Marc Weisskopf

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Marc Weisskopf

@MarcWeisskopf

Prof at @HarvardChanSPH; Neuroscientist, Environmental Epidemiologist; #causalinference; Dir. @hsphniehsctr; Dir. Epi Studies @PlayersStudy; co-Dir. @JPBfellows

Boston, MA Katılım Ağustos 2015
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@Myriamrad22⁩ kicking off our 2nd annual GeoHub for Climate and Health in the Middle East and North Africa workshop! Great work putting all of this together!! ⁦@GEOHubMENA⁩ ⁦@hsphniehsctr
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Even with strong misclassification (e.g. recall) bias of main effects, if G&E are independent, the interaction is unbiased. We show even if G&E are dependent, observable results in your data can bound the bias, often allowing you to still identify an interaction. @epimikey
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Gene-environment (or any) interaction analyses avoid many biases if Gene&Env are independent. Our new paper shows you still get some benefits when G&E aren't independent! @hsphniehsctr Misclassification Bias in the Assessment of... : Epidemiology journals.lww.com/epidem/Abstrac…
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@JuliaRaifman @selenasd Tweet I don’t think this is largely COVID. US has better survival at ages>75 (indicated in article) and COVID is more an older age thing. Big drops like this point to earlier deaths, e.g. from opioids, infant mortality… They affect life exp. #s much more than old age deaths.
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