Elizabeth Arkema
@elizabetharkema.bsky.social
Principal Researcher & Docent in Epidemiology @ Karolinska Institute |autoimmune disease|epidemiology | statistics | sarcoidosis | lupus
Reposted by Elizabeth Arkema
Good morning epi methods community! Please consider applying for (and spreading the word about) this position here at Minnesota. It's a great place to be! (You can read the whole description and apply here: apply.interfolio.com/179313) #EpiSky
December 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Good morning epi methods community! Please consider applying for (and spreading the word about) this position here at Minnesota. It's a great place to be! (You can read the whole description and apply here: apply.interfolio.com/179313) #EpiSky
On a positive note, got an article accepted for publication today which we started over a year ago. 🥳
December 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
On a positive note, got an article accepted for publication today which we started over a year ago. 🥳
Reposted by Elizabeth Arkema
Manuscript and grant reviewers in biomedical sciences: Do you have any major pet peeves when it comes to formatting of papers or grants that you're reviewing? Anything else not format-related? I'm putting together some recommendations for trainees in our #epidemiology program. Thanks!
December 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Manuscript and grant reviewers in biomedical sciences: Do you have any major pet peeves when it comes to formatting of papers or grants that you're reviewing? Anything else not format-related? I'm putting together some recommendations for trainees in our #epidemiology program. Thanks!
Just got two grant rejections in one day! Merry Christmas to me!
December 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Just got two grant rejections in one day! Merry Christmas to me!
Nothing like a good old reply-all message thread affecting what it looks like most of KI as an early Christmas present! 😂
December 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Nothing like a good old reply-all message thread affecting what it looks like most of KI as an early Christmas present! 😂
I have learned a new term today: Productive Procrastination
Avoiding the thing you most don't want to do by doing something else you've also been avoiding.
Example: avoiding grading student exams by picking up long-dormant projects to complete.
Avoiding the thing you most don't want to do by doing something else you've also been avoiding.
Example: avoiding grading student exams by picking up long-dormant projects to complete.
a sign that says " there are no limits to what u can accomplish "
ALT: a sign that says " there are no limits to what u can accomplish "
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I have learned a new term today: Productive Procrastination
Avoiding the thing you most don't want to do by doing something else you've also been avoiding.
Example: avoiding grading student exams by picking up long-dormant projects to complete.
Avoiding the thing you most don't want to do by doing something else you've also been avoiding.
Example: avoiding grading student exams by picking up long-dormant projects to complete.
The international relations office has sent out an email only in Swedish. I sometimes wonder if internationalization means something different than I think it means.
three men are standing next to each other on top of a hill . one of the men is holding a sword .
ALT: three men are standing next to each other on top of a hill . one of the men is holding a sword .
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The international relations office has sent out an email only in Swedish. I sometimes wonder if internationalization means something different than I think it means.
I needed to change all the documents in a folder from word into pdf format. I asked CoPilot, who wrote me a word macro, which did it in seconds. 🙏
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I needed to change all the documents in a folder from word into pdf format. I asked CoPilot, who wrote me a word macro, which did it in seconds. 🙏
Reposted by Elizabeth Arkema
It’s astonishing how many researchers seem to believe that a cluster analysis is such a sensible analysis that it needn’t even be justified through a coherent research question. Just cluster analysis go brrrrr
October 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It’s astonishing how many researchers seem to believe that a cluster analysis is such a sensible analysis that it needn’t even be justified through a coherent research question. Just cluster analysis go brrrrr
I asked copilot how many years of a woman's life is spent on oral contraceptives, to get some numbers for a grant. It told me about 30 years 😅 - it then told me it assumed a woman starts using oral contraceptives at age 18 and stops at age 45 and 45-18=27.
October 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I asked copilot how many years of a woman's life is spent on oral contraceptives, to get some numbers for a grant. It told me about 30 years 😅 - it then told me it assumed a woman starts using oral contraceptives at age 18 and stops at age 45 and 45-18=27.
I use general population comparators matched to people with the disease under study to make them comparable to the disease group. There's hype about "digital twins" and it looks just like what we've been doing for years, just with more bullsh*t. Or did I miss some nuance here? #episky
October 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I use general population comparators matched to people with the disease under study to make them comparable to the disease group. There's hype about "digital twins" and it looks just like what we've been doing for years, just with more bullsh*t. Or did I miss some nuance here? #episky
Really enjoyed presenting my poster on malignancy risk associated with sarcoidosis. I got some great questions and comments from people - and now I have like 10 more study ideas 😂 first I need to finish this study! #ERS2025
September 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Really enjoyed presenting my poster on malignancy risk associated with sarcoidosis. I got some great questions and comments from people - and now I have like 10 more study ideas 😂 first I need to finish this study! #ERS2025
“Don’t look for certainty in the science of uncertainty- it’s like looking for snow in the dessert” - Nicola Orsini ending his talk on statistical thinking in public health #episky
September 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“Don’t look for certainty in the science of uncertainty- it’s like looking for snow in the dessert” - Nicola Orsini ending his talk on statistical thinking in public health #episky
Professor Olof Stephansson from Karolinska is our next speaker - we need precision medicine in obstetrics. One example: trisomy detection (Down’s syndrome). Initially only maternal age was used to identify pregnancies for amniocentesis. Then ultrasound was added and now KUB, improves accuracy.
September 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Professor Olof Stephansson from Karolinska is our next speaker - we need precision medicine in obstetrics. One example: trisomy detection (Down’s syndrome). Initially only maternal age was used to identify pregnancies for amniocentesis. Then ultrasound was added and now KUB, improves accuracy.
Next presentation: Professor Jonas Halfvarsson from Örebro University on precision medicine in inflammatory bowel disease. They have developed diagnostic lipid and protein signatures
September 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Next presentation: Professor Jonas Halfvarsson from Örebro University on precision medicine in inflammatory bowel disease. They have developed diagnostic lipid and protein signatures
A framework for clinical translation in precision medicine
September 25, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A framework for clinical translation in precision medicine
The next speaker is Professor Paul Franks from Lund University who explains why we need precision medicine for cardiometabolic diseases like diabetes. #episky
September 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The next speaker is Professor Paul Franks from Lund University who explains why we need precision medicine for cardiometabolic diseases like diabetes. #episky
First speaker of the day, Assistant Professor Megan Roberts from University of North Carolina explains what precision public health is: the right intervention at the right time to the right population. #episky
September 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
First speaker of the day, Assistant Professor Megan Roberts from University of North Carolina explains what precision public health is: the right intervention at the right time to the right population. #episky
At a responsible internationalization seminar:
It is a national security risk to _not_ collaborate internationally - we will otherwise not understand eachother, and not have connections to experts in other countries.
It is a national security risk to _not_ collaborate internationally - we will otherwise not understand eachother, and not have connections to experts in other countries.
September 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
At a responsible internationalization seminar:
It is a national security risk to _not_ collaborate internationally - we will otherwise not understand eachother, and not have connections to experts in other countries.
It is a national security risk to _not_ collaborate internationally - we will otherwise not understand eachother, and not have connections to experts in other countries.
Reposted by Elizabeth Arkema
Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be https://theonion.com/area-man-passionate-defender-of-what-he-imagines-consti-1819571149/
September 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be https://theonion.com/area-man-passionate-defender-of-what-he-imagines-consti-1819571149/
Great seminar by Andrea Bellavia on defining interpretability of machine learning for epidemiology. “When using ML for etiological research, don't forget about causality. The machine doesn't distinguish between confounders, mediators, or main predictors-it treats all variables equally.”
September 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Great seminar by Andrea Bellavia on defining interpretability of machine learning for epidemiology. “When using ML for etiological research, don't forget about causality. The machine doesn't distinguish between confounders, mediators, or main predictors-it treats all variables equally.”
What are your thoughts on this "short-term supplement model for...research supported by foreign subawards" at NIH? #episky #academicsky grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
were there specific problems with previous foreign subawards or is this just a result of a government which is anti-foreigner?
were there specific problems with previous foreign subawards or is this just a result of a government which is anti-foreigner?
Short-Term Supplement Model for Human Subjects Research Supported by Foreign Subawards | Grants & Funding
grants.nih.gov
September 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
What are your thoughts on this "short-term supplement model for...research supported by foreign subawards" at NIH? #episky #academicsky grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
were there specific problems with previous foreign subawards or is this just a result of a government which is anti-foreigner?
were there specific problems with previous foreign subawards or is this just a result of a government which is anti-foreigner?
I read this paper so many times when conducting the study on incidence and prevalence of sarcoidosis in Sweden we published in 2016. Blast from the past!
ICYMI: Pulmonary sarcoidosis in the Nordic countries 1950-1982. Epidemiology and clinical picture
Pulmonary sarcoidosis in the Nordic countries 1950-1982. Epidemiology and clinical picture
The review is based on studies from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden during 1950-1982. In general sarcoidosis was slightly more frequent in females than in males, especially after 40 years of age. The majority of cases were diagnosed bef...
eurekamag.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I read this paper so many times when conducting the study on incidence and prevalence of sarcoidosis in Sweden we published in 2016. Blast from the past!