Category Archives: science

Academic turfitis and budgets: public health undergraduate education (by Jonathan Mayer)

Posted on April 1, 2018 by epihealth

In the mid 1990s, I was asked by the Dean of the School of Public Health to develop a Minor and Public Health at the University of Washington, and it became so popular that we decided to extend that into … Continue reading →

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Reproducibility: Or Not?

Posted on September 5, 2015 by epihealth

A study that demonstrated a disappointing lack of reproducibility in studies in psychology has recently received much publicity in scientific journals as well as popular media, including the New York Times. Without going into the details of the study, only … Continue reading →

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