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Casual Inference

Dec 15, 2020

In honor of the Society for Epidemiologic Research 2020 Meeting, the hosts of four epidemiology podcasts came together to record the first ever โ€œcrossover eventโ€ to talk about their experiences recording our shows and what podcasting can bring to the table for the field of epidemiology. Join the hosts of...


Nov 13, 2020

Ellie Murray and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan chat about ecological studies, the new Pfizer vaccine interim analysis, and more!

๐Ÿ“ˆ Vanderbilt University Department of Health Policy's COVID-19 Deaths in Tennessee and Adoption of Mask Requirements (h/t Peter Rebeiro

๐Ÿ“ˆ The original masks v no masks graph

๐Ÿ—ž Pfizer's...


Oct 30, 2020

Ellie Murray and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan chat about communicating uncertainty, how air pollution policy is determined, and whether causal inference is a fad with Dr. Roger Peng from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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  • The American Journal of Epidemiology: @AmJEpi
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Oct 16, 2020

Ellie Murray and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan talk about the causal questions linked to schools opening during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then they have Dr. Emily Oster, professor of economics at Brown University, on to discuss her thoughts on and contributions to this area.

๐Ÿ“„ Emily's Atlantic Piece Schools aren't...


Oct 2, 2020

Ellie Murray and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan casually discuss linear versus logistic regression, prediction versus inference, generalized linear models, and more!

๐Ÿ“„Robin Gomila's paper: "Logistic or linear? Estimating causal effects on experimental treatments on binary outcomes using regression analysis"

๐Ÿฆ Robin's...