SERious EPI

Recent Episodes

1.5. Putting the Social Back in Social Epidemiology with Dr. Whitney Robinson

Posted September 15, 2020 • 00:40:55

Is all epidemiology social epidemiology? If I am someone who studies cancer, or obesity, or infectious disease, or any other branch of epidemiology,...

4. Statisticalize your intervention soup: A journal club episode discussing Hernan and Taubman’s “Does obesity shorten life?”

Posted September 1, 2020 • 00:52:38

In this journal club episode, we discuss one of our top 10 favourite epidemiology papers: “Does obesity shorten life? The importance of well-defined...

3. The Countercultural Counterfactual Episode with Dr. Daniel Westreich

Posted August 17, 2020 • 00:52:45

Causal inference and the potential outcomes model are now both commonly taught in graduate programs in epidemiology. However, I think we can all agree...

Bonus Episode 2.5: “Making Causal Inference More Social and (Social) Epidemiology More Causal” with Dr. Onyebuchi Arah and Dr. John W. Jackson

Posted August 3, 2020 • 00:56:30

At SER 2019, the Cassel lecture was delivered by Miguel Hernán and Sandro Galea on the topic of reconciling social epidemiology and causal inference....

2. The Time is Not on Your Side Episode with Dr. Ellie Murray

Posted July 15, 2020 • 00:51:47

Have you ever wondered why it is so important to consider the concept of time in epidemiologic analyses? And, more importantly, what strategies exist...