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Fjorida Llaha

@fllaha.bsky.social
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PhD Candidate at @UiTNorgesarktis Interests #Alcohol #Cancer #Epidemiology #PublicHealth en.uit.no/ansatte/person?p_document… Life between Tirana, Barcelona and Tromsø.

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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A value I see in presenting a supplementary model with fewer, commonly available variables across original studies is that it facilitate comparability across studies and maybe (in some cases) improve clarity in meta-analysis by pooling estimates of the same estimand.
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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
When I see PhD positions like this, I think I should probably do another PhD :)
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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Can people with a PhD apply 😊? Good luck!
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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Then the results are interpreted as purely age-related patterns.
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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The cross-country thinking comes to my mind when I see EPIC studies modeling alcohol trajectories during adulthood (often using latent class trajectory models) pooling alcohol data from ~10 countries - ignoring differences in income, alcohol policies, social norms, or periods of data collection.
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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Do you know any paper discussing in practice time 0 alignment for lifestyles treatment? This looks like a much more difficult task than for medical / pharmacological treatment, often discussed in methods papers of practical time 0 alignment.
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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
This is great, Jeremy, and super helpful for resolving co-author debates on language. Just one small unnecessary critique. Often, the first author in Box 1 is a PhD or postdoc, and in my experience, they are often the ones pushing senior co-authors toward better language use 😊
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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Tan solo al ver que salían en El Hormiguero, pedír donaciones públicas y hacer sentir al público responsable de los avances en el campo, me pareció una praxis dudosa.
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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Consequences of following Jeremy → constantly reminding myself that it’s my duty to give meaning to “associations” and the results, not the reader’s job. I am the one who knows the study goal, my data, the literature, who chose the methods. Temptation to write “association” and move on is real :)
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Jeremy Labrecque @jeremylabrecque.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Cool paper from @keling-wang.com showing that 35% of randomly selected diabetes guideline recommendations use stronger causal language than the papers they cite. Such "causal jumps" are not necessarily unwarranted but, at best, lack of transparency in how causal conclusions were arrived at.
bmjopen.bmj.com
Causal language jumps and non-alignments between clinical practice guidelines and original studies: a systematic evaluation of diabetes guidelines and their cited evidence
Objectives Clinical practice guidelines are designed to guide clinical practice and often make causal claims when making recommendations. Sometimes, guidelines make or require stronger causal claims t...
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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Credits go to the people of #EpiTwitter, not to Twitter 😊
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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
This takes me back to #EpiTwitter and the debates on the use of latent growth curve models for causal questions. That thread SAVED MY PHD. "What exactly is being compared?", among other questions and issues made me stopped using these models further in my PhD.
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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
When you don't go to a conference, but your DAG does 😊
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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I’m uploading my #DAGs on #alcohol and #cancer to this nice platform for sharing and discussion. This DAG is also available on DAGitty for easy reuse: dagitty.net/dags.html?id... A detailed explanation of the assumptions behind the DAGs is here: www.dovepress.com/article/supp...
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DAGitty v3.1
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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Many congratulations 🎉
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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Do you have any advice for PhD students on how to work with senior co-authors who insist that the language in observational studies should be strictly limited to associational? Assume that quitting the PhD or changing co-authors is not an option.
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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
#EpiSky Please share!
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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Position as professor/associate professor in biostatistics in Tromsø. Deadline October 12. www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
jobbnorge.no
Professor/førsteamanuensis i biostatistikk (286394) | UiT Norges arktiske universitet
Stillingstittel: Professor/førsteamanuensis i biostatistikk (286394), Arbeidsgiver: UiT Norges arktiske universitet, Søknadsfrist: søndag 12. oktober 2025
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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
I’ve had the same impression while looking at academic epidemiology postdoc offers. So much focus on AI, machine learning, LLM experience. Are these the core skills we need now? What about subject matter knowledge, study design, bias, statistics, population health knowledge? Outdated?
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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
The evaluation committee consists of one academic representative/usually a senior academic from each department of the faculty, the Pro Dean for Research Education, and a student representative.
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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Evaluated. The format is like a grant proposal and evaluation focuses on scientific rigor and project feasibility.
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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
At UiT (Tromsø), we submit two protocols, one to the faculty and one to the ethics committee - even when using existing cohorts. Both must describe methods + variables you want to access (what & why). If changes are needed later, both protocols must be updated and re-approved.
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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Every time I pass this road, I think its so cool that the #TromsøStudy has its own directional traffic sign.🙂 #PopulationBasedStudy #Norway lnkd.in/dkGp45Cd
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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Excited for my first #SER2025 in Boston next week! Looking forward to meeting US collaborators in person who are advising me on how to properly use target trial emulation and G-methods in #alcohol and #cancer observational studies.
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Fjorida Llaha @fllaha.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Highly recommended! Also, very helpful to improve the quality of my own manuscripts.
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