november 25, 2024: a week in the life
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I’ve spent the vast majority of this week breaking and un-breaking code for my simulation modelling project, which was well-aligned with a three-hour stint of TA-ing I took on this Friday for a practical in R coding. I also led a seminar for first-year medical students in appraising epidemiological literature, which I found even more fulfilling than my first try last week. Then, once again, I re-ran some code for my first primary analysis and continued to develop proposals for upcoming projects. Finally, I’m looking forward to presenting an idea for an international collaborative study in mid-December and am preparing slides!
next week
In a few days, I’ll try to compile a proposal in full for a planned project, as well as turn another from a bullet-point outline into proper text. And I’ll continue to break and un-break my code until it runs without stopping. Those are my most important priorities, but I’m also considering developing some new ideas for further analyses of the data I already have … tbd!
november 18, 2024: a week in the life
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On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, I drafted a data request for my proposed simulation study, led my first-ever undergraduate supervision meeting, presented my first primary analysis to a multidisciplinary audience of Blood and Transplant Unit researchers, and started running my simulation code using dummy data. Then, on Thursday, I cracked the screen of my work laptop, took a half-day to blunder around and despair, and spent the rest of the day starting a new job as a Research Associate at Kohlrabi, a public health consultancy. It’s a privilege to join a team that clearly likes their greens :)
november 11, 2024: a week in the life
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It’s been a week of presentations! On Wednesday, I presented findings from my first primary analyses in an intimate setting and had a great conversation with the attendees. On Thursday, I presented to a larger audience, including senior scientists within the Department of Public Health and Primary Care. I’ve also built on my manuscript draft for that primary analysis, which I hope to share with my supervisor soon. I’ve also spent several hours trying to improve on a proposal for a simulation modelling analysis according to comments from my supervisor. Finally, I’ve been working through final admin procedures for our accepted review paper!
november 4, 2024: a week in the life
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Whew … it’s getting late. It’s almost bedtime and I’m still on my work computer! I would never consider this acceptable normally but have made an exception for this chaotic week. I’ve continued to respond to my supervisor’s comments on my primary analyses, realising that I will need to make substantial changes to the variables used. I’ve also made a dummy dataset that enables me to test my simulation modelling code before I receive the “real” data … though I haven’t done most of that testing yet. And perhaps most importantly, I’ve submitted revisions for our systematic review manuscript, which has now been accepted for publication!!! I hope to share the published paper with you all within the next two weeks.