Can kids with chicken pox protect you from shingles?

Episode 70

Free Associations Podcast | April 7th, 2020

Matt, Jen, and guest host Jennifer Weuve discuss a study that looks at whether exposure to kids with chicken pox protects adults from shingles, they ask whether blinding in randomized trials really matters, and Jen survives a podcast episode that feels like a year on Mars.

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Chicken pox and shingles study

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Jennifer Weuve, MPH, ScD

is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at BUSPH. In her research, she pursues answers to questions in two major realms of human health: (1) the forces that accelerate the aging of the brain and body, and (2) the health effects of being exposed to environmental toxicants. Underlying all of her research is a foundation in epidemiologic methods.

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