Matt Parkes
@mattyjparkes.bsky.social
Statistician. Interests: clinical trials methods, psychology, MSK medicine, rheumatology, oncology, chronic pain, adaptive trials, outcomes, digital health/wearables, Open Research, Stata, R, and code ligatures.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1574-9933
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1574-9933
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In between things I've been checking in on the emails that mention "university" and uhh did we all know about this connection?
![Screenshot from the Epstein Document Search which reads: House_Oversight_029401
From: Donald Rubin
Sent: 1/22/2017 7:31:32 PM
To: jeffrey E. [jeeyacation@gmail.com]
Subject: Republican health care experts dismiss Donald Trump's ideas
Importance: High
https://www.statnews.com/20 1 6/03/04/trump -repub cans-health-care/? s camp aign=trendmd
Jeffrey,
This cannot be true, can it? This guy must be as dumb about this stuff as a tampon laced with arsenic!!
HELP!
Great meeting yesterday — really enjoyed it.
And happy birthday again, Don
Donald B. Rubin
John L. Loeb Professor of Statistics
Department of Statistics, Harvard University
1 Oxford Street
Cambridge MA 02138
HOUSE OVERSIGHT 029401](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ozma3timm5c32fa7bimb4zaj/bafkreiezajc6f2rgwxrdx2242izbelpumkgdruc52pzu236rhovlcyfmde@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
In between things I've been checking in on the emails that mention "university" and uhh did we all know about this connection?
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University of Manchester researchers and PGRs have access to a wide range of tools from #GitHub but it can be confusing to work out what you need and how to get access.
Have a look at this handy guide put together by out Head of Research Software Engineering, Adrian Harwood.
Have a look at this handy guide put together by out Head of Research Software Engineering, Adrian Harwood.
Getting Started with Git, GitHub & GitHub Copilot at the University of Manchester?
This guide introduces key tools in the software development lifecycle - Git, GitHub, and GitHub Copilot – and explains how University of Manchester staff and students can access them for free through…
buff.ly
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
University of Manchester researchers and PGRs have access to a wide range of tools from #GitHub but it can be confusing to work out what you need and how to get access.
Have a look at this handy guide put together by out Head of Research Software Engineering, Adrian Harwood.
Have a look at this handy guide put together by out Head of Research Software Engineering, Adrian Harwood.
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NEW PAPER: "Reporting guidelines for studies involving generative artificial intelligence applications: what do I use, and when?"
--> www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#HealthTech #ClinicalAI #MachineLearning #MedAI #AIinMedicine #TransparentAI #HealthInnovation #GenAI
--> www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#HealthTech #ClinicalAI #MachineLearning #MedAI #AIinMedicine #TransparentAI #HealthInnovation #GenAI
November 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
NEW PAPER: "Reporting guidelines for studies involving generative artificial intelligence applications: what do I use, and when?"
--> www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#HealthTech #ClinicalAI #MachineLearning #MedAI #AIinMedicine #TransparentAI #HealthInnovation #GenAI
--> www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#HealthTech #ClinicalAI #MachineLearning #MedAI #AIinMedicine #TransparentAI #HealthInnovation #GenAI
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On a cold, grey Friday afternoon, what better way to cheer ourselves up than by listening to a few episodes of the Trials Methodology Podcast?
Great topics, excellent interviews - and the enthusiasm is infectious!
🎧 Listen here: linktr.ee/trialsmethod...
#UKCTUNetwork #TMRP #TrialMethodology
Great topics, excellent interviews - and the enthusiasm is infectious!
🎧 Listen here: linktr.ee/trialsmethod...
#UKCTUNetwork #TMRP #TrialMethodology
November 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
On a cold, grey Friday afternoon, what better way to cheer ourselves up than by listening to a few episodes of the Trials Methodology Podcast?
Great topics, excellent interviews - and the enthusiasm is infectious!
🎧 Listen here: linktr.ee/trialsmethod...
#UKCTUNetwork #TMRP #TrialMethodology
Great topics, excellent interviews - and the enthusiasm is infectious!
🎧 Listen here: linktr.ee/trialsmethod...
#UKCTUNetwork #TMRP #TrialMethodology
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Position statement on artificial intelligence (#AI) use in evidence synthesis across Cochrane, the Campbell Collaboration, JBI and the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence 2025 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Position statement on artificial intelligence (AI) use in evidence synthesis across Cochrane, the Campbell Collaboration, JBI and the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence 2025 - Environmental Evid...
1. Evidence synthesists are ultimately responsible for their evidence synthesis, including the decision to use artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, and to ensure adherence to legal and ethical...
link.springer.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Position statement on artificial intelligence (#AI) use in evidence synthesis across Cochrane, the Campbell Collaboration, JBI and the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence 2025 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The package formerly known as papercheck has changed its name to metacheck! We're checking more than just papers, with functions to assess OSF projects, github repos, and AsPredicted pre-registrations, with more being developed all the time.
scienceverse.github.io/metacheck/
scienceverse.github.io/metacheck/
Check Research Outputs for Best Practices
A modular, extendable system for automatically checking research outputs for best practices using text search, R code, and/or (optional) LLM queries.
scienceverse.github.io
November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The package formerly known as papercheck has changed its name to metacheck! We're checking more than just papers, with functions to assess OSF projects, github repos, and AsPredicted pre-registrations, with more being developed all the time.
scienceverse.github.io/metacheck/
scienceverse.github.io/metacheck/
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interesting paper on difference between synthetic contol method and historical counterfactual method www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Contrasting and combining the historical counterfactual method and the synthetic control method | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Contrasting and combining the historical counterfactual method and the synthetic control method
www.cambridge.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
interesting paper on difference between synthetic contol method and historical counterfactual method www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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We're excited to share our latest work on estimands in clinical trials!
📄 Estimating treatment effects in trials with outcome data truncated by death: A case study on aligning estimators with estimands.
🔗 Read the full paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
📄 Estimating treatment effects in trials with outcome data truncated by death: A case study on aligning estimators with estimands.
🔗 Read the full paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We're excited to share our latest work on estimands in clinical trials!
📄 Estimating treatment effects in trials with outcome data truncated by death: A case study on aligning estimators with estimands.
🔗 Read the full paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
📄 Estimating treatment effects in trials with outcome data truncated by death: A case study on aligning estimators with estimands.
🔗 Read the full paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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⏰ There's just one week to go until our free getting started with secondary analysis workshop!
Participants will learn about the key issues to consider when using secondary data analysis as a method.
📅 3 November 2025
⏰ 10:00-11:30
📍 Online
🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/getti...
Participants will learn about the key issues to consider when using secondary data analysis as a method.
📅 3 November 2025
⏰ 10:00-11:30
📍 Online
🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/getti...
Getting started with secondary analysis — UK Data Service
A comprehensive resource funded by the ESRC to support researchers, teachers and policymakers who depend on high-quality social and economic data.
ukdataservice.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
⏰ There's just one week to go until our free getting started with secondary analysis workshop!
Participants will learn about the key issues to consider when using secondary data analysis as a method.
📅 3 November 2025
⏰ 10:00-11:30
📍 Online
🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/getti...
Participants will learn about the key issues to consider when using secondary data analysis as a method.
📅 3 November 2025
⏰ 10:00-11:30
📍 Online
🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/getti...
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📝 New Research Methods & Reporting article: Covariate adjustment in cluster randomised trials 📝
A practical guide for when and how to adjust for covariates. Read more ⬇️
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
A practical guide for when and how to adjust for covariates. Read more ⬇️
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
October 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
📝 New Research Methods & Reporting article: Covariate adjustment in cluster randomised trials 📝
A practical guide for when and how to adjust for covariates. Read more ⬇️
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
A practical guide for when and how to adjust for covariates. Read more ⬇️
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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💡 Have you ever taken part in a clinical trial or thought about it?
We want to hear your views on how health data is collected using technology like apps, wearable devices, and medical records.
🕐 5 mins, anonymous.
imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#PPIE #ClinicalTrials #DigitalHealth
We want to hear your views on how health data is collected using technology like apps, wearable devices, and medical records.
🕐 5 mins, anonymous.
imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#PPIE #ClinicalTrials #DigitalHealth
October 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
💡 Have you ever taken part in a clinical trial or thought about it?
We want to hear your views on how health data is collected using technology like apps, wearable devices, and medical records.
🕐 5 mins, anonymous.
imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#PPIE #ClinicalTrials #DigitalHealth
We want to hear your views on how health data is collected using technology like apps, wearable devices, and medical records.
🕐 5 mins, anonymous.
imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#PPIE #ClinicalTrials #DigitalHealth
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📢 Interested in a PhD in clinical trials methodology? The Trials Methodology Research Partnership are advertising projects for PhDs starting Oct 2026, in statistics, health economics, epidemiology, social science, and more, hosted at one of 12 UK partner institutions.
mrctmrpdtp.com/current-oppo...
mrctmrpdtp.com/current-oppo...
Current Opportunities
We have an iCASE studentship available to start for the 2025/2026 academic year, and applications to our fifth round of recruitment to our DTP to start in October 2026 are now also open. Please see…
mrctmrpdtp.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
📢 Interested in a PhD in clinical trials methodology? The Trials Methodology Research Partnership are advertising projects for PhDs starting Oct 2026, in statistics, health economics, epidemiology, social science, and more, hosted at one of 12 UK partner institutions.
mrctmrpdtp.com/current-oppo...
mrctmrpdtp.com/current-oppo...
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Does anyone have any good examples of PPI for stats methodology? I’ve seen a few but they are all related to a clear applied research question, rather than actual methods
October 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Does anyone have any good examples of PPI for stats methodology? I’ve seen a few but they are all related to a clear applied research question, rather than actual methods
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We built the openESM database:
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We built the openESM database:
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Free online workshop for assessing trustworthiness of RCTs
Introductory online INSPECT-SR workshop. November 6th, 12-2pm UK-time. Free, places limited. BOOK: www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...
Introduction to INSPECT-SR Training Workshop November
An introductory 2-hour online workshop will introduce participants to the INSPECT-SR tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled...
www.trybooking.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Free online workshop for assessing trustworthiness of RCTs
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The recording of this webinar is now available on the @nihr-rss.bsky.social YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cNz...
October 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The recording of this webinar is now available on the @nihr-rss.bsky.social YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cNz...
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Researchers at Brown University found that AI chatbots routinely violate core mental health ethics standards, underscoring the need for legal standards and oversight as use of these tools increases. www.brown.edu/news/2025-10...
New study: AI chatbots systematically violate mental health ethics standards
Researchers at Brown University found that AI chatbots routinely violate core mental health ethics standards, underscoring the need for legal standards and oversight as use of these tools increases.
www.brown.edu
October 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Researchers at Brown University found that AI chatbots routinely violate core mental health ethics standards, underscoring the need for legal standards and oversight as use of these tools increases. www.brown.edu/news/2025-10...
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Looking for a career that allows you to stretch your intellectual muscles as well as make a positive difference to patient & public health?
CTUs across the Network are recruiting to a variety of roles.
Find out more here: ukcrc-ctu.org.uk/vacancies-wi...
#UKCTUNetwork #ClinicalTrials
CTUs across the Network are recruiting to a variety of roles.
Find out more here: ukcrc-ctu.org.uk/vacancies-wi...
#UKCTUNetwork #ClinicalTrials
Vacancies with Registered CTUs – UKCRC
ukcrc-ctu.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Looking for a career that allows you to stretch your intellectual muscles as well as make a positive difference to patient & public health?
CTUs across the Network are recruiting to a variety of roles.
Find out more here: ukcrc-ctu.org.uk/vacancies-wi...
#UKCTUNetwork #ClinicalTrials
CTUs across the Network are recruiting to a variety of roles.
Find out more here: ukcrc-ctu.org.uk/vacancies-wi...
#UKCTUNetwork #ClinicalTrials
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Clinical trials are changing. When teams can use healthcare data safely and confidently, studies can run faster, cost less, and reach more people.
That’s what TOP-CAT training helps you do — free and practical:
🔗 www.hdruk.ac.uk/news/free-to...
That’s what TOP-CAT training helps you do — free and practical:
🔗 www.hdruk.ac.uk/news/free-to...
Free TOP-CAT training to help clinical trial teams harness healthcare data with confidence
TOP-CAT delivers free, video-based training, which is now live on the HDR UK Futures platform. Sign up now.
www.hdruk.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Clinical trials are changing. When teams can use healthcare data safely and confidently, studies can run faster, cost less, and reach more people.
That’s what TOP-CAT training helps you do — free and practical:
🔗 www.hdruk.ac.uk/news/free-to...
That’s what TOP-CAT training helps you do — free and practical:
🔗 www.hdruk.ac.uk/news/free-to...
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How FAIR is shared data in psychology?
We analyzed 11,384 datasets (2013–2024): They're findable, but less reusable!
What relates most to differences in FAIRness? #Repository choice.
👉 Preprint: doi.org/10.23668/psy...
@mariogollwitzer.bsky.social @kaisassenberg.bsky.social #metascience #SciSci
We analyzed 11,384 datasets (2013–2024): They're findable, but less reusable!
What relates most to differences in FAIRness? #Repository choice.
👉 Preprint: doi.org/10.23668/psy...
@mariogollwitzer.bsky.social @kaisassenberg.bsky.social #metascience #SciSci
October 21, 2025 at 5:48 AM
How FAIR is shared data in psychology?
We analyzed 11,384 datasets (2013–2024): They're findable, but less reusable!
What relates most to differences in FAIRness? #Repository choice.
👉 Preprint: doi.org/10.23668/psy...
@mariogollwitzer.bsky.social @kaisassenberg.bsky.social #metascience #SciSci
We analyzed 11,384 datasets (2013–2024): They're findable, but less reusable!
What relates most to differences in FAIRness? #Repository choice.
👉 Preprint: doi.org/10.23668/psy...
@mariogollwitzer.bsky.social @kaisassenberg.bsky.social #metascience #SciSci
@weratedags.com Saw this one *years* ago, but it's lived in my mind rent-free ever since.
Hi-res: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/u...
Hi-res: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/u...
October 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
@weratedags.com Saw this one *years* ago, but it's lived in my mind rent-free ever since.
Hi-res: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/u...
Hi-res: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/u...
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Oh good. Finally. Sheesh lads. 😜
Anyway, everyone do pretty please check out @sonrai.bsky.social for all things research data management and stewardship in Ireland (and beyond).
Anyway, everyone do pretty please check out @sonrai.bsky.social for all things research data management and stewardship in Ireland (and beyond).
"Hello World" from Sonraí - the Irish data stewardship network. We aim to promote & support the transition to a FAIR and open research data landscape in Ireland. We will have regular shout-outs and updates on here, and check out our website: www.datastewards.ie
#DataStewards #FAIRdata #OpenResearch
#DataStewards #FAIRdata #OpenResearch
Sonraí – Irish Data Stewardship Network
Irish Data Stewardship Network
www.datastewards.ie
October 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Oh good. Finally. Sheesh lads. 😜
Anyway, everyone do pretty please check out @sonrai.bsky.social for all things research data management and stewardship in Ireland (and beyond).
Anyway, everyone do pretty please check out @sonrai.bsky.social for all things research data management and stewardship in Ireland (and beyond).
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📢 Chelsea&Westminster Hospital NHS Trust Research Dept. are looking for an enthusiastic & dedicated senior statistician with experience working on drug trials to lead on the statistical work for a small portfolio of sponsored studies.
For details please see here: www.chelwest.nhs.uk/about-us/wor...
For details please see here: www.chelwest.nhs.uk/about-us/wor...
Work with us
www.chelwest.nhs.uk
October 13, 2025 at 6:22 AM
📢 Chelsea&Westminster Hospital NHS Trust Research Dept. are looking for an enthusiastic & dedicated senior statistician with experience working on drug trials to lead on the statistical work for a small portfolio of sponsored studies.
For details please see here: www.chelwest.nhs.uk/about-us/wor...
For details please see here: www.chelwest.nhs.uk/about-us/wor...
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Announcing a new special guest edition in Digital Health! Everything on patient-reported outcomes in mHealth, including algorithmic treatment and measurement allocation, N-of-1 trials, preference learning & handling subjective measurements. 📲
Take a look!
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
Take a look!
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
October 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Announcing a new special guest edition in Digital Health! Everything on patient-reported outcomes in mHealth, including algorithmic treatment and measurement allocation, N-of-1 trials, preference learning & handling subjective measurements. 📲
Take a look!
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
Take a look!
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
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Exceptionally pleased to welcome the Michelle Gabriel of the MHRA to the meeting with key updates for delegates around changes to the regulations around clinical trials & recent GCP Inspection findings.
Direct conversations between CTUs & regulators are vital!
#UKCTUNetwork #ClinicalTrialQA2025
Direct conversations between CTUs & regulators are vital!
#UKCTUNetwork #ClinicalTrialQA2025
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Exceptionally pleased to welcome the Michelle Gabriel of the MHRA to the meeting with key updates for delegates around changes to the regulations around clinical trials & recent GCP Inspection findings.
Direct conversations between CTUs & regulators are vital!
#UKCTUNetwork #ClinicalTrialQA2025
Direct conversations between CTUs & regulators are vital!
#UKCTUNetwork #ClinicalTrialQA2025