Thread by @WomenInStat

Support mechanisms for students and early career researchers have become ever so important during the pandemic, yet more difficult to provide.

🖼️Another beautiful and on-point creation by @allison_horst

@allison_horst As a consequence, the power and potential of the support they receive from online communities like this one have been strengthened by the circumstances. I have personally valued them more than ever.

@allison_horst When I registered to curate this account earlier in the year I didn’t know there was going to be either a pandemic or elections. I just thought it would be a nice way to return to work after extended maternal leave, and a great way to get my confidence & stats interests back.

@allison_horst Little did I know! It’s meant that and much more and I can’t stress enough how absolutely lovely it is to talk to people far afield about issues that are very similar regardless of the location, even if as individuals we are exposed to very different circumstances and cultures.

@allison_horst On top of that I’m lucky enough to have a lovely bunch of supportive colleagues and collaborators at my organisation that have made it very easy to start working again and adapt to this very different situation.

@allison_horst Most importantly, I also have my four go-to pillars of support and inspiration. They have been there before and during the pandemic, and will continue being there long after I'm sure 💖

I met them in profesional circumstances and a similar sense of research integrity and ethics joined us closer. I’ve cried and laughed in equal parts with all of them and that has made our link even stronger. For that I’ll be forever grateful.

Their main character traits that have helped me calm down or make the right decisions are kindness, respect & loyalty. On top of that, they’re 4 hard working, devoted scientists bringing great contributions to the world of Statistics and I’m extremely proud to be their friend 💪

Dr @pilarcacheiro is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Computational Biology @QMUL_C4TB in London with a great transdisciplinary background & R expertise. Check our her impressive articles on human genetics! She's also an animal lover and a proud Galician 🐙

@pilarcacheiro @QMUL_C4TB Prof Carmen Armero is a professor in Statistics @UV_EG with expertise in Bayesian inference,longitudinal data & joint models.Check out her latest paper "Two-Stage Bayesian Approach for GWAS With Known Genealogy" tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…
She's also a ⚽ lover & a keen traveller

@pilarcacheiro @QMUL_C4TB @UV_EG Dr @claudia_esf is a marine biologist working at AIMM-Marine Environment Research Association with a PhD from @UnivAveiro & @CREEM_cake on African vulture GPS data. She's a passionate science communicator and she loves music 🥁

@pilarcacheiro @QMUL_C4TB @UV_EG @claudia_esf @UnivAveiro @CREEM_cake Dr @mxcote1 is a Research Fellow
in Applied Statistics @BCAMBilbao with great expertise in flexible regression models, spatial/spatio-temporal modelling & clinical biomarkers evaluation, and an impressive publication record. She's also a proud Galician and a keen reader 📚

In these hard times, don’t struggle alone, find your support network online or near you 🤗#WSDS