Geoffrey Kabat is a cancer epidemiologist and author, who has been on the faculty of the Stony Brook University School of Medicine and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. In addition to 150 peer-reviewed scientific papers, he has written on health-related issues in Forbes, Slate, and elsewhere. He has a long-standing interest in the perception of risk and the public’s understanding of science in the area of health and disease.
His books include: Hyping Health Risks: Environmental Hazards in Everyday Life and the Science of Epidemiology (2008) and Getting Risk Right: Understanding the Science of Elusive Health Risks (2016). Getting Risk Right now available in paperback.
Recent articles:"Who’s afraid of Roundup?” “My encounter with Andre Gregory,” “Remember the questionable study claiming glyphosate boosts cancer risk 41%?,” “Anatomy of a pandemic,” “Two faces of meta-analysis,” “In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Daniel Defoe’s account of London’s bubonic plague offers a shock of recognition,” and “New Lancet paper on endocrine disruptors presents a badly distorted picture.”
New podcast: “Apples to oranges: the abuse of meta-analysis” with Kevin Folta.