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Medical Imaging • Co-founder @mSCAN_Ug • MPH (Epi/Biostat) @BerkeleyMPH • Organ Music
Kampala, Uganda
Joined October 2014
It was great to represent Uganda at the @TechCrunch StartUp Battlefield Africa in Lagos, Nigeria. Amazing experience. Congratulations to the team M-SCAN, we brought this home. https://t.co/xiBJBfNv6L
@KagutaMuseveni @FrankTumwebazek @OutboxHub @UNFPAUganda
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I would be eager to know what my favorite podcast hosts of @casualinfer think @EpiEllie @LucyStats or share any resources I might not be aware of.
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Of course, I don’t advocate for quick poorly conducted research but rather prescribed procedures for such studies to be valid. That said, how can multiple comparison procedures (MCPs) such Bonferonni’s be applied in “factors associated with” studies?
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The reality is “factors associated with” studies continue to be conducted especially where funding is limited with need of a snapshot, secondly, graduate students tend to do these as a faster route to their dissertations.
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identify confounders & colliders a priori with each causal diagram speaking to “the” outcome of interest rather than forcing all variables onto one diagram. Miguel Hernan’s target trial emulation resonates deeply with my perspective in this instance.
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“associated with” the outcome of interest. Whereas I fully agree with the concerns raised in the paper, I diverge with its conclusion that such study designs should be completely abandoned. Instead, I see potential value in leveraging multiple causal diagrams to explicitly..
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It highlights key pitfalls such as the table 2 fallacy, p-hacking and many other biases arising from stepwise variable selection in multivariable regression studies. These practices often lead to a cocktail of spurious associations where each factor is incorrectly labeled as..
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The paper by David Lewer titled “Factors associated with: problems of using exploratory multivariable regression to identify causal risk factors” [Link: https://t.co/2C6EPXdvCA] articulates perfectly the critical issues researchers must consider.
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This Thursday, The Junctions hosts Mr & Mrs Menyo at 6pm for episode 4 of Two become One. Join me as we continue this series on courtship and marriage. Invite a friend
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November was an amazing month at MSCAN. We held yet another successful MSCAN device deployment and Point of Care Ultrasound training. In collaboration with @IDIMakerere, we trained 6 midwives in Point of Care Ultrasound, deployed 6 MSCAN machines in Palabek refugee settlement.
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Training of midwives to do obstetric scans in Palabek refugee settlement, Lamwo. This will increase access to imaging services and improve quality of obstetric care for refugees and host community. Thanks to the collaboration between @RESCUEorg @IDIMakerere @LAMWO @mSCAN_Ug
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Hello, Good people🥳 This Tuesday we shall be talking about Maternal health. What it is, Why it is important and how best we can be able to improve it. Feel free to join us. Topic:🤝🏾 *MATERNAL HEALTH* Venue:📍 CARAVAN RESTAURANT, Centenary Park SEE YOU THERE💃🏾💃🏾
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It gets better 😎 thank you @CiscoChallenge
🥈 Congrats to @mSCAN_Ug from Uganda for winning a $50,000 USD Second Runner-Up Prize! 👉 Winning Solution: Develops mobile ultrasound devices compatible with laptops, tablets & phones for use in Sub-Saharan Africa. https://t.co/13fJ7ArrpT
@Cisco #GlobalProblemSolverChallenge
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Congratulations Counsel & to all your support system 🥳
@ug_lawsociety @JudiciaryUG A recognition & commendation for “Excellence at the Bar” from colleagues, is one of the greatest honours of my career & life. I thank God for the privilege to make a living doing what I love & what I am good at. It is deeply satisfying. Gratitude to…
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This & then Norrsken Foundation’s Hub in Kigali, I wonder what this means for Kampala!
Microsoft opened a $27 million tech hub in #Nairobi in March this year. Looking forward to visiting the hub next week and touching base with other ecosystem builders and contributors.
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We are delighted to announce that we have been selected for the 2022 Builders of Africa’s Future, an enterprise accelerator program by @AfricanDNetwork. Meet the 2022 Builders and read the press release: https://t.co/diSbytaUDM
#africanentrepreneurship
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MSCAN @mscan_ug is an initiative of a team of young developers who invented low cost, energy-efficient, MOBILE ULTRA SOUND equipment to manage maternal mortality. We celebrate your ingenuity. @DrAhimbisibweP @MinofHealthUG #WorldIPDay #IPDayUG22 #IntellectualPropertyUG
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Admissions to our nursing & midwifery and teacher education programmes in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are open. Apply online at https://t.co/3IMpi2SSzc
#AKUAdmissions @akusonamea
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