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Aberdeen Centre for Evaluation (formerly HSRU) @ace-aberdeen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Excited to have a team of researchers from #ACE heading to the International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference - #ICTMC2026 - in Birmingham next week. Come and join us for a great series of talks and posters!

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Marion Campbell @marionkcampbell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

We are hiring!! Our trials unit, CHaRT, is looking to appoint a Deputy Director (Methodology). The role will provide methodological leadership across CHaRT’s portfolio. A really exciting opportunity for anyone interested in a leadership role in clinical trials!! See: www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...

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Deputy Director (Methodology), Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition (ACE014A) | The University of Aberdeen

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Marion Campbell @marionkcampbell.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Calling all surgical trainees - last few days to sign up for the BOASTiC 2026 surgical trials course! Learn how to design and conduct surgical trials at Merton College, Oxford on 29-30 Sept. Great learning, experienced faculty, and fun!

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Greg Bryson @glbryson.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

If, like me, you thought of Googling “estimand” this thread will sort you out.

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Marion Campbell @marionkcampbell.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

At the Society of Clinical Trials (#SCT2026) conference last week, one of the topics being discussed was estimands & intercurrent events in cluster trials. Perfect timing for the publication of the new cRCT estimand framework 1/8 #MethodologyMonday #129

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Marion Campbell @marionkcampbell.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Superb resource for all interested in evidence-based critical care 👇

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Marion Campbell @marionkcampbell.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The #NIHR are currently advertising several funding committee vacancies including a number to serve on the #BMBR (Better Methods Better Research) funding Committee. If you are interested in supporting the funding of methods research in the UK, please consider applying. www.nihr.ac.uk/get-involved...

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NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) @nihr-rss.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

NIHR RSS webinar: Better Methods Better Research (BMBR) Funding Programme The webinar will cover the scope and aims of BMBR, features of strong applications, and experience from a recent successful applicant. Join the webinar on March 16 at 12-1pm: teams.microsoft.com/meet/3410304...

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Marion Campbell @marionkcampbell.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Superb programme lined up for this year’s Critical Care Reviews Meeting… 12 of the leading critical care trials will present their results. Top science, top methodology and a deep dive into the latest evidence for clinical practice. Registration open! #CCR26 criticalcarereviews.com/meetings/ccr26

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NHS Research Scotland @nhsresearchscotland.org.uk · 20/01/2026

The Chief Scientist Office has opened their Early Postdoctoral Fellowships for application, providing three years of salary and consumable support to early career health researchers to enable then to develop their careers. Apply now 🔗 tinyurl.com/wxa8k75h

Advertisement for the Early Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Chief Scientist Office, featuring two researchers smiling and discussing in a laboratory. Includes the details: "This scheme is designed to build health research capacity in Scotland and as such, it provides the opportunity for both clinical and non–clinical health researchers to develop their research following successful completion of a PhD. Deadline Tuesday 10 March."

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Marion Campbell @marionkcampbell.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Are you passionate about supporting the funding of high-quality methods research in health? If so, please consider applying for the role of Deputy Chair of the NIHR/MRC Better Methods Better Research funding Committee - closing date 22 Jan. See: www.nihr.ac.uk/get-involved...

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American Statistical Association History of Statistics @hos-asa.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

3/ He established not one but 3 statistics depts at Aberdeen, BARC & Edinburgh. He later said if it wasn’t for typhoid he would have been “a rather poor schoolteacher of mathematics.”

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American Statistical Association History of Statistics @hos-asa.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

#OTD 1917 David Finney b (d 12 Nov 2018) CBE FRS; ASA Fellow 1951; Royal Statistical Society President 1973. Pioneered statistical methods of experimental design, statistical computing, pharmacovigilance, biological assay & probit analysis. 1/3

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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · 23/12/2025

On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… 🎶 📊 Three key outcomes 🫀 Two boluses of bicarb ⚡ And ROSC in the BIHCA cardiac arrest trial 🎄 #CCR26 criticalcarereviews.com/meetings/ccr26

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ithinkwellhugh.bsky.social @ithinkwellhugh.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Writing Genres: First draft: Horror Abstract: Action thriller Hypothesis section: Fantasy Results section: Tragedy Limitations section: True crime Implications section: Satire Grant application: Science fiction

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Marion Campbell @marionkcampbell.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

It’s the run up to the holidays so there can only be one #MethodologyMonday topic - the scientific way to cut your Christmas cake. Published c1906 in Nature by the statistician Francis Galton 🎂🎄🔪😊 Enjoy! galton.org/essays/1900-...

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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · 21/12/2025

It's the 12 Days of Christmas, CCR Style! Over the rest of December, we'll be announcing the CCR26 trials 1st up - the LOGICAL trial, investigating conservative oxygenation for the attenuation of hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy post cardiac arrest Registration opens soon!

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 17/12/2025

Doug Altman was an internationally renowned statistician who served as The BMJ’s chief statistical adviser. Read about life and work that made this statistician a "citation millionaire" #BMJChristmas www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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NHS Research Scotland @nhsresearchscotland.org.uk · 16/12/2025

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UK CTU Network @ukctunetwork.org · 15/12/2025

Want to improve your knowledge & practice of clinical trials? #UKCTUNetwork members offer a wide variety of learning & development opportunities covering all aspects of academic clinical research. Find out more here: tinyurl.com/mueyhau7 #ClinicalTrials #Training

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Marion Campbell @marionkcampbell.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

The stepped wedge design came up in the #CCRDownUnder meeting last week so it seemed a good time to revisit the pros and cons of this design 1/6 #MethodologyMonday #128

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Beatriz Goulão @beatrizgoulao.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

New fully funded PhD opportunity to come and work with me at the University of Glasgow exploring the role of data-driven interventions (audit and feedback) to improve environmental sustainability of the NHS. Deadline to apply: 12th Jan 2026. Find out more here: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...

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SITU Oxford @situ-oxford.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

The 10 year follow-up results of the TOPKAT trial of total (TKR) vs partial (PKR) knee replacement are out! Similar clinical outcomes, but PKR more cost effective. t.co/V4O7s6MvZe

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Katie Gillies @katiegillies.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

One of my 2026 goals is to be more present on BlueSky! Another is to recruit a great candidate to this 4-yr PhD studentship with us at the Aberdeen Centre for Evaluation -applying behavioural science to the design and delivery of clinical trials. Please share. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Improving health by improving trials – applying behavioural science to improve the design and delivery of clinical trials. at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Improving health by improving trials – applying behavioural science to improve the design and delivery of clinical trials. at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com

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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · 11/11/2025

Just 4 weeks to CCR Down Under 2025! Join us to hear the results of 8 major critical care trials - in person or virtually ➡️ ImmunoSep ➡️ iRehab ➡️ CLIP II ➡️ ACTiVE ➡️ ARISE AFRICA ➡️ RSI ➡️ VITaCCA ➡️ ECMO REHAB criticalcarereviews.com/meetings/cc…

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American Statistical Association History of Statistics @hos-asa.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Beginning Nov 1924, studies on the effect of lighting on worker productivity were performed at the Western Electric Hawthorn Plant. These were the basis for the concept of the Hawthorne Effect 1/2

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Marion Campbell @marionkcampbell.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

The term #estimand is now part of the technical language of trials - but it remains a concept that many find hard to understand. Recent work has aimed to make the term more accessible to researchers, patients & public 1/8 #MethodologyMonday #127

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 01/11/2025

In the EVERDAC trial involving patients with shock, results for death at day 28 indicated that management without early arterial catheter insertion was noninferior to early catheter insertion. Full trial results and Research Summary: nej.md/3LmOO0D  #MedSky #PulmSky

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Deferring Arterial Catheterization in Critically Ill Patients with Shock
A Research Summary based on Muller G et al. | 10.1056/NEJMoa2502136 | Published on October 29, 2025

Visual representations of the patients in the trial and the treatments they were assigned.

Read the full Research Summary at NEJM.org.

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Canadian Critical Care Trials Group (CCCTG) @ccctg.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

The world’s largest and longest clinical trial in critical care, SuDDICU found a significant reduction in hospital-acquired infection in critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation, when given antibiotics preventatively before a new infection can develop.

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 29/10/2025

In the SuDDICU trial of patients undergoing mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit, selective decontamination of the digestive tract did not result in a lower incidence of in-hospital death than standard care alone. Full trial results: nej.md/4nhyeN8 #LIVES2025 | @esicm.bsky.social

European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Original Article | Oct 29, 2025 | NEJM.org
Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract during Ventilation in the ICU

Figure 2. Subgroup Analysis of In-Hospital Death at 90 Days.

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Richard Hooper @richardhooper.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

📢 Interested in a PhD in clinical trials methodology? The Trials Methodology Research Partnership are advertising projects for PhDs starting Oct 2026, in statistics, health economics, epidemiology, social science, and more, hosted at one of 12 UK partner institutions. mrctmrpdtp.com/current-oppo...

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Current Opportunities

We have an iCASE studentship available to start for the 2025/2026 academic year, and applications to our fifth round of recruitment to our DTP to start in October 2026 are now also open. Please see…

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Recruitment has begun for a new National Statistician (£200k). Important role as the strategic head of the UK statistical system. There is less operational work as there is now a Perm Sec for ONS. So they are seeking an ‘internationally recognised leader in statistics’ www.saxbam.com/appointment/...

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UK Statistics Authority

Official statistics play a vital role in supporting society and the economy - informing government policymaking and evaluation, guiding economic and

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Richard Hooper @richardhooper.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

📢 As one of the next round of TRMP PhD students (below) you could join me, Clare Robinson, @averoniki.bsky.social and @marionkcampbell.bsky.social to work on developing a typology of research outputs in trials methodology, based at @wiphcem.bsky.social. Details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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PhD Project - Developing a typology of research outputs in trials methodology at Queen Mary University of London, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Marion Campbell @marionkcampbell.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

It’s the UN #WorldStatisticsDay today! Perfect time to celebrate all the awesome statisticians who ensure robust data, design and analysis 😊

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Marion Campbell @marionkcampbell.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

One of the adaptive designs we are seeing more frequently is the Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomised Trial (or SMART trial) 1/7 #MethodologyMonday #126

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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · 14/10/2025

The 8th & final trial for CCR Down Under is ECMO Rehab ➡️100-patient RCT testing early mobilisation during ECMO to reduce 6-month disability ➡️Will mobilisation improve outcomes? Join us in Melbourne, December 9/10 criticalcarereviews.com/meetings/ccr...

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CCR Down Under 2025

Critical Care Reviews Meeting Down Under - The Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne, December 9th - 10th, 2025

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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · 14/10/2025

A special issue from Critical Care Resuscitation Journal honouring the legacy of Rinaldo Bellomo Grab a coffee, sit back, read and smile. Such an incredible person. An uplifting tribute. Kudos to the authors for sharing their experiences www.sciencedirect.com/journal/crit...

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Richard Hooper @richardhooper.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I'm doing a webinar in two weeks (15 Oct 1-2pm BST), part of NIHR Research Support Service's Methods Academy series, on the age-old question: should I do a stepped wedge trial? Free registration, details here: tinyurl.com/z6cjvce3 @nihr-rss.bsky.social @wiphcem.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social

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Bristol Centre for Surgical Research @bristol-csr.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Excellent three days in Bristol as part of the #BOASTiC (Bristol Oxford Aberdeen Surgical Trials Course). We've enjoyed the in-depth look at surgical trials with delegates designing their own studies by the end of the 3rd day! @marionkcampbell.bsky.social @situ-oxford.bsky.social

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Greg Bryson @glbryson.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Great #MethodologyMonday post on assessing acceptability in a pilot trial. Highlights the MRC complex intervention framework that AIMS Periop has used in its frailty research.

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Marion Campbell @marionkcampbell.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

One of the key things to address when undertaking a feasibility study ahead of a trial is the acceptability of different aspects of the proposed trial (intervention, trial processes, proposed outcomes etc) to all relevant parties 1/7 #MethodologyMonday #125

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The Bone & Joint Journal @bonejointjournal.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

The use of Bayesian methods in the design of trials and the analysis of the findings provides several potential benefits, which may be particularly applicable in Trauma & Orthopaedic surgery. #ClinicalTrials #BayesianStatistics #RCTs #OrthoSky @docfarrow.bsky.social ow.ly/xeXm50WRwZN

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Extract from article titled 'Clinical trials in Trauma and Orthopaedics: time to think Bayesian?'

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Marion Campbell @marionkcampbell.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

This👇 …. often unseen but crucial role

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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Monday wisdom

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