Do birthdays cause COVID?

Episode 104

Free Associations Podcast | August 10th, 2021

Matt and guest hosts Bertha Hidalgo and Rachel Widome review a study on whether COVID transmission was more likely after a birthday, they discuss teaching epidemiology online, and Matt is pretty shocked by how much a journal costs.

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COVID and birthdays study

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Bertha Hidalgo, PhD, MPH

is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Ryals School of Public Health. She is a genetic epidemiologist with additional expertise in science communication.

Rachel Widome, PhD, MHS

is a social epidemiologist and Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota's Division of Epidemiology and Community Health. Her research focuses on how policy can be optimized for population-wide health goals.

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