Casual Inference
Lucy D'Agostino McGowan and Ellie Murray
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Community Engagement, Health Disparities, and Measure Development with Melody Goodman | Episode 13
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06/04/20 โข 119 min
Ellie Murray and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan discuss community engagement, health disparities, and measure development with Dr. Melody Goodman from New York University Global School of Public Health.
๐ฆ Jonathan Jackson's tweet on the importance of measures of dispersion
๐ Goodman's paper Reaching Consensus on Principles of Stakeholder Engagement in Research
๐ Goodman's paper Content validation of a quantitative stakeholder engagement measure
๐ Goodman's paper on Community Research Training Fellows Program Training Community Members in Public Health Research: Development and Implementation of a Community Participatory Research Pilot Project
๐ The Relationship between In-Person Voting, Consolidated Polling Locations, and Absentee Voting on Covid-19: Evidence from the Wisconsin Primary discussed in the peDAGogy segment
Harm reduction tips for protests
Harm reduction tips for faith-based communities
Follow along on Twitter:
- The American Journal of Epidemiology: @AmJEpi
- Ellie: @EpiEllie
- Lucy: @LucyStats
- Melody: @goodmanthebrain
๐ถ Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade.
๐ฉโ๐จ Our artwork is by Allison Horst.

05/22/20 โข 35 min
Ellie Murray and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan chat about coronavirus, the evidence we have about masks, and designing observational studies.
Follow along on Twitter:
- The American Journal of Epidemiology: @AmJEpi
- Ellie: @EpiEllie
- Lucy: @LucyStats
๐ถ Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade.
๐ฉโ๐จ Our artwork is by Allison Horst.

Getting Bayesian with Frank Harrell | Episode 11
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04/22/20 โข 57 min
Ellie Murray and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan discuss Bayesian statistics, model validation, and more, with special guest Dr. Frank Harrell from the Department of Biostatistics at Vanderbilt University.
๐คทโโ๏ธWhat does it mean to be Bayesian?
๐คทโโ๏ธHow can we decide if our models are good?
๐Frank's COVID trial resource hub
๐Betsy Ogburn's COVID trial protocol hub
๐จโ๐ซFrank's Free Biostatistics in Biomedical Research Course
๐Lucy's tweetorial on Type 1 error and including nonlinear terms in models
Follow along on Twitter:
- The American Journal of Epidemiology: @AmJEpi
- Ellie: @EpiEllie
- Lucy: @LucyStats
- Frank: @f2harrell
๐ถ Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade.
๐ฉโ๐จ Our artwork is by Allison Horst.

Coronavirus Conversations 2 | Episode 10
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04/09/20 โข 57 min
Ellie Murray and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan discuss coronavirus a bit more, focusing on mask wearing, data quality, disease modeling, and more! ๐ IHME COVID-19 projections ๐ท A quick DIY cloth mask how-to ๐ท Ellie's TikTok on safe mask removal ๐งช Lucy's tweetorial on estimating prevalences from testing data ๐คทโโ๏ธ Lucy's model uncertainty tweetorial
Follow along on Twitter:
- The American Journal of Epidemiology: @AmJEpi
- Ellie: @EpiEllie
- Lucy: @LucyStats
๐ถ Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade.
๐ฉโ๐จ Our artwork is by Allison Horst.

Coronavirus Conversations | Episode 09
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03/19/20 โข 71 min
Ellie Murray and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan discuss coronavirus with an added segment discussing current recommendations for people taking ACE inhibitors or ARBS with Andrew South from Wake Forest School of Medicine.
๐Wash your hands to Splash Mountain Medley:
๐ Ellie's hand washing song lyrics (to be sung twice)
Twinkle twinkle little SARS How I wonder where you are Are you on my hands right now? On my face or on my brow? Twinkle twinkle little SARS How I wonder where you are
๐ Ellie on TikTok
๐ Nephrology Journal Club information about ACEi/ARBS and coronavirus
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- The American Journal of Epidemiology: @AmJEpi
- Ellie: @EpiEllie
- Lucy: @LucyStats
- Andrew: @asouth_neph
๐ถ Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade.
๐ฉโ๐จ Our artwork is by Allison Horst.

Causal inference for data science with Sean Taylor | Episode 08
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02/20/20 โข 89 min
Ellie Murray and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan chat with Sean Taylor from Lyft.
Here are some links to the content we talk about in this episode:
๐ Seanโs Science paper
๐ฆ Prophet R package
๐ Book on time-varying exposures
๐ Lyft engineering blog
๐ Hormone replacement therapy overview
๐ Analyzing observational HRT data by emulating a trial
๐ฐ Local news
- AJE Methods Corner
Follow along on Twitter:
- The American Journal of Epidemiology: @AmJEpi
- Ellie: @EpiEllie
- Lucy: @LucyStats
- Sean: @SeanJTaylor
๐ถ Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade.
๐ฉโ๐จ Our artwork is by Allison Horst.

02/06/20 โข 79 min
Ellie Murray and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan chat with Whitney Robinson from the Departments of Epidemiology at University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health
Here are some links to the content we talk about in this episode:
๐ Jeffrey Rose article (reprint)
๐ Chandra Fordโs public health praxis paper
๐ Whitneyโs paper with Tyler VanderWeele on race as a cause
๐ Miguel Hernanโs paper on well-defined interventions: Does water kill?
๐ NIH funding paper
๐ป Acadames podcast
๐ Miguel Hernanโs AJE paper on selection bias without colliders
๐ฐ Local news
- We talk about novel Coronavirus and how you can get answers to your questions
- ๐We also chat about the infectious disease listserv ProMed Mail
- ๐ And the BlueDot โartificial epidemiologistโ.
PeDAGogy:
Follow along on Twitter:
- The American Journal of Epidemiology: @AmJEpi
- Ellie: @EpiEllie
- Lucy: @LucyStats
- Whitney: @WhitneyEpi
๐ถ Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade.
๐ฉโ๐จ Our artwork is by Allison Horst.

01/23/20 โข 98 min
Ellie Murray and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan chat with Elizabeth Stuart from the Departments of Mental Health, Biostatistics, and Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Here are some links to the content we talk about in this episode:
๐ Article by Sherri Rose on Liz Stuart (baby pics!)
๐ Liz Stuart's website
๐ฐ Local news
- Naomi Distelkamp won our #EpiCookieChallenge!
- Naomi plotted flu rates in the US
- We discussed Alberto Cairo's book How Chart's Lie
Follow along on Twitter:
- The American Journal of Epidemiology: @AmJEpi
- Ellie: @EpiEllie
- Lucy: @LucyStats
- Liz: @LizStuartDC
๐ถ Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade.๐ฉโ๐จ Our artwork is by Allison Horst.

Science Communication with Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz | Episode 05
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01/09/20 โข 83 min
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:
๐ Gideon's post on relative versus absolute risk
๐ฆ Gideon's twitter account @justsaysrisks
๐Gideon's Sensationalist Science Podcast
โ๏ธ Gideon on Medium
๐ง Email Gideon for advice on getting started in Sci Comm: gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com
๐ฉโ๐ซ 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
๐ฐ 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 Leekโs clickbait-y Ted-ed lesson on clickbait
Follow along on Twitter:
- The American Journal of Epidemiology: @AmJEpi
- Ellie: @EpiEllie
- Lucy: @LucyStats
- Gid: @GidMK
๐ถ Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade.๐ฉโ๐จ Our artwork is by Allison Horst.

Casual Inference Live from SER | Episode 14
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06/24/20 โข 50 min
Ellie Murray and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan are live for Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) week!
Follow along on Twitter:
- The American Journal of Epidemiology: @AmJEpi
- Ellie: @EpiEllie
- Lucy: @LucyStats
๐ถ Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade.
๐ฉโ๐จ Our artwork is by Allison Horst.
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How many episodes does Casual Inference have?
Casual Inference currently has 47 episodes available.
What topics does Casual Inference cover?
The podcast is about Mathematics, Podcasts and Science.
What is the most popular episode on Casual Inference?
The episode title 'Community Engagement, Health Disparities, and Measure Development with Melody Goodman | Episode 13' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Casual Inference?
The average episode length on Casual Inference is 62 minutes.
How often are episodes of Casual Inference released?
Episodes of Casual Inference are typically released every 14 days, 1 hour.
When was the first episode of Casual Inference?
The first episode of Casual Inference was released on Nov 1, 2019.
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