Nicholas Pajewski
@NMPajewski
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I’m a biostatistician working in clinical trials, particularly in older adults. Most other moments I try to be on the golf course,
Winston-Salem, NC
Joined February 2012
I can’t believe I’ve been selected for the Early Career Investigator Award by @AAHPM ! 🎉 A heartfelt thank you to my amazing mentors, supportive patients and families, and our dedicated palliative care team for making this possible. Feeling honored! 🙏 #AAHPM #PalliativeResearch
So proud to announce the 2025 AAHPM award winners! Your dedication to the #hapc field does not go unnoticed. Learn more about these incredible individuals and their impactful contributions here: https://t.co/oSwnyGaSei
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Looking for a version of the MoCA that can be administered over the phone and was reminded of the Impossible MoCA, which is always fun to give to anxious colleagues. "Just a standard test I give to all my patients".
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🚀 Join Yale's Cutting-Edge Brain & AI Research Team! 🧠✨ Yale's Center for Brain & Mind Health (CBMH) is hiring at all levels to lead innovative AI-driven neuroscience! We're seeking passionate researchers applying AI to brain health challenges. Don’t miss the chance to shape
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NIA’s now ex-neuroscience division director falsified/fabricated study results... results that led to clinical trials of the antibody prasinezumab which had no effect on global or imaging measures of Parkinson’s disease progression in a 2022 NEJM paper https://t.co/jLkGSy8GRF
science.org
Agency announces research misconduct finding for neuroscientist Eliezer Masliah as scores of his papers fall under suspicion
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Patients with #Alzheimers disease and #hypertension have an even greater risk of cognitive decline than those with one #riskfactor and not the other, according to a new @AlzDemJournals study led by @NeurologyYale's Adam de Havenon, MD: https://t.co/QTmhJkbpZI
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Want to know more about facilitators and barriers to implementation of a Sepsis Transition and Recovery program? A report of our pre-implementation work is now published @HSRatBMC Congrats to @TaraEatonPhD and team!
link.springer.com
BMC Health Services Research - Sepsis survivors experience high morbidity and mortality. Though recommended best practices have been established to address the transition and early post hospital...
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Frailty in Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries
jamanetwork.com
This cohort study of community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years and older examines whether frailty and frailty trajectories differ between Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare...
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For every study that helps us decide whether to start a new medication, there should be an equal & opposite study to help us decide when to stop a medication. With that new law of medicine, I present you this study on beta-blocker discontinuation after MI https://t.co/A4QSC6Unxo
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Every Target Trial Emulation Study: "Randomization was emulated using propensity score matching adjusting for baseline covariates" Narrator: this was an observational study where nothing close to randomization was done
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In my advanced CKD clinic, this is a common clinical encounter: Mr. Jones is 83 and has chronic kidney failure with a low eGFR. He’s not eligible for a transplant.
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Come join our amazing team! I get to work with the best students and colleagues. Spread the word!
The Department of Statistical Sciences @ Wake Forest is looking to hire 2⃣ Assistant Teaching Professors to begin July 2025. Want to be part of a dynamic, energetic, department? Apply at https://t.co/t9seO3B2JW and learn more @ https://t.co/OsvG3aPsIo
#SmallDepartmentBigImpact
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🎓 Join Our Team! 🎓 @wakeforestmed is seeking a talented researcher for an open rank, tenure track position in Geroscience. If your work explores the biology of aging and chronic disease, we’d love to hear from you! 💼 Apply now: https://t.co/Pqlc27yY4q
@agingup @toddhaberkost
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SPRINT showed that intensive lowering of systolic BP increased the risk of incident CKD and episodes of AKI. A study looked at legacy effect of intensive vs. standard systolic BP lowering on longer-term incidence of kidney failure. Rates of dialysis or transplantation were higher
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Great work by @priyapalta
Alzheimer disease (AD)–specific biomarkers’ association with dementia starts in midlife whereas late-life measures of AD, neuronal injury, and astrogliosis biomarkers are all associated with dementia. https://t.co/SfAgRH6kDd
#AAIC24
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The relationship between frailty and social vulnerability: a systematic review - The Lancet Healthy Longevity https://t.co/30TOLUP9Zx
@TorrensUni @TheLancet @ElsaDent
thelancet.com
Both frailty (reduced physiological reserve) and social vulnerability (scarcity of adequate social connections, support, or interaction) become more common as people age and are associated with...
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𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭? 📊 Learn how @UCSDHealth investigators consented and scheduled over 2000 clinical trial participants in less than 4 weeks (!) at low cost by integrating workflows in a vendor EHR! A short 🧵 (1/4)
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Really nice article on the importance of hypertension control. Thank you @ACPIMPhysicians for featuring our work! Continue BP control, maintain benefits | I.M. Matters from ACP
immattersacp.org
Helping patients maintain normal blood pressure over the long haul pays off in cardiovascular and other health benefits, yet studies show that U.S. adults continue to backslide.
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🚨Federal claims data are critical to efforts to improve spending, quality, and equity in our health care system. In @JAMA_current, we wrote about how @CMSGov's data policy change may compromise these efforts — and recommended a better path forward. https://t.co/TQOUHsBweK 1/N
jamanetwork.com
This Viewpoint discusses the importance of researcher access to federal health care data following a CMS decision to limit the use of physical data and proposes solutions to maintain access and...
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I can't wait to have @StatGirlLAM on campus! The only downside is I don't think we have time to go on a run together!
We are so excited for the 2nd annual @WakeForest Distinguished Lecture in Statistics and Biostatistics; co-hosted with @WakeBDS. This year's speaker is the amazing Leslie McClure (@StatGirlLAM). Details in the flyer below.
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#Kidneydisease-related #cognitiveimpairment may improve after transplantation, according to @KUMedCenter researchers, who wrote in a study that the finding is "relevant for clinical decision-making.” https://t.co/B4rJKNROM4
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