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PhD student @ErasmusMC studying trauma and mental illness | I like #rstats and learning about how impossible it is to do good research

Rotterdam, Netherlands
Joined March 2020
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"All else equal, a meta-analysis is the most reliable form of evidence" The average meta-analysis
How badly can a meta-analysis go wrong? (Very) How long can the authors ignore serious problems? (5+ years) What ways can you check an existing meta-analysis for errors? (Let me show you!) New preprint: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/xp…
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We're thrilled to present you our latest special issue on the scientific reform movement! In response to the replication crisis and fraud cases in the behavioral and social sciences, a reform movement has arisen that pleads for a different culture and new practices... 1/2
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If you think the art of satire bait died with the Onion, one academic is on a lifelong crusade to prove you wrong
At the last conference I was at, I stood up and told a presenter that I had rejected their paper for XYZ reason. He said he hadn’t received the editor’s decision yet, so I told him to get ready. It silenced a whole room of academics. Look. There’s nothing wrong with honesty.
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Yesterday we had the honor to receive the Open and Responsible Science award of @erasmusuni and it was such a joy 🥳☺️ Thanks to our whole team who worked tirelessly (and for almost 3 years!) on #OpenScience♥️ Check them out👇 (cute 🐱 pic coming!)
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Great gentle intro to BASH for #rstats nerds!
What shell to use?⌨️💻 Zsh is now default to Mac #unix operating systems. BASH is common to many #linux, #windows WSL, and remote servers👇 morphoscape.wordpress.com/20… 🖥️ Basics of #shellprogramming #rprogramming #R have a lot in common for #learning #commandline #code #programming
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And we’re officially done!! 🎉🎉😍 2 intense days of teaching but lots of fun and learning! for PhD students by PhD students @SakSGhai @MZarchev @L_DallAglio @BingXu_estella @FassiLuisa @anabbmendes @elisabetbl
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⏰ Final chance to join our course on how to improve your research through #OpenScience practices! Come join us at @ErasmusMC on the 23rd & 24th of May 🎓 🔗Learn more & subscribe at tinyurl.com/2kec8e7h
🚨 Only a couple of weeks left to subscribe! 🚨 @ErasmusMC PhD students don't miss out on our introductory course to #OpenScience, where you will learn about practical ways to make your science more transparent, open, reproducible & diverse Sign up at tinyurl.com/2kec8e7h
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This week @elisabetbl, who started and co-led the Rotterdam site of the @riotscienceclub will end her PhD contract and start her medical rotations (yes I know - She’ll be a double doctor!🎓👩‍⚕️). Her work has been truly remarkable and she will be greatly missed ♥️ A🧵
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And it’s now out! 🎉@ErasmusMC @erasmusuni PhD students don’t forget to subscribe to our newly launched open science introductory course 📚🎓
📣📣COURSE ON OPEN SCIENCE 📣📣 @ErasmusMC @erasmusuni PhD students, do you want to learn about open science? Well you’re in luck - We’ll launch a 2 day introductory course at the end of May. Stay tuned! 1/2
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My research was featured in a thing @PsychToday! Glad to see the understudied topic of sexual victimisation of men getting attention
Understanding the impact of sexual violence on male victims bit.ly/3t5AaOH
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Decided to shout into the void and post for the first time on twitter my just published Bayesian meta-analysis on the prevalence of sexual abuse in men with mental illness (MI) 🔗doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2021.106… Why focus on men and what did we find? 🧵 #AcademicChatter #phdvoice
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Thanks to my coauthors and my patient supervisor @AstridKamperman who just joined twitter today. It has been a thrill and a joy to work on this together
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And special thanks to @SolomonKurz and @rlmcelreath whom I have never met but their incredible resources got me to the point I could look back and think my oh-so-difficult Bayesian analysis is kind of trivial actually. Thanks! The pretty #rstats plots wouldn't exist without them
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