Ben Ackerman, PhD
@backerman150
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Biostatistician/Data Scientist, @jhubiostat alum, runner, challah baker, library frequenter, he/him 🏳️🌈✡️ (views = my own)
Brooklyn, NY
Joined October 2015
Notice my new 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️📊 banner? I’ve updated my #rstats pride flag code to use the wonderful color palettes in the ‘gglgbtq’ package (by @Rturtletopia)! Every generated plot is unique and special, make and share yours today! https://t.co/KR9Oo5vpbh
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Eurovision 2025 statistics: vocal ranges of the songs, calculated with the live performances #Eurovision #Eurovision2025
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I know it's pretty dead on here, but my team (not me) within the data & computational science team at Vertex is hiring an integrative data scientist: https://t.co/SBpQUY5zjS. If you're interested please apply, it's an awesome place to work!
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Ever wonder how many lives have been saved by NIH-funded research - including your own? Enter any medical condition and instantly see how your tax dollars transformed science into survival. https://t.co/ukj6bhL1tW
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Explore how your tax dollars fund life‑saving medical research.
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*BROOKLYN*, I’ll be back on Thursday 5/1 at 10am, where it all began at Kings County Hospital where my mother and grandmother worked, where I trained in Emergency Medicine, to give a keynote! The first 100 attendees will receive a free copy of LEGACY🩺
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cities aren’t loud. cars are loud
Visitors are up, but traffic is flowing more smoothly so honking is down ~70% and the streets are quieter and more calm. https://t.co/wwfeQSkaKk
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And find me on Goodreads for more recs!
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Ben has 1,100 books on Goodreads, and is currently reading A/S/L by Jeanne Thornton
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📚 Take a break from doomscrolling and pick up a book from your local library or support an independent bookstore! Here are some of my favorite novels from last year:
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According to a senior CDC official, some of the pages that were removed on Friday have been reinstated due to backlash from the scientific community and the public. Keep speaking up, it matters!
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And that's all she wrote😌 📚 ♥️ Book lovers-- What are your ins and outs for 2025? Let us know in the comments⬇️ #2025 #insandouts #newyears #newyearsresolutions #booklovers
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They should take a page from the Nussbaum & Wu playbook. -Close for a year -Reopen as Bagels Absolute
Shocking Upper West Side bagel news. Absolute Bagels is "closed for good," multiple employees said on Thursday. The storefront is already shuttered. Unclear the reasoning for the closure but it is not the health department. “There are many problems. The owner is old.”
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One to put in the calendar!! RWD for Regulatory Decision-Making: Learnings from Use Cases and Demonstration Projects Our next @PHUSETwitta community forum with @backerman150 from JnJ and Ulka Campbell from @aetioninc: https://t.co/SKyXmNjy6V
#rwd #regulatory
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COVID-19, flu and RSV are all currently spreading in NYC. Wearing a mask in crowded indoor settings can help protect you and protect others if you’re sick. Well-fitting masks, such as KN95s, KF94s or N95s, provide the best protection: https://t.co/B6U7bSKPVV
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I will never understand why New York City of all places has chosen to prioritize free parking over outdoor dining, especially when most people in the city don’t even own a car
🍕update: DOT says it issued a warning to L'industrie to get rid of the outdoor dining bus or else it will face fines. In the last week, DOT gave out similar warnings to 136 eateries that have not taken down their outdoor dining sheds.
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lmfao in case you needed proof of how stupid NYC’s new outdoor dining rules are, L’industrie (top slice shop in the city) just parked an old school bus outside and turned it into a dining area
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We know babe, @PopCrave broke the story first
BREAKING: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield reverses decision to put a time limit on anesthesia
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