In this episode we talk with Kosali Simon about letters of recommendation for tenure.

Kosali Simon is a Distinguished Professor at the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. At IU, Kosali is also the Paul O’Neill Chair, a Herman B Wells Endowed Professor, and the Associate Vice Provost for Health Sciences. Outside of IU Professor Simon is an elected member of National Academy of Medicine and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Sebastian Tello-Trillois an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy in the University of Virginia.
Alex Hollingsworth is an Associate Professor at the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs in Indiana University.

Kosali mentions the COVID-19 research database, https://covid19researchdatabase.org. Note this episode was recorded a while ago, so this reference is a touch dated.

We also touch on an article on the ASHEcon Newsletter on Data Resources on health care encounter data which can be found here.

Recommendations of the Week

Kosali recommends gapminder, https://www.gapminder.org, for accessing data on health (and other things).
Sebastian recommends creating a shortcut that changes your phone to be black and white when you want to remind yourself to focus.
Alex recommends-- if you're using obsidian-- paying for obsidian mobile sync, https://obsidian.md/pricing

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