SERious EPI

SERious EPI is a podcast hosted by Hailey Banack and Matt Fox where leading epidemiology researchers are interviewed on cutting edge and novel methods. Interviews focus on why these methods are so important, what problems they solve, and how they are curr

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S5E2: Setting the table for Season 5

Posted February 15, 2026 • 00:51:17

Welcome back to SERious Epidemiology! This is the first official episode of the fifth season of SERious Epidemiology. This season we’ll be discussing...

S5E1: A Casual Conversation with Miguel Hernán

Posted January 15, 2026 • 00:31:26

Welcome back to SERious Epidemiology! This episode sets the stage for the fifth season of our podcast. We are excited to announce that Season 5 will...

S4E13: Agent Based Models

Posted August 15, 2025 • 00:50:25

In an episode recorded before the US presidential elections (somehow) Matt and Hailey end season 4 with a discussion of agent based models, following...

S4E12: Agent Based Models with Dr. Brandon Marshall

Posted July 15, 2025 • 01:00:41

In this episode, we discuss Agent Based Models with Dr. Brandon Marshall of the Brown School of Public Health. We talk about what these models are and...

S4E11: Quantitative Bias Analysis

Posted June 15, 2025 • 00:47:42

In this episode we follow up on our conversation with Tim Lash on Quantitative Bias Analysis (QBA), something both Hailey and I have experience with....