Jill Haszard
@jillhaszard.bsky.social
Biostatistician; nutrition, activity, and sleep researcher; Shortland St fan; pedestrian. Auckland enthusiast. Kākā Point resident. haszardbiostatistics.co.nz
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You do not need to see the results in order to write ~2/3 of a quant. research paper in medicine/health.
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
You do not need to see the results in order to write ~2/3 of a quant. research paper in medicine/health.
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📢 The RISE Study is recruiting! We’re exploring Australia’s readiness to invest in early childhood food security & federally funded food vouchers. Are you a public servant, maternal & child health or food security practitioner who wants to have a say? ⬇️ researchsurveys.deakin.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 AM
📢 The RISE Study is recruiting! We’re exploring Australia’s readiness to invest in early childhood food security & federally funded food vouchers. Are you a public servant, maternal & child health or food security practitioner who wants to have a say? ⬇️ researchsurveys.deakin.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...
We got a Marsden grant! Yay! 🎉 Me and my little business named as an AI 🤗 Such a great team of researchers to work with on a cool study about screens and sleep in teens 📱🛌
November 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
We got a Marsden grant! Yay! 🎉 Me and my little business named as an AI 🤗 Such a great team of researchers to work with on a cool study about screens and sleep in teens 📱🛌
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A list of all successful 2025 #MarsdenFund projects can be found below. Congratulations to all of the funded researchers!
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
Marsden Fund Awards 2025
Published on 6 Whiringa-ā-rangi November 2025
You can download an Excel spreadsheet of these results here: 2025-Marsden Fund Supplement
The definitions of the 8 Marsden Fund panels can be found here...
www.royalsociety.org.nz
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A list of all successful 2025 #MarsdenFund projects can be found below. Congratulations to all of the funded researchers!
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
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🌟 Our new publication sheds light on infant nutrition & food insecurity: nutrient intakes were similar across food secure & food insecure households. Severely food insecure infants had slightly ⬆️ free and added sugars intakes & BMI z-scores but no difference in weight status
doi.org/10.1017/S136...
doi.org/10.1017/S136...
Household food insecurity, nutrient intakes and BMI in New Zealand infants | Public Health Nutrition | Cambridge Core
Household food insecurity, nutrient intakes and BMI in New Zealand infants
doi.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:03 AM
🌟 Our new publication sheds light on infant nutrition & food insecurity: nutrient intakes were similar across food secure & food insecure households. Severely food insecure infants had slightly ⬆️ free and added sugars intakes & BMI z-scores but no difference in weight status
doi.org/10.1017/S136...
doi.org/10.1017/S136...
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If you’ve noticed you’re not as strong as you used to be — it might not be all in your head.
Next week, Dr Lara Vlietstra joins us on the #NESIPodcast to unpack how muscle loss starts sooner than you think — and how midlife is the perfect time to build lasting strength.
Full episode 🗓️ Nov 3rd
Next week, Dr Lara Vlietstra joins us on the #NESIPodcast to unpack how muscle loss starts sooner than you think — and how midlife is the perfect time to build lasting strength.
Full episode 🗓️ Nov 3rd
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
If you’ve noticed you’re not as strong as you used to be — it might not be all in your head.
Next week, Dr Lara Vlietstra joins us on the #NESIPodcast to unpack how muscle loss starts sooner than you think — and how midlife is the perfect time to build lasting strength.
Full episode 🗓️ Nov 3rd
Next week, Dr Lara Vlietstra joins us on the #NESIPodcast to unpack how muscle loss starts sooner than you think — and how midlife is the perfect time to build lasting strength.
Full episode 🗓️ Nov 3rd
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We wrote an article explaining why you shouldn't put several variables into a regression model and report which are statistically significant - even as exploratory research. bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/.... How did we do?
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We wrote an article explaining why you shouldn't put several variables into a regression model and report which are statistically significant - even as exploratory research. bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/.... How did we do?
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On the road a day late! Good thing too, if I’d left yesterday my car might have been dinged up by trees or loose trucks.
October 24, 2025 at 7:26 AM
On the road a day late! Good thing too, if I’d left yesterday my car might have been dinged up by trees or loose trucks.
Making research methods work accessible and usable for researchers is a challenge! Great seminar discussing how to bring causal inference back into the frame.
The recording is now available so that you can confirm that I indeed have a German accent and color-match my outfits with my Zoom background.
youtu.be/YL0co26ng-g?...
youtu.be/YL0co26ng-g?...
October 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Making research methods work accessible and usable for researchers is a challenge! Great seminar discussing how to bring causal inference back into the frame.
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Your regular reminder that unions represent PEOPLE. They are simply the voice of the PEOPLE they represent.
Nothing more. Nothing less.
Attack them and you’re attacking the people they represent.
It’s pretty simple.
#nzpol
Nothing more. Nothing less.
Attack them and you’re attacking the people they represent.
It’s pretty simple.
#nzpol
October 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Your regular reminder that unions represent PEOPLE. They are simply the voice of the PEOPLE they represent.
Nothing more. Nothing less.
Attack them and you’re attacking the people they represent.
It’s pretty simple.
#nzpol
Nothing more. Nothing less.
Attack them and you’re attacking the people they represent.
It’s pretty simple.
#nzpol
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The world has entered a new reality. Global heating will soon exceed 1.5°C, putting humanity in the danger zone where multiple climate tipping points pose catastrophic risks to billions of people.
#ClimateBreakdown is real, it’s happening now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BVj...
#ClimateBreakdown is real, it’s happening now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BVj...
Global Tipping Points Report 2025
YouTube video by University of Exeter
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The world has entered a new reality. Global heating will soon exceed 1.5°C, putting humanity in the danger zone where multiple climate tipping points pose catastrophic risks to billions of people.
#ClimateBreakdown is real, it’s happening now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BVj...
#ClimateBreakdown is real, it’s happening now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BVj...
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“Living car-free is the most impactful behavior by far in terms of reducing emissions.”
🚲🥗🚗 Small choices matter, but big change happens when systems support them.
WRI Climate ranked 19 climate-friendly behaviors to show which ones cut the most emissions and why policies & businesses must make them accessible.
See the list 👉 bit.ly/4q0pWvC
WRI Climate ranked 19 climate-friendly behaviors to show which ones cut the most emissions and why policies & businesses must make them accessible.
See the list 👉 bit.ly/4q0pWvC
October 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
“Living car-free is the most impactful behavior by far in terms of reducing emissions.”
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Excellent new editorial and guideline on interpreting p values and interval estimates
bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...
bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...
Interpreting p values and interval estimates based on practical relevance: guidance for the sports medicine clinician
Statistical methods are employed in medical research to estimate effects of treatments or health conditions across populations.1 2 This paper presents a framework to avoid common misinterpretations th...
bjsm.bmj.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Excellent new editorial and guideline on interpreting p values and interval estimates
bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...
bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...
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Statistics has never been about coding, it is about experimental design, appropriate application and interpretation.
October 9, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Statistics has never been about coding, it is about experimental design, appropriate application and interpretation.
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Just because an LLM can produce a report with various figures & charts doesn't mean it is good at statistics.
Because good statistics is not about producing code.
It's about deep knowledge of study design & conduct. In my opinion, 95% of all data science problems come from poor questions & design.
Because good statistics is not about producing code.
It's about deep knowledge of study design & conduct. In my opinion, 95% of all data science problems come from poor questions & design.
Y'all. I just got ChatGPT to do everything in R for this manuscript. I mean EVERYTHING. And it's all legit and reproducible. I'm shook.
How are we mentoring our trainees in statistics now? Who needs to learn coding in R line by line, and who doesn't?
scienceforeveryone.science/statistics-i...
How are we mentoring our trainees in statistics now? Who needs to learn coding in R line by line, and who doesn't?
scienceforeveryone.science/statistics-i...
Statistics in the era of AI
How do we mentor, teach, and do stats when AI can do so much of the work?
scienceforeveryone.science
October 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Just because an LLM can produce a report with various figures & charts doesn't mean it is good at statistics.
Because good statistics is not about producing code.
It's about deep knowledge of study design & conduct. In my opinion, 95% of all data science problems come from poor questions & design.
Because good statistics is not about producing code.
It's about deep knowledge of study design & conduct. In my opinion, 95% of all data science problems come from poor questions & design.
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If it doesn’t survive the washing machine or the dish washer, maybe it was never meant to be part of your household in the first place.
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
October 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If it doesn’t survive the washing machine or the dish washer, maybe it was never meant to be part of your household in the first place.
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Kind reminder: data driven variable selection (e.g. forward/stepwise/univariable screening) makes things *worse* for most analytical goals
October 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Kind reminder: data driven variable selection (e.g. forward/stepwise/univariable screening) makes things *worse* for most analytical goals
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A life update: this wound up paying off. I'm still applying to several jobs that are hopefully careers, but I've got my survival needs covered by a job at the airport that I'm apparently pretty good at.
And instead of being in an office alone, which was driving me mad, I see 20k people a day.
And instead of being in an office alone, which was driving me mad, I see 20k people a day.
There is a line around this building to get to the line entrance to wait to get into this job fair.
At the airport. For airport jobs.
At the airport. For airport jobs.
October 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM
A life update: this wound up paying off. I'm still applying to several jobs that are hopefully careers, but I've got my survival needs covered by a job at the airport that I'm apparently pretty good at.
And instead of being in an office alone, which was driving me mad, I see 20k people a day.
And instead of being in an office alone, which was driving me mad, I see 20k people a day.
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4300 teens will be thrown off jobseekers as youth jobs disappear across the country.
More stress, more homelessness, more domestic violence, more poverty, more crime, more prisoners, more profit for PPPs - National Party's back on track is right on track #nzpol
More stress, more homelessness, more domestic violence, more poverty, more crime, more prisoners, more profit for PPPs - National Party's back on track is right on track #nzpol
god help me. this is just cruelty. these are human beings, you monsters.
October 5, 2025 at 5:49 AM
4300 teens will be thrown off jobseekers as youth jobs disappear across the country.
More stress, more homelessness, more domestic violence, more poverty, more crime, more prisoners, more profit for PPPs - National Party's back on track is right on track #nzpol
More stress, more homelessness, more domestic violence, more poverty, more crime, more prisoners, more profit for PPPs - National Party's back on track is right on track #nzpol
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There is something especially f'ed up about university press offices that don't include direct links to research reports in their press-releases/marketing.
October 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
There is something especially f'ed up about university press offices that don't include direct links to research reports in their press-releases/marketing.
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Mōrena. #tgif damp humido moods #citycentre 🏙️
October 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Mōrena. #tgif damp humido moods #citycentre 🏙️
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In general I think it's hard to combat scientific misinformation when some of the best research is locked behind an academic paywall, while lots of nonsense gets published free for everyone to read in predatory journals.
September 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
In general I think it's hard to combat scientific misinformation when some of the best research is locked behind an academic paywall, while lots of nonsense gets published free for everyone to read in predatory journals.
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Anyone interested in discussing putting together an adolescent sleep symposium at ISBNPA? #sleeppeeps #sleepscisky 🛟
September 26, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Anyone interested in discussing putting together an adolescent sleep symposium at ISBNPA? #sleeppeeps #sleepscisky 🛟
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Well, idk about you, but tbh that press conference was even worse than I was expecting.
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
September 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Well, idk about you, but tbh that press conference was even worse than I was expecting.
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...