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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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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

An excellent commentary Naomi 👏🏼 such important considerations and ideas for moving the field forward.

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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

Let’s be completely clear… rejecting a “woke” agenda, dismantling DEI initiatives & telling people to “get over” intergenerational trauma inflicted by governments is only to further a white (usually male) agenda. This is not the world we want our children growing up in.

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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 · 13/12/2024

A short course through Bristol University. It’s all online but live during UK Timezone 😊

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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 · 24/11/2024

I would second Causal Inference: What If by Robins & Hernan - an excellent resource 👏🏼👏🏼

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Yeah the longest one has actually been quite communicative and apologetic but they’ve struggled to find reviewers 😔

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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

I’ve just signed up and really looking forward to it! 😊

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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 · 10/11/2024

Hi #episky 😊 I’m a postdoc public health researcher & social epidemiologist from Australia. I focus on children’s health & development, but more recently moved into chronic disease, Indigenous health & social determinants. In my spare time you’ll find me hanging out w/ my two pugs 🐶🐶

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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 · 08/09/2024

Agree! This work is a very important part of that 👏🏼

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Mary Brushe, PhD @marybrushe.bsky.social · 08/09/2024

Very interesting work Peter! Thanks for sharing your poster 😊 While I am not a nutrition epi, I always assumed so many of the challenges in the field was the innate difficulty in isolating (or measuring) a particular estimand when there is so much complexity in nutrition exposures.

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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 · 11/07/2024

Thanks Anita this is so nice 🥰🥰

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

We need to be mindful of the unintended consequences of removing social media. We also need stronger evidence on the specific mechanisms that are driving declines in poor MH & what role social media does or does not play. 9/9

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

Beyond social media, we need more conversations & attention on children’s online games & apps that foster gambling, feed unhealthy dopamine responses & allow online chat rooms without stronger age verification (to keep out adult predators). 8/9

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

In saying all of this, I do think there are things tech companies need to answer for & there are ways to make social media a healthier place for children & adolescence. Let’s start w/ removing unhealthy marketing, eating disorder & self-harm content. 7/9

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

If anything, social media has meant young people are exposed to global challenges/crises, more than any generation before them. I don’t think the solution is to switch that off or use social media as the scapegoat for the global problems older generations have created. 6/9

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

I think we are quick to jump to social media as the problem for all things. When in reality Millennials & Gen Z’s are dealing w/ financial crisis, climate change, global instability, pandemic, insecure job markets & pressure to balance an increasingly demanding work/life. 5/9

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

Do I think social media plays a role in youth MH? Maybe. The existing data that has looked into this relationship is very mixed. It depends on population groups & what MH condition. I also don’t think there are many high quality studies that can infer causation. 4/9

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

This trend is clearly very concerning & warrants unpacking. The authors claim this trend coincides with the launch of Instagram & Snapchat and therefore associates social media as the main driver impacting youth MH. Yet social media data was not included in any analysis. 3/9

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

The research uses Australian HILDA data to describe trends in self-reported mental health from 2001-2022 by age & sex. Findings highlight declines in MH for 15-24yr olds (compared to 25+ yrs) since ~2012 especially so for females. 2/9

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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 · 27/06/2024

I’m assuming the reviewer didn’t provide an example of a paper? Very frustrating but hopefully something you can easily push back on!

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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 · 10/06/2024

In the use of odds ratios - is additivity possible then, how does this work from a modelling POV?

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