Yiran Wang
@yiranwang.bsky.social
Postdoc in BIOSTAT @yalesph.bsky.social| PhD in STAT @uwaterloo.ca| MS in STAT @ucirvine.bsky.social| Bayesian statistics, causal inference, statistical ecology, environmental health
Just presented some early work on our ongoing project "Bayesian Mediation Analysis with Latent Exposure Mixtures" at #JSM2025!
#BayesianStatistics #CausalInference #EnvironmentalHealth #Biostatistics #PublicHealth #EarlyCareerResearch
#BayesianStatistics #CausalInference #EnvironmentalHealth #Biostatistics #PublicHealth #EarlyCareerResearch
August 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Just presented some early work on our ongoing project "Bayesian Mediation Analysis with Latent Exposure Mixtures" at #JSM2025!
#BayesianStatistics #CausalInference #EnvironmentalHealth #Biostatistics #PublicHealth #EarlyCareerResearch
#BayesianStatistics #CausalInference #EnvironmentalHealth #Biostatistics #PublicHealth #EarlyCareerResearch
Excited to share that my PhD research paper "Plant-Capture Methods for Estimating Homeless Population Size From Uncertain Plant Captures" has just been published in Epidemiology!
👉https://journals.lww.com/epidem/fulltext/2025/05000/plant_capture_methods_for_estimating_homeless.5.aspx
👉https://journals.lww.com/epidem/fulltext/2025/05000/plant_capture_methods_for_estimating_homeless.5.aspx
April 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Excited to share that my PhD research paper "Plant-Capture Methods for Estimating Homeless Population Size From Uncertain Plant Captures" has just been published in Epidemiology!
👉https://journals.lww.com/epidem/fulltext/2025/05000/plant_capture_methods_for_estimating_homeless.5.aspx
👉https://journals.lww.com/epidem/fulltext/2025/05000/plant_capture_methods_for_estimating_homeless.5.aspx
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Hey! Are you an American considering a PhD or a postdoc, and the funding / academic situation just went absolutely bonkers?
Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs
As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca
March 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Hey! Are you an American considering a PhD or a postdoc, and the funding / academic situation just went absolutely bonkers?
Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
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That had to have been one of our geese right? 🇨🇦💪
March 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
That had to have been one of our geese right? 🇨🇦💪
Check out Samuel's TED talk on uncertainty!
Learning from uncertainty by embracing it | Samuel Wong | TEDxUW
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
youtu.be
March 1, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Check out Samuel's TED talk on uncertainty!
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One of the most important posts of the week!
February 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
One of the most important posts of the week!
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Registration is now open for BAYESM 2025!
The #Bayesian Young Statisticians mtg (BAYSM 2025) is the official mtg of the j-ISBA section of #ISBA. It will take place Apr 7-11, fully online. Keynote talks by Samuel Livingstone, Julia Palacios, Fernando Quintana, Surya Tokdar, Stéphanie van der Pas. More info here 👇
baysm2025.github.io
baysm2025.github.io
BAYSM 2025 - The Bayesian Young Statisticians Meeting
The Bayesian Young Statisticians Meeting
baysm2025.github.io
February 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Registration is now open for BAYESM 2025!
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Are you
👩🏽🎓 an undergrad student
📈 interested in #datascience & #stats
⚕️ with applications in biomedical research?
We’ve a funded summer program led by Drs. @vmminin.bsky.social, Gillen, Shahbaba, & me.
📅 Apps due: Mar 14
🇺🇸 US citizenship or perm residency req
🔗 www.stat.uci.edu/isi-buds/
👩🏽🎓 an undergrad student
📈 interested in #datascience & #stats
⚕️ with applications in biomedical research?
We’ve a funded summer program led by Drs. @vmminin.bsky.social, Gillen, Shahbaba, & me.
📅 Apps due: Mar 14
🇺🇸 US citizenship or perm residency req
🔗 www.stat.uci.edu/isi-buds/
ISI-BUDS: ISI-BUDS 2025
Irvine Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Undergraduate Data Science <br> (June 23 - August 1, 2025)
www.stat.uci.edu
February 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Are you
👩🏽🎓 an undergrad student
📈 interested in #datascience & #stats
⚕️ with applications in biomedical research?
We’ve a funded summer program led by Drs. @vmminin.bsky.social, Gillen, Shahbaba, & me.
📅 Apps due: Mar 14
🇺🇸 US citizenship or perm residency req
🔗 www.stat.uci.edu/isi-buds/
👩🏽🎓 an undergrad student
📈 interested in #datascience & #stats
⚕️ with applications in biomedical research?
We’ve a funded summer program led by Drs. @vmminin.bsky.social, Gillen, Shahbaba, & me.
📅 Apps due: Mar 14
🇺🇸 US citizenship or perm residency req
🔗 www.stat.uci.edu/isi-buds/
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This week, Popular Information broke the news that the NIH had frozen virtually all grant funding in violation of two federal court orders.
On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.
On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.
BREAKING: NIH admits funding freeze is illegal, will resume issuing grants
An internal memo issued February 12 was obtained by Popular Information.
popular.info
February 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This week, Popular Information broke the news that the NIH had frozen virtually all grant funding in violation of two federal court orders.
On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.
On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.
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For those curious about the purpose of “indirects,” I suggest this FAQ from AAU (thread to follow).
In the lingo of Musk et al - BLOF = this hurts economies, employment, science, & health. 🧵
www.aau.edu/key-issues/f...
In the lingo of Musk et al - BLOF = this hurts economies, employment, science, & health. 🧵
www.aau.edu/key-issues/f...
Frequently Asked Questions about Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs of Federally Sponsored University Research | Association of American Universities (AAU)
Responses to common questions about F&A costs of research
www.aau.edu
February 8, 2025 at 3:28 AM
For those curious about the purpose of “indirects,” I suggest this FAQ from AAU (thread to follow).
In the lingo of Musk et al - BLOF = this hurts economies, employment, science, & health. 🧵
www.aau.edu/key-issues/f...
In the lingo of Musk et al - BLOF = this hurts economies, employment, science, & health. 🧵
www.aau.edu/key-issues/f...
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips.
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canada.ca/en/public-he...
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canada.ca/en/public-he...
February 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips.
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canada.ca/en/public-he...
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canada.ca/en/public-he...
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Thank you @ron-wasserstein.bsky.social, executive director of the ASA @amstatnews.bsky.social for taking a stand against data tampering by the US government
February 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Thank you @ron-wasserstein.bsky.social, executive director of the ASA @amstatnews.bsky.social for taking a stand against data tampering by the US government
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We are all hard at work in our own ways right now, trying to protect health for all.
One person doing great work is my dear friend @jeremyfaust.bsky.social - please consider subscribing to his newsletter Inside Medicine.
Information is power. 🛟🧪🩺
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
One person doing great work is my dear friend @jeremyfaust.bsky.social - please consider subscribing to his newsletter Inside Medicine.
Information is power. 🛟🧪🩺
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
insidemedicine.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
We are all hard at work in our own ways right now, trying to protect health for all.
One person doing great work is my dear friend @jeremyfaust.bsky.social - please consider subscribing to his newsletter Inside Medicine.
Information is power. 🛟🧪🩺
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
One person doing great work is my dear friend @jeremyfaust.bsky.social - please consider subscribing to his newsletter Inside Medicine.
Information is power. 🛟🧪🩺
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
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I think that @amstatnews.bsky.social should say something about such an open data manipulation at large scale - what government data can we now trust?
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
CDC removes gender, equity references in public health material
Large sets of data are being scrubbed of references to transgender and LGBTQ+ people, among others, which could compromise their use in research.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I think that @amstatnews.bsky.social should say something about such an open data manipulation at large scale - what government data can we now trust?
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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🚀 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥
Looking for my first PhD student
🔬 Project: 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥, 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥, 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 & 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨-𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡
Joint with LSHTM & UKHSA
See links below.
📅 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 7 March 2024
📩 Questions? DM me!
#PhD #HealthEquity #ImperialCollege
Looking for my first PhD student
🔬 Project: 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥, 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥, 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 & 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨-𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡
Joint with LSHTM & UKHSA
See links below.
📅 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 7 March 2024
📩 Questions? DM me!
#PhD #HealthEquity #ImperialCollege
January 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🚀 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥
Looking for my first PhD student
🔬 Project: 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥, 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥, 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 & 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨-𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡
Joint with LSHTM & UKHSA
See links below.
📅 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 7 March 2024
📩 Questions? DM me!
#PhD #HealthEquity #ImperialCollege
Looking for my first PhD student
🔬 Project: 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥, 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥, 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 & 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨-𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡
Joint with LSHTM & UKHSA
See links below.
📅 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 7 March 2024
📩 Questions? DM me!
#PhD #HealthEquity #ImperialCollege
Happy Spring Festival!
January 29, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Happy Spring Festival!
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As we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today, we reflect on his legacy of advancing equity, dismantling systemic injustice, and serving those in need.
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January 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
As we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today, we reflect on his legacy of advancing equity, dismantling systemic injustice, and serving those in need.
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You can find and share our full answers to the top 12 childhood vaccination questions at m.yale.edu/cyy8.
Answers written by: @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
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Answers written by: @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
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Childhood Vaccinations Fact Sheet | Yale School of Public Health
Explore essential information about childhood vaccinations through a comprehensive fact sheet, offering public health insights on safety, effectiveness, and the impact of childhood vaccinations. Learn...
m.yale.edu
January 16, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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🚨 Re-upping this Postdoc at Yale! 🚨
It is a great time to be at YSPH:
1️⃣ We're a newly-independent school
2️⃣ W/ a fantastic new dean @meganranney.bsky.social
3️⃣ The school is doing impactful work in many areas
This is a great place to finish the work you've started and launch new collaborations!
It is a great time to be at YSPH:
1️⃣ We're a newly-independent school
2️⃣ W/ a fantastic new dean @meganranney.bsky.social
3️⃣ The school is doing impactful work in many areas
This is a great place to finish the work you've started and launch new collaborations!
🚨 Postdoc Opportunity Alert at Yale! 🚨
Come work with me & my colleagues @yalesph.bsky.social
Why you'll love it:
💸 Competitive salary and benefits
💽 Lots of data to use and projects to join
🤝 Support for your big ideas
📍 New Haven, CT rocks
#Econsky #EpiSky #SocSky #PublicHealth
Please RT! 🙏
Come work with me & my colleagues @yalesph.bsky.social
Why you'll love it:
💸 Competitive salary and benefits
💽 Lots of data to use and projects to join
🤝 Support for your big ideas
📍 New Haven, CT rocks
#Econsky #EpiSky #SocSky #PublicHealth
Please RT! 🙏
Postdoctoral Fellow - Health Services Research | Yale School of Public Health
Position Description The Yale School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, is seeking two postdoctoral fellows for its program in Health
ysph.yale.edu
January 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🚨 Re-upping this Postdoc at Yale! 🚨
It is a great time to be at YSPH:
1️⃣ We're a newly-independent school
2️⃣ W/ a fantastic new dean @meganranney.bsky.social
3️⃣ The school is doing impactful work in many areas
This is a great place to finish the work you've started and launch new collaborations!
It is a great time to be at YSPH:
1️⃣ We're a newly-independent school
2️⃣ W/ a fantastic new dean @meganranney.bsky.social
3️⃣ The school is doing impactful work in many areas
This is a great place to finish the work you've started and launch new collaborations!
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Postdoc, doctoral student, and summer intern positions, Bayesian methods, Aalto
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/01/10/p...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/01/10/p...
Postdoc, doctoral student, and summer intern positions, Bayesian methods, Aalto | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
January 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Postdoc, doctoral student, and summer intern positions, Bayesian methods, Aalto
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/01/10/p...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/01/10/p...
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Big data is transforming public health and society like never before! This summer, we are launching the Big Data Summer Immersion at Yale (BDSY), an interdisciplinary training, research, and professional development program in biostatistics.
Apply now at sph.yale.edu/bdsy.
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Apply now at sph.yale.edu/bdsy.
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Big Data Summer Immersion at Yale
YouTube video by Yale School of Public Health
youtu.be
December 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Big data is transforming public health and society like never before! This summer, we are launching the Big Data Summer Immersion at Yale (BDSY), an interdisciplinary training, research, and professional development program in biostatistics.
Apply now at sph.yale.edu/bdsy.
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Apply now at sph.yale.edu/bdsy.
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Racism against Chinese during an invited talk by an MIT professor at NeurIPS in Vancouver. That's what happened.
NeurIPS acknowledges that the cultural generalization made by the keynote speaker today reinforces implicit biases by making generalisations about Chinese scholars. This is not what NeurIPS stands for. NeurIPS is dedicated to being a safe space for all of us. 1/3
December 14, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Racism against Chinese during an invited talk by an MIT professor at NeurIPS in Vancouver. That's what happened.
I put it in my Rprofile file with the cowsay package. Now I have an animal giving me a stats quote every time I open R🤩
December 12, 2024 at 8:01 PM
I put it in my Rprofile file with the cowsay package. Now I have an animal giving me a stats quote every time I open R🤩