Luis CorreiaBeing Born during Summer Increases the Risk of Becoming an Epidemiologist?Tomorrow is the first birthday of a member of my new Epi Ph.D. cohort at Emory and we are having cake at lunchtime. While deciding which…Sep 19, 2023Sep 19, 2023
Luis Correia“Science Advocacy” is not the same as “Public Health Advocacy”I was once an advocate for science, but over the years I’ve changed to an advocate for public health and medical education. I think I…Aug 13, 2022Aug 13, 2022
Luis CorreiaExternal Validity: MisconceptionsI will end this text with the following sentence: the concept of external validity is more about our ability to think than looking for…Aug 7, 2022Aug 7, 2022
Luis CorreiaInappropriate Mixing Clinical and Systemic Thinking: Vaccines in the YoungA good decision process is based on adequate “models”. Models represent simplifications of the universe, which serve to test scientific…Sep 21, 2021Sep 21, 2021
Luis CorreiaVaccination: Effectiveness versus EfficacyEffectiveness (real world) has a usual tendency to be lower than efficacy (proof of concept in clinical trials). But it is not always like…Aug 11, 20211Aug 11, 20211
Luis CorreiaI’ve been teaching evidence-based medicine with for 20 years, to undergraduate medical students…In fact, I recently looked into the etymology of the word “medicine”. It originates from the latim “mederi”, which means “to know the best…Aug 3, 20212Aug 3, 20212
