Science Communication with Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz | Episode 05

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 (twitter.com/justsaysrisks)
🎙 Everything Hertz Podcast (everythinghertz.com)
🎙Gideon's Sensationalist Science Podcast (soundcloud.com/senscipod)
✍️ Gideon on Medium (medium.com/@gidmk)
📧 Email Gideon for advice on getting started in Sci Comm: gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com
👩‍🏫 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 (twitter.com/epiellie)
• Lucy: @LucyStats (twitter.com/lucystats)
• Gid: @GidMK (twitter.com/gidmk)
🎶 Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade.
👩‍🎨 Our artwork is by Allison Horst (twitter.com/allison_horst).