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Stats Central is the @UNSW Statistical Consulting and Collaboration Unit. Consulting on design and analysis, grant advice, short courses, and more!

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Our next seminar is scheduled for Thursday 27 February on a brief foray into causal inference. Here, Nickson Ning will focus on some options we have for causal inference when we only can conduct an observational study instead. events.humanitix.com/seminar…

Seminar: But What If? A Brief Foray Into Causal Inference

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Tanya led a study on the incidence of a soil-borne pathogen (Phytophthora cinnamomi) in southern Sydney conservation reserves, that was supported by @GordyPopovic. [1/2] doi.org/10.1071/BT24037

Long-term surveillance of Phytophthora cinnamomi reveals no evidence of increased detections and...

Phytophthora cinnamomi is a soil pathogen that can cause dieback and death in susceptible plant species. P. cinnamomi is widespread in southern Sydney cons

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They found that there was no evidence of increasing pathogen incidence but with large uncertainty. Hence, they recommend that data collection protocols need to be revised to better protect native plant species. [2/2]
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Nadine Ezard and her collaborators, which included Nick and Stats Central alumni Mark Donoghoe, conducted a placebo-controlled trial on the efficacy and safety of lisdexamphetamine in reducing methamphetamine use in people dependent on it. [1/2] doi.org/10.1111/add.16730

Lisdexamfetamine in the treatment of methamphetamine dependence: A randomised, placebo‐controlled...

Aims This study tested the efficacy and safety of a 12-week course of lisdexamfetamine in reducing methamphetamine use, an outcome which is associated with improvements in health and wellbeing, in...

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Note that lisdexamphetamine is commonly prescribed for ADHD. They found that those on lisdexamphetamine had reduced methamphetamine use relative to placebo. [2/2]
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The team behind the Maintain Your Brain clinical trial, led by Professor Henry Brodaty and supported by Nancy and @GordyPopovic, showed an internet-delivered lifestyle intervention has resulted in significantly better cognition in older adults. doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-0…
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Furthermore, improved cognition can potentially delay the onset of dementia, a disease that is expected to significantly increase in prevalence by 2030. Read more about the trial in the article below. cheba.unsw.edu.au/news/succe…
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Our next seminar is scheduled for Thursday 27 February on a brief foray into causal inference. Here, Nickson Ning will focus on some options we have for causal inference when we only can conduct an observational study instead. events.humanitix.com/seminar…

Seminar: But What If? A Brief Foray Into Causal Inference

Get Tickets on Humanitix - Seminar: But What If? A Brief Foray Into Causal Inference hosted by UNSW Stats Central. Find event information.

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Jane and her collaborators, which included Nancy from Stats Central, investigated the efficacy of a novel parent-toddler dyad therapy designed to teach effective parenting skills to parents of toddlers presenting with challenging behaviours. [1/2] doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-0…

Optimizing parenting and child outcomes following parent–child interaction therapy – toddler: a...

BMC Psychology - Parent–Child Interaction Therapy—Toddler (PCIT-T) is an attachment-informed intervention model designed to meet the specific developmental needs of toddlers aged...

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This is because challenging behaviours in toddlerhood are predictive of mental health challenges in later life stages. In a clinical trial setting, they found that the therapy was effective across several parenting and toddler outcomes when compared to their control groups. [2/2]
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Ashleigh Ford, supported by Ben Maslen from Stats Central, led a study on plant traits that were hypothesised to confer a growth advantage. This study was unique because... [1/2] doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14…

Assessing the effect of tissue and fire‐response traits on plant growth rates post‐disturbance in...

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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... the megafires of 2019–2020 throughout New South Wales provided the opportunity to test these hypotheses across many species under the same conditions and in the field. The results quantitatively confirmed two plant traits that conferred a growth advantage. [2/2]
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Teodora and her collaborators from @neuraustralia, which included Peter at Stats Central, investigated the effect of electrical stimulation during cough training in a group of patients with high-level spinal cord injury (SCI). [1/2] doi.org/10.1038/s41393-024-0…

The effect of abdominal functional electrical stimulation on blood pressure in people with high...

Spinal Cord - The effect of abdominal functional electrical stimulation on blood pressure in people with high level spinal cord injury

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This is because people with high-level SCI are at greater risk of cardiovascular abnormalities due to lower blood pressure. They did indeed find that stimulation meaningfully increases patients' ability to increase their blood pressure. [2/2]
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Are you a researcher or HDR candidate looking to enhance your data analysis skills and take your research to new heights with essential analytical tools? Join our popular courses, specially designed to empower your research capabilities! [1/5]
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Fundamentals of Regression in R - Tuesday 11 to Thursday 13 February 2025 [4/5] events.humanitix.com/short-c…

Short Course: Fundamentals of Regression in R

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We offered bundle tickets for UNSW students with a further 10% discount! - Tickets are limited so be quick to secure your spot! Please feel free to share our 2025 February courses with your school researchers, HDR candidates, networks, or communities who may be interested. [5/5]
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Eve Slavich led the statistical analysis for this study into Australian research grants. Eve and her co-authors found that teams led by women were more gender-balanced. doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scae0…

Women are awarded more team than solo grants and lead more gender-balanced teams than men

Abstract. We modelled patterns of collaboration, team gender composition, and funding amounts across awarded Australian government-funded competitive team

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The lead author, Isabelle Kingsway, provides more insights into this research on Linkedin: linkedin.com/posts/dr-isabel…

Women are awarded more team than solo grants and lead more gender-balanced teams than men | Dr...

New Research: Just Published! 💡 I am thrilled to share the findings of the latest research I led on gender equity in research funding. We explored two decades of research grants awarded by the...

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