Cauane Blumenberg

Data scientist . PhD Epidemiology . MSc Computer Science

Cauane Blumenberg becomes a collaborating professor at the PPGEpi from UFPel

Starting in April 2022, Cauane Blumenberg will work as a collaborating professor at the Post-Graduate Program in Epidemiology from the Federal University of Pelotas. The distinction came after 11 years of work in the program, where Cauane Blumenberg started as a developer, became a database manager, then a data scientist, post-doc, researcher, and now collaborating professor.

Cauane will contribute to some courses from the post-graduate program, including Statistics (III and IV), Multilevel Models, and Analyzing Health Inequalities.

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Cauane Blumenberg is now an Editor for the BMC Medical Research Methodology

As of today, Cauane Blumenberg will be joining the ‘Data collection, quality, and reporting’ Editorial Board of the BMC Medical Research Methodology. The journal is one of the main publications covering research and survey methodology areas. Cauane is the second Brazilian researcher to be part of the Editorial Board of the BMC Medical Research Methodology.

Back in 2018, Cauane published a manuscript comparing the effectiveness of different online recruitment methods for a web-based research. The article can be accessed free-of-charge here.

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2nd LATAM REDCapCon

The 2nd LATAM REDCapCon starts in two weeks, occurring from March 3rd to March 5th. Several Brazilian and international speakers will attend, including some of the REDCap developers. This is a unique opportunity of networking and learning with people that have been working with this powerful tool for a long time.

Cauane Blumenberg, which won the best-paper award in the last edition, will attend the second edition as a moderator. More information about registrations and event schedule can be found here: https://www.redcapbrasil.com.br/redcapcon/pt/

About REDCap

For those who do not know REDCap, it is a comprehensive research tool to perform data collection, management and monitoring. It is free-of-charge and maintained by a team from the Vanderbilt University. More information on REDCap can be obtained here: https://www.project-redcap.org/

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Cauane Blumenberg to speak at the Coffee with Latin America

Organized by the George Institute for Global Health (Australia), the webinar “Big data and innovative ways of data generation for research” will be held online in the 1st December 2020. Dr. Cauane Blumenberg will talk about data collection approaches using the coortesnaweb platform. Cauane will share the floor with other three speakers from Peru and Australia. Panellists will share perspectives across different regions, help identify unique challenges and solutions for discussion about using big data and novel data collection methods. This series aims to facilitating global collaboration and learning, provide an opportunity for outreach and connection with the global health community. The webinar will be relevant for entire global health community, especially useful to researchers and policy makers with interest in health systems strengthening and health systems research.

Key information
Chair: Maoyi Tian
Speakers: Cauane Blumenberg, Miguel Paredes, Sanne Peters, Carinna Hockham
Date: 1st December 2020
Time: 11 AM (BRT/GMT-3)
Registration: https://www.georgeinstitute.org/events/webinar-coffee-with-latin-america

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Effect of anesthetic solutions for removal of third molars

The paper entitled “Effectiveness of anesthetic solutions for pain control in lower third molar extraction surgeries: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials with network meta-analysis” was published today in the Clinical Oral Investigations journal.

This paper consists of a systematic review of the literature that selected studies interested on assessing the effectiveness of different anesthetic solutions. In order to compare the different solutions, we performed a network meta-analysis (also known as multiple treatment comparison).

Apar from being published in Clinical Oral Investigations journal, this same work received two honorable mentions in national congresses in which it was presented. The paper can be accessed here.

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Research Methodology and Scientific Writing course

Starting in the 2nd October 2020, the course Research Methodology and Scientific Writing will be conducted by professors from the Federal University of Uberlândia (Brazil) and by invited professors. The length of the course is two months, and will cover several aspects related to research methodology. It is an introduction, aimed at undergraduate students.

The course is free-of-charge and will be conducted in Portuguese. Applications through the following link: https://forms.gle/4JkHHJCe1RGcNNxp6

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Joining the editorial team of the Bioscience Journal

Accepting the invitation from the Editor-in-chief of the Bioscience Journal, Cauane Blumenberg is now one of the Associate Editors for Health Sciences. The Bioscience Journal is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed indexed journal, and is organized by the Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil. All articles are published electronically and are open access.

Don’t hesitate to submit your article to the Bioscience Journal at: http://www.biosciencejournal.ufu.br/

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Assessment of dental age estimation methods in Brazilian children

Several methods to estimate dental age using radiographs have been developed worldwide. However, most of these methods were designed with a focus on children from other countries (especially from high-income countries). Studies applying these methods to Brazilian children are usually found in the literature, but without knowledge if they were adequate to be applied to Brazilian children or not.

A recently published systematic review and meta-analysis in the Dentomaxillofacial Radiology tried to fill this gap in the literature. The study compared the estimated age to the chronological age, showing that most age estimation methods achieved optimal performance in Brazilian children. The most suitable method was the one proposed by Willem’s.

The complete article is available here.

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Covid-19 BR application now online!

Developed by Cauane Blumenberg, the Covid-19 BR application aims to support authorities and population in monitoring the pace of evolution of Covid-19 in Brazil.

The app plots the number of new cases of Covid-19 in the last seven days against the cumulative number of cases. Considering that these quantities are proportional, both are plotted using the log-scale to approximate a linear relation. The idea behind this approach is to avoid presenting an exponential relation, which is characteristic of infectious diseases, but usually harder to understand.

Users can easily select which federation unit they want to add to the graph using the checkboxes. The app is available in Portuguese.

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Saliva as an alternative to monitor renal function with patients with chronic kidney disease

Results from a recent systematic review and meta-analysis published in Clinical Oral Investigations showed that biomarkers found in saliva, such as urea and creatinine, are valid alternatives to monitor renal function of chronic disease patients.

This is an important finding in terms of public health, since using saliva as an alternative to blood will provide more comfort and safety to patients, while saving time and money related to sample collection.

The study was made possible due to the partnership between researchers from six different universities. Full manuscript is available here.

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