{"id":755,"date":"2022-09-15T15:41:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T19:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/bostonmcrc\/?page_id=755"},"modified":"2023-10-02T13:23:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T17:23:42","slug":"journal-club","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/bostonmcrc\/journal-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Journal Club 2022-2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Boston MCRC Methodology Journal club meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month, from 12:15pm to 1pm.<\/span><\/h3>\n
Please use this zoom link<\/a> to register<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Article Title<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n
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9\/21\/22<\/td>\nPractical considerations for specifying a super learner
\nRachael V. Phillips, Mark J. van der Laan, Hana Lee, Susan Gruber https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2204.06139<\/a><\/td>\n		<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Jafarzadeh<\/a><\/td>\n

Teaching Points<\/h3>
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10\/19\/22<\/td>\nComparison of a Target Trial Emulation Framework vs Cox Regression to Estimate the Association of Corticosteroids With COVID-19 Mortality. Hoffman KL, Schenck EJ, Satlin MJ, Whalen W, Pan D, Williams N, D\u00edaz I https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2796930<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dr. Jafarzadeh<\/a><\/td>\n

Teaching Points<\/h3>
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11\/16\/22<\/td>\n\n

Implementation of G-computation on a simulated data set: demonstration of a causal inference technique. \u00a0Jonathan M Snowden <\/span><\/sup>,\u00a0<\/span>Sherri Rose,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kathleen M Mortimer<\/span>
\nhttps:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/21415029\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Introducing riskCommunicator: An R package to obtain interpretable effect estimates for public health. Jessica Grembi, Elizabeth Rogawski McQuade
\nhttps:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0265368<\/a><\/td>\n

Dr. Jafarzadeh<\/a><\/td>\n

Teaching Points<\/h3>
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12\/21\/22<\/td>\nApproaches to addressing missing values, measurement error, and
\nconfounding in epidemiologic studies
\nMaarten van Smedena,*, Bas B.L. Penning de Vriesa, Linda Naba, Rolf H.H. Groenwolda,bApproaches to addressing missing values, measurement error, and confounding in epidemiologic studies – ScienceDirect<\/a><\/td>\n		M. Lavalley PhD\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\n

Teaching Points<\/h3>
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1\/18\/23<\/td>\n\n

A Framework for Descriptive Epidemiology : Catherine R Lesko,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Matthew P Fox,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jessie K Edwards https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35774001\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

J Liew, MD<\/a><\/td>\n

Teaching Points<\/h3>
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2\/15\/23<\/td>\n\n
State of the art in selection of variables and functional forms in multivariable analysis<\/span>\u2014<\/span>outstanding issues.<\/span><\/div>\n
W. Sauerbrei,\u00a0A.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Perperoglou,\u00a0<\/span>M. Schmid,\u00a0<\/span>M. Abrahamowicz,\u00a0<\/span>H. Becher,\u00a0<\/span>H. Binder,\u00a0<\/span>D. Dunkler,\u00a0<\/span>F. Harrell,\u00a0<\/span>P. Royston,\u00a0<\/span>G. Heinze;\u00a0<\/span>for TG2 of the STRATOS initiative Collaborators, Affiliations\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
K Bacon PhD<\/a><\/td>\n

Teaching Points<\/h3>
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3\/15\/23<\/td>\nCure models as a useful statistical tool for analyzing survival. <\/a>Othus M, Barlogie B, Leblanc ML, Crowley JJ.<\/span>Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Jul 15;18(14):3731-6. doi: 10.1158\/1078-0432.CCR-11-2859. <\/span>PMID:\u00a0<\/span>22675175<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nG Miller<\/td>\n

Teaching Points<\/h3>
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4\/19\/23<\/td>\n\n

Wearable full-body motion tracking of activities of daily living predicts disease trajectory in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.<\/a>\u00a0 Ricotti V, Kadirvelu B, Selby V, Festenstein R, Mercuri E, Voit T, Faisal AA.<\/span>Nat Med. 2023 Jan;29(1):95-103. doi: 10.1038\/s41591-022-02045-1. Epub 2023 Jan 19.<\/span>PMID:\u00a0<\/span>36658421<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

D Kumar PhD<\/a><\/p>\n

Vijaya Kolachalama PhD<\/a><\/td>\n

Teaching Points<\/h3>
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5\/17\/23<\/td>\n\n

Many Analysts, One Data Set: Making Transparent How Variations in Analytic Choices Affect Result<\/a>s. : Silberzahn, R., Uhlmann, E. L., Martin, D. P., Anselmi, P., Aust, F., Awtrey, E., . . . Nosek, B. A.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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M. Lavalley, PhD<\/a><\/td>\n

Teaching Points<\/h3>
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6\/21\/23<\/td>\nDo clinicians understand the size of treatment effects? A\u00a0randomized survey across 8 countries<\/a><\/p>\n

Bradley C. Johnston, \u00a0Pablo Alonso-Coello, Jan O. Friedrich, MD, Reem A. Mustafa, , Kari A.O. Tikkinen, Ignacio Neumann, Per O. Vandvik, Elie A. Akl, Bruno R. da Costa, Neill K. Adhikari, Gemma Mas Dalmau, Elise Kosunen, Jukka Mustonen, Mark W. Crawford, Lehana Thabane, Gordon H. Guyatt<\/td>\n

Jean Liew, MD<\/a><\/td>\n

Teaching Points<\/h3>
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