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Jennifer Evans Prosser
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Epidemiologist interested in evidence synthesis. All year round river swimmer. Cumbria, UK.
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A special collection of 6 papers on cohort studies in China is just out in @bmj.com www.bmj.com/collections/...
with an editorial on the collection and the current publication climate www.bmj.com/collections/...
Enhancing cohort studies in China and internationally
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www.bmj.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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What does it take to move 1000 people? Better infrastructure supporting mobility choices that don’t take up so much space (or produce so much emissions/pollution, cost so much public money, etc).

Graphic via Seattle Subway based on a Sydney graphic I spread around years ago.
How do you move 1000 people? One link train with four cars, 15 buses, or 625 cars requiring over 5 acres of parking at both start and destination.
September 2, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility.

Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.

#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.bsky.social
Montage of Dutch bike infrastructure
July 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Measles can be serious. It can weaken the immune system, leading to pneumonia and other infections, and trigger encephalitis — swelling of the brain. It can infect the central nervous system over years causing a condition called SSPE. Since 2020 there have been 7 SSPE deaths.
July 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
Paris & @annehidalgo.bsky.social are praised for their visionary, progressive city-building, but they don’t get nearly enough credit for just being really pragmatic! Everything they’re doing is common sense.

They’re moving a lot more people with less space while cleaning the air & cooling the city.
Imagine all the space these people on bikes would be taking if they were in cars? Imagine the pollution, noise and emissions. Multimodal cities and urban greening is just common sense. Paris is still a tight city with many streets that are just choking with cars. Despite the remarkable progress, there’s still plenty of work to do making the city work better with fewer cars and more choices.
June 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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How ‘correct’ should #evidencesynthesis be? How does this change if we add #AI?

Help inform new tool dev and best practice guidance! forms.office.com/e/ZwdicYQpjv

Open until 2 Jul, ~35 mins. Part of @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded DESTinY @campbellreviews.bsky.social @ellaflem.bsky.social
Microsoft Forms
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June 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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This week saw the publication of SPIRIT 2025, a major update to the international SPIRIT Statement which provides guidance on what should be included in a trial protocol. 1/6
#MethodologyMonday #117
May 5, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
“If a car generates more potholes in our roads, takes up more parking space and poses more danger to pedestrians, cyclists and other car occupants compared with smaller vehicles, then it is only fair that its owner pays more for driving that vehicle.”

Via @theguardian.com
The Observer view on SUVs: they are too dangerous and too big, their drivers should be made to pay
If a car generates more potholes, takes up more space and poses more risk, it is only fair that its owner pays more
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
It’s still a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history.

Please share it as much as you can.
“Adding car lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity.” — Lewis Mumford, 1955 Spread the word.
April 2, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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Stand Up for Science protests will be held all around the country this Friday March 7. Stand up and let your voice be heard: we will not let science be dismantled in this country! ✊
standupforscience.bsky.social Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Mar 2
WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!?

Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!

#standupforscience2025
Map of Stand Up for Science events, with official SUFS events in Red and solidarity events in Blue
March 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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March 2, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Hate that it has come to this, but it's time to consider PubMed vulnerable to enshittification. My latest post @plos.org discusses the lines we need to fight to hold – and alternatives we can rely on internationally:

absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w...

#medlibs
What if We Can't Rely on PubMed? - Absolutely Maybe
PubMed is incredibly reliable. And a lot depends on it. It’s an ecosystem built around MEDLINE, the steady feed of new publications…
absolutelymaybe.plos.org
February 14, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Dr @hildabast.bsky.social had warned us about PubMed and suggested alternatives
hildabast.bsky.social Hilda Bastian @hildabast.bsky.social · Feb 14
Hate that it has come to this, but it's time to consider PubMed vulnerable to enshittification. My latest post @plos.org discusses the lines we need to fight to hold – and alternatives we can rely on internationally:

absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w...

#medlibs
What if We Can't Rely on PubMed? - Absolutely Maybe
PubMed is incredibly reliable. And a lot depends on it. It’s an ecosystem built around MEDLINE, the steady feed of new publications…
absolutelymaybe.plos.org
March 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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You can freely access all PubMed records at Europepmc.org - I just checked and it's up and running.
Europe PMCHome - Europe PMC
Europe PMC is an archive of life sciences journal literature.
Europepmc.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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How liberty dies. An incredibly powerful analysis of what’s happening in 🇺🇸 by @chrischirp.bsky.social
Truly terrifying but where is the opposition?
substack.com/@chrischirp/...
"So this is how liberty dies… " Making sense of Trump's first three weeks
Where I categorise 69 Trump administration actions from the last 3 weeks and show how they align with the authoritarian playbook
substack.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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thelancet.com
“...to care is an act not of weakness, but of strength.”

The Lancet response: bit.ly/4jRb5Av
A Lancet Editorial: “American chaos: standing up for health and medicine”
February 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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who.int
WHO comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw bit.ly/4hrbeJ7
WHO comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw The World Health Organization regrets the announcement that the United States of America intends to withdraw from the Organization. WHO plays a crucial role in protecting the health and security of the world’s people, including Americans, by addressing the root causes of disease, building stronger health systems, and detecting, preventing and responding to health emergencies, including disease outbreaks, often in dangerous places where others cannot go. The United States was a founding member of WHO in 1948 and has participated in shaping and governing WHO’s work ever since, alongside 193 other Member States, including through its active participation in the World Health Assembly and Executive Board. For over seven decades, WHO and the USA have saved countless lives and protected Americans and all people from health threats. Together, we ended smallpox, and together we have brought polio to the brink of eradication. American institutions have contributed to and benefited from membership in WHO. With the participation of the United States and other Member States, WHO has over the past 7 years implemented the largest set of reforms in its history, to transform our accountability, cost-effectiveness, and impact in countries. This work continues. We hope the United States will reconsider and we look forward to engaging in constructive dialogue to maintain the partnership between the USA and WHO, for the benefit of the health and well-being of millions of people around the globe.
January 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
It would go a long way in addressing the climate crisis, the affordability crisis, the public health crisis, & the equity crisis.

It would improve traffic, save lives, reduce pollution & noise, improve livability & save public money.

Never let anyone tell you the solutions we need are too complex.
davidho.bsky.social David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jan 15
I think we can change the world by having protected bike lanes and secure bike parking everywhere.
January 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost, the air & noise pollution, the huge space difference, etc… @theconversation.bsky.social
theconversation.com/cycling-is-t...
Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.
theconversation.com
November 24, 2024 at 3:19 AM
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New PRISMA extension on living reviews is out. The checklist “includes four new items addressing living mode parameters, changes to the methods, changes to the results, and authors and their roles for each version of the LSR” www.bmj.com/content/387/...
Extension of the PRISMA 2020 statement for living systematic reviews (PRISMA-LSR): checklist and explanation
Publications of living systematic reviews (LSRs) are increasing rapidly. Guidance facilitating transparent, complete, and accurate reporting of LSRs is needed. This paper reports the development of an...
www.bmj.com
November 23, 2024 at 10:49 AM
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November 22, 2024 at 8:51 AM
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JBI is committed to working closely with groups and networks across the global evidence community to reduce duplication of effort, so we have adopted external methodological guidance for SRs of prevalence and incidence - the PERSyst, which is supported by JBI SUMARI. See persyst.group
Publications
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November 19, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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Wonderful list of epidemiologists

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November 17, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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Meanwhile, in New Zealand, the right-wing government has introduced a bill that would strip the Māori of rights guaranteed to them by the Treaty of Waitangi, and this happened in Parliament.
November 14, 2024 at 1:52 PM