Science Communication with Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz

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

🎙 Everything Hertz Podcast

🎙Gideon's Sensationalist Science Podcast

✍️ Gideon on Medium

📧 Email Gideon for advice on getting started in Sci Comm: [email protected]

👩‍🏫 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.