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Thomas Jaki

@thomasjaki.bsky.social
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Professor of Statistics at University of Regensburg and University of Cambridge

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MRC Biostatistics Unit @mrc-bsu.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
✨ Check out the latest episode of the Random Sample Podcast. @thomasjaki.bsky.social, Group Leader at the BSU, talks about the RECOVERY trial which he was part of in its earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen here or wherever you like to get your podcasts 👇 www.therandomsample.com.au
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The Random Sample – Give a unique glimpse into the world of mathematics and statistics.
Inside the groundbreaking RECOVERY clinical trial that identified life-saving COVID-19 treatments.
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Thomas Jaki @thomasjaki.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
A great couple of days in Nagoya with many excellent talks and discussions.
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MRC Biostatistics Unit @mrc-bsu.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
We are delighted to be hosting MASAMB 2026. This year's conference will have a strong focus on interdisciplinary collaboration and early-career researchers. Abstract submission for talk and poster presentations is now open. Deadline: 15 May 👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/1--e...
Promotional flyer for MASAMB 2026. Flyer includes title of meeting, dates (7 - 8 September), location (Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge), and two QR codes - one for abstract submissions and one for registration.
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MRC Biostatistics Unit @mrc-bsu.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
New paper in The Lancet Psychiatry, with @thomasjaki.bsky.social as co-author, about the GAINS-2 Trial - A Bayesian adaptive randomised trial which uses a digital intervention to combat the trauma UK healthcare workers experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A digital imagery-competing task intervention for stopping intrusive memories in trauma-exposed health-care staff during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: a Bayesian adaptive randomised clinical trial
Psychological trauma, such as witnessing an untimely or gruesome death, commonly provokes intrusive memories that might persist for days to years with…
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Jonathan Bartlett @jonathan-bartlett.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
@lshtm.bsky.social will be running a 3-day online short course on using multiple imputation to handle missing data on 23-25th June 2026. Teaching staff include James Carpenter, Ruth Keogh, Clémence Leyrat, and myself. Further details about the course at www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...
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Statistical Analysis with Missing Data Using Multiple Imputation | LSHTM
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MRC Biostatistics Unit @mrc-bsu.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Libby Daniells from the BSU and colleagues have developed a new technique to improve the reliability of #ClinicalTrials. Read more 👇 www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/news/incorpo... Paper in Biostatistics 👇 academic.oup.com/biostatistic...
Infographic illustrating basket trials.
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Thomas Jaki @thomasjaki.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Yesterday I received a grant rejection. Obviously very disappointed, but at least one of the reviewers recognised that I was a young researcher with potential.
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Thomas Jaki @thomasjaki.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Back in Germany and looking at a full day of teaching. At least it is Winter wonderland here.
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Thomas Jaki @thomasjaki.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Final day of my trip to Australia and finishing with a bang: AusTRiM conference starting of with a session on rare diseases.
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Thomas Jaki @thomasjaki.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Good Morning Melbourne. Lovely debate at the ACTA symposium yesterday on "Is AI Driving Smarter, Faster, Fairer Clinical Trials".
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Thomas Jaki @thomasjaki.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Had a great day yesterday talking at ACTA about Evaluating AI algorithms for healthcare.
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Thomas Jaki @thomasjaki.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
A great couple of days at the University of Queensland. Never thought I'd take a ferry to work.
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Thomas Jaki @thomasjaki.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
A wonderful day @UQ. Looking forward to continuing discussions around trials for chronic pain.
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Vera Koller 🖇️ @verakoller.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Unglaublich was gerade in Wien abgeht. Die Kürzungen betreffen nicht nur die Beschäftigten, sondern gehen uns alle an. Bitte unterstützt die Petition: mein.aufstehn.at/petitions/st...
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Stoppt den Kahlschlag im Wiener Sucht- und Drogenhilfenetzwerk - SDHN
Sucht ist eine Erkrankung, die viele Personen in Österreich betrifft.    Eine Kürzung der Angebote für Suchterkrankte betrifft damit uns alle, • als Betroffene oder als Angehörige • als Steu...
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Thomas Jaki @thomasjaki.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Incorporating historic information to further improve power when conducting Bayesian information borrowing in basket trials academic.oup.com/biostatistic...
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Incorporating historic information to further improve power when conducting Bayesian information borrowing in basket trials
ABSTRACT. In basket trials a single therapeutic treatment is tested on several patient populations simultaneously, each of which forming a basket, where pa
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Thomas Jaki @thomasjaki.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Design of platform trials with a change in the control treatment arm academic.oup.com/biometrics/a...
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Design of platform trials with a change in the control treatment arm
ABSTRACT. Platform trials are an efficient way of testing multiple treatments. We consider platform trials where, if a treatment is found to be superior to
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MRC Biostatistics Unit @mrc-bsu.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Fantastic two days of stimulating talks and discussions at our Workshop on Adaptive and Bayesian Designs in Real Trials, where statisticians, clinicians and patients have shared their experiences of #ClinicalTrials. Thanks to all our speakers and all those who attended.
Photo of speakers from day 1, all smiling and looking at camera.Photo of speaker, Christina Yap, giving talk. Photo of speakers of day 2, all smiling and looking at camera.Photo of Pavel Mozgunov delivering talk.
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Thomas Jaki @thomasjaki.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
A thought provoking event. Glad I could participate.
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MRC Biostatistics Unit @mrc-bsu.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
(1/2) Another action packed day at the workshop on Adaptive Designs and Multiple Testing Procedures in Regensburg, with great talks from BSU researchers and PhD students - Gianmarco Caruso, Stef Baas and James Willard.
Photo of Stef Baas giving talk, with presentation screen behind him. Photo of Gianmarco Caruso giving talk, with presentation screen behind him. Photo of James Willard giving talk, with presentation screen behind him.
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MRC Biostatistics Unit @mrc-bsu.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
David Robertson and Thomas Jaki are organising a workshop on Adaptive Designs and Multiple Testing Procedures, happening today and tomorrow in Regensburg. admtp.github.io/ADMTP2025/ BSU PhD students, Connor Fitchett and Weishi Chen, have presented today.
Photo of Connor Fitchett giving a presentation with projector screen of slide behind them. Photo of Weishi Chen giving a presentation with projector screen of slide behind them.
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Dominique-Laurent Couturier @domcouturier.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The deadline to apply for a @mrc-bsu.bsky.social PhD studentship has been EXTENDED to March 27, 2025! 🗓️✨ Explore the exciting PhD projects available here: www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/phd-opportun... 🔍📚 🌟 Special shoutout to the project by @thomasjaki.bsky.social and myself 👼
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PhD Opportunities | MRC Biostatistics Unit
shutterstock_337964138_students_small.jpg We actively support equality, diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from all sections of society. We are committed to widening participation in ...
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Charlotte Summers @charlottesummers.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I suspect many of us need to hear this today. @charliemackesy1.bsky.social
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Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All @stormageddon.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Bioresonanz. Die Älteren von euch erinnern sich ja daran, dass ich diese Studie so mag. link.springer.com/article/10.1... Warum ist diese Studie so toll? Weil keine andere Studie Bioresonanz an Menschen, Leberkäse(!), einem feuchten Tuch sowie einem Leichnam(!) ausprobiert hat. Ein paar Zitate:
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Einfache Testverfahren zur Überprüfung der Aussagekraft von Bioresonanz-basierten medizinischen Befunden — der Leberkäse-Test - Allergo Journal
Allergo Journal - Trotz aller Aufklärungsarbeit wird die Bioresonanz weiter benutzt. Seit einigen Jahren sind modifizierte Geräte auf dem Markt, die auch in Reformhäusern zum Einsatz...
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pmozgunov.bsky.social @pmozgunov.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I am looking for a PhD student in Medical Statistics. This project aims to develop new methods for design of early phase trials starting from monotherapy and progressing into combinations. More details are in the link. Feel free to contact me if any questions. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Designs for sequences of early phase (modular) studies at University of Cambridge on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Designs for sequences of early phase (modular) studies at University of Cambridge, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Thomas Jaki @thomasjaki.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Interested in learning about Bayesian Clinical Trials? We are running a 2-day short course (24th-25th February 2025) on the topic directly prior to the Adaptive Designs and Multiple Testing Procedures Workshop. To register and more information visit admtp.github.io/ADMTP2025/co...
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Jonathan Bartlett @jonathan-bartlett.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Our 3 day short course @lshtm.bsky.social on multiple imputation for missing data using R is now open for registration. 17-19 June 2025. This year the course will be online only. More info here: www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...
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Statistical Analysis with Missing Data Using Multiple Imputation | LSHTM
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Thomas Jaki @thomasjaki.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Our design for the early phase platform AGILE for treatments for COVID-19 has just been published. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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A seamless Phase I/II platform design with a time-to-event efficacy endpoint for potential COVID-19 therapies - Thomas Jaki, Helen Barnett, Andrew Titman, Pavel Mozgunov, 2024
In the search for effective treatments for COVID-19, the initial emphasis has been on re-purposed treatments. To maximize the chances of finding successful trea...
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Munya Dimairo @mdimairo.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Our part 2 series paper in peer review... Confidence intervals for adaptive trial designs II: Case study and practical guidance arxiv.org/abs/2411.08771
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Confidence intervals for adaptive trial designs II: Case study and practical guidance
In adaptive clinical trials, the conventional confidence interval (CI) for a treatment effect is prone to undesirable properties such as undercoverage and potential inconsistency with the final hypoth...
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Munya Dimairo @mdimairo.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Our part 1 series paper in peer review ... Confidence intervals for adaptive trial designs I: A methodological review arxiv.org/abs/2411.08495
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Confidence intervals for adaptive trial designs I: A methodological review
Regulatory guidance notes the need for caution in the interpretation of confidence intervals (CIs) constructed during and after an adaptive clinical trial. Conventional CIs of the treatment effects ar...
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Thomas Jaki @thomasjaki.bsky.social · 25/10/2024
Registration is open for the next Adaptive Designs and Multiple Testing Procedures Workshop (taking place on 26th-27th February 2025 in Regensburg, Germany). For further details and to register, please see admtp.github.io/ADMTP2025/regi…
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