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Ankur Pandya

@ankurfactorial.bsky.social
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Jeremy Labrecque @jeremylabrecque.bsky.social · 16h
When I was a PhD student, I thought the most challenging thing in epi was how to answer a question. Now, figuring out what question people are trying ask is the most challenging part of my work.
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today's winning Biology All email--in fact this is a contender for best this year
Hi all,

We received a package with no name to GSB 2144 with 80 sheep brains in it. If you are expecting this package, please reach out and we can coordinate the pickup!

Best wishes,
Jenna
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Jaxson Cart
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
In the earliest days of simulation modeling, to improve the stability of their results, researchers would good into the streets and just ask people to pick a number between 1 and 1000, also known as using Commoner Random Numbers
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Heads up this is **not** a place to get 500 grams of eggs
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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Been getting a lot of “thinking of you during this difficult time” messages and it’s like damn just how often do I mention my love of Taco Bell
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
#DidYouKnow that Usher has a private bathroom at the Bergen airport
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
York street signs #InTheStyleOf The Cure
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
May we all show as much grace when international soccer superstars are delaying our room service order of Michelob ultras
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Gentleman of leisure
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
bayesian hierarchical model
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Only 57 citations of DJ PASTA??? shame on all of us
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I love to #negotiate with my friends
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
“Man,…”
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Happy ‘Only Substantive Emails Are From Your International Colleagues’ Day to those who celebrate
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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
CHDS's @ankurfactorial.bsky.social and colleagues @jinyizhu.bsky.social , Andrea Luviano, Lyndon James & George Goshua, propose a method to account for unknown equity weight values into distributional cost-effectiveness analysis: “threshold inequality aversion parameters.” tinyurl.com/53ckz8k6
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
We’ve had our meeting, yes. But what about follow-up on that meeting?
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bageltechno (Mike Norvell-Watch) @bageltechno.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
my demands are simple, mr. bond
world-class chud tom brady wearing a single glove on his right hand and a big headset on his head while broadcasting the eagles vs bills game
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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
this feels like the premise of a small-town-christmas hallmark movie plot
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Harvard Health Policy and Management @harvardhpm.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
🎥 New video spotlighting the mission and impact of the Department of Health Policy and Management at @hsph.harvard.edu. ▶️ Watch, share, and learn more about what drives HPM! #HealthPolicy #PublicHealth #HPM #HealthEquity #Storytelling
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Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
YouTube video by Harvard HPM
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Laura Eek!! Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Stay safe out there y'all
An illustration showing cute fat rabbits piling into an underground burrow. There is text, part of which has been edited. The original text says "There are tunnels underground where bunnies are safe — safe" and the edited text adds "from emails"
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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 16/12/2025
Phil we need you to do one last job. Ok I’m in. This time it’s personal…. healthcare.
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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
The Yale crew is awesome and doing incredibly innovative things in the Medicaid and SNAP space. If you're interested in health policy and a predoc, run, do not walk, to apply for this!
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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 05/12/2025
STORE: Thank you for your order! STORE: We are preparing your order! STORE: We put your order in a box! STORE: Look who has a mailing label! STORE: Your order has been shipped! STORE: Your order is in your city! STORE: Your order is nearby! STORE: Your order sees you. STORE: Turn around.
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
“I just can’t wait to sleep in my own bed again.” -me, 5 minutes after getting up from my own bed
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Wife calls play-action passes “fake-outs” and honestly we all should
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
We be Burns’ing
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
I always wear “Sport” fragrances before playing sports
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Adam Sacarny @asacarny.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
HP OfficeJet 3550 regrets to inform you that your document was not selected for printing. Unfortunately, the number of jobs submitted far exceeded the paper in the paper tray. If you would like to print, we encourage you to submit another job in the future.
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
I disappointed the printer. How’s your day going?
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
(in the style of Sugar Ray) 🎵 I-I-I-I don’t wanna write 🎵
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
#SomeKings
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
“I gotta LOCK IN or I’ll BE COOKED” - teens these days
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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
PhD candidate Ye Shen published a modeling study that estimated cumulative insurance experiences during childhood in JAMA (@jama.com), with coauthors including CHDS faculty Ankur Pandya (@ankurfactorial.bsky.social) and Nicolas Menzies. 🔗 More about the study: shorturl.at/lXEAX
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Sue Goldie Has Parkinson’s Disease (Gift Article)
An acclaimed researcher is an expert at explaining complicated problems. Now she has to confront the most vexing question: What is happening to her?
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Marketing VP: What do people love the most? Client: Uh, ice cr…. Marketing VP: WRONG. They love TED talks, Peyton Manning, and insurance. Client: You are right. Here is your money.
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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
CHDS affiliate Karen Smith co-authored a cost-effectiveness analysis of intensive blood pressure targets in settings with blood pressure measurement error, with colleagues including CHDS' Thomas Gaziano, Nicolas Menzies, and Ankur Pandya (@ankurfactorial.bsky.social). 📝Read more: shorturl.at/4Kekr
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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
It’s that time of year again: The information session for Harvard’s PhD in Health Policy will be held a month from today, on Tuesday, October 28. Register here (recording will be available for those who can’t make it): harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
A new paper led by Harvard Health Policy PhD student Ye Shen finds that, in the current policy environment, more than six in ten kids will have been enrolled in Medicaid for some period of time by their 18th birthday; the program is absolutley critical for children. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Adam Raymakers @araymakers.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Excited to share new research led by Jessica Harvey exploring the budget impact of gene therapies for sickle cell disease, with a focus on Medicaid programs. Co-As: @ankurfactorial.bsky.social, @leah-rand.bsky.social, @akesselheim.bsky.social, & George Goshua. 🔗: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Modeling the Budgetary Impacts of Sickle Cell Disease Gene Therapies on State Medicaid Programs - Journal of General Internal Medicine
Journal of General Internal Medicine -
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Tomato season ya bish (my in-laws canning, not us!)
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Dr Seuss, MD not as good with book sales
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Emily Moin @emilymoin.com · 17/09/2025
Interesting, feasible, impactful, choose 2
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Peter Neumann @peterneumann11.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
In this just published paper in Value in Health led by Feng Xie and colleagues, we reviewed the published cost-effectiveness evidence for the 15 drugs selected for IPAY 2027 Medicare negotiations. @djvanness.bsky.social @ankurfactorial.bsky.social www.valueinhealthjournal.com/article/S109...
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Cost Effectiveness of the 15 Drugs Selected for IPAY 2027 CMS Drug Price Negotiation
To analyze published cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) for the 15 drugs selected for the Initial Price Applicability Year 2027 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
To my haters:
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Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
You are not a development economists if you haven't read this classic.
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
I am an expert at texting
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Ankur Pandya @ankurfactorial.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Going on minute 22 waiting outside the Sephora, waiting for a new family to adopt me
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