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David Bann @davidbann.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

paper: academic.oup.com/ije/article/... repo: github.com/edlowther/au... Janse and Meulenbeld comment: academic.oup.com/ije/article/... our reply: academic.oup.com/ije/article/... w/ Ed Lowther Yevgeniya Kovalchuk Liam Wright

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David Bann @davidbann.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Why can’t epidemiology be automated — yet? Nice to see commentary on our IJE paper raising concerns about AI, de-skilling, environment & equity. We reply: balanced appraisal matters. AI has risks, but also major positive potential if used judiciously. Modern academia is often risk-averse...

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Dr Iain Staffell @iain-staffell.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Here's an eye opening new tool for academics... Find out the gobsmacking amount of money you have spent on publishing open access journal papers. Tool: pubanalyser.streamlit.app Code by @davidbann.bsky.social github.com/dbann/pubana...

Screenshot of the app showing I have blown over $300k on open access fees 😱

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G. Deniz Salali @denizsalali.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Our new paper is out! 🚀 BaYaka hunter-gatherer children are 3x more active than WHO recommendations & stay active as they age—unlike US/UK kids, whose activity declines with the start of formal schooling 📉. Read more in @SciReports: rdcu.be/d72T1

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