Amanda Luff

Square sugar cookie with a graph in red icing on left, gingerbread girl in a blue top and orange skirt on right, mixed sugar and gingerbread man in the middle with blue mittens, orange boots, and an orange square with a red graph on his chest

Hey episky, are we doing the #epicookiechallenge this year? Because I made mixed methods

I just learned that a young family member, who I babysat as a toddler, died of an accidental overdose after ingesting fentanyl. She was 24 years old and full of spirit. I am heartbroken.

My husband told me he died, and my immediate response was “good.” I have lived and worked in Cambodia, and that asshole can burn.

During this holiday season, remember to remind your relatives that you can’t be “socially liberal but fiscally conservative” because economic issues are social issues!

Hope this helps! 🤗

I live in a neighborhood called Bay View and sometimes people abbreviate it as BV… and I cannot.

I’m sharing all mine here:

I’m still sharing all mine here!

Says “food has no moral value” surrounded by various foods, such as ice cream, carrots, sushi, and candy.

Overheard some icky diet culture talk at my gym yesterday, so here is a gentle reminder that food is not a moral issue. Food is just food.

A cat is falling asleep on a woman’s chest.

Update: the situation has become even more dire

Woman with gray cat on her chest, holding a mug with multicolored cats.

How am I supposed to go to my desk when this epicat is so cozy? Lil buddy.

I donated a code and my PhD advisor (@mfgallo.bsky.social) used it to join! Small world! Episky, welcome Maria! 😊

Hello fellow skysters!

I'm an epidemiologist at the University of Leeds with an interest in causality.

Most of my content is about the awesomeness of epidemiology, geeky stuff about causal inference, or angry stuff about academia.

My proudest moment on social media is making the meme below.

I mean 1800 sounds at first like a lot but it’s probably only a few hours of extra work.

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Cambodian MoH/CDC just announced a fatal case of #Avian #influenza #H5N1 in a human. For 2023 this is the third case, in addition to two cases in February and the second mortality. #EpiSky #ViroSky

I also got one that was just a cat 😂

Post your bluesky name and bio in ai and see what it makes of it.

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Based on my bio, I am a white woman staring thoughtfully into the distance.

I would recommend double data entry, ideally by two different people.

I tried the arm circles and if it did anything, I’m in horror of how bad it would’ve been otherwise!

I take solace in the the idea that at least I mounted a solid immune response! 😂

Sending well wishes to your shoulders! The one I got my Covid shot in felt broken for a couple days 😬

It's good manners to let trans folks be happy.

An older man holding an orange Maine Coon cat. The cat is closer to the size of a medium dog than a typical house cat

Hey Bluesky enjoy this gigantic cat that came into work today

😂 getting flashbacks to all the times I had to call the sponsor because something wasn’t behaving on the platform! And every sponsor has their own homebrewed page that looks like it was built in 2004. Why can’t we all just use REDCap?

Oof, I worked in clinical research for years and it is SO painful. And with the amount of red tape, recruitment issues, and strict inclusion/exclusion criteria, I’m often skeptical of the conclusions that are drawn. Gimme a well designed observational study over a typical RCT any day!

Annual Meeting - Society of Family Planning The Society of Family Planning is the source for abortion and contraception science.

Reminder that the SFP annual meeting is happening Oct 28-30 in Seattle and the last day to register is this Thursday, 10/5! Looking forward to seeing everyone in a few weeks! episky reprosky

Every intro PH course needs to address racism as a public health issue. David Williams’ Racism and Health (2019) is a great overview, but any of his work is a great addition to a reading list.

But also, you may start working on two aims and another idea comes to you along the way! My final diss aims weren’t the same as in my proposal.

Super weird that you can’t embargo theses! But most journals are OK with publishing things that have appeared in theses these days. They don’t consider that to be “published.” Maybe look into guidelines of your target journals?

Why wouldn’t you be able to publish papers based on each of the two aims?

The best dissertation is a done dissertation! If you can write and defend a 2-aim diss, go for it!

Well that certainly hits home 😅