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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S4E10: Quantitative Bias Analysis with Dr. Tim Lash

Posted May 15, 202500:58:55

In this episode we talk to Dr. Timothy Lash of Emory University about Quantitative Bias Analysis (QBA). We talk about how QBA is any method that quantifies...

S4E9: Regression Discontinuity and Difference in Difference(s?)

Posted April 15, 202500:52:16

In this episode Hailey and Matt talk about Matt’s technology troubles (including having his computer just decide not to let him log on) before we...

S4E8: Regression Discontinuity and Difference-in-Differences with Dr. Usama Bilal

Posted March 15, 202500:55:38

In this episode we talk to Dr. Usama Bilal of Drexel University about Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) and Difference-in-Differences (DiD), two...

S4E7: Instrumental Variables

Posted February 15, 202500:49:29

In this episode, Hailey and Matt discuss whether IVs are rebellious or magical or the midlife crisis of methods. We talk about how they deal with confounding...

S4E6: Instrumental Variables with Dr. Rita Hamad

Posted January 15, 202500:55:33

In this episode, we discuss instrumental variables with Dr. Rita Hamad of Harvard’s TH Chan School of Public Health. This episode is focused on the...