Writing

Notes on
models and methods

Thinking out loud about probabilistic models, epigenetic clocks, uncertainty, and building things that work in the real world.

Nine Years

Endometriosis takes seven to nine years on average to diagnose. A machine-learning model trained on the microRNA in saliva can now do it in days.

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Invisible Loss

Miscarriage is one of the most common outcomes of pregnancy, and one of the least measured. What we know depends almost entirely on where you are born.

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The Edges of the Map

GWAS promised to decode the genetics of disease. The map got built. Large parts of it are still unreadable, and it was never drawn for everyone.

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