As Hispanic Heritage Month ends, we celebrate the research advancing Latino health 💛🌎 Explore AJE's Special Collection highlighting epidemiologic work on the social, environmental, structural, and biological factors shaping health in Latino communities. academic.oup.com/aje/pages/lati…

💡Make your manuscript’s importance clear and don’t rush your response to tough reviews. In our October Editor Spotlight, Dr. Brandie Taylor shares her advice on multidisciplinary collaboration, impactful writing, and approaching reviewer comments with a fresh perspective. ✨

✨Quarterly Paper Shoutout✨

Every quantitative study should answer one question: What is your estimand? This article shows how to clarify causal estimands—and why doing so matters for actionable, equity-focused evidence.

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A tough review can sting, but it can also sharpen the paper. This month’s Editor Spotlight, Penelope Howards, PhD, MS, shares a simple rule: step away for 24 hours ⏳, then return asking what the reviewer’s comment might reveal about the manuscript. 🔍
#PeerReview #Epidemiology

Focus on quality over quantity - and don’t be discouraged by rejection. ✍️📚 Meet our August Editor Spotlight, Chanelle Howe, PhD, MPH, MHS, and hear her advice on manuscript writing, responding to reviewer comments, and navigating rejection. 💡🔍

🔍 Let the research question drive the analysis, not the other way around. Meet our July Editor Spotlight, Laura Balzer, PhD, MPhil, and hear her advice on writing, peer review, and team science. 🌍📝

✨ Quarterly Paper Shoutout ✨

“Sampling for computational efficiency when conducting analyses in big data” shows how sampling can make Big Data analyses faster and more feasible, using Medicaid claims for 30M people.

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A manuscript really shines when the study question is clear 🔎✨ and the answer can make a meaningful impact! 👩‍🔬💡🌟– A great tip by our editor of the month, Robert Platt!

NYU just featured an AJE paper in a press release 📢The study looked at 11 years of Alaska’s cash payments and found no spike in serious injuries or deaths. Giving people cash ≠ more harm!
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Call for Papers!

Epidemiologic Reviews 2026 theme: Migration, Mobility, Displacement & Health

Seeking systematic, scoping & critical reviews on health in mobile populations.

📅 Submit now: academic.oup.com/epirev/pages/a…
#AJE #SystematicReview #PublicHealth #MigrationHealth

“Don’t be afraid to include code in your manuscript.” A recommendation from our Editor of the Month and co-host of the AJE-sponsored podcast ✨Casual Inference✨, Lucy D'Agostino McGowan! @LucyStats

Call for papers! We are now welcoming submissions for an upcoming special collection on “Artificial Intelligence in Health: From Pattern Discovery to Population Inference.” The deadline is October 30, 2026. You can read the full call for papers here: academic.oup.com/aje/pages/ai-a…

Words of wisdom from our editor of the month, Brian Whitcomb, PhD (@brianwwhitcomb): “The key to an engaging manuscript is clarity and accessibility.” ✍️✨

Great science requires humility, revision, and constant learning. 🔁🧠✍️

Dr. Catherine Lesko is our editorial spotlight of the month. 🌟

📣 AJE Advances: Research in Epidemiology published its inaugural issue earlier last year! A companion to AJE, the journal is an open-access home for the full breadth of epi research 📊🌍
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#Epidemiology #OpenAccess #Research

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November Editor Spotlight of the Month! ✍️ Next up is Matthew Fox ✨, Editor at AJE & Professor in Epidemiology and Global Health at Boston University! This month, we chatted with him about his work with AJE.

🎃 October’s Spooktacular Editor Spotlight! 👻 This month, we feature Sarah Lindley (@SLindleyEcon) ✨: Associate Editor in Residence for Social Media at AJE and Postdoctoral Fellow at UPenn. We spoke with her about her work with AJE. 👻✍️

September Editor Spotlight of the Month! ✍️ Next up is Sunni Mumford (@sunnimum) ✨, Associate Editor at AJE & Professor of Epidemiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. This month, we chatted with her about her work with AJE.