My talk on "depicting determinstic variables within DAGs" is now online. The talk explains how DAGs can be used to help with understanding & estimating causal effects involving derived variables (e.g. BMI) & compositional data (e.g. nutrition data).

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youtu.be/upj20Pw8jTU?...

Thank you to @Bryan James, @mattpfox.bsky.social, and @Sunni Mumford
for hosting this talk/discussion:
“Can #epitwitter rise again? How to rebuild an epi community in an evolving social media landscape” at @epiresearch.bsky.social
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Dr. Heather Bradley
Presenting the meta-analysis of overdose rates among people who inject drugs (PWID) at #SER2024. With the main goal of how to collect data for that question.
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An example of a descriptive and applied epidemiology work from the #CDC by Dr. Casillas at #SER2024

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The goal is to describe the world as it is. Descriptive epidemiology is not causal. It can be about hypotheses generation. Beautiful visualization doesn’t mean they are trustworthy. But people are more likely to believe it.
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The focus on causal method alone, is not sufficient especially for those in public health roles: #SER2024
“More than just an epi curve: Descriptive epidemiology as a crucial public health discipline”
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Great questions and ideas from attendees and researches at #SER2024
Privileged to be able to present my work at and Public Health Agency of Canada. Proud to represent Canada :)
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Congratulations Dr. Gradus on this award #SER2024 and your achievements.
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Thank you Dr. Lauren McCullough for reminding us to remember the forest and beyond focusing on the trees.. To be rigorous but also allow ourselves and our work some tender care. As a field we have made great progress and continue to.

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Classic first slide from @mattpfox.bsky.social , “John Oliver actually got it right” 🤣.. something for all researchers to think about… @epiresearch.bsky.social

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Descriptive, Predictive or causal?
a must be-aware talks at #SER2024
Are we adjusting when we shouldn’t?
Are we obsessed with confounding?
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Curiosity and collaboration are filling the air..
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US customs agent asked what I study. I said Epidemiology.
He handed back my passport and started talking about his eye problems. 🤔🫤 I let him finish b4 responding, "I'm just a researcher, not a doctor/optometrist." His face dropped ☹️. Guess I won’t be curing any eye issues today!😂
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Powerful, insightful and inspiring story.. grateful to have such role models in this field.. #SER2024 @epiresearch.bsky.social #EpiCan

The pandemic or addiction that is the single biggest existential threat to human civilization is not a disease or a drug. It's denial. Far too many are in denial of our polycrisis. And as a result, no action will be taken to solve our problems.

Yes this thought was inspired by that SciAm article.