Mahtab
@observeddata.bsky.social
On my statistical path | interested in reproductive and perinatal epidemiology, causal inference, and Bayes
Currently in psych block. Today we got introduced to CBT( cognitive behavior therapy). CBT is like mapping out the causal decision tree. The therapist guides the pt to think about all the counterfactual outcomes. I guess studying causal inference is also good for your mental health.
August 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Currently in psych block. Today we got introduced to CBT( cognitive behavior therapy). CBT is like mapping out the causal decision tree. The therapist guides the pt to think about all the counterfactual outcomes. I guess studying causal inference is also good for your mental health.
Neurology is like discrete math. Logical proofs following if else statement can yield the location of the stroke from symptoms. Solving neuro cases is like modeling hierarchical models. There are multiple layers in the neuro system (e.g temporal sequence, distribution, upper vs lower motor neurons)
July 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Neurology is like discrete math. Logical proofs following if else statement can yield the location of the stroke from symptoms. Solving neuro cases is like modeling hierarchical models. There are multiple layers in the neuro system (e.g temporal sequence, distribution, upper vs lower motor neurons)
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github.com/kylebutts/vs...
If you are using vscode and stata, you should try out my extension. It uses interactive window which let's you write in a `.do` file but get a notebook type experience.
If you are using vscode and stata, you should try out my extension. It uses interactive window which let's you write in a `.do` file but get a notebook type experience.
June 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
github.com/kylebutts/vs...
If you are using vscode and stata, you should try out my extension. It uses interactive window which let's you write in a `.do` file but get a notebook type experience.
If you are using vscode and stata, you should try out my extension. It uses interactive window which let's you write in a `.do` file but get a notebook type experience.
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Survival analysis? More like Hope-I-Survive-This-Analysis
June 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Survival analysis? More like Hope-I-Survive-This-Analysis
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Our two papers on abortion bans and fertility/infant mortality are now out.
In 14 states w/ abortion bans, fertility increased 1.7% and infant mortality increased 6%.
Key takeaway is that these impacts were disproportionately felt among those w/ greatest structural disadvantages.
Links below.
In 14 states w/ abortion bans, fertility increased 1.7% and infant mortality increased 6%.
Key takeaway is that these impacts were disproportionately felt among those w/ greatest structural disadvantages.
Links below.
🧵 US states that implemented abortion bans saw higher than expected infant mortality rates, with larger increases among Black infants and those in southern states, according to this analysis of US national vital statistics data from 2012–2023.
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#MedSky
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#MedSky
February 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Our two papers on abortion bans and fertility/infant mortality are now out.
In 14 states w/ abortion bans, fertility increased 1.7% and infant mortality increased 6%.
Key takeaway is that these impacts were disproportionately felt among those w/ greatest structural disadvantages.
Links below.
In 14 states w/ abortion bans, fertility increased 1.7% and infant mortality increased 6%.
Key takeaway is that these impacts were disproportionately felt among those w/ greatest structural disadvantages.
Links below.
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While working on these studies, this was the finding that I couldn't stop thinking about.
Reproductive justice folks warned us about this.
Reproductive justice folks warned us about this.
after the overturning of roe, black infant mortality has spiked nearly 11% in states with abortion bans:
www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...
www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...
Infant mortality rises in states with abortion bans, study finds
Increases in infant mortality have been found in U.S. states that enacted abortion bans or severe restrictions after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling that guaranteed a right to the procedure, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
While working on these studies, this was the finding that I couldn't stop thinking about.
Reproductive justice folks warned us about this.
Reproductive justice folks warned us about this.
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Available for free in O&G Open: Substance Use Disorder as a Contributing Factor to Pregnancy-Associated Deaths (ow.ly/kSjt50Vu9lB)
April 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Available for free in O&G Open: Substance Use Disorder as a Contributing Factor to Pregnancy-Associated Deaths (ow.ly/kSjt50Vu9lB)
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🌍 #WorldHealthDay 2025 focuses on maternal & newborn health.
🫀 New study: Socioeconomic disadvantage is linked to worse maternal CV health in early pregnancy (Life’s Essential 8).
🔗 ow.ly/zjHN50Vw4nq
#MaternalHealth #HealthEquity #LifeEssential8 #Cardiology #CardioSky #MedSky @aspcardio.bsky.social
🫀 New study: Socioeconomic disadvantage is linked to worse maternal CV health in early pregnancy (Life’s Essential 8).
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#MaternalHealth #HealthEquity #LifeEssential8 #Cardiology #CardioSky #MedSky @aspcardio.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
🌍 #WorldHealthDay 2025 focuses on maternal & newborn health.
🫀 New study: Socioeconomic disadvantage is linked to worse maternal CV health in early pregnancy (Life’s Essential 8).
🔗 ow.ly/zjHN50Vw4nq
#MaternalHealth #HealthEquity #LifeEssential8 #Cardiology #CardioSky #MedSky @aspcardio.bsky.social
🫀 New study: Socioeconomic disadvantage is linked to worse maternal CV health in early pregnancy (Life’s Essential 8).
🔗 ow.ly/zjHN50Vw4nq
#MaternalHealth #HealthEquity #LifeEssential8 #Cardiology #CardioSky #MedSky @aspcardio.bsky.social
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We've made a major update to the causal diagrams chapter of Causal Inference in R! Check it out to learn about DAGs! I think there's a lot in this chapter that is undercovered in other sources. #rstats #causalinference @lucystats.bsky.social @travisgerke.bsky.social www.r-causal.org/chapters/05-...
November 29, 2023 at 9:30 PM
We've made a major update to the causal diagrams chapter of Causal Inference in R! Check it out to learn about DAGs! I think there's a lot in this chapter that is undercovered in other sources. #rstats #causalinference @lucystats.bsky.social @travisgerke.bsky.social www.r-causal.org/chapters/05-...
This is so disheartening 💔
Everyone who works for PRAMS (the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) at CDC was terminated today. That appears to be the end of a critical program which monitored infant and maternal health nationwide across pregnancy, childbirth & postpartum. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/prams...
PRAMS Shuttered for Good
In the first weeks of the administration I wrote a number of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
This is so disheartening 💔
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Interested in Bayesian Meta-Analysis with the brms package?
Learn how to formulate complex Bayesian models without writing any stan code: rworks.dev/posts/bma-wi...
#RStats
Learn how to formulate complex Bayesian models without writing any stan code: rworks.dev/posts/bma-wi...
#RStats
Bayesian Meta-Analysis with brms – R Works
In our previous post, Examining Meta Analysis, we contrasted a frequentist version of a meta analysis conducted with R’s meta package with a Bayesian meta analysis done mostly in stan using therstan p...
rworks.dev
March 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Interested in Bayesian Meta-Analysis with the brms package?
Learn how to formulate complex Bayesian models without writing any stan code: rworks.dev/posts/bma-wi...
#RStats
Learn how to formulate complex Bayesian models without writing any stan code: rworks.dev/posts/bma-wi...
#RStats
This made my day :)))
What a sensible diagram #bayesian
March 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
This made my day :)))
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💻✨ Git for Academics ✨💻
A quick & practical intro to Git for academic projects — covering just the essentials you need to work productively. Perfect for researchers new to version control!
🔗 Watch here: buff.ly/prh2Pip
More resources 👉 buff.ly/tTCN5MD
#Git #Academia #RStats 🚀
A quick & practical intro to Git for academic projects — covering just the essentials you need to work productively. Perfect for researchers new to version control!
🔗 Watch here: buff.ly/prh2Pip
More resources 👉 buff.ly/tTCN5MD
#Git #Academia #RStats 🚀
Git for Academics
A lot of people have asked me in recent weeks how git works. Git is a version control system (VCS) that was originally designed only with software developers...
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March 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
💻✨ Git for Academics ✨💻
A quick & practical intro to Git for academic projects — covering just the essentials you need to work productively. Perfect for researchers new to version control!
🔗 Watch here: buff.ly/prh2Pip
More resources 👉 buff.ly/tTCN5MD
#Git #Academia #RStats 🚀
A quick & practical intro to Git for academic projects — covering just the essentials you need to work productively. Perfect for researchers new to version control!
🔗 Watch here: buff.ly/prh2Pip
More resources 👉 buff.ly/tTCN5MD
#Git #Academia #RStats 🚀
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Excited to share this new publication in JHPPL, with Laura Wherry and Maria Steenland, on public health insurance coverage for immigrants in the U.S.!
Free link:
read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
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@laurawherryr.bsky.social
Free link:
read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
@jhppl.bsky.social
@laurawherryr.bsky.social
Public Health Insurance Coverage for Immigrants during Pregnancy, Childhood, and Adulthood: A Discussion of Relevant Policies and Evidence | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke Universit...
read.dukeupress.edu
February 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Excited to share this new publication in JHPPL, with Laura Wherry and Maria Steenland, on public health insurance coverage for immigrants in the U.S.!
Free link:
read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
@jhppl.bsky.social
@laurawherryr.bsky.social
Free link:
read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
@jhppl.bsky.social
@laurawherryr.bsky.social
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Our findings suggest Medicaid expansions improved access to the full range of contraceptive methods, supporting reproductive autonomy and decision-making, especially for uninsured people. Link to the full paper:
Association of the affordable care act Medicaid expansions with postpartum contraceptive use and early postpartum pregnancy
Before the Affordable Care Act (ACA), 55% of individuals giving birth with Medicaid lost insurance postpartum, potentially affecting their access to p…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Our findings suggest Medicaid expansions improved access to the full range of contraceptive methods, supporting reproductive autonomy and decision-making, especially for uninsured people. Link to the full paper:
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link 📈🤖
An AI-powered Bayesian generative modeling approach for causal inference in observational studies (Liu, Wong) Causal inference in observational studies with high-dimensional covariates presents significant challenges. We introduce CausalBGM, an AI-powered Bayesian generative modeling appr
An AI-powered Bayesian generative modeling approach for causal inference in observational studies (Liu, Wong) Causal inference in observational studies with high-dimensional covariates presents significant challenges. We introduce CausalBGM, an AI-powered Bayesian generative modeling appr
January 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
link 📈🤖
An AI-powered Bayesian generative modeling approach for causal inference in observational studies (Liu, Wong) Causal inference in observational studies with high-dimensional covariates presents significant challenges. We introduce CausalBGM, an AI-powered Bayesian generative modeling appr
An AI-powered Bayesian generative modeling approach for causal inference in observational studies (Liu, Wong) Causal inference in observational studies with high-dimensional covariates presents significant challenges. We introduce CausalBGM, an AI-powered Bayesian generative modeling appr
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For Maths fans, 2025 is a square.
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
January 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
For Maths fans, 2025 is a square.
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
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🎄Day 18 🎄
Having a rough day?
The {praise} package is there for you.
Go on, give praise() a whirl.... ♥️
Having a rough day?
The {praise} package is there for you.
Go on, give praise() a whirl.... ♥️
December 18, 2024 at 10:13 PM
🎄Day 18 🎄
Having a rough day?
The {praise} package is there for you.
Go on, give praise() a whirl.... ♥️
Having a rough day?
The {praise} package is there for you.
Go on, give praise() a whirl.... ♥️
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Anthony Sisti, Andrew Zullo, Roee Gutman
A Bayesian Method for Adverse Effects Estimation in Observational Studies with Truncation by Death
https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.04561
A Bayesian Method for Adverse Effects Estimation in Observational Studies with Truncation by Death
https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.04561
October 8, 2024 at 6:31 AM
Anthony Sisti, Andrew Zullo, Roee Gutman
A Bayesian Method for Adverse Effects Estimation in Observational Studies with Truncation by Death
https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.04561
A Bayesian Method for Adverse Effects Estimation in Observational Studies with Truncation by Death
https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.04561
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Are you excited about the elegant philosophy of Bayesian inference, but struggling to see how it can be applied beyond the idealized examples in introductory texts and tutorials? Over the past few months I’ve released a series of demonstrative analysis that might help. 👇
October 8, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Are you excited about the elegant philosophy of Bayesian inference, but struggling to see how it can be applied beyond the idealized examples in introductory texts and tutorials? Over the past few months I’ve released a series of demonstrative analysis that might help. 👇