Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD²
@sharpmelk.bsky.social
#EvidenceSynthesis specialist, epidemiologist. Research Officer, Health Research Board. 🇺🇸 in 🇮🇪 Views=own
Postdoc: @rcsi.bsky.social
PhDs: @upcite.bsky.social, University of Split
MPH: @columbiauniversity.bsky.social
BS: @michiganstateu.bsky.social
Postdoc: @rcsi.bsky.social
PhDs: @upcite.bsky.social, University of Split
MPH: @columbiauniversity.bsky.social
BS: @michiganstateu.bsky.social
Pinned
A bit about me for any new followers:
Work: evidence synthesis, meta research (reporting guidelines), women's & mental health
Life: sell stock photos, collages, & embroidery; US immigrant to Ireland, EU since '16, married to an Irish man; love a bit of gardening, weightlifting, & yoga
Work: evidence synthesis, meta research (reporting guidelines), women's & mental health
Life: sell stock photos, collages, & embroidery; US immigrant to Ireland, EU since '16, married to an Irish man; love a bit of gardening, weightlifting, & yoga
A small bit of sunshine from the US for once...
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Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
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November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A small bit of sunshine from the US for once...
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Lots of handmade #embroidery pieces priced to move fast for this holiday season. Perfect gifts for the epidemiologist, statistician, or researcher in your life. #StatsSky #EpiSky www.etsy.com/shop/SharpSh...
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Lots of handmade #embroidery pieces priced to move fast for this holiday season. Perfect gifts for the epidemiologist, statistician, or researcher in your life. #StatsSky #EpiSky www.etsy.com/shop/SharpSh...
RTÉ's flagship #ScienceWeek TV show Futureville Ireland, supported by #ResearchIreland, is back for a second series starting this Tuesday, 11 November on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player at 7pm. www.rte.ie/learn/2025/1...
Futureville Ireland: We are going back to the city of the future
Futureville Ireland, with Carla O'Brien and Dr Lollie Mancey, returns for a second series on Tuesday, 11 November at 7pm on RTÉ One & RTÉ Player. Made with support from Research Ireland.
www.rte.ie
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
RTÉ's flagship #ScienceWeek TV show Futureville Ireland, supported by #ResearchIreland, is back for a second series starting this Tuesday, 11 November on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player at 7pm. www.rte.ie/learn/2025/1...
#Meta projected that 10% of its revenue last year (~$16 billion) would come from ads for #scams and banned products, according to internal company documents seen by Reuters. That includes duplicitous investment schemes and ads for illegal online casinos and outlawed medical products, per Reuters
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
#IrishDesign week is 17-21 November with lots of panels, workshops, exhibitions, and more
www.dcci.ie/whats-on/iri...
www.dcci.ie/whats-on/iri...
Events - Exhibitions - Design & Crafts Council Ireland
www.dcci.ie
November 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#IrishDesign week is 17-21 November with lots of panels, workshops, exhibitions, and more
www.dcci.ie/whats-on/iri...
www.dcci.ie/whats-on/iri...
A great table comparing the effects of diseases and the side effects of #vaccines on the National #Immunisation Program immunisationhandbook.health.gov.au/resources/ta...
immunisationhandbook.health.gov.au
November 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A great table comparing the effects of diseases and the side effects of #vaccines on the National #Immunisation Program immunisationhandbook.health.gov.au/resources/ta...
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...
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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...
Reposted by Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD²
Even as the anti-vax lobby erodes public trust, new evidence confirms that "immunizations against Covid-19, RSV, and influenza have shown consistent effectiveness & safety and are associated with a substantially reduced risk of hospitalization & severe disease"
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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October 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Even as the anti-vax lobby erodes public trust, new evidence confirms that "immunizations against Covid-19, RSV, and influenza have shown consistent effectiveness & safety and are associated with a substantially reduced risk of hospitalization & severe disease"
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
If #Meta is pushing back against new data protection laws, that means we must be trying to do something right... Gross lobbying... We are the products and these companies just sell our data again and again and again. Where's our kickback? 😅 www.irishtimes.com/technology/b...
Data protection rules ‘completely out of control’, Meta tells Government
Facebook owner asked Government to lead pushback against data protection laws at EU level
www.irishtimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
If #Meta is pushing back against new data protection laws, that means we must be trying to do something right... Gross lobbying... We are the products and these companies just sell our data again and again and again. Where's our kickback? 😅 www.irishtimes.com/technology/b...
Take this #ClinicalTrial Priority Setting Survey to help identify & prioritise the Top 10 research questions/opics that will improve how we plan, do, analyse and share the findings from clinical trials. Open to patient/public, researchers, health profs, etc livpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management
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October 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Take this #ClinicalTrial Priority Setting Survey to help identify & prioritise the Top 10 research questions/opics that will improve how we plan, do, analyse and share the findings from clinical trials. Open to patient/public, researchers, health profs, etc livpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Reposted by Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD²
📢 New EP PerMed Call 📢
EP PerMed's 2026 Research, Innovation & Technology Call, 'Test and Demonstration of Multimodal Data Approaches for Personalised Medicine' is now open.
🖥️Register for the online info day on 28 October➡️ bit.ly/48Dk7Oy
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EP PerMed's 2026 Research, Innovation & Technology Call, 'Test and Demonstration of Multimodal Data Approaches for Personalised Medicine' is now open.
🖥️Register for the online info day on 28 October➡️ bit.ly/48Dk7Oy
ℹ️ bit.ly/4o5JDAY
October 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
📢 New EP PerMed Call 📢
EP PerMed's 2026 Research, Innovation & Technology Call, 'Test and Demonstration of Multimodal Data Approaches for Personalised Medicine' is now open.
🖥️Register for the online info day on 28 October➡️ bit.ly/48Dk7Oy
ℹ️ bit.ly/4o5JDAY
EP PerMed's 2026 Research, Innovation & Technology Call, 'Test and Demonstration of Multimodal Data Approaches for Personalised Medicine' is now open.
🖥️Register for the online info day on 28 October➡️ bit.ly/48Dk7Oy
ℹ️ bit.ly/4o5JDAY
Reposted by Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD²
Really well done explainer of the election system for the Irish Presidential elections using... smarties. Bonus points for showing why Irish election counting takes so long:
Are you a little confused about how Ireland’s Presidential Election works?
Fear not: I have once again picked up some 🔴 popular 🟠 coloured 🟡 chocolate-based 🟢 confectionary 🔵 treats 🟣 to show how the #aras25 votes are counted.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
Fear not: I have once again picked up some 🔴 popular 🟠 coloured 🟡 chocolate-based 🟢 confectionary 🔵 treats 🟣 to show how the #aras25 votes are counted.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Really well done explainer of the election system for the Irish Presidential elections using... smarties. Bonus points for showing why Irish election counting takes so long:
Reposted by Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD²
📢 As one of the next round of TRMP PhD students (below) you could join me, Clare Robinson, @averoniki.bsky.social and @marionkcampbell.bsky.social to work on developing a typology of research outputs in trials methodology, based at @wiphcem.bsky.social. Details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
October 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
📢 As one of the next round of TRMP PhD students (below) you could join me, Clare Robinson, @averoniki.bsky.social and @marionkcampbell.bsky.social to work on developing a typology of research outputs in trials methodology, based at @wiphcem.bsky.social. Details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
A #PeerReview system reliant on free labour produces slow, poor-quality, biased results, quelle suprise :(
Cambridge University Press conducted a survey on 2.8k researchers - 𝟓𝟎% 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦. www-cambridge-org.stanford.idm.oclc.org/us/universit...
October 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
A #PeerReview system reliant on free labour produces slow, poor-quality, biased results, quelle suprise :(
Five years in Ireland and I'm still learning about different ways to spelling things...
skeptical vs sceptical
why is there such a love for the extra curvy letters (c and s -- focussed) and dislike for the sharp ones (ks and zs -- disorganized)
skeptical vs sceptical
why is there such a love for the extra curvy letters (c and s -- focussed) and dislike for the sharp ones (ks and zs -- disorganized)
October 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Five years in Ireland and I'm still learning about different ways to spelling things...
skeptical vs sceptical
why is there such a love for the extra curvy letters (c and s -- focussed) and dislike for the sharp ones (ks and zs -- disorganized)
skeptical vs sceptical
why is there such a love for the extra curvy letters (c and s -- focussed) and dislike for the sharp ones (ks and zs -- disorganized)
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2nd Annual Global Symposium on Health #Misinformation
Register for Symposium (free)
9-10 December
2nd Annual Global Symposium on Health #Misinformation
Register for Symposium (free)
9-10 December
2nd Annual Global Health Misinformation Symposium 9-10 December 2025 - Agenda - True Health Initiative
Misinformation in health and nutrition is no longer just a fringe issue. It's a growing threat undermining public trust, distorting policy, enabling commercial agendas, and putting lives and livelihoo...
truehealthinitiative.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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2nd Annual Global Symposium on Health #Misinformation
Register for Symposium (free)
9-10 December
2nd Annual Global Symposium on Health #Misinformation
Register for Symposium (free)
9-10 December
Reposted by Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD²
Dr Jane Murphy, co-author of the recent HRB report into gaps in women’s health research across the OECD, says input from clinicians and patients is needed to address these deficiencies.
Watch/listen on the HRB Evidence for Policy page: tinyurl.com/3hzwc4yy
#womenshealth
Watch/listen on the HRB Evidence for Policy page: tinyurl.com/3hzwc4yy
#womenshealth
October 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Dr Jane Murphy, co-author of the recent HRB report into gaps in women’s health research across the OECD, says input from clinicians and patients is needed to address these deficiencies.
Watch/listen on the HRB Evidence for Policy page: tinyurl.com/3hzwc4yy
#womenshealth
Watch/listen on the HRB Evidence for Policy page: tinyurl.com/3hzwc4yy
#womenshealth
Reposted by Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD²
As trust in the federal government's stewardship of US public health infrastructure plummets, NEJM and CIDRAP are launching a rival publication to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Story by @aniloza.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c...
Story by @aniloza.bsky.social
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NEJM and public health group are launching rival to CDC’s MMWR publication
Two institutions are coming together to create an alternative to the CDC’s vaunted Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
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October 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
As trust in the federal government's stewardship of US public health infrastructure plummets, NEJM and CIDRAP are launching a rival publication to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Story by @aniloza.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c...
Story by @aniloza.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c...
Reposted by Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD²
The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) has released “A Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at Research Performing Organizations”, designed to help research performing organizations.
ℹ️ Learn more at https://bit.ly/4gSzFA6
@dorassessment.bsky.social
ℹ️ Learn more at https://bit.ly/4gSzFA6
@dorassessment.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) has released “A Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at Research Performing Organizations”, designed to help research performing organizations.
ℹ️ Learn more at https://bit.ly/4gSzFA6
@dorassessment.bsky.social
ℹ️ Learn more at https://bit.ly/4gSzFA6
@dorassessment.bsky.social
Reposted by Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD²
Immediate skin-to-skin contact between newborns and their mothers offers a better start in life, improving a number of key health metrics, according to a newly-updated Cochrane review.
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🔗 www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...
October 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Immediate skin-to-skin contact between newborns and their mothers offers a better start in life, improving a number of key health metrics, according to a newly-updated Cochrane review.
🔗 www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...
🔗 www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...
Interesting #preprint out on
Factors influencing the trustworthiness of non-randomized studies of interventions: a survey of international experts
#NRSI
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Factors influencing the trustworthiness of non-randomized studies of interventions: a survey of international experts
#NRSI
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Factors influencing the trustworthiness of non-randomized studies of interventions: a survey of international experts
Background Perceived trustworthiness of research may be influenced by factors beyond the risk of bias, including study-related characteristics, research context, and external circumstances. Identifyin...
www.medrxiv.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Interesting #preprint out on
Factors influencing the trustworthiness of non-randomized studies of interventions: a survey of international experts
#NRSI
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Factors influencing the trustworthiness of non-randomized studies of interventions: a survey of international experts
#NRSI
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Colossal piece of work on terminology in #EvidenceSynthesis
We identified 1010 unique terms to describe a type of evidence synthesis; of these, 742 terms were only mentioned once ebm.bmj.com/content/earl...
We identified 1010 unique terms to describe a type of evidence synthesis; of these, 742 terms were only mentioned once ebm.bmj.com/content/earl...
Over 1000 terms have been used to describe evidence synthesis: a scoping review
Objective To inform the development of an evidence synthesis taxonomy, we aimed to identify and examine all classification systems, typologies or taxonomies that have been proposed for evidence synthe...
ebm.bmj.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Colossal piece of work on terminology in #EvidenceSynthesis
We identified 1010 unique terms to describe a type of evidence synthesis; of these, 742 terms were only mentioned once ebm.bmj.com/content/earl...
We identified 1010 unique terms to describe a type of evidence synthesis; of these, 742 terms were only mentioned once ebm.bmj.com/content/earl...
In 2008, the AAP rescinded guidance to delay introduction of #peanuts to at-risk children until age 3, as this strategy was not protective against food #allergy.
Now -> the LEAP trial uncovered effectiveness of early, sustained peanut ingestion in protecting against severe AD/ egg allergy in infants
Now -> the LEAP trial uncovered effectiveness of early, sustained peanut ingestion in protecting against severe AD/ egg allergy in infants
Advice to feed babies peanuts early and often helped thousands of kids avoid allergies
A study that upended medical practice by recommending feeding babies peanut products early to prevent allergies has had a big effect in the real world.
apnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Reposted by Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD²
Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess
Reposted by Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD²
📢 Applications for the 2026-2027 Morris Fishbein Fellowship in Medical Editing are due Monday, January 5.
This one-year fellowship at JAMA’s Chicago headquarters offers physicians hands-on experience in editing and publishing a leading medical journal.
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This one-year fellowship at JAMA’s Chicago headquarters offers physicians hands-on experience in editing and publishing a leading medical journal.
ja.ma/3IiDkKG
October 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
📢 Applications for the 2026-2027 Morris Fishbein Fellowship in Medical Editing are due Monday, January 5.
This one-year fellowship at JAMA’s Chicago headquarters offers physicians hands-on experience in editing and publishing a leading medical journal.
ja.ma/3IiDkKG
This one-year fellowship at JAMA’s Chicago headquarters offers physicians hands-on experience in editing and publishing a leading medical journal.
ja.ma/3IiDkKG