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  Design, analysis and reporting of BMJ scientific misconduct survey was lacking – Sheila Bird
Jan 18, 2012
Professor Sheila Bird has questioned the BMJ's conclusion that scientific misconduct is “alive and well” in the UK on the basis that its survey was blighted by numerous design flaws.
  Volunteers sought to help influence media reporting of medical research
Nov 15, 2011
Would you like to help influence how medical research is reported in the media by joining a network of volunteer statisticians to review medical research papers and press releases before they appear as stories in the lay media?
  Breast screening review will rely on “experts at the statistics”
Oct 26, 2011
Amidst growing controversy about the effectiveness of breast screening, Professor Sir Mike Richards has ordered a review by expert, independent statisticians of "all the evidence".
  Sharing data: will it lead to better or worse opportunities for researchers?
Feb 14, 2011
With the funders of public health research asking for data they fund to be shared in an effort to improve understanding of public health issues, Emily Johnson asks whether there is sufficient funding, time and expertise to develop a sensible framework for data sharing.
  Researchers show global warming may not lead to increased malaria transmission in Burundi
Feb 4, 2011
Researchers in Burundi and Austria have concluded that global warming may shorten the lifespan of malaria carrying mosquitoes and malaria transmission may not increase as a result.
  Post genome-wide era
Jan 25, 2011
Chris Harbro, Jenny Barrett and John Thompson, experts from the pharmaceutical industry and academia, were brought together at the Medical Section meeting in November to discuss the statistical challenges and potential methodologies in the field of genome-wide association studies.
  Mephedrone ban may have "closed off a pragmatic harm-reduction strategy" says Bird
Nov 24, 2010
The banning of mephedrone may have "curtailed a notable decrease in deaths" caused by cocaine and ecstasy, RSS fellow Sheila Bird has speculated.
  Straight Statistics proposes follow up action to drug deaths research
Nov 11, 2010
The final article in Straight Statistics' series on drug related deaths (DRDs) calls for urgent investigation to follow up the quantification of the dangers posed by heroin, methadone, cocaine and ecstasy and to seek answers to new questions these insights have raised.
  Straight Statistics series uncovers facts about drug mortalities
Nov 4, 2010
A series of six articles for Straight Statistics aims to "tell it straight on a decade of drug-related deaths" (DRDs).
  Validity of verbal autopsy for malaria death estimates contested
Oct 29, 2010
The validity of using verbal autopsies for assessing deaths from malaria has been questioned following the Lancet's publication of a paper that used the technique to assert that India's malaria toll was dramatically greater than World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates.
 
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