A key ingredient to the appeal and success of #MELODEM2025 (as with other #MELODEM mtgs) comes from the generous blocks of time dedicated to discussion. And a key ingredient of that discussion is excellent moderating.
June 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A key ingredient to the appeal and success of #MELODEM2025 (as with other #MELODEM mtgs) comes from the generous blocks of time dedicated to discussion. And a key ingredient of that discussion is excellent moderating.
Tomorrow's #MELODEM working group session, at 11am US ET, features Neal Jawadekar presenting:
"#Statin Use and #Dementia: Heterogeneous Treatment Effects and Optimal Treatment Rules."
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"#Statin Use and #Dementia: Heterogeneous Treatment Effects and Optimal Treatment Rules."
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March 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Tomorrow's #MELODEM working group session, at 11am US ET, features Neal Jawadekar presenting:
"#Statin Use and #Dementia: Heterogeneous Treatment Effects and Optimal Treatment Rules."
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"#Statin Use and #Dementia: Heterogeneous Treatment Effects and Optimal Treatment Rules."
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TODAY at 11A US ET, #MELODEM brings you @relajoie.bsky.social and Ganna Blazhenets presenting:
"Harmonization of #amyloid-PET quantification for #ADRD research: putting #Centiloids to the test"
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"Harmonization of #amyloid-PET quantification for #ADRD research: putting #Centiloids to the test"
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February 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
TODAY at 11A US ET, #MELODEM brings you @relajoie.bsky.social and Ganna Blazhenets presenting:
"Harmonization of #amyloid-PET quantification for #ADRD research: putting #Centiloids to the test"
More deets on MELODEM & how to hop on the distribution list:
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"Harmonization of #amyloid-PET quantification for #ADRD research: putting #Centiloids to the test"
More deets on MELODEM & how to hop on the distribution list:
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This week, #MELODEM features Dr. Sebastian Walsh presenting:
"The value of a population-level lens in #dementia research: examples from prevention and treatment"
Th Feb 6 @ 11a US ET.
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"The value of a population-level lens in #dementia research: examples from prevention and treatment"
Th Feb 6 @ 11a US ET.
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February 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This week, #MELODEM features Dr. Sebastian Walsh presenting:
"The value of a population-level lens in #dementia research: examples from prevention and treatment"
Th Feb 6 @ 11a US ET.
Join our distribution list for zoom specs. sites.bu.edu/melodem/cont...
"The value of a population-level lens in #dementia research: examples from prevention and treatment"
Th Feb 6 @ 11a US ET.
Join our distribution list for zoom specs. sites.bu.edu/melodem/cont...
4 days left to apply to attend the annual in-person meeting of #MELODEM.
**Jan 27, 2025** <-- the last day to apply for the In-Person Meeting of #MELODEM, a sumptuous convening to collaboratively scratch heads (one's own, just so we're clear) and generate solutions to #methodologic challenges in longitudinal #dementia research.
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January 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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January 14, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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#MELODEM, your favorite place to hash out #methodologic challenges in #dementia research, kicks off 2025 w a session ft Dr. Miguel Arce & Dr. Emily Briceño-Abreu conversing abt "Cross-national harmonization of the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP)."
Th Jan 16, 11a US ET via zoom.
Th Jan 16, 11a US ET via zoom.
January 14, 2025 at 2:44 AM
#MELODEM, your favorite place to hash out #methodologic challenges in #dementia research, kicks off 2025 w a session ft Dr. Miguel Arce & Dr. Emily Briceño-Abreu conversing abt "Cross-national harmonization of the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP)."
Th Jan 16, 11a US ET via zoom.
Th Jan 16, 11a US ET via zoom.
**Jan 27, 2025** <-- the last day to apply for the In-Person Meeting of #MELODEM, a sumptuous convening to collaboratively scratch heads (one's own, just so we're clear) and generate solutions to #methodologic challenges in longitudinal #dementia research.
sites.bu.edu/melodem/cale...
sites.bu.edu/melodem/cale...
January 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
**Jan 27, 2025** <-- the last day to apply for the In-Person Meeting of #MELODEM, a sumptuous convening to collaboratively scratch heads (one's own, just so we're clear) and generate solutions to #methodologic challenges in longitudinal #dementia research.
sites.bu.edu/melodem/cale...
sites.bu.edu/melodem/cale...
#MELODEM is accepting applications--by 1/27/25--to participate in this year's Annual In-Person Meeting!
The meeting features:
Jun 23-25: presentations w extensive discussion
Jun 25-27: hands-on data workshop, involving a subset of participants
See deets & apply:
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The meeting features:
Jun 23-25: presentations w extensive discussion
Jun 25-27: hands-on data workshop, involving a subset of participants
See deets & apply:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Application for 2025 Annual MELODEM Meeting
We are delighted to announce that we are accepting applications to participate in MELODEM's Annual In-Person Meeting which will be held in St. James Hotel in Red Wing, MN from Monday, June 23rd to Fri...
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January 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
#MELODEM is accepting applications--by 1/27/25--to participate in this year's Annual In-Person Meeting!
The meeting features:
Jun 23-25: presentations w extensive discussion
Jun 25-27: hands-on data workshop, involving a subset of participants
See deets & apply:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The meeting features:
Jun 23-25: presentations w extensive discussion
Jun 25-27: hands-on data workshop, involving a subset of participants
See deets & apply:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
In 110 minutes ...
Dr. Audrey Murchland presents "Intimate Partner Violence and #Dementia Risk: Challenges and Opportunities for Longitudinal Studies of Aging"
#MELODEM
Thanks, NIH-NIA
Dr. Audrey Murchland presents "Intimate Partner Violence and #Dementia Risk: Challenges and Opportunities for Longitudinal Studies of Aging"
#MELODEM
Thanks, NIH-NIA
TOMORROW's episode of #MELODEM features...
Dr. Audrey Murchland presenting:
"Intimate Partner Violence and #Dementia Risk: Challenges and Opportunities for Longitudinal Studies of Aging."
11a US ET
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Dr. Audrey Murchland presenting:
"Intimate Partner Violence and #Dementia Risk: Challenges and Opportunities for Longitudinal Studies of Aging."
11a US ET
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Methods for Longitudinal Studies in Dementia (MELODEM)
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December 5, 2024 at 2:08 PM
TOMORROW's episode of #MELODEM features...
Dr. Audrey Murchland presenting:
"Intimate Partner Violence and #Dementia Risk: Challenges and Opportunities for Longitudinal Studies of Aging."
11a US ET
Not on the zoom link email list? Mosey on over to our web lounge for deets sites.bu.edu/melodem/
Dr. Audrey Murchland presenting:
"Intimate Partner Violence and #Dementia Risk: Challenges and Opportunities for Longitudinal Studies of Aging."
11a US ET
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Methods for Longitudinal Studies in Dementia (MELODEM)
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December 4, 2024 at 1:28 PM
TOMORROW's episode of #MELODEM features...
Dr. Audrey Murchland presenting:
"Intimate Partner Violence and #Dementia Risk: Challenges and Opportunities for Longitudinal Studies of Aging."
11a US ET
Not on the zoom link email list? Mosey on over to our web lounge for deets sites.bu.edu/melodem/
Dr. Audrey Murchland presenting:
"Intimate Partner Violence and #Dementia Risk: Challenges and Opportunities for Longitudinal Studies of Aging."
11a US ET
Not on the zoom link email list? Mosey on over to our web lounge for deets sites.bu.edu/melodem/
A reminder that we post videos and slide sets of #MELODEM talks on our always-evolving site.
{🔥 MELODEM hosts conversations on #methods for addressing vexing challenges in research on #dementia #cognition 🔥}
{🔥 MELODEM hosts conversations on #methods for addressing vexing challenges in research on #dementia #cognition 🔥}
I missed the MELODEM (Methods in Longitudinal Research on Dementia group) talk today by Yingyan Wu (PhD student working with @ermayeda.bsky.social at UCLA) but it was recorded! In fact, all recent melodem talks are posted: sites.bu.edu/melodem/reso...
If you're an #EndAlz geek, this site's for you.
If you're an #EndAlz geek, this site's for you.
Working Group slides, videos, and other materials | Methods for Longitudinal Studies in Dementia (MELODEM)
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November 22, 2024 at 3:00 AM
A reminder that we post videos and slide sets of #MELODEM talks on our always-evolving site.
{🔥 MELODEM hosts conversations on #methods for addressing vexing challenges in research on #dementia #cognition 🔥}
{🔥 MELODEM hosts conversations on #methods for addressing vexing challenges in research on #dementia #cognition 🔥}
Tmw (Th) 11a US ET on channel #MELODEM:
Yingyan Wu: "How to assess #cognitivedecline when test administration changes across study waves? #Harmonizing cognitive scores across waves in the China Health & Retirement Longitudinal Study"
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Yingyan Wu: "How to assess #cognitivedecline when test administration changes across study waves? #Harmonizing cognitive scores across waves in the China Health & Retirement Longitudinal Study"
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Calendar | Methods for Longitudinal Studies in Dementia (MELODEM)
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November 21, 2024 at 3:41 AM
Tmw (Th) 11a US ET on channel #MELODEM:
Yingyan Wu: "How to assess #cognitivedecline when test administration changes across study waves? #Harmonizing cognitive scores across waves in the China Health & Retirement Longitudinal Study"
Hop on our distrib list 4 info sites.bu.edu/melodem/cale...
Yingyan Wu: "How to assess #cognitivedecline when test administration changes across study waves? #Harmonizing cognitive scores across waves in the China Health & Retirement Longitudinal Study"
Hop on our distrib list 4 info sites.bu.edu/melodem/cale...
1. It was! You can replay using link here: sites.bu.edu/melodem/reco...
2. To get on the distribution list for future sessions, which you can engage w in real time, email melodem AT bu DOT edu.
2. To get on the distribution list for future sessions, which you can engage w in real time, email melodem AT bu DOT edu.
January 30, 2024 at 2:36 PM
1. It was! You can replay using link here: sites.bu.edu/melodem/reco...
2. To get on the distribution list for future sessions, which you can engage w in real time, email melodem AT bu DOT edu.
2. To get on the distribution list for future sessions, which you can engage w in real time, email melodem AT bu DOT edu.
Are you ready for #MELODEM's first debate? (Thu, Feb 1 11AM US ET)
The issue on the table: Are anti-amyloid immunotherapies "disease modifying" or symptomatic treatments of #Alzheimer’s disease?
Email melodem AT bu DOT edu for link to livestream.
The issue on the table: Are anti-amyloid immunotherapies "disease modifying" or symptomatic treatments of #Alzheimer’s disease?
Email melodem AT bu DOT edu for link to livestream.
January 30, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Are you ready for #MELODEM's first debate? (Thu, Feb 1 11AM US ET)
The issue on the table: Are anti-amyloid immunotherapies "disease modifying" or symptomatic treatments of #Alzheimer’s disease?
Email melodem AT bu DOT edu for link to livestream.
The issue on the table: Are anti-amyloid immunotherapies "disease modifying" or symptomatic treatments of #Alzheimer’s disease?
Email melodem AT bu DOT edu for link to livestream.
Tomorrow (Th) @11a US ET: Dr. Maria Glymour, Prof & Chair of Epidemiology at BUSPH, and co-founder of #MELODEM, presents: “Evidence Triangulation.”
She will be joined by Sirena Gutierrez, a PhD candidate in Epidemiology and Translational Science at UCSF.
#dementia #methodschallenges
She will be joined by Sirena Gutierrez, a PhD candidate in Epidemiology and Translational Science at UCSF.
#dementia #methodschallenges
January 17, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Tomorrow (Th) @11a US ET: Dr. Maria Glymour, Prof & Chair of Epidemiology at BUSPH, and co-founder of #MELODEM, presents: “Evidence Triangulation.”
She will be joined by Sirena Gutierrez, a PhD candidate in Epidemiology and Translational Science at UCSF.
#dementia #methodschallenges
She will be joined by Sirena Gutierrez, a PhD candidate in Epidemiology and Translational Science at UCSF.
#dementia #methodschallenges
#MELODEM fans: We're delighted to announce our Annual In-Person Meeting!
When: June 26-July 1, 2024
Where: The countryside outside of Paris, France
Deadline to apply to attend: Jan 29, 2024, 11:59p US Pac Time
Invitation decisions: issued by Mar 1, 2024 More info + apply: tinyurl.com/5ahja9tm
When: June 26-July 1, 2024
Where: The countryside outside of Paris, France
Deadline to apply to attend: Jan 29, 2024, 11:59p US Pac Time
Invitation decisions: issued by Mar 1, 2024 More info + apply: tinyurl.com/5ahja9tm
January 10, 2024 at 10:21 PM
#MELODEM fans: We're delighted to announce our Annual In-Person Meeting!
When: June 26-July 1, 2024
Where: The countryside outside of Paris, France
Deadline to apply to attend: Jan 29, 2024, 11:59p US Pac Time
Invitation decisions: issued by Mar 1, 2024 More info + apply: tinyurl.com/5ahja9tm
When: June 26-July 1, 2024
Where: The countryside outside of Paris, France
Deadline to apply to attend: Jan 29, 2024, 11:59p US Pac Time
Invitation decisions: issued by Mar 1, 2024 More info + apply: tinyurl.com/5ahja9tm
In 30 minutes! Today in #MELODEM, Dr. Zachary Kunicki presents: "Understanding Normative #Cognitive Aging."
Dr. @statszach.bsky.social is an asst professor in the Dept of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown U.
Email melodem@bu.edu for a zoom link!
Dr. @statszach.bsky.social is an asst professor in the Dept of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown U.
Email melodem@bu.edu for a zoom link!
November 30, 2023 at 3:31 PM
In 30 minutes! Today in #MELODEM, Dr. Zachary Kunicki presents: "Understanding Normative #Cognitive Aging."
Dr. @statszach.bsky.social is an asst professor in the Dept of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown U.
Email melodem@bu.edu for a zoom link!
Dr. @statszach.bsky.social is an asst professor in the Dept of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown U.
Email melodem@bu.edu for a zoom link!
In a counterfactual world where Dr. Dufouil opted to be a pro golfer instead of an Alzheimer's researcher, there would be no MELODEM.
November 15, 2023 at 3:13 AM
In a counterfactual world where Dr. Dufouil opted to be a pro golfer instead of an Alzheimer's researcher, there would be no MELODEM.
The incomparable #dementia epidemiologist/biostatistician, Dr. @cdufouil.bsky.social, presents at this week's #MELODEM (11/16 @11a US ET). She is research director at Bordeaux Population Health Inserm Center, & co-director of the VINTAGE team.
Email melodem@bu.edu for the zoom link.
Email melodem@bu.edu for the zoom link.
November 15, 2023 at 3:12 AM
The incomparable #dementia epidemiologist/biostatistician, Dr. @cdufouil.bsky.social, presents at this week's #MELODEM (11/16 @11a US ET). She is research director at Bordeaux Population Health Inserm Center, & co-director of the VINTAGE team.
Email melodem@bu.edu for the zoom link.
Email melodem@bu.edu for the zoom link.
Have thoughts abt the AAIC proposed dx criteria for #AD?
Planning to respond to the solicitation for feedback by the deadline, Thu 11/16?
#MELODEM is cataloging comments from colleagues (link below). If you would like to share your own, email melodem@bu.edu.
Planning to respond to the solicitation for feedback by the deadline, Thu 11/16?
#MELODEM is cataloging comments from colleagues (link below). If you would like to share your own, email melodem@bu.edu.
For folks considering responding to the AAIC proposed diagnostic criteria for #Alzheimer's, MELODEM invited colleagues to share their comments to facilitate informed responses. Linked below and also available on the MELODEM site: sites.bu.edu/melodem/
Additional input welcome, please email melodem.
Additional input welcome, please email melodem.
Comments on the draft AAIC biomarker criteria for AD statement v2.1.docx
MELODEM asked experts to share opinions about the draft of the AAIC biomarker criteria for AD diagnosis. Comments below and will be added as shared with MELODEM. Current comments from Deborah Blacke...
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November 13, 2023 at 4:43 PM
What might the implications be of the draft revised guidelines for #AlzheimersDisease diagnosis, developed by the Alz Assn?
We discuss @ this Thursday's #MELODEM, following intro remarks by Dr. Deborah Blacker.
[[ 11a US ET/8a US PT/4p Bordeaux Time ]]
Email melodem.group@gmail.com for zoom link
We discuss @ this Thursday's #MELODEM, following intro remarks by Dr. Deborah Blacker.
[[ 11a US ET/8a US PT/4p Bordeaux Time ]]
Email melodem.group@gmail.com for zoom link
On Nov 2 @11a US ET, #MELODEM hosts a convo on implications of the draft revised #AlzDisease diagnosis & staging guidelines put forth by the AlzAssn.
Dr. Deborah Blacker will start us off w orienting remarks.
Email melodem.group@gmail.com for zoomlink
aaic.alz.org/diagnostic-c...
Dr. Deborah Blacker will start us off w orienting remarks.
Email melodem.group@gmail.com for zoomlink
aaic.alz.org/diagnostic-c...
Revised Criteria for Diagnosis and Staging of Alzheimer's | AAIC
Give your feedback on the Revised Criteria for Diagnosis and Staging of Alzheimer's Disease: Alzheimer's Association Workgroup.
aaic.alz.org
October 31, 2023 at 6:54 PM
What might the implications be of the draft revised guidelines for #AlzheimersDisease diagnosis, developed by the Alz Assn?
We discuss @ this Thursday's #MELODEM, following intro remarks by Dr. Deborah Blacker.
[[ 11a US ET/8a US PT/4p Bordeaux Time ]]
Email melodem.group@gmail.com for zoom link
We discuss @ this Thursday's #MELODEM, following intro remarks by Dr. Deborah Blacker.
[[ 11a US ET/8a US PT/4p Bordeaux Time ]]
Email melodem.group@gmail.com for zoom link
On Nov 2 @11a US ET, #MELODEM hosts a convo on implications of the draft revised #AlzDisease diagnosis & staging guidelines put forth by the AlzAssn.
Dr. Deborah Blacker will start us off w orienting remarks.
Email melodem.group@gmail.com for zoomlink
aaic.alz.org/diagnostic-c...
Dr. Deborah Blacker will start us off w orienting remarks.
Email melodem.group@gmail.com for zoomlink
aaic.alz.org/diagnostic-c...
Revised Criteria for Diagnosis and Staging of Alzheimer's | AAIC
Give your feedback on the Revised Criteria for Diagnosis and Staging of Alzheimer's Disease: Alzheimer's Association Workgroup.
aaic.alz.org
October 27, 2023 at 2:45 AM
On Nov 2 @11a US ET, #MELODEM hosts a convo on implications of the draft revised #AlzDisease diagnosis & staging guidelines put forth by the AlzAssn.
Dr. Deborah Blacker will start us off w orienting remarks.
Email melodem.group@gmail.com for zoomlink
aaic.alz.org/diagnostic-c...
Dr. Deborah Blacker will start us off w orienting remarks.
Email melodem.group@gmail.com for zoomlink
aaic.alz.org/diagnostic-c...
#MELODEM working group starts in 48, 47, 46, 45, 44 ... minutes, i.e., at 11am US ET.
#dementia
#methodology
#life
#dementia
#methodology
#life
TMRW @11a US ET: #MELODEM welcomes Dr. Aayush Khadka, presenting:
"Using quantile regressions to evaluate heterogeneities in the education-cognitive decline relationship," ft estimating the effect of Vietnam-era GI Bill eligibility on #cognitivedecline.
Email melodem_group @ gmail for zoom link.
"Using quantile regressions to evaluate heterogeneities in the education-cognitive decline relationship," ft estimating the effect of Vietnam-era GI Bill eligibility on #cognitivedecline.
Email melodem_group @ gmail for zoom link.
October 19, 2023 at 2:12 PM
#MELODEM working group starts in 48, 47, 46, 45, 44 ... minutes, i.e., at 11am US ET.
#dementia
#methodology
#life
#dementia
#methodology
#life