Sarah McCann

Sarah McCann

@skmccann.bsky.social

Leading CAMARADES at the QUEST Center, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité. Interested in metaresearch, evidence synthesis, and neuroscience.

348 Followers 456 Following 3 Posts Joined Nov 2024
7 months ago
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🇨🇭🇪🇺 Just Published in Royal Society Open Science!

A scoping review on metrics to quantify reproducibility:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Ever conducted a replication and pondered when/how to conclude if it was (un)successful?
We have just the paper for you (led by Rachel Heyard)! 1/14

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Screenshot of title banner for article published in jBI Evidence Implementation: SHOW ME the evidence: Features of an approach to reliably deliver research evidence to those who need it. 
Lavis, John N.; Grimshaw, Jeremy M.; Stewart, Ruth; Elliott, Julian; Moy, Will; Meerpohl, Joerg J.
JBI Evidence Implementation 23(1):p 131-137, January 2025

@lavisjn.bsky.social of @mcmasterforum.bsky.social
outlines features of the 'SHOW ME the evidence’ approach for reliably delivering research evidence to those who need it: journals.lww.com/ijebh/fullte...
#EvidenceSynthesis

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PubMed down .... Here's my post on what to do

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Scientific publishers are producing more papers than ever Concerns about some of their business models are building

The Economist covered our "Strain on scientific publishing" paper.

What is this all about?

We collectively churn out more & more papers *per scientist*, an increasing pace, in a rapidly changing publication landscape.

Why? How? Want to make sense of this? 🧵

www.economist.com/science-and-...

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Excited to be part of this global effort to improve how we use evidence for decision-making.

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VIDA DTC: Systematic evidence-based approach to identifying and tailoring inflammation modulating treatments to improve clinical outcomes including cognition for patients with intracerebral haemorrhag... PhD Project - VIDA DTC: Systematic evidence-based approach to identifying and tailoring inflammation modulating treatments to improve clinical outcomes including cognition for patients with intracereb...

Funded #PhD Opportunity

Develop systematic, evidence based approaches to identify and tailor treatments in ICH.

@neshika.bsky.social
@maclomaclee.bsky.social
@edinunineuro.bsky.social

Apply by 20.12.24

#Neuroscience #stroke #ich #drugrepurposing #evidencesynthesis #datascience

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Closing the scissor-shaped curve: Strategies to promote gender equality in academia Gender inequality in STEM fields remains pervasive and undermines the ability for talented individuals to excel. Despite advances, women still encounter obstacles in pursuing academic careers and reac...

Reading the paper in Cell about how to close the scissor plots in gender representation at senior academic positions, I feel just a touch of pessimism. Having reached a level of seniority (middle management) I didn’t think I ever would, I read these great ideas wanting more, much more /1.

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1 year ago

@torstenrackoll.bsky.social and I got to join this discussion started by our colleagues, who are leading the investigation of this pressing issue in preclinical systematic reviews.

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Big congratulations to the group of ECRs responsible for this forward-thinking perspective 🤩

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