Martin N. Danka
@martindanka.bsky.social
PhD candidate in Biosocial Research at UCL. Research interests include causal inference and psychobiology. Funded by the ESRC & BBSRC. 🏳️🌈
If you use survey data collected through mixed modes (f2f, telephone, online), check out this @royalstatsoc.bsky.social event with @rjsilverwood.bsky.social @georgiatomova.bsky.social and others.
We are organising a @royalstatsoc.bsky.social Social Statistics Section online event:
Handling survey mode effects
Wednesday 12 November 2025, 10.00AM - 12.10PM
Full info and booking: rss.org.uk/training-eve...
Handling survey mode effects
Wednesday 12 November 2025, 10.00AM - 12.10PM
Full info and booking: rss.org.uk/training-eve...
RSS Event: Handling survey mode effects
rss.org.uk
October 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
If you use survey data collected through mixed modes (f2f, telephone, online), check out this @royalstatsoc.bsky.social event with @rjsilverwood.bsky.social @georgiatomova.bsky.social and others.
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What percentage of the health research funding pot do you think goes on methods and meta science?
Around 2% (if you add together all mention of research design and methodologies across all areas from research.hscni.net/sites/defaul...)
Just 2% spent on the part that underpins EVERYTHING we do.
Around 2% (if you add together all mention of research design and methodologies across all areas from research.hscni.net/sites/defaul...)
Just 2% spent on the part that underpins EVERYTHING we do.
Reading some interest stats about health research funding in the UK in recent years.
- Only 7% goes to Mental Health research
- Only 5% of that MH funding goes to studies related to prevention
- Only 7% goes to Mental Health research
- Only 5% of that MH funding goes to studies related to prevention
October 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
What percentage of the health research funding pot do you think goes on methods and meta science?
Around 2% (if you add together all mention of research design and methodologies across all areas from research.hscni.net/sites/defaul...)
Just 2% spent on the part that underpins EVERYTHING we do.
Around 2% (if you add together all mention of research design and methodologies across all areas from research.hscni.net/sites/defaul...)
Just 2% spent on the part that underpins EVERYTHING we do.
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We are looking for some community feedback on 3 new dplyr functions!
- replace_when()
- recode_values()
- replace_values()
New tools for recoding (think, lookup tables!) and replacing (think, replace `-99` with `NA` in `col`) in the tidyverse - I'm pretty excited about these!
- replace_when()
- recode_values()
- replace_values()
New tools for recoding (think, lookup tables!) and replacing (think, replace `-99` with `NA` in `col`) in the tidyverse - I'm pretty excited about these!
Remember this #rstats post? I wasn't the only one talking about it & the tidyverse team was listening 😎 #databs
New #dplyr functions? They're looking for feedback!!
🤔 replace_when, recode_values, replace_values
👀 Read this:
github.com/tidyverse/ti...
🗣️ Comment on PR:
github.com/tidyverse/ti...
New #dplyr functions? They're looking for feedback!!
🤔 replace_when, recode_values, replace_values
👀 Read this:
github.com/tidyverse/ti...
🗣️ Comment on PR:
github.com/tidyverse/ti...
August 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
We are looking for some community feedback on 3 new dplyr functions!
- replace_when()
- recode_values()
- replace_values()
New tools for recoding (think, lookup tables!) and replacing (think, replace `-99` with `NA` in `col`) in the tidyverse - I'm pretty excited about these!
- replace_when()
- recode_values()
- replace_values()
New tools for recoding (think, lookup tables!) and replacing (think, replace `-99` with `NA` in `col`) in the tidyverse - I'm pretty excited about these!
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📢 Job opportunity! 📢
I am recruiting a 2-year postdoc to join me at @clscohorts.bsky.social to work on a SUPER exciting project on the quantitative study of intersectional inequalities in youth mental health across time and place!
See www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... for more info and how to apply!
I am recruiting a 2-year postdoc to join me at @clscohorts.bsky.social to work on a SUPER exciting project on the quantitative study of intersectional inequalities in youth mental health across time and place!
See www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... for more info and how to apply!
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
June 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
📢 Job opportunity! 📢
I am recruiting a 2-year postdoc to join me at @clscohorts.bsky.social to work on a SUPER exciting project on the quantitative study of intersectional inequalities in youth mental health across time and place!
See www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... for more info and how to apply!
I am recruiting a 2-year postdoc to join me at @clscohorts.bsky.social to work on a SUPER exciting project on the quantitative study of intersectional inequalities in youth mental health across time and place!
See www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... for more info and how to apply!
Excited (and a little nervous!) to be giving a talk on 30 June at the Turing’s CIIG seminar series. If you're interested in IPTW/propensity score methods, or in seeing some cat photos 🐾 (with the former obviously being more likely!), everyone’s welcome to join.
DON'T MISS: "Inverse Probability Weighting of Count Exposures: A Simulation Study Motivated by Examining the Health Consequences of Psychological Distress"
The next #CIIG seminar with @martindanka.bsky.social on 30 June at 3pm BST!
Register: turing-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#EpiSky #CausalSky
The next #CIIG seminar with @martindanka.bsky.social on 30 June at 3pm BST!
Register: turing-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#EpiSky #CausalSky
June 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Excited (and a little nervous!) to be giving a talk on 30 June at the Turing’s CIIG seminar series. If you're interested in IPTW/propensity score methods, or in seeing some cat photos 🐾 (with the former obviously being more likely!), everyone’s welcome to join.
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✨ Have you booked yet? Join us for our free webinar NEXT WEEK introducing 1970 British Cohort Study data at age 51. Discover more about the experiences of generation X in midlife: cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/bcs70... #BSC70 #ageing
March 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
✨ Have you booked yet? Join us for our free webinar NEXT WEEK introducing 1970 British Cohort Study data at age 51. Discover more about the experiences of generation X in midlife: cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/bcs70... #BSC70 #ageing
Just came across this gem on survey designs and survey weights with R. Free online version available.
We're thrilled to announce our book, Exploring Complex Survey Data Analysis Using R, is now available for preorder! Learn to conduct tidy survey analysis in R. Free online version: tidy-survey-r.github.io/tidy-survey-... or preorder at: www.routledge.com/Exploring-Co... @ivelasq3.bsky.social and RJP
February 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Just came across this gem on survey designs and survey weights with R. Free online version available.
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1/2 Thrilled my 1st PhD study on how adolescent social connections influence BMI trajectories has been published🎉
Huge thanks to my coauthors @yvonne-kelly.bsky.social @tattanbirch.bsky.social @martindanka.bsky.social, Liam Wright, Daisy Fancourt, Ellie Iob 🤝
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Huge thanks to my coauthors @yvonne-kelly.bsky.social @tattanbirch.bsky.social @martindanka.bsky.social, Liam Wright, Daisy Fancourt, Ellie Iob 🤝
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Social connections with family and friends in adolescence: Shaping body mass index trajectories into adulthood
To investigate whether adolescent social connections influence body mass index (BMI) trajectories into adulthood and explore whether associations are …
www.sciencedirect.com
January 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
1/2 Thrilled my 1st PhD study on how adolescent social connections influence BMI trajectories has been published🎉
Huge thanks to my coauthors @yvonne-kelly.bsky.social @tattanbirch.bsky.social @martindanka.bsky.social, Liam Wright, Daisy Fancourt, Ellie Iob 🤝
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Huge thanks to my coauthors @yvonne-kelly.bsky.social @tattanbirch.bsky.social @martindanka.bsky.social, Liam Wright, Daisy Fancourt, Ellie Iob 🤝
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Our JSS article is out!
And now I get to focus on {marginaleffects} 1.0.0. Stay tuned.
www.jstatsoft.org/article/view...
And now I get to focus on {marginaleffects} 1.0.0. Stay tuned.
www.jstatsoft.org/article/view...
December 1, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Our JSS article is out!
And now I get to focus on {marginaleffects} 1.0.0. Stay tuned.
www.jstatsoft.org/article/view...
And now I get to focus on {marginaleffects} 1.0.0. Stay tuned.
www.jstatsoft.org/article/view...
Excited to see a new causally-informed epi textbook 🎉
Curious what's new in Epidemiology An Introduction, 3rd ed?
More Pioneers of Epi highlighting collaborative work!
Clearer distinction between Associations and Causal Effects!
Updated chapter on Infectious Disease!
New chapters: Field Epidemiology and Advanced Topics!
And so much more!
More Pioneers of Epi highlighting collaborative work!
Clearer distinction between Associations and Causal Effects!
Updated chapter on Infectious Disease!
New chapters: Field Epidemiology and Advanced Topics!
And so much more!
November 10, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Excited to see a new causally-informed epi textbook 🎉
Also had the chance to give a peer workshop on causal inference. It was rewarding to see how much clarity the frameworks bring to diverse areas and to learn from the discussions. The takeaway is that causal inference is less intimidating when seen as a way asking clear questions. #causalinference
We also had a brilliant causal inference workshop by Soc-Bs own @martindanka.bsky.social 🫶🏼
Martin managed to maintain a light-hearted, entertaining atmosphere that made learning complex concepts simple 👏🏻
I know the entire cohort has benefited from your hard work!
#causalinference #phd
Martin managed to maintain a light-hearted, entertaining atmosphere that made learning complex concepts simple 👏🏻
I know the entire cohort has benefited from your hard work!
#causalinference #phd
November 8, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Also had the chance to give a peer workshop on causal inference. It was rewarding to see how much clarity the frameworks bring to diverse areas and to learn from the discussions. The takeaway is that causal inference is less intimidating when seen as a way asking clear questions. #causalinference
It was wonderful to finally meet one of my causal inference heroes @pwgtennant.bsky.social in person at our Soc-B PhD workshop. A brilliant and inspiring talk.
A fantastic and engaging talk from @pwgtennant.bsky.social at our PhD workshop yesterday 👏🏻
Inspiring to see someone I’ve followed for a long time be so passionate about applying causal inference to social epidemiology 🤩
Excited to implement what I’ve learnt 🫡
#causalinference #phd #epidemiology
Inspiring to see someone I’ve followed for a long time be so passionate about applying causal inference to social epidemiology 🤩
Excited to implement what I’ve learnt 🫡
#causalinference #phd #epidemiology
November 8, 2024 at 5:43 PM
It was wonderful to finally meet one of my causal inference heroes @pwgtennant.bsky.social in person at our Soc-B PhD workshop. A brilliant and inspiring talk.