Podcasts by Shiny Epi People

Shiny Epi People

The world needs more empathy, joy, vulnerability, & laughter! Lisa Bodnar talks to a diverse group of epidemiologists about everything except epi. Personal beats professional. More heart, less smart.

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Rachel Hardeman, PhD on dismantling structural racism and advice for penguins from 2022-02-19T05:00

Rachel Hardeman, PhD is nothing short of a powerhouse. She is a reproductive health equity researcher, scholar, teacher, writer, speaker, and activist. Rachel is Associate Professor and the firs...

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Steve Mooney, PhD on being a cis dude in therapy, divorcing, and online dating from 2022-02-05T05:00

Steve Mooney, PhD, is an assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Health. He and I have been friends since 2017, and we met because we were both in th...

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Maria Glymour, PhD on the path to finding her career and riding cows in Oklahoma from 2022-01-15T05:00

Today, my chat with the amazing Maria Glymour, ScD, Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California - San Francisco. Maria tells me about being lost after college and...

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Tamarra James-Todd, PhD on peer mentoring and joy riding in her dad's Mustang from 2022-01-08T05:00

Tamarra James-Todd, PhD is an Associate Professor of Environmental Health at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. She tells me about the motivations for her research interests in environ...

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Chenoa Cassidy-Matthews, MPH on Indigenous research and shark tank diving from 2021-12-18T05:00

Chenoa Cassidy-Matthews is a rockstar PhD student in epidemiology at the University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health.  She is a member of the Sachigo Lake First Nation,...

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Whitney Robinson, PhD on apologizing, male mentorship, and bad 90s fashion from 2021-12-04T05:00

Today you hear from Whitney Robinson, PhD, social epidemiologist and all around brilliant, thoughtful, vulnerable woman. She is so well known in the public health community after her positions a...

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Brandon Marshall, PhD on letting staff lead and 90 little Christmas houses from 2021-11-20T05:00

If you know my guest today, you probably know what a rock star researcher is, but you may not know much of anything personal about him. Today, Brandon Marshall, PhD, Associate Professor of Epide...

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Dana Bernson, MPH on government epi, grief, joy, and candy corn from 2021-11-06T05:00

Today you'll hear from Dana Bernson, MPH, Epidemiologist and Director of Special Analytic Projects within the Office of Population Health at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. S...

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Sameera Nayak, MA on antidepressants changing her life and being a rescue dog mom from 2021-10-23T05:00

I am happy to present to you a delightful conversation I had with Sameera Nayak, MA, who is currently a doctoral student in Population Health in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences at the Insti...

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Roland Thorpe, PhD on diversity, equity, and inclusion and being chocolate mousse from 2021-10-16T05:00

Today, I got to enjoy an informative, hilarious, and illuminating conversation with the incomparable Roland Thorpe, Professor of Health, Behavior and Society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Schoo...

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Jaimie Gradus, DSc on luck in grant funding and SER friendships from 2021-10-09T05:00

Welcome to the premier of Season 2 of Shiny Epi People! I could not find a better way to start this new season than to chat with one of my epi besties Jaimie Gradus, DSc. Jaimie is an Associate ...

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Updates from Hoda Abdel Magid! from 2021-10-02T05:00

It is the final of the update episodes with guests from 2020! Today, you hear from the hilarious Hoda Abdel Magid. Hoda is currently in the second year of her postdoc. She tells me about resubmi...

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Updates from Louisa Smith and Michelle Caunca! from 2021-09-25T05:00

Summer is nearly over, but I have two more updates of these episodes to put out! So we are going to keep calling them summer episodes! Today, you hear from two recent graduates and rising stars ...

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Updates from Bertha Hidalgo! from 2021-09-18T05:00

I believe in summer through September! Here is a fourth summer bonus episode for your enjoyment! And I have a treat with the hilarious and sweet Bertha Hidalgo. Bertha was my guest back in 2020,...

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Updates from Matt Fox and Mya Roberson! from 2021-09-11T05:00

It's early September, and I'm still going to call this a summer episode! Today, you'll hear updates from Matt Fox and Mya Roberson. If you haven't listened to their original ...

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Updates from Leslie McClure, Hailey Banack, and Penny Gordon Larsen! from 2021-09-04T05:00

Summer is ending, but my summer bonus episodes are not! Today, you get to hear 3 interviews which all appeared first on my Patreon as a thank you to my patrons (become one at www.patreon.com/shi...

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Updates from Tim Sheahan! from 2021-08-21T05:00

Hi everyone! Happy summer! I have been releasing update episodes this summer for supporters via my Patreon (www.patreon.com/shinyepipeople). I decided to publish this summer bonus episode for al...

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Season 1 is a wrap! from 2021-05-15T05:00

After 40 episodes, Season 1 is a wrap! In this short episode, I share thoughts I have about the experience of launching a podcast during a pandemic, what I have learned about myself and people i...

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Melissa Ward, PhD on divorce in her early career and Goop's Yoni Egg from 2021-05-08T05:00

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Ken Rothman, DrPH on ambition, writing, and detainment by the Colombian police from 2021-05-01T05:00

Ken Rothman, DrPH is arguably one of the most influential living epidemiologists. Ken has been in the field for almost 50 years, conducting research, writing, and teaching. He co-authors two of ...

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Kemi Doll, MD on career coaching and romance novels from 2021-04-24T05:00

Kemi Doll, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and an adjunct assistant professor of Health Services at the University of Washington Schools of Medicine and Public Healt...

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Bonnie Swenor, PhD on visibility of disabled people and veggie party trays from 2021-04-17T05:00

Bonnie Swenor is an epidemiologist and associate professor at The Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute and the Epidemiology Department at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She i...

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John Pamplin, PhD on HBCUs and reliving his step team days from 2021-04-10T05:00

John Pamplin, PhD, is an epi postdoc at NYU who studies the consequences of structural racism and systemic inequity on mental health and substance use. John earned his bachelor's degree at ...

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Jae Downing, PhD on sexual and gender minority research and rom-coms from 2021-03-27T05:00

Jae Downing, PhD is an assistant professor in Oregon Health and Science University - Portland State University School of Public Health. Their research explores how policies and social safety net...

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Marcia Pescador Jimenez, PhD on science writing in English and honeydew vs Mountain Dew from 2021-03-20T04:00

Marcia Pescador Jimenez, PhD is currently a postdoc in Epidemiology at Harvard, and will be transitioning to assistant professor at Boston University. Her research focuses on spatial determinant...

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Mercedes Carnethon, PhD on difficult conversations and Zoom school from 2021-03-13T05:00

Mercedes Carnethon, PhD, a chronic disease epidemiologist, is Vice Chair and Professor of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University. One of Merci's favorite things about her job is hel...

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Noah Kreski, MPH on being a nonbinary person in public health and Golden Girls Clue from 2021-03-06T05:00

Noah Kreski, MPH trained at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health and now serves as Kerry Keyes' data analyst at Columbia working on projects relating to depressive symptoms, suicidal be...

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Sarah Birken, PhD on AcaDames podcasting and it's never"ducking" from 2021-02-27T05:00

Sarah Birken, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Implementation Science in the School of Medicine at Wake Forest University, and Sarah co-hosts the AcaDames podcast. In this sort...

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I'm on the AcaDames Podcast today! from 2021-02-25T07:00

The wonderful podcast AcaDames interviewed me for their show today (episode S504)!  If you'd like to listen, you can find AcaDames wherever you get your podcasts or go to acadamespodast.com...

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Aisha Dickerson, PhD on making it in epi and being a university mascot from 2021-02-20T05:00

Aisha Dickerson, PhD is an epidemiologist who studies environmental risk factors for neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. Aisha tells me about her long and complicated path to her...

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Nur Zeinomar, PhD on finding her village and resting nice face from 2021-02-13T05:00

Nur Zeinomar, PhD is a cancer epidemiologist who is an Instructor of Medicine in the Section of Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. She and I talk ...

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Bill Miller, PhD, MD on being an introverted imposter with ADHD from 2021-02-06T06:00

Bill Miller, MD, PhD, MPH is Senior Associate Dean of Research, Professor of Epidemiology at the Ohio State University College of Public Health, and international expert in infectious disease ep...

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Debbie Jakubowski, MPH on community college and @WildBoarEpi from 2021-01-30T06:00

Debbie Jakubowski is a PhD student at the University of Illinois at Chicago who credits her career in biostatistics partially to her start in the community college system. After obtaining a degr...

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Lauren McCullough, PhD on goal setting and baton twirling from 2021-01-23T06:00

Lauren McCullough, PhD is a cancer epidemiologist who has mastered what people sometimes call "soft skills" (how you work). In this episode she talks about the 3 questions to ask yours...

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Cara Eckhardt, PhD (my BFF! part 2) on friendship and Red Hots from 2021-01-16T06:00

Cara Eckhardt, PhD is my BFF. In part 2 of my conversation with her, Cara and I talk about our own 20-year friendship, how we have stayed close after so many years, the impact that celebrating e...

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Yanica Faustin, PhD on choosing a teaching job and soap opera Sims from 2021-01-02T06:00

Yanica Faustin, PhD, moved from an R1 institution to a mid-sized private university where her job is mostly teaching and mentoring undergraduates in epidemiology and public health. She tells me ...

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Lorraine Dean, ScD on her road to epi and Reader's Digest wisdom from 2020-12-19T07:00

Lorraine Dean, ScD, social epidemiologist, discusses her very winding road to epidemiology, returning to academia after 2 years in a policy position, "failing up", and the impact she w...

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Tim Lash, DSc with gems of advice and stories of wearing a screen door from 2020-12-12T06:00

Tim Lash, ScD is a cancer epidemiologist, editor-in-cheif of a major journal in our field, editor of the primary textbook in our field, and chair of an epidemiology department. He knows epidemio...

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Timothy Sheahan, PhD on being a SARS-CoV2 virologist with a baking apron from 2020-12-05T00:00

Timothy Sheahan, PhD is a coronavirologist whose work on SARS-Cov2 (the virus that causes Covid-19) is contributing to critical and timely therapies and guidelines for public health and clinical...

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Cheryl Clark, DrPH on supporting state health departments and drinking salsa from 2020-11-28T07:00

Cheryl Clark, DrPH is an epidemiologist who has worked in the government for over two decades. We talk about her role now improving maternal and child health programs in state health departments...

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Cara Eckhardt, PhD (my BFF!) on taking a teaching job and debate moderator dreams from 2020-11-26T07:00

Cara Eckhardt, PhD is my BFF and a nutritional epidemiologist. In this episode, Cara talks about her choice to move back to her home state and take a faculty position that focuses on teaching ep...

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Leslie McClure, PhD on hidden mentoring and scandalous horse stuff from 2020-11-21T06:00

 Leslie McClure, PhD, Chair of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Drexel, discusses the benefits of hidden mentoring, what it feels like to be a department chair, and the impact of early-career f...

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Louisa Smith, MS on breast cancer treatment and outhouse racing from 2020-11-14T06:00

Louisa Smith, MS is an epidemiology PhD student at Harvard who was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer at age 28. After a year of chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation, she now has no evidence o...

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Bertha Hidalgo, PhD on fashion-turned-science Instagram influencing and baby carrots from 2020-11-07T06:00

Bertha Hidalgo, PhD, genetic epidemiologist, discusses how she is using her status as an Instagram influencer to promote public health and what it is like being a Latina in America and in academ...

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Layla Bodnar, 9-year-old, interviews me, her mom from 2020-11-03T06:00

The pod's twitter account hit 2000 followers, and I promised my 9-year-old something special when we hit this mark. So, here is Layla Bodnar, 4th grader, the baby of 3 kids, interviewing me...

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Geetika Kalloo, PhD on healthcare consulting, robes, and therapy from 2020-10-31T06:00

Geetika Kalloo, PhD decided that academia was not a good fit for her. After much reflection and confusion, she decided to take a job in healthcare consulting and is now so happy! Geetika and I s...

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William Goedel, PhD on a new faculty position and gay Galapagos tortoises from 2020-10-24T05:00

Will Goedel, PhD, HIV epidemiologist, discusses how his identification as an LGBT faculty member has shaped his experience. He also talks about skipping a postdoc and going right into a faculty ...

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Hoda S. Abdel Magid, PhD on postdoc life and living with Gen Z'ers from 2020-10-17T07:00

Hoda Abdel Magid, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow studying inequities in chronic disease, talks about challenges and joys of her postdoc, her love (I mean LOVE) of journal club, her 2 Gen Z sisters, ...

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Mya Roberson, MSPH on epi methods in health services research and Guy Fieri from 2020-10-10T06:00

PhD candidate Mya Roberson, MSPH talks about her interest in applying epidemiologic methods to health service research, and how her roles as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Resear...

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Jonathan Jackson, PhD on failure and feral hogs from 2020-10-03T06:00

Jonathan Jackson, PhD, cognitive neuroscientist and fake epidemiologist, talks about failure had its importance in shaping his career and life, 40-60 feral hogs in Texas, white guilt wine, 5th g...

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Matt Fox, DSc (part 2) on kindness follow-up and Pop Tarts from 2020-09-29T12:00

Because the world is a dark place, Matt Fox, DSc and I throw our dorky headphones back on and talk about silly stuff. We also discuss a question we got from episode 107 on kindness.

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Michelle Caunca, PhD on MD-PhD programs and Kitchen Aid mixers from 2020-09-26T06:00

Michelle Caunca, PhD is a MD/PhD student who studies neuro epi. She talks about struggles of being in her training program, being a second generation Filipino American, twirling rifles, Kitchen ...

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Matt Fox, DSc on academic kindness and deli meat sheets from 2020-09-19T04:00

Matt Fox, DSc, infectious disease epidemiologist and epi methods expert, discusses kindness in academia: what is it, why it's not as common, and how we can change the culture. We also talk ...

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Erika Braithwaite, PhD on entrepreneurship and maple syrup sweat from 2020-09-12T06:00

Erika Braithwaite is a PhD-trained epidemiologist who decided to go against the grain and find happiness by using her degree to start an analytics business. She talks about her struggles in her ...

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Julia Marcus, PhD on Covid national media attention and organ performance from 2020-09-05T04:00

Julia Marcus, PhD, infectious disease epidemiologist, tells us what it feels like to be suddenly receiving near-constant national media attention for her message encouraging a nuanced approach t...

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Hailey Banack, PhD on prioritizing family and no to smoothies from 2020-08-29T04:00

Epidemiology methods expert Hailey Banack, PhD talks about prioritizing personal and family life in job searches, the insanity of Covid parenting, hating blenders, folding pizza, ketchup bellybu...

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Theresa Chapple, PhD on applied epi and riding giraffes from 2020-08-22T04:00

Dr. Theresa Chappel talks applied epidemiology and how the birth of her child shapes her research, as well as riding giraffes, bad reality tv, Philly cheese steaks, and more!

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Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhD on mentoring, boundaries, and farmers markets from 2020-08-15T23:00

Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhD, obesity epidemiologist and Associate Dean for Research Fancy Pants, talks boundaries, big-picture goals, competitive approach to farmers' market shopping 1970s tv ...

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Kerry Keyes, PhD on single motherhood and groundhogs from 2020-08-08T12:00

Kerry Keyes, PhD, substance use and mental health epidemiologist extraordinaire, talks single motherhood, trauma, groundhogs, and swimming in Pinot Grigio.

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Kerry Keyes, PhD on single motherhood and groundhogs from 2020-08-08T12:00

Kerry Keyes, PhD, substance use and mental health epidemiologist extraordinaire, talks single motherhood, trauma, groundhogs, and swimming in Pinot Grigio.

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Kerry Keyes, PhD on single motherhood and groundhogs from 2020-08-08T12:00

Kerry Keyes, PhD, substance use and mental health epidemiologist extraordinaire, talks single motherhood, trauma, groundhogs, and swimming in Pinot Grigio.

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