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Public Health Association of Australia @publichealthaus.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

PHAA SA Branch members, here's a chance to boost your networking opportunities. The Annual General Meeting is also a Careers Night. Guest speakers Dr Stefanie Verlado & Kristen Foley on career pathways and opportunities. Starts 5:30pm Tues 24 June QR code / phaa.eventsair.com/sa-careers-a...

PHAA SA Branch, AGM and Careers Night, 5:30pm Tues 24 June. Guest speakers Dr Stefania Verlado and Kristen Foley. Tickets $15-35. Jarmer's Kitchen, 18 Park Tce, Bowden.

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International Social Epidemiology Society @ises-epi.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Our award application portal is now open! Please go to www.social-epi.org/ises-awards for details on applying for each award. When you're ready to apply, please go to forms.gle/QL2icC8giNLo... We look forward to receiving your award applications by April 30! #SocialEpi #EpiSky #PublicHealth

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

New paper shows relationship between skipping #breakfast & poorer academic achievement for school aged students. 🍎📚🍳 Highlights the importance of school breakfast clubs to ensure access to food for improvements in children’s learning. #episky #publichealth www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Breakfast skipping and academic achievement at 8–16 years: a population study in South Australia | Public Health Nutrition | Cambridge Core

Breakfast skipping and academic achievement at 8–16 years: a population study in South Australia - Volume 28 Issue 1

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

A new review in The Lancet PH on the field of life course epidemiology. Covers: advances, challenges, theory, methods & policy implications. Congrats to the authors (Wagner et al) on this excellent paper that should become mandatory reading in the field 👏🏼 #episky www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Life course epidemiology and public health

Life course epidemiology aims to study the effect of exposures on health outcomes across the life course from a social, behavioural, and biological perspective. In this Review, we describe how life co...

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

An excellent explainer for anyone wanting to understand #infectiousdisease models better 👇🏼 #episky “Modeling the Texas measles outbreak” from @epiellie.bsky.social 👏🏼👏🏼 open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...

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Modeling the Texas measles outbreak

An explainer

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Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Ooh! This looks really good. #EpiSky

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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

There is a lot of bad public health information out there and it's only getting worse. So I'm starting a newsletter to help you distinguish the bad from the good. E is for Epi: coming soon! Link: open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...

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E is for Epi: coming soon!

How to make sense of scientific research and all things public health!

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ANU NCIG (National Centre for Indigenous Genomics) @ncig2013.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Exciting Opportunity Alert! ANU NCIG seeks a researcher in social sciences, science communication, health literacy or education. Join our Academic Level A role ($85k-$107k pa, hybrid work in Canberra/Adelaide). Boost Indigenous health outcome. Apply by 22 Mar 2025 via jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Very sick of politicians throwing around the term “woke” as if it’s an extreme negative agenda… when at its core it’s about giving all humans the respect, kindness & dignity they deserve, when for generations many people have not been afforded that by those in power.

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International Social Epidemiology Society @ises-epi.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

We're still working on expanding this list, but here is Version 1 of our Social Epidemiology Starter Pack—just in time for the holidays! Please like & repost! And Happy Holidays & Happy New Year! ☃️🫒🥂🎉 #SocialEpiSky #EpiSky😷 #PublicHealth 🛟 go.bsky.app/7x1TEQq

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health @anzjph.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Aotearoa NZ set a global precedent in 2022 by moving to implement #tobacco endgame measures. These have since been repealed. This new commentary calls for "a return to evidence to ensure the continued improvement of public health and reduction of avoidable inequities." doi.org/10.1016/j.an... 🛟

Smoke clouds over a black background. Text reads: "Up in smoke. The unravelling of world-leading policy changes in Smokefree legislation in Aotearoa New Zealand" "Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health"

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Lisha Lin, PhD, MPH @lishalin.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

#EpiSky! As the Education Co-Chair of SER SPC, we are planning a career development event in March 2025, focusing on job search! Speakers are wanted with diverse backgrounds who were recently newly hired as faculty, in industries, or are experienced in recruitment. Recommendations? Call the names!

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Spending the week learning all about #geneticepi with @uob-ieu.bsky.social 🧬👩🏻‍💻 Day 2 and already such an interesting & interactive course! 👏🏼👏🏼

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

South Australia is prioritising #publichealth & #prevention by officially passing the Preventive Health SA Bill & establishing a new independent agency 👏🏼👏🏼 Congrats to the SA Gov & all the public health advocates who have made this possible. Find out more 👇🏼 ahj.com.au/new-content/...

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South Australia prioritises preventive health

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

My new favourite kind of thread 😂

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Last week I was awarded the PhD research excellence award at the South Australian Science & Innovation Awards. I was shocked and honoured and couldn’t think of a better way to close out the #PhD chapter of my life. Thankful to so many people who supported me on this journey! 🥳 #SAScienceAwards

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Jeremy Youde @jeremyyoude.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

This is your periodic reminder that the greatest increases in life expectancy over the past 125 years have come through public health innovations that this man wants to roll back.

New York Times headline about RFK Jr potentially being tapped to run the Department of Health and Human Services

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Donald Szlosek @dszlosek.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

The "Leaky prognostic model adoption pipeline" by @maartenvsmeden.bsky.social and colleagues is probably one of my most used figures when discussing building useful clinical prediction models. See the full paper here: publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/... #MLSky #stats #rstats #statistics

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I think I have just found my new favourite paper 👏🏼 👏🏼 Thanks for sharing @episconroy.bsky.social & for your reviewer comments (yes I even read the review comments because the paper was that good)! #episky #biology

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Sara Conroy, PhD @episconroy.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I have some refs below that I use as a reviewer, responding to reviewers, and as a stat methods collaborator. This information is not unique, many statisticians have posted similar lists (such as Andrew Althouse discourse.datamethods.org/t/reference-...) but hopefully can still be helpful. 1/n

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Reference Collection to push back against "Common Statistical Myths"

Note: This topic is a wiki, meaning that this main body of the topic can be edited by others. Use the Reply button only to post questions or comments about material contained in the body, or to sugge...

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Very excited to connect with more epidemiologists from around the world 😊 Introduce yourself in the thread below ⬇️

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Such a great day at the South Australian Population Health Conference! Always so inspiring hearing about the local #publichealth efforts to improve the health & wellbeing of our community. @publichealthaus.bsky.social

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

📣 Interested in learning about a career in #socialepi? Hear from experts in & out of academia on their journeys and an opportunity for a Q&A. The International Social Epidemiology Society is very excited to present this upcoming webinar. All welcome, please share widely with your networks! #episky

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 13/08/2024

Last night at the #SAScienceAwards with Deputy Premier Susan Close & SA Chief Scientist Prof Craig Simmons. I’m very honoured to be a finalist in the PhD Research Excellence category, alongside some incredible STEMM colleagues. Congrats to all the finalists! 👏🏼🎉

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 12/07/2024

Marching today on Kaurna land for NAIDOC 2024 ❤️🖤💛

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Anita Williams @catanita.bsky.social · 10/07/2024

Hey #episky, join me in celebrating @marybrushe.bsky.social being a finalist in the South Australian Science Excellence and Innovation Awards! She researches the link between screen time and toddler language development - super important #academicsky #scisky www.telethonkids.org.au/news--events...

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Early childhood researcher a finalist in peak South Australian science awards

A Telethon Kids Institute researcher whose PhD studies highlighted the link between screen time expo

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 07/07/2024

There is a new report claiming that observed declines in youth #mentalhealth since 2012 is due to the rise of #socialmedia. I don’t often criticise research online, but given the escalating policy discussions & public concern I think it’s important to unpack this further 🧵 1/9

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 27/06/2024

'Depicting deterministic variables within directed acyclic graphs (DAGs): An aid for identifying & interpreting causal effects involving derived variables and compositional data' Thrilled this has been published in @amjepi.bsky.social! Pls share! academic.oup.com/aje/advance-... #EpiSky

Screenshot of abstract for the new paper.

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 19/06/2024

Some exciting news to share! 🎉 I’ve been elected as President of the Public Health Association of Australia (SA Branch). So grateful for the support of the executive committee & outgoing President Prof Jacquie Bowden. Very keen to lead South Australia in public health advocacy for the next 2 years.

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 08/06/2024

Another Q for the #episky & #statsky community… How are we investigating cumulative risk? Say we want to understand how does someone’s risk increase being exposed to risk factor 1, 2 and 3, compared to just risk factor 1 and 2? I’m lost in a rabbit hole & would love some direction 🙏🏼☺️

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 05/06/2024

Who’s on Blue Sky & works at the intersection between #epidemiology and #genomics? Would love to connect and follow people in this space. 😊 #episky #genetics #multiomics

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 04/05/2024

How would you explain to an everyday person the difference between “you’re have an increased odds” vs. “you’re at an increased risk”? OR is much easier to model than RR for non-rare outcomes - but balancing the need for interpratbility. #episky #statsky #oddsratio

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 07/03/2024

📣 New paper published in JAMA Pediatrics this week showing increases in #screentime was associated w/ decreases in early language opportunities among toddlers. We recommend parents opt for educational content or interactive co-viewing if using screens w/ young children. 📺👶🏻 ja.ma/49WgHUq

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 01/03/2024

I’ve been very slack posting on here, but I’m keen to try and connect back in with my #episky #epitwitter #socialepi colleagues around the world. If we don’t know each other, feel free to introduce yourself 👇🏼😊

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

Wanting to hear #episky thoughts… how do you balance the complex detailed methods needed for causal inference while writing papers for non-epi audience to inform policy/practice? When the researchers & practitioners don’t understand, it feels like peer review & research translation really struggle.

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