Karen Lamb

📢 Calling out to statisticians: put 9-10th July 2026 in your diary!

@nicolewhite.bsky.social and I are excited to launch this symposium for statisticians along with our phenomenal team of co-organisers @mischhub.bsky.social @aushsi.bsky.social

Sign up for more information at the link below 👇👇👇👇👇

Another cracking #STEMMinist book club catch up tonight in Melbourne! Reach out if you're interested in joining our next meet up in a couple of months. @lindamciver.adsei.org @jesskasza.bsky.social

"An online sample size calculator for designing partially clustered trials" (@klange-au.bsky.social et al) has now been published in Clinical Trials!
doi.org/10.1177/1740...

This free and user-friendly online calculator makes it easier to ensure a trial is appropriately powered ✅

The 2026 SSA #Mentoring Program launched today with training from the excellent @drshanerrr.bsky.social. So happy to see both new and familiar faces in the stats community joining the program! Well done to @nicolewhite.bsky.social, Lizzie Koreevar and the committee! statsoc.org.au/Mentoring

If you're interested in any aspect of stepped wedge trials, you are in luck! The University of York is hosting a FREE online conference dedicated to this weird and wonderful design. Find more info and submit your abstract here: www.york.ac.uk/healthscienc...

Honoured to have received the Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring last night. Huge thank you to Sabine Braat for the nomination and to my @mischhub.bsky.social colleagues and others for your support. Enormously appreciated!

Thanks for sharing @cameronpat.bsky.social. There is so much value in being a passionate person in statistics that inspires good statistical work in others. Good communication should not be undervalued! Take care of yourself. ❤️

Beautiful evening for our last STEMMinist book club of the year! Great to meet some new people. Excellent chat!

Thanks to @lindamciver.adsei.org for the pics and helping revive the Melbourne branch of the book club this year with me and Catherine Milte.

MISCH researchers have been awarded $15,000 for their project “Compliance in physiotherapy trials: rethinking design, implementation, and analysis using the estimand framework🥂
🔗https://shorturl.at/6kgl5

Congratulations to Nadine Phillips, who was recognised with a Joint Best Poster Award at the recent Australian Trials Methodology Conference. 👏 🎉 shorturl.at/7F5It

Congratulations to A/Prof @kelamb.bsky.social : Recipient of the 2025 Patricia Grimshaw Award for Mentor Excellence 🎉🥂
A huge congratulations on this well-deserved recognition. Her dedication to mentoring enriches our community and inspires us all.

🔗https://shorturl.at/eaZKD

Fantastic end to #RSS2025 with the conference dinner and ceilidh in the national museum in Edinburgh. Great to catch up with old pals! Thanks @royalstatsoc.bsky.social team. I had a ball! #statistics #conference

Thoroughly enjoyed Maria Christodoulou's presentation on how to engage non-statisticians in statistics at #RSS2025. I want more classes involving zombies! #statistics #teaching

The Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Programs that Enhance Learning

Honored to be Highly Commended for The Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Programs that Enhance Learning under the leadership of Alice Richardson as part of Statistical People of Knowledge and Experience (SPOKEs) 🎖️

learningandteaching.anu.edu.au/development/...

🏆 Distinguished Professor Ian Paulsen @arccoesb.bsky.social is awarded the Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science. #EurekaPrizes

Learn more: youtu.be/NeQn8TR9GYk

🏆 Dr @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social is awarded the Celestino Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Science. #EurekaPrizes

Learn more: youtu.be/vw0iFeij1tY

🏆 dartR from #UniCBR is awarded the @ardc.edu.au‬ Eureka Prize for Excellence in Research Software. #EurekaPrizes

Learn more: youtu.be/eM_9H79bPec

Sharing our thoughts on how to support the development of communication skills in early career statisticians at #RSS2025 in Edinburgh yesterday. Absolute pleasure to connect with statisticians at this conference. @mischhub.bsky.social #statistics #communication #mentoring

🏆 @livingseawalls.bsky.social is awarded the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Eureka Prize for Environmental Research: youtu.be/l76BDpJ7HU4

#EurekaPrizes @sims-australia.bsky.social @melaniejbishop.bsky.social @cariocamayer.bsky.social @marialvozzo.bsky.social

🏆 The Fission Chips Team from Macquarie University is awarded the @ansto.bsky.social‬ Eureka Prize for Innovative Use of Technology. #EurekaPrizes

Learn more: youtu.be/6yf27LdQkhw

🏆 Dr Aaron Eger from @unsw.edu.au is awarded the Eureka Prize for Emerging Leader in Science. #EurekaPrizes

Learn more: youtu.be/M06od5P7s1s

🏆 Tyne Logan and Ashley Kyd are awarded the Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Science Journalism. #EurekaPrizes

Learn more: youtu.be/6Jm1zUnRFSk

Massive congratulations to Prof Milford for your #EurekaPrizes mentoring award. Very well deserved! 🎉

🏆 Towards a Smart PCR Process from ‪@flindersuniversity.bsky.social is awarded the @utsengage.bsky.social and Australian Federal Police Eureka Prize for Excellence in Forensic Science. #EurekaPrizes ‬‬

Learn more: youtu.be/cGQKHIfC9pI

Eminent entomologist Dr Chris Reid is awarded the 2025 Australian Museum Research Institute Medal for his outstanding career which has transformed our understanding of beetle taxonomy.
#EurekaPrizes

🏆 Sophie M. is awarded the
@sydney.edu.au Sleek Geeks Science Eureka Prize - Secondary, for her short film ‘Swing Smart to Stand Tall’. #EurekaPrizes #SchoolScience

Watch it now: youtu.be/N1kDE33marM

Yay! What a wee legend! Loved the dust mite film. #EurekaPrizes

🏆 Professor ‪@anitaho-baillie.bsky.social‬ from @sydney.edu.au is awarded the University of Sydney Eureka Prize for Sustainability Research. #EurekaPrizes ‬‬

Learn more: youtu.be/D305jgujrQk

🏆 The Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Group are awarded the AIDRC Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research. #EurekaPrizes

Learn more: youtu.be/L9gdryJWIJY