal cancer screening population.
https://ja.ma/4knUjcd
https://ja.ma/4knUjcd
I don't know Noah, but his R packages for propensity modelling and their documentation are a tremendous, free contribution to applied stats and epi. His next employer will be lucky to have him.
Starting to look like I might not be able to work at Harvard anymore due to recent funding cuts. If you know of any open statistical consulting positions that support remote work or are NYC-based, please reach out! 😅
June 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I don't know Noah, but his R packages for propensity modelling and their documentation are a tremendous, free contribution to applied stats and epi. His next employer will be lucky to have him.
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We’ve all met that academic
June 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
We’ve all met that academic
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Cost-effectiveness of transplanting older candidates with acceptable quality deceased donor kidneys https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.04.25328892v1
June 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Cost-effectiveness of transplanting older candidates with acceptable quality deceased donor kidneys https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.04.25328892v1
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Publication alert: "No evidence of immune exhaustion after repeated SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in vulnerable and healthy populations" @natcomms.nature.com The backstory is particularly interesting-it's a tale of the conflicting needs of scientists & decision makers in times of disinformation ....1/n
No evidence of immune exhaustion after repeated SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in vulnerable and healthy populations
Nature Communications - Repeated vaccination is needed to maintain high levels of SARS-CoV-2 immunity in vulnerable populations, but there is concern that it could lead to immune exhaustion. Here,...
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June 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Publication alert: "No evidence of immune exhaustion after repeated SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in vulnerable and healthy populations" @natcomms.nature.com The backstory is particularly interesting-it's a tale of the conflicting needs of scientists & decision makers in times of disinformation ....1/n
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After over a decade we *finally* start seeing a drop in the overdose death rates & thanks to MAGA we’re going to go & undo that progress as fast as we can.
Found out today that my state cut all preexisting funding for overdose prevention, addiction, & “harm reduction efforts to reduce overdose rates and deaths.”
The city I live and work in has as many overdose deaths as San Francisco and my state is in the top worst for overdose for the past 15 years.
The city I live and work in has as many overdose deaths as San Francisco and my state is in the top worst for overdose for the past 15 years.
June 6, 2025 at 4:31 AM
After over a decade we *finally* start seeing a drop in the overdose death rates & thanks to MAGA we’re going to go & undo that progress as fast as we can.
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New postdoc positions with a number of exciting epidemic modelling projects opening in our Unit at @pasteur.fr in beautiful Paris. Deadline for applications: 26th June.
research.pasteur.fr/en/job/postd...
research.pasteur.fr/en/job/postd...
Postdoctoral positions in epidemic mathematical/statistical modelling - Research
Job description We are recruiting postdocs to contribute to research projects in the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases Unit, at Institut Pasteur in Paris. The candidates will be expected t...
research.pasteur.fr
June 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
New postdoc positions with a number of exciting epidemic modelling projects opening in our Unit at @pasteur.fr in beautiful Paris. Deadline for applications: 26th June.
research.pasteur.fr/en/job/postd...
research.pasteur.fr/en/job/postd...
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Join us for an in-depth webinar on Understanding the ACIP: Evidence, Policy, and Practice in U.S. Vaccine Recommendations.
🗓️ 30 June
🔗 Learn more: smdm.org/meeting/unde...
#ACIP #PublicHealth #SMDM
🗓️ 30 June
🔗 Learn more: smdm.org/meeting/unde...
#ACIP #PublicHealth #SMDM
June 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Join us for an in-depth webinar on Understanding the ACIP: Evidence, Policy, and Practice in U.S. Vaccine Recommendations.
🗓️ 30 June
🔗 Learn more: smdm.org/meeting/unde...
#ACIP #PublicHealth #SMDM
🗓️ 30 June
🔗 Learn more: smdm.org/meeting/unde...
#ACIP #PublicHealth #SMDM
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I'm very excited to present the work I've been doing with @syndemicslab.bsky.social this year at @smdm.bsky.social annual conference! So grateful for the work done with my co-authors and excited to continue working with you!
June 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I'm very excited to present the work I've been doing with @syndemicslab.bsky.social this year at @smdm.bsky.social annual conference! So grateful for the work done with my co-authors and excited to continue working with you!
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Join #SMDM25 for a focused session on Causal Diagrams, Target Trial Emulation, and Causal Inference in health decision modeling! 🔍
🗓️ 15 June 2025
🕐 9:00 AM-12:30 PM ET
🎙️ Featuring: Uwe Siebert, MD, MPH, MSc, ScD
👉 Register now: smdm.org/hub/page/cau...
🗓️ 15 June 2025
🕐 9:00 AM-12:30 PM ET
🎙️ Featuring: Uwe Siebert, MD, MPH, MSc, ScD
👉 Register now: smdm.org/hub/page/cau...
June 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Join #SMDM25 for a focused session on Causal Diagrams, Target Trial Emulation, and Causal Inference in health decision modeling! 🔍
🗓️ 15 June 2025
🕐 9:00 AM-12:30 PM ET
🎙️ Featuring: Uwe Siebert, MD, MPH, MSc, ScD
👉 Register now: smdm.org/hub/page/cau...
🗓️ 15 June 2025
🕐 9:00 AM-12:30 PM ET
🎙️ Featuring: Uwe Siebert, MD, MPH, MSc, ScD
👉 Register now: smdm.org/hub/page/cau...
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Would you like to be featured in an SMDM social media post? Help build excitement and participation in our 47th Annual Meeting in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Sign up today! form.asana.com?k=9Pjeoq_Ox8...
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June 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Would you like to be featured in an SMDM social media post? Help build excitement and participation in our 47th Annual Meeting in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Sign up today! form.asana.com?k=9Pjeoq_Ox8...
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A legend died today.
In his memory, how about a heartwarming heme #skeetorial? #hemesky #nerdalert
Today the world lost the man with the "golden arm"
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In his memory, how about a heartwarming heme #skeetorial? #hemesky #nerdalert
Today the world lost the man with the "golden arm"
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March 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A legend died today.
In his memory, how about a heartwarming heme #skeetorial? #hemesky #nerdalert
Today the world lost the man with the "golden arm"
1/n
In his memory, how about a heartwarming heme #skeetorial? #hemesky #nerdalert
Today the world lost the man with the "golden arm"
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Excited to see our work on Bayesian Decision Curve Analysis appear in Statistics in Medicine! doi.org/10.1002/sim....
Work led by @giulianonetto.bsky.social - check out the stellar thread (from the old platform) on our preprint here: x.com/giulianonett...
Work led by @giulianonetto.bsky.social - check out the stellar thread (from the old platform) on our preprint here: x.com/giulianonett...
Bayesian Decision Curve Analysis With Bayesdca
Clinical decisions are often guided by clinical prediction models or diagnostic tests. Decision curve analysis (DCA) combines classical assessment of predictive performance with the consequences of u...
doi.org
December 2, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Excited to see our work on Bayesian Decision Curve Analysis appear in Statistics in Medicine! doi.org/10.1002/sim....
Work led by @giulianonetto.bsky.social - check out the stellar thread (from the old platform) on our preprint here: x.com/giulianonett...
Work led by @giulianonetto.bsky.social - check out the stellar thread (from the old platform) on our preprint here: x.com/giulianonett...
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Great primer on Federated Learning (FL) methods and their potential for enabling large collaborative data analyses in transfusion medicine. Crucial for ML-worthy sample sizes
Key idea: Bring the model to the data, not the data to the model
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #MLSky
Key idea: Bring the model to the data, not the data to the model
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #MLSky
December 4, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Great primer on Federated Learning (FL) methods and their potential for enabling large collaborative data analyses in transfusion medicine. Crucial for ML-worthy sample sizes
Key idea: Bring the model to the data, not the data to the model
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #MLSky
Key idea: Bring the model to the data, not the data to the model
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #MLSky
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Great (and very well written - a joy to read) work by @giulianonetto.bsky.social and @keegankorthauer.bsky.social, with rigorous theory and extensive empirical analyses (and well documented software).
Excited to see our work on Bayesian Decision Curve Analysis appear in Statistics in Medicine! doi.org/10.1002/sim....
Work led by @giulianonetto.bsky.social - check out the stellar thread (from the old platform) on our preprint here: x.com/giulianonett...
Work led by @giulianonetto.bsky.social - check out the stellar thread (from the old platform) on our preprint here: x.com/giulianonett...
Bayesian Decision Curve Analysis With Bayesdca
Clinical decisions are often guided by clinical prediction models or diagnostic tests. Decision curve analysis (DCA) combines classical assessment of predictive performance with the consequences of u...
doi.org
December 2, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Great (and very well written - a joy to read) work by @giulianonetto.bsky.social and @keegankorthauer.bsky.social, with rigorous theory and extensive empirical analyses (and well documented software).
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Stumbled on a nice quote I'll add to my lecture on why we still build decision models with limited info. #smdm
"Far better an approximately answer to the right question, which is often vague, than an exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise" John Tukey 1962
"Far better an approximately answer to the right question, which is often vague, than an exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise" John Tukey 1962
November 23, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Stumbled on a nice quote I'll add to my lecture on why we still build decision models with limited info. #smdm
"Far better an approximately answer to the right question, which is often vague, than an exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise" John Tukey 1962
"Far better an approximately answer to the right question, which is often vague, than an exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise" John Tukey 1962
Happy to see @isbt.bsky.social and @aabbupdates.bsky.social here! Looking forward to blood banking and transfusion medicine content in the feed
November 22, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Happy to see @isbt.bsky.social and @aabbupdates.bsky.social here! Looking forward to blood banking and transfusion medicine content in the feed
Unique to select Quebec schools, IVADO postdoc fellows receive a generous salary to do research for robust, reasoning, and responsible AI. A student I mentored was offered a fellowship last year. Contact me if you're interested in applying! Due Dec 1
ivado.ca/en/scholarsh...
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IVADO Postdoctoral Research Funding Program 2024-25 | IVADO
ivado.ca
November 14, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Unique to select Quebec schools, IVADO postdoc fellows receive a generous salary to do research for robust, reasoning, and responsible AI. A student I mentored was offered a fellowship last year. Contact me if you're interested in applying! Due Dec 1
ivado.ca/en/scholarsh...
ivado.ca/en/scholarsh...
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Looking for a mind-growing distraction? How about my 3 part intro to Bayesian causal inference. It's like a condensed version of my book, 10 weeks of causal computation in 3 short blog posts. Take with plenty of water. #stats elevanth.org/blog/2021/06...
Regression, Fire, and Dangerous Things (1/3)
It isn't my job to disappoint people, but I'm good at it.
elevanth.org
June 23, 2024 at 8:38 AM
Looking for a mind-growing distraction? How about my 3 part intro to Bayesian causal inference. It's like a condensed version of my book, 10 weeks of causal computation in 3 short blog posts. Take with plenty of water. #stats elevanth.org/blog/2021/06...
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Here's a starter pack of Black Scientists and Organizations (currently STEMM disciplines)! go.bsky.app/Ao3Qt9a
November 12, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Here's a starter pack of Black Scientists and Organizations (currently STEMM disciplines)! go.bsky.app/Ao3Qt9a