Outcome-Wide Analysis

Outcome-Wide Analysis provides consulting support for researchers and public agencies working at the intersection of transportation, land use, and population health.

The work focuses on rigorous, policy-relevant analytic strategy, particularly when causal inference, spatial data, and public-health concepts intersect.

Areas of expertise

Epidemiologic and quasi-experimental methods for policy evaluation and place-based research, including case-control designs, generalized synthetic control, health impact assessment, and related approaches
Analytic strategy under uncertainty, including clarifying study questions, weighing imperfect design options, and making defensible methodological decisions when no single approach is obvious
Framing transportation and land-use questions within population-health and public-health frameworks
Integration and harmonization of datasets across spatial, mobility, environmental, and administrative domains
Scientific writing support for grants and manuscripts, especially sections covering methods and conceptual framing

Background

Michael Garber, PhD, MPH is an epidemiologist whose work focuses on how transportation systems and urban design shape population health. He has authored 25+ peer-reviewed articles, including work published in Epidemiology, The Lancet Planetary Health, and Journal of Transport & Health, and received the 2022 Rothman Epidemiology Prize for methodological innovation.

Contact

To discuss a possible project, please email: michael@outcomewide.com

On the name

The name Outcome-Wide Analysis is a nod to Tyler VanderWeele’s 2017 article “Outcome-wide Epidemiology,” which has informed my approach to studying how upstream transportation and land-use decisions shape multiple outcomes across population health and climate resilience.