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