Rachel Visontay
@RVisontay
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Postdoc @TheMatilda_USyd Interested in alcohol consumption and long-term health outcomes; causal inference in epidemiology
Joined August 2020
Honoured and thrilled to have been selected for the #Lindau2023 Nobel Laureate Meeting!.
Our congratulations to the 9 Australian scientists selected to attend the 72nd #Lindau2023 Nobel Laureate Meeting. These bright early-career researchers will be heading to Lindau, Germany in June to mix with and learn from 30 – 40 Nobel laureates.
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RT @mvisontay: I thought I’d pried every last secret from my father’s past. A locked red box proved me wrong. Read more in this excerpt fro….
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After an early mishap wearing the wrong person's name tag all morning, had an awesome day at the Mendelian Randomization conference in sunny Bristol hearing about the latest in MR and presenting my poster ☀️ #mrconf24 @TheMatilda_USyd @mrc_ieu @marg
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RT @LouiseMewton: How does alcohol use 🍷 impact brain changes 🧠 in later life? In older adults, we found very few robust relationships betw….
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So thrilled to have got such incredible entries to our competition this year! Congratulations to all the winners - definitely worth checking out their vizzes below!.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Matilda Viz data visualisation competition!.Winners were selected in three categories for their innovative storytelling around mental health and substance use. Thread🧵.1/4.
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RT @TheMatilda_USyd: Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Matilda Viz data visualisation competition!.Winners were selected in three….
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Check out this awesome comp @JaydenSercombe @Zachary_Bryant_ and I are running. If you're a uni student, why not give it a crack and build your data viz skills while helping to spotlight mental health and substance use 👇.
Are you a #student at a #university in Australia and have a keen eye for #data? The Matilda Viz, data visualisation competition is BACK, and we’re looking forward to seeing how you #translate the latest and greatest #research!.Learn more:
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RT @DrJillHalladay: 📢HOT OFF THE PRESS – Is the association between psychological distress and risky alcohol consumption shifting over time….
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RT @avivalowy: How Italians came to love eggplant, ‘the vile food of the Jews’ .Check out my piece on Italian-Jewish cook Silvia Nacamulli….
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Ever wondered what it would look like if some Nobel laureates and exhausted young scientists formed a conga line? Here it is in all its glory #LINO23 #LindauAussies @TheMatilda_USyd
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RT @Science_Academy: We kicked off day 4 of the @LindauNobel Laureate Meetings with multiple Next Gen Science talks, with young scientists….
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Foraging for roadside fruit AND day 1 of #LINO23 - doesn't get much better than that! #LindauAussies .@TheMatilda_USyd
The #LindauAussies were very excited to be at the 72nd @LindauNobel Laureates meeting with young researchers from 89 different countries and 40 Nobel Laureates. — @Lynn_Nazareth (That's me on the far left!) #LINO23
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RT @Science_Academy: Today the #LindauAussies visited the Australian Embassy in Berlin & had the privilege of meeting with the Australian A….
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Super excited to be heading off to Germany to represent Australian science at #LINO23! .#LindauAussies @TheMatilda_USyd.Hyped myself up with a pre-flight lunch of expired mussels 💪.
🛫Nine early-career Australian scientists are on their way to the 72nd Lindau 2023 Nobel Laureate Meeting! The bright and eager researchers are off to Lindau in Germany to meet and learn from 30–40 Nobel laureates. #LINO23. Learn more:
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New paper! 🚨.Excited to share our multiverse study on drinking and inflammation - we tested just how robust the relationship is. @LouiseMewton @proftimslade @DrMSunderland @AnnieBritton3 @_NishaMathew @BridieOsman @TheMatilda_USyd .
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It was a pleasure talking to the SMH about our new study looking at alcohol and depression. We found a little drinking may protect against depression, but important to note that it's harmful for many other conditions.
🧵2/3 @smh speaks to @RVisontay about the findings of the study. Read the article ➡️ . @APAPubJournals @syd_health @Sydney_Uni.
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RT @TheMatilda_USyd: 🧵1/3 NEW RESEARCH | Is a small amount of alcohol better than none at all? New research by @RVisontay @LouiseMewton @pr….
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RT @LouiseMewton: The super clever @RVisontay took the lead on this policy piece focusing on alcohol labelling, where we argue that industr….
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RT @ScienceTalksSyd: Just how much alcohol consumption should be considered healthy? 🍷 @RVisontay from @TheMatilda_USyd will be speaking ab….
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RT @BridieOsman: Excited to share our newly published paper in this forward thinking area of research📲🏃♀️#physicalactivity #smartphone #mh….
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