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Benjamin Burr

@benjaminburr.bsky.social

Statistician, dog person, runner, and so on. πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ in Sheffield πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ living my best Yorkshire life. Account is mostly for lurking.

163 Followers  |  669 Following  |  12 Posts  |  Joined: 20.01.2024  |  2.1958

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Vacature: Postdoc Preventing health inequalities by improving socioeconomic positions Are you passionate about understanding how social policies shape health inequalities? Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher and help uncover the true impact of policies aimed at improving socioeconomic...

If you're looking for a post-doc in social health inequalities research and causal inference? Joost Oude-Groeniger and I have just such a position opening up.

www.werkenbijerasmusmc.nl/en/vacancy/1...

02.05.2025 06:55 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
A BlueSky post by Darren Dahly in which he says β€œmemes are free”

A BlueSky post by Darren Dahly in which he says β€œmemes are free”

I’m now selling this as an NFT. Starting price is $45 billion.

30.03.2025 08:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PhD in Epidemiology on value-of-information from validating clinical prediction models and AI Join Maastricht University as a PhD student in Epidemiology, advancing interdisciplinary methods to ensure reliable AI in healthcare through innovative statistical and health-economic approaches. Job ...

Are you a statistician or health-economist who wants to develop new methods and who is interested in evaluating the role of diagnostic & prognostic prediction models and AI? We have an opening for a PhD position at Maastricht University!

www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3503...

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I’ve been following many/all of the ones I’ve run across for a couple of months so you can probably start with my Following list. There should be a couple hundred on there.

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Winter 2025 - Researcher positions in AI and machine learning β€” FCAI

Postdoc and doctoral student positions in developing Bayesian methods! The positions are funded by Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence FCAI and there are many other topics, too, but if you specify me as the preferred supervisor then it's going to be Bayesian. fcai.fi/winter-2025-...

19.12.2024 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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Job Opportunity at LSHTM: Research Fellow in EHR Research The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...

Postdoc position in EHR research on infections and socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities in England, using OpenSAFELY jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... 4 year post with me & working with @ruthcostelloepi.bsky.social, Daniel Grint + many other collaborators.
Join a supportive & enthusiastic team!

17.12.2024 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Four year postdoc position at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE) (272144) | University of Oslo Job title: Four year postdoc position at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE) (272144), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, January 31, 2025

Want to do a postdoc in Oslo? We're seeking candidates for a four year postdoc position in causal inference/time-to-event analysis.

Application deadline is January 31. See below for more information and feel free to take contact if you have any questions! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

16.12.2024 10:40 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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APPLY NOW for a CANSSI Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship!
#statistics #biostatistics #actuarialscience #datascience

βœ… 2 years
βœ… $70,000+/year
βœ… Comprehensive statistics-focused research & training

Get the details:
canssi.ca/program/dist...

10.12.2024 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
PhD Opportunities – MRC AIM

πŸ“’Funded PhD on "Analytic methods for leveraging complex data to inform effective evaluation of cancer therapies", supervised by myself, @richarddriley.bsky.social , S Khan and J Singh, collaborating with AstraZeneca; D Jackson, S Khosla. For further information follow more.bham.ac.uk/mrc-aim/phd-...

05.12.2024 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Investigating statistical methods to assess the conduct and integrity of clinical trials at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Investigating statistical methods to assess the conduct and integrity of clinical trials at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com

Funding available to do a PhD on statistical methods for assessing the integrity of RCTs, based in Aberdeen, with Alison Avenell, myself, Graeme MacLennan and Mark Bolland. Competitive process, funded by MRC Trials Methodology Research Partnership: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

03.12.2024 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

So excited! That’s good timing with our supposed β€œless busy” period. I won’t say anything about the date to my huge following, of course, but will check the website every few minutes in early January. Thank you! 😁

29.11.2024 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@timpmorris.bsky.social Are you planning to offer the β€œUsing Simulation Studies” short course in 2025? I know the website says you don’t have a date for it yet, just want to plan ahead and hope to make my employer pay for it! ☺️

29.11.2024 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why I have resigned from the Royal Society The Royal Society is a venerable institution founded in 1660, whose original members included such eminent men as Christopher Wren, Robert H...

New blogpost:
deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...

25.11.2024 07:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2472    πŸ” 1012    πŸ’¬ 165    πŸ“Œ 201
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Research Studentships

Up to 5 Departmental PhD Scholarships

Deadline: 10 January 2025

The Departmental Scholarships will be 3.5 years in duration, full time (or 6 years for part-time), and includes full tuition fees, an annual stipend, and an allowance for research training.

www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/p...

22.11.2024 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Statistics Analyst Noumea or Suva-based position Attractive expatriate package Join the principal development organisation in the region Description The Pacific Community (SPC)...

I am #hiring 2 analysts for the Statistics for Development Division at the Pacific Community (SPC). Skills: #rstats and/or Stata; Git; complex household surveys; development issues relating to Pacific Islands.

Based in either Fiji or New Caledonia (and we will relocate you and your family there).

21.11.2024 04:23 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Duke University, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Full service online faculty recruitment and application management system for academic institutions worldwide. We offer unique solutions tailored for academic communities.

Academic job opening at #Duke in #Biostatistics!

academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29227

Areas of interest include #AI / #ML, clinical research #informatics, #data engineering, harmonization and architecture for multicenter studies.

20.11.2024 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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We are organising the First International Conference on Probabilistic Numerics (ProbNum 2025) at EURECOM in southern France in Sep 2025. Topics: AI, ML, Stat, Sim, and Numerics. Reposts very much appreciated!

probnum25.github.io

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Come for the tea, stay for the tests

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Why not

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Vacancy β€” PhD student SciML4Medicine PhD student SciML4Medicine: electrocardiography analysis with mathematical modeling and deep learning.

new PhD position with @maartenvsmeden.bsky.social and me!

are you:

- interested in the intersection of "science" and deep learning?
- keen to work with electrocardiography (ECG) data
- eager to learn and be part of a vibrant data science team of the UMC Utrecht?

see bit.ly/3UaSN23

15.10.2024 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Mathematics Broader Horizons Maths has a vital role in the modern world, driving developments in technology, science and society which contribute to solving global problems. Maths is a diverse and interesting story with cultur…

What is maths? Who is it for? Where can it lead you? We offer more diverse answers to these questions than students might expect in this sixth form event for Maths Week England.

If you're local to Sheffield & teach A Level maths check it out!
shuoutreach.com/event/mathem...
#MathsToday #UKMathsChat

14.10.2024 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're (the machine learning research group in Oxford) recruiting a three-year postdoc to work on inverse reinforcement learning (deadline 5th Nov): my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

08.10.2024 10:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you are interested in pursuing a #PhD at @statisticsucl.bsky.social (Oct/25) in #Bayesian methodology and computational #statistics, co-supervised by Sam Livingstone and myself, feel free to reach out. A strong academic background and proven experience in these areas are essential.

01.10.2024 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Strategy Unit is growing!

Oh beloved stats nerds, come work for the NHS, doing and teaching data simulation!

Β£62-Β£86k
permanent
remote

#statsky #biostats #rstats #episky

01.10.2024 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

We recently had a scare when an absolutely gigantic one set up camp above the toothbrushes. I do top to bottom checks of the shower and the entire bathroom three times a day and still they magically appear

26.09.2024 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Possibly just the link wouldn’t load it properly. It looks right but wouldn’t load from the earlier shared link for me either. Works fine for me from his page.

04.02.2024 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He hosts a free pdf version of it at www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~swood34/

04.02.2024 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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