Kirstie Whitaker

@kirstie_j

Programme Lead: Tools, Practices & Systems | Neuroscientist | Open infrastructure | | & alumna | she/her

London, England
whitakerlab.github.io
Joined May 2009
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    A pinned tweet so you can find the important stuff! 🐏 job, deadline 20 June 🧠 job, deadline 6 June ☕️, every weekday morning at 7:40am UK Please share!

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  2. 1 hour ago

    I'm covid cautious and I've got into a good groove to work from home.... but that is in no small part to having 20 minutes of delightful conversation every morning after my dog walk. You're always welcome! ☕️

    Really enjoyed from the park this morning! Long weekend here in the UK so back on Tuesday 1 June. 7:40 UK and everyone always welcome ☀️🌺🌸 Link 👇🏻 Password: 20200316
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    Closing soon (6 June!) A senior modeller working in the Analytics Hub within the . 🧠

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    🚨 JOB KLAXON 🚨 Come work w Richard Everson, me, & the team as a SENIOR DATA ANALYST & MODELLER. DEADLINE: 6 June 2021 LINK: 🧵THREAD on the application for you to easily share! (Pls share!) 🧠
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    Woooo RAMALAMA! Two positions to work with and me . 🐏

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    🚨 JOB KLAXON🚨 Come work with me & (& a WHOLE bunch of other awesome folks) as a RESEARCH APPLICATION MANAGER (RAM 🐏) DEADLINE: 20 June 2021 LINK: 🧵 THREAD on the application for you to easily share! (Pls share!) 🐏
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    Thank you for reading! Please encourage folks you know to apply. 💰Salary: £48,000 & benefits 📚Location: , London but remote working in 2021 & 2022 plans in development. 📅Deadline: 6 June 2021 👉 🧠

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  6. 1 hour ago

    You'll be working in a really lovely team with loads of pathways to influence and deliver really high quality science. Our shared goal is to improve the lives of people with dementia. It's a long game, but every step makes a difference. 🧠

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    We know that the best work is done by diverse teams. We would LOVE to interview applicants from traditionally underrepresented and oppressed groups. That includes , , / , , . 👉 🧠

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  8. 1 hour ago

    You'll have to have a PhD (or equivalent experience) and expertise in **one or more** of the following areas: Bayesian inference, ensemble models, multivariate time-series analysis, medical image analysis. But you don't need to know all the answers upfront! 🧠

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  9. 1 hour ago

    My recommendation to you (and the folks you're going to share this job description with 🙏) is to focus on the _ideas_ more than evidence across ALL these areas. We're excited for someone who is going to imagine answering questions that haven't been asked before! 🧠

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  10. 1 hour ago

    This is an awesome role but we've struggled to recruit for it. My guess is that it may seem like we're looking for a unicorn 🦄 We're looking for of and ... and some understanding of . 🧠

    There is significant scope for the postholder to develop new skills and grow in the role. We do not expect the applicants to have extensive experience across all aspects of AI methods, biological models of cognitive decline, and the analysis of brain imaging and digital markers. We do however expect the postholder to be prepared to learn at pace. For example, you may have a track record in brain imaging but can demonstrate knowledge of statistical modelling techniques that translate to digital markers, or – conversely – expertise in the computational modelling of dementia with evidence of translatable skills to the predictive modelling of brain, cognitive and digital markers. We are excited to work with applicants who bring a fresh perspective on a paradigm shifting and ambitious research goal.
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  11. 1 hour ago

    You'll be well supported! We have 2 data wranglers & there will be a reproducibility lead (line managed by me! Keep your eyes out for that job posting!) You'll work closely with , , Scientific Director Zoe Kourtzi & many more! 🧠

    As a leader in your field and area of expertise you will collaborate with and coordinate the work of other post-doctoral researchers the Analytics Hub and will design and coordinate analytics work with the Digital and Clinical Hubs. Your colleagues in the Analytics Hub include data wranglers mentored by Dr Ann-Marie Mallon at MRC Harwell and a reproducibility lead mentored by Dr Kirstie Whitaker at The Alan Turing Institute. The EDoN Clinical Hub is led by Professor Zuzana Walker at University College London and the EDoN Digital Hub is led by Dr Chris Hinds at the Big Data Institute at the University of Oxford. Professor Zoe Kourtzi at the University of Cambridge is the Scientific Director of EDoN and the Chair of the EDoN Steering Group. More information about members of the EDoN collaboration can be found at htttps://edon-initiative.org/organisation. We expect that success in the role will also require close collaboration with other communities such as the Brain Imaging Data Structur
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    The Analytics Hub is led by folks and will involve both retrospective ("gold standard") and prospective (predicting the future! It's hard!) analyses. We're looking for someone who is excited to imagine HOW to model early detection! 🧠

    Screenshot from job website. Not all text can fit in al-text but all text can be read on the website in the top tweet. The Senior Data Analyst & Modeller will work closely with PI Professor Richard Everson to deliver the data analytics and modelling aspects of the Analytics Hub. The post-holder will be responsible for coordinating and performing the data science analyses of retrospective and prospective data collected by the EDoN project and held in the Turing Secure Research Environment. This role represents an outstanding opportunity to influence the direction of data intensive research to improve millions of people’s lives. You will develop novel methods to, for example, reduce misclassification of individuals due to co-morbidities, accurately predict particular disease subtypes, detect and model cognitive decline, combine multi-modal datasets. ....
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    We're looking for someone to join our team to lead on modelling for the Early Detection of Neurodegenerative Diseases (). Our vision is to identify digital biomarkers that will allow the team to detect diseases like as early as possible. 🧠

    Screen capture from job website. Early Detection of Neurodegenerative diseases (EDoN) is the largest initiative in the world that will collect, share and analyse clinical and digital health data to detect diseases like Alzheimer’s. Ultimately, this approach would be used by doctors to give an earlier and much more accurate diagnosis of dementia diseases. The Alan Turing Institute is leading on the EDoN Analytics Hub which is tasked with designing and performing the analyses that will allow EDoN to make sense of the data collected in the project. The Analytics Hub is composed of data scientists and is responsible for developing, validating, and refining machine learning ‘fingerprint’ models that can detect the diseases that cause dementia at their earliest stage. (remaining text doesn't fit but can be read at the job website)
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    🚨 JOB KLAXON 🚨 Come work w Richard Everson, me, & the team as a SENIOR DATA ANALYST & MODELLER. DEADLINE: 6 June 2021 LINK: 🧵THREAD on the application for you to easily share! (Pls share!) 🧠

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  15. 2 hours ago

    Thank you for reading! Please encourage folks you know to apply. 💰Salary: £46,690 & benefits 📚Location: , London but remote working in 2021 & 2022 plans in development. 📅Deadline: 20 June 2021 👉 🐏

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    We know that the best work is done by diverse teams. We would LOVE to interview applicants from traditionally underrepresented and oppressed groups. That includes , , / , , . 👉 🐏

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  17. 2 hours ago

    SO - WHEN YOU APPLY (go on, dooo it) - don't forget to submit a: 📝500 word writing sample about a data science tool or dataset that you recommend for others.📝 We want to know how you (briefly) help others to learn new tools to help them deliver their work. 🐏

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  18. 2 hours ago

    Everyone thinks they have "Outstanding communication skills, both oral and written." Unfortunately, many applicants to provide evidence by pointing to academic research papers & conference talks. Those aren't really what we're looking for. 🐏

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    We ask for experience with "basic coding skills in any programming language". This is so you can be embedded into the research teams & be a bi-directional advocate for developers and users as we co-create technical documentation. Again, don't over think this req! 🐏

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  20. 2 hours ago

    If you've worked with OF ANY KIND IN ANY CAPACITY please consider applying. Don't get hung up on what the title of your role was! We're looking for the strategic communication & project engagement skills and they can come from lots of types of roles. 🐏

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