Episode description
Ellie Murray and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan chat with Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, an epidemiologist studying at the University of Wollongong and a science communication writer for the Guardian, Observer, and more!
Here are some links to the content we talk about in this episode:
📝 Gideon's post on relative versus absolute risk
🐦 Gideon's twitter account @justsaysrisks
🎙Gideon's Sensationalist Science Podcast
📧 Email Gideon for advice on getting started in Sci Comm: gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com
👩🏫 PeDAGogy
- We discussed a paper recently published in BMJ on the association between arts engagement and mortality
- Andrew Heiss tweeted a DAG with a proposed relationship between opera and longevity
- Robert Platt also tweeted about this, suggesting that there may be an explanation other than confounding
📰 Global news
- The New York Times wrote an article on the BMJ paper that we discussed in peDAGogy
- Here is some info on the BMJ Christmas Issue
- Lucy and Jeff Leek’s clickbait-y Ted-ed lesson on clickbait
Follow along on Twitter:
- The American Journal of Epidemiology: @AmJEpi
- Ellie: @EpiEllie
- Lucy: @LucyStats
- Gid: @GidMK
🎶 Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade.
👩🎨 Our artwork is by Allison Horst.