
Asking harder causal questions with Whitney Robinson | Episode 07
02/06/20 • 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:
📝 Jeffrey Rose article (reprint)
📝 Chandra Ford’s public health praxis paper
📝 Whitney’s paper with Tyler VanderWeele on race as a cause
📝 Miguel Hernan’s paper on well-defined interventions: Does water kill?
📝 NIH funding paper
📻 Acadames podcast
📝 Miguel Hernan’s AJE paper on selection bias without colliders
📰 Local news
- We talk about novel Coronavirus and how you can get answers to your questions
- 📝We also chat about the infectious disease listserv ProMed Mail
- 📝 And the BlueDot “artificial epidemiologist”.
PeDAGogy:
Follow along on Twitter:
- The American Journal of Epidemiology: @AmJEpi
- Ellie: @EpiEllie
- Lucy: @LucyStats
- Whitney: @WhitneyEpi
🎶 Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade.
👩🎨 Our artwork is by Allison Horst.
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:
📝 Jeffrey Rose article (reprint)
📝 Chandra Ford’s public health praxis paper
📝 Whitney’s paper with Tyler VanderWeele on race as a cause
📝 Miguel Hernan’s paper on well-defined interventions: Does water kill?
📝 NIH funding paper
📻 Acadames podcast
📝 Miguel Hernan’s AJE paper on selection bias without colliders
📰 Local news
- We talk about novel Coronavirus and how you can get answers to your questions
- 📝We also chat about the infectious disease listserv ProMed Mail
- 📝 And the BlueDot “artificial epidemiologist”.
PeDAGogy:
Follow along on Twitter:
- The American Journal of Epidemiology: @AmJEpi
- Ellie: @EpiEllie
- Lucy: @LucyStats
- Whitney: @WhitneyEpi
🎶 Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade.
👩🎨 Our artwork is by Allison Horst.
Previous Episode

Internal and External Validity with Elizabeth Stuart | Episode 06
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:
📝 Article by Sherri Rose on Liz Stuart (baby pics!)
📰 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
🎶 Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade.👩🎨 Our artwork is by Allison Horst.
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Causal inference for data science with Sean Taylor | Episode 08
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:
📝 Sean’s Science paper
📦 Prophet R package
📝 Book on time-varying exposures
📝 Lyft engineering blog
📝 Hormone replacement therapy overview
📝 Analyzing observational HRT data by emulating a trial
📰 Local news
- AJE Methods Corner
Follow along on Twitter:
- The American Journal of Epidemiology: @AmJEpi
- Ellie: @EpiEllie
- Lucy: @LucyStats
- Sean: @SeanJTaylor
🎶 Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade.
👩🎨 Our artwork is by Allison Horst.
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