Rich Jones
@rnjma.bsky.social
Epidemiology, Cognitive Aging, Statistics, Psychometrics, Dogs, Celtics, Billsmafia
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🧠 A major study in Nature Medicine challenges common belief about education & dementia protection: higher education didn’t slow brain ageing; it provided a higher starting point. This advantage may be established in childhood, not built through schooling itself.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧠 A major study in Nature Medicine challenges common belief about education & dementia protection: higher education didn’t slow brain ageing; it provided a higher starting point. This advantage may be established in childhood, not built through schooling itself.
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👉 share-eric.eu/research-res...
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Wearing in solidarity with our courageous federal workers who are trying hard to honor their oaths to The Constitution and the good people of our country.
November 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Wearing in solidarity with our courageous federal workers who are trying hard to honor their oaths to The Constitution and the good people of our country.
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Shingles vaccine most promising common drug to potentially prevent Alzheimer’s news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... by @uniofexeternews.bsky.social
#Alzheimers #dementia #shingles #vaccines
#Alzheimers #dementia #shingles #vaccines
Shingles vaccine most promising common drug to potentially prevent Alzheimer’s - research
A new study has identified three existing medications that could be repurposed to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s disease. The research funded by Alzheimer’s Society and led by the University of Exeter,...
news.exeter.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Shingles vaccine most promising common drug to potentially prevent Alzheimer’s news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... by @uniofexeternews.bsky.social
#Alzheimers #dementia #shingles #vaccines
#Alzheimers #dementia #shingles #vaccines
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The Quantitative Staff Network was launched to bridge the gap between quantitative scientists and the broader scientific community. Looking for new ways to connect with your peers? Learn more: magazine.amstat.org/...
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The Quantitative Staff Network was launched to bridge the gap between quantitative scientists and the broader scientific community. Looking for new ways to connect with your peers? Learn more: magazine.amstat.org/...
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We're very excited that our next AMPHIBIAN speaker will be Dr. Alessandro De Nadai, speaking about machine learning in mental health research and interventions on 12/3 at 12:30. Register here: brown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
We're very excited that our next AMPHIBIAN speaker will be Dr. Alessandro De Nadai, speaking about machine learning in mental health research and interventions on 12/3 at 12:30. Register here: brown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@rnjma.bsky.social @gemmawallace.bsky.social
@rnjma.bsky.social @gemmawallace.bsky.social
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WeRateDogs turns 10 years old today! A very silly idea to numerically objectify dogs has become one of the kindest and most powerful online communities ever. Thank you for joining us over the last decade. I never knew what this could be until you all showed me. Here's to many more good dogs ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
WeRateDogs turns 10 years old today! A very silly idea to numerically objectify dogs has become one of the kindest and most powerful online communities ever. Thank you for joining us over the last decade. I never knew what this could be until you all showed me. Here's to many more good dogs ❤️
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November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Multi-Year funding analysis, a 🧵
I have been trying to find a robust way of quantifying and understanding multi-year (forward funding).
First, some background:
Most NIH grants are for multiple years (2 to 5, typically).
However, the are usually funded on an annual basis.
1/18
I have been trying to find a robust way of quantifying and understanding multi-year (forward funding).
First, some background:
Most NIH grants are for multiple years (2 to 5, typically).
However, the are usually funded on an annual basis.
1/18
November 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Multi-Year funding analysis, a 🧵
I have been trying to find a robust way of quantifying and understanding multi-year (forward funding).
First, some background:
Most NIH grants are for multiple years (2 to 5, typically).
However, the are usually funded on an annual basis.
1/18
I have been trying to find a robust way of quantifying and understanding multi-year (forward funding).
First, some background:
Most NIH grants are for multiple years (2 to 5, typically).
However, the are usually funded on an annual basis.
1/18
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If only there was a good explanation as to why 🤔
Pre-post effect sizes neatly rise with baseline severity in this evaluation of inpatient/day treatment outcomes…
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
November 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
If only there was a good explanation as to why 🤔
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There still seems to be a lot of confusion about significance testing in psych. No, p-values *don’t* become useless at large N. This flawed point also used to be framed as "too much power". But power isn't the problem – it's 1) unbalanced error rates and 2) the (lack of a) SESOI. 1/ >
But here's, the thing, p values and significance become useless at such large sample sizes. When you're dividing the coefficient by the SE and the sample size is in the tens of thousands, EVERYTHING IS SIGNIFICANT. All you're testing is whether the coefficient is different than zero.
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 AM
There still seems to be a lot of confusion about significance testing in psych. No, p-values *don’t* become useless at large N. This flawed point also used to be framed as "too much power". But power isn't the problem – it's 1) unbalanced error rates and 2) the (lack of a) SESOI. 1/ >
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Your answer cannot be biased if you never specified a question.
a man in a leather jacket is smiling in front of a building with a sign that says opening on it .
Alt: roll safe meme
media.tenor.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Your answer cannot be biased if you never specified a question.
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New Frost lab preprint from @SohnClaira: “Elevation of the mechanically-sensitive protein emerin links nuclear mechanotransduction to tau-induced cytoskeletal remodeling in neurons”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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October 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
New Frost lab preprint from @SohnClaira: “Elevation of the mechanically-sensitive protein emerin links nuclear mechanotransduction to tau-induced cytoskeletal remodeling in neurons”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/9
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/9
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This is dark. But also, this display of solidarity on the part of the pentagon press corps should be a model for dealing with the regime
“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said
October 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is dark. But also, this display of solidarity on the part of the pentagon press corps should be a model for dealing with the regime
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When students, faculty, and our communities are united to fight for our universities, for the common good, and for our democracy, nothing can stop us!
WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN!
@aft @higheredlabor.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN!
@aft @higheredlabor.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
Over 100 Brown U students & 20 faculty members gathered outside
the campus today to demand that the university reject Trump’s loyalty oath compact. Professors & students taped their mouths shut to symbolize the compact’s threat to free speech, #academicfreedom & diversity of thought.
#DefendHigherEd
the campus today to demand that the university reject Trump’s loyalty oath compact. Professors & students taped their mouths shut to symbolize the compact’s threat to free speech, #academicfreedom & diversity of thought.
#DefendHigherEd
October 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
When students, faculty, and our communities are united to fight for our universities, for the common good, and for our democracy, nothing can stop us!
WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN!
@aft @higheredlabor.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN!
@aft @higheredlabor.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
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Brown's rejection of the compact would not have been possible without the amazing mobilization of faculty, students and staff last week! When we fight, we win!! Score this as another victory for workers and students!
@aaup.org
@aaup.org
Over 100 Brown U students & 20 faculty members gathered outside
the campus today to demand that the university reject Trump’s loyalty oath compact. Professors & students taped their mouths shut to symbolize the compact’s threat to free speech, #academicfreedom & diversity of thought.
#DefendHigherEd
the campus today to demand that the university reject Trump’s loyalty oath compact. Professors & students taped their mouths shut to symbolize the compact’s threat to free speech, #academicfreedom & diversity of thought.
#DefendHigherEd
October 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Brown's rejection of the compact would not have been possible without the amazing mobilization of faculty, students and staff last week! When we fight, we win!! Score this as another victory for workers and students!
@aaup.org
@aaup.org
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Brown rejects the compact!
President Paxson’s letter references the views of stakeholders - & I know as an alum how activated the Brown community was while the school considered its response - an important reminder of how much organizing matters
President Paxson’s letter references the views of stakeholders - & I know as an alum how activated the Brown community was while the school considered its response - an important reminder of how much organizing matters
Breaking News: Brown University became the second college to reject a White House deal offering preferential treatment for federal grants.
Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment
Brown was the second university to turn down the deal, which would have given a funding preference to universities that agreed to certain requirements.
nyti.ms
October 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Brown rejects the compact!
President Paxson’s letter references the views of stakeholders - & I know as an alum how activated the Brown community was while the school considered its response - an important reminder of how much organizing matters
President Paxson’s letter references the views of stakeholders - & I know as an alum how activated the Brown community was while the school considered its response - an important reminder of how much organizing matters
Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
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Ugh... This study has existed for decades, providing valuable health data for all sorts of topics and publications. This is just more awful news. 🛟😷 Sociology medsky
CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off
NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.
www.statnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Ugh... This study has existed for decades, providing valuable health data for all sorts of topics and publications. This is just more awful news. 🛟😷 Sociology medsky
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Join "Psychometrics" w/ @mattadiemer.bsky.social on Nov. 12-14 to learn about #psychometrics and how to to understand, detect, and remediate bias in measures. Topics include exploratory factor analyses, confirmatory factor analyses, MIMIC models, invariance & more.
Psychometrics | Online Course | Statistical Horizons
Apply psychometric methods in this online course with Matthew Diemer, Ph.D. Measure latent constructs using EFA, CFA, MIMIC models, and invariance testing.
statisticalhorizons.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Join "Psychometrics" w/ @mattadiemer.bsky.social on Nov. 12-14 to learn about #psychometrics and how to to understand, detect, and remediate bias in measures. Topics include exploratory factor analyses, confirmatory factor analyses, MIMIC models, invariance & more.
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Happy to announce that I'll give a talk on how we can make rigorous causal inference more mainstream 📈
You can sign up for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRo...
You can sign up for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRo...
October 6, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Happy to announce that I'll give a talk on how we can make rigorous causal inference more mainstream 📈
You can sign up for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRo...
You can sign up for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRo...
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Thank you to Stata, the October sponsor of ASA's "Practical Significance" #podcast! For 40+ years, Stata has supported researchers & analysts with powerful, reproducible statistical tools. Learn more about how Stata can power your work: www.stata.com/stata-differ... statacorp.bsky.social #STATSSKY
October 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Thank you to Stata, the October sponsor of ASA's "Practical Significance" #podcast! For 40+ years, Stata has supported researchers & analysts with powerful, reproducible statistical tools. Learn more about how Stata can power your work: www.stata.com/stata-differ... statacorp.bsky.social #STATSSKY
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Congrats to @bucklr01.bsky.social on being selected as a finalist in the NASW Science in Society Journalism Awards, for her piece "Brains, biases and amyloid beta: Why the female brain deserves a closer look in Alzheimer’s research"! www.nasw.org/article/anno...
Announcing the 2025 NASW Science in Society Journalism Award winners
The National Association of Science Writers and its Awards Committee are pleased to announce the winners of the **2025 NASW Science in Society Journalism Awards.** This year, NASW is awarding prizes i...
www.nasw.org
October 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Congrats to @bucklr01.bsky.social on being selected as a finalist in the NASW Science in Society Journalism Awards, for her piece "Brains, biases and amyloid beta: Why the female brain deserves a closer look in Alzheimer’s research"! www.nasw.org/article/anno...
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Congratulations to Rachel Buckley @bucklr01.bsky.social on being a finalist for a National Association of Science Writers @sciencewriters.org award. Read Rachel's essay,
www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen...
#neuroskyence
Brains, biases and amyloid beta: Why the female brain deserves a closer look in Alzheimer’s research
New results suggest the disease progresses differently in women, but we need more basic science to unpack the mechanisms involved.
www.thetransmitter.org
September 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Congratulations to Rachel Buckley @bucklr01.bsky.social on being a finalist for a National Association of Science Writers @sciencewriters.org award. Read Rachel's essay,
www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen...
#neuroskyence
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@mariacarrilloalz.bsky.social of @alzassociation.bsky.social knows the #ADRD research community helps #geronsky. We got out NOA to many of you last month right before the #shutdown. The FY2026 budget request for #NIA is $2,686.5 million. #geronsky touches everyone. To see more, read here.
October 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
@mariacarrilloalz.bsky.social of @alzassociation.bsky.social knows the #ADRD research community helps #geronsky. We got out NOA to many of you last month right before the #shutdown. The FY2026 budget request for #NIA is $2,686.5 million. #geronsky touches everyone. To see more, read here.