Podcasts by Epidemiology Counts from the Society for Epidemiologic Research
Epidemiology Counts from the Society for Epidemiologic Research, a podcast that gives you up to date information on the state of health research straight from researchers who are deeply involved with this work.
Further podcasts by Sue Bevan - Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)
Podcast on the topic Wissenschaft
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 41–Eating Disorders from 2023-09-13T21:48:10
Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating, are very common and some of the most complicated psychiatric disorders to address. It is estimated that almost 1 in 10 ...
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SER 2023 Live Podcast Recording: Busting Epi Myths from 2023-07-11T06:00:05
The SER 2023 conference in Portland, Oregon was the site of the first ever live recording of the Epidemiology Counts podcast with an audience! Host Bryan James was joined by the hosts of the SERiou...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 40–Disasters&Risk Assessment from 2023-04-05T06:00:43
The recent train derailment in East Palestine (apologies for host Bryan James’ mispronunciation in the Intro), Ohio raised major concerns over the release of harmful chemicals such as vinyl chlorid...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 39–Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia from 2023-02-09T06:00:15
In this episode of Epi Counts, host Bryan James talks to Maria Glymour, the incoming chair of the Department of Epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health, about their shared area of...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 38–Occupational Epidemiology from 2023-01-12T06:00:14
Occupational Epidemiology is one of the oldest and most salient areas in Epidemiology. People need to work, so understanding the aspects of the work environment that contribute to health is vital t...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 37–Epidemiology vs. Population Health: Two sides of the same coin? from 2022-08-11T21:21:51
Population Health Sciences and Epidemiology are thought about as different from one another by some, and largely overlapping by others. Depending on who you talk to, either view might spark an argu...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 36–Trans Health from 2022-07-07T23:09:12
Trans health is a growing area in public health. This is largely due to the growing number of individuals who feel comfortable expressing gender identities that do not confirm to binary male and fe...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 35–The Microbiome: our gut, our health from 2022-06-08T13:32:45
Did you know trillions of microorganisms such as bacteria, virus, and fungi are living inside of your body right now? The microbiome can be described as the community of microbes that reside in a p...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 34–Omicron&transition to endemic COVID-19 from 2022-02-25T21:37:19
The most recent stage of the COVID-19 pandemic has been defined by the surge of the Omicron variant, a version of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that is highly contagious yet seemingly not as likely to resul...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 33–Social Media, Youth Mental Health from 2022-02-01T17:45:49
Social media is a major part of many people’s day to day lives, including children. Social media can connect young people to other people, groups, imagery, and ideas in a way that was never imagina...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 32–Built environment: Green Space from 2021-12-20T17:33:49
In the second episode on how the built environment of our cities and towns affects our health, we discuss how living near green spaces and natural environments can provide health benefits. The feel...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 31–Sports Injury from 2021-11-28T16:26:39
Sports is life. Fans have a deep devotion to their preferred teams from their alma maters or home towns. Fans spend shocking amounts of time discussing things like player stats and predictions of f...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 30–The Built Environment: walking and biking from 2021-10-26T18:41:29
Our health is very much shaped by the structure of the spaces around us, what we often refer to as our built environment. The concept of the built environment was developed for fields of urban plan...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 29–Residential Segregation&Redlining from 2021-10-05T14:21:09
Health in America is closely tied to where we live. Higher rates of preventable health conditions are concentrated in high-poverty neighborhoods that are more likely to be home to a higher proporti...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 28–Breakthrough COVID-19&Delta from 2021-09-09T14:18:11
The arrival of COVID-19 vaccines that are highly effective against infection and severe disease in late 2020 appeared to be the silver bullet that would end the pandemic and bring life back to the ...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 27–Perinatal Epidemiology from 2021-06-17T19:28:36
What happens in pregnancy and the early stages of infancy can have a profound impact on child and adolescent development, and may even affect the health of individuals as adults. A growing understa...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 26–Optimism from 2021-05-27T17:51:47
Can a positive outlook on life actually have a direct effect on our health? Optimism appears to be linked to better health and the ability to cope with and bounce back from disease and surgery, whi...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 25–Racialized Policing from 2021-02-24T21:25:49
By nearly any metric, Black and brown Americans are disproportionately policed, arrested, convicted, and incarcerated compared to white Americans. One in 3 Black boys born in America in 2001 can ex...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 24–“Epidemiology podcast crossover” from 2020-12-14T19:33:33
In honor of the Society for Epidemiologic Research 2020 Meeting, the hosts of four epidemiology podcasts came together to record the first ever “crossover event” to talk about their experiences rec...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 23–“Coronavirus–Testing” from 2020-11-07T01:07:07
COVID-19 is surging as the United States heads into winter, with 100,000 new cases reported in a single day for the first time on the day of this podcast recording. The presence of this virus is a ...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 22–“Maternal Mortality” from 2020-11-03T19:15:23
Maternal mortality is a key indicator of population health. While the leading causes of maternal death vary from place to place, most of these deaths are preventable; accordingly, most wealthy coun...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 21–“Climate Change” from 2020-09-28T08:10:07
Hurricane and fire seasons are affecting communities across the US and globally. Over 5 million acres have burned in the Western US. Smoke from these fires reached all the way to New York and Washi...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 20–“Sleep” from 2020-08-26T17:12:23
Sleep is essential for wellbeing and overall health. We spend up to a third of our lives asleep and the general state of “sleep health” is an important question throughout our lifespan. The CDC h...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 19–“Cell Phones” from 2020-07-30T17:26:23
Cell phones outnumber people globally and they have become an important conduit through which we interact with our world, both personally and professionally. Day or night, it’s rare that our cell p...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 18–“Coronavirus Q&A” from 2020-06-18T19:00:41
Our infectious disease epidemiology experts, Justin Lessler from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Michael Mina from the Harvard School of Public Heath, are back for a special Q&A...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 17–“Coronavirus–Reopening the US” from 2020-05-18T15:28:08
Drs. Justin Lessler from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Michael Mina from the Harvard School of Public Heath are back for a fourth episode to discuss the coronavirus pandemic w...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 16–“Depression and Anxiety” from 2020-04-30T19:43:42
Depression and anxiety disorders remain among the most common and destabilizing health conditions worldwide. As the COVID-19 epidemic progresses, mental health has emerged as a principal concern, g...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 15–“Coronavirus (Update)” from 2020-03-31T20:10:23
The coronavirus outbreak is now a global pandemic and the US is ground zero for the COVID-19 crisis. Drs. Justin Lessler from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Michael Mina from t...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 14–“Infertility” from 2020-03-27T18:36:50
Infertility is increasingly common, and it is likely you know someone who has experienced infertility or may have experienced this yourself. Given that this is a very stressful time for couples and...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 13–“Coronavirus (Follow-up)” from 2020-02-27T19:15:38
Twenty days after releasing episode 12"Coronavirus", host Bryan James follows up with two experts in infectious disease epidemiology, Dr. Justin Lessler, Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomb...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 12–“Coronavirus” from 2020-02-05T00:59:58
The novel coronavirus outbreak originating in Wuhan, China has sickened tens of thousands of people and the number of cases is growing as of this recording. The World Health Organization has declar...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 11“Screentime” from 2020-01-30T21:35:26
Screen time has been blamed for health issues ranging from sleep disturbances, to depression, and obesity. But how much do we actually know about how media use affects health? Are some people more ...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 10“Exercise” from 2019-12-19T03:11:44
As the new year approaches, many people (epidemiologists included!) will resolve to begin exercising more. Making a renewed commitment to exercise is among the most common New Year’s resolutions. A...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 9“Opioids” from 2019-11-21T23:52:55
We are in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic. More American lives have been lost to drug overdoses than were lost either at the height of the AIDS epidemic, or during the Vietnam war. There h...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 8“Gun Violence” from 2019-10-24T14:39:50
Gun violence is endemic in the United States. It’s become a politically polarized topic and the discourse, which tends to focus on mass shootings, is replete with misinformation. Key questions unde...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 7“Vaping” from 2019-09-27T14:30:49
While cigarette smoking has declined in the US, vaping has increased dramatically—especially among younger Americans. While vaping may be less harmful to human health than combustible tobacco produ...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 6“Influenza” from 2019-08-29T14:24:39
Did you get your flu shot? Employers and other institutions that have a stake in our health, wellbeing and productivity have decided the flu shot is a worthwhile investment. However, many people se...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 5“Consequential Epidemiology” from 2019-07-25T13:49:54
How do we know what’s really making us sick? And how to do we make it better? If we read the newspaper, we might think it’s whether we follow a low fat diet, whether we took the stairs those two f...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 4“Sweeteners” from 2019-05-31T16:27:15
Did you know there are 39 grams of sugar in a standard can of soda? That’s approximately equal to consuming 10 sugar cubes in one sitting! In the fourth episode, Matt Fox and Hailey Banack intervie...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 3“Plastics and Public Health” from 2019-05-02T14:33:13
In the third episode, Matt Fox and Anna Pollack interview Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP, professor at NYU Langone Health, on plastics. In this episode, we answer that nagging question as you microwave...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 2“Community Immunity” from 2019-03-22T18:13:52
In the second episode, Matt Fox, Justin Lessler and Jennifer Ahern discuss the concept of herd immunity or community immunity. What is it? What has it accomplished? How do we know it works? What ha...
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Epidemiology Counts–Episode 1 “Why should I trust that new health study?” from 2019-01-10T03:03:30
Welcome to Epidemiology Counts from the Society for Epidemiologic Research! Each episode delves into a particular disease or health condition or something that we are exposed to in our daily liv...
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