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Shiny Epi People episodes
- William Goedel, PhD on a new faculty position and gay Galapagos tortoises
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 position. Talking to gay Galapagos tortoises, egg everything bagel, telling someone they have food in their teeth, and more!
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30 min - Hoda S. Abdel Magid, PhD on postdoc life and living with Gen Z'ers
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, her wish to be a standup comedian, and much more!
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27 min - Mya Roberson, MSPH on epi methods in health services research and Guy Fieri
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 Research Scholar and a Truman Scholar helped shape this focus. She also discusses contortion and aerial arts, Guy Fieri, an epic face-plant, and more!
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27 min - Jonathan Jackson, PhD on failure and feral hogs
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 grade teacher massages, and more!
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28 min - Matt Fox, DSc (part 2) on kindness follow-up and Pop Tarts
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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26 min - Michelle Caunca, PhD on MD-PhD programs and Kitchen Aid mixers
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 Aid mixers, Trader Joe's snacks, and more!
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25 min - Matt Fox, DSc on academic kindness and deli meat sheets
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 funny zoom call goodbyes, armpit farts, deli meat sheets, and more!
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24 min - Erika Braithwaite, PhD on entrepreneurship and maple syrup sweat
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 doctoral training and how she ended up an entrepreneur. Hatred of camping, sweating maple syrup, nostalgic tv and other fun stuff also come up!
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25 min - Julia Marcus, PhD on Covid national media attention and organ performance
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 to Covid-19 risk reduction. She also talks organ performance, quarantine sweatpants uniform, and more!
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28 min - Hailey Banack, PhD on prioritizing family and no to smoothies
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 bellybuttons and more!
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About Shiny Epi People
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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.