Co-Founder and editor at Works in Progress
Selected Publications
Dattani, S., & Rodés-Guirao, L. (2025). Why the total fertility rate doesn’t necessarily tell us the number of births women eventually have. Our World in Data. https://ourworldindata.org/total-fertility-rate-births-per-woman
Dattani, S. (2024). How do global statistics on suicide differ between sources? Our World in Data. https://ourworldindata.org/how-do-global-statistics-on-suicide-differ-between-sources
Dattani, S. (2024). The rise in reported maternal mortality rates in the US is largely due to a change in measurement. Our World in Data. https://ourworldindata.org/rise-us-maternal-mortality-rates-measurement
Dattani, S. (2023). What were the death tolls from pandemics in history? Our World in Data. https://ourworldindata.org/historical-pandemics
Dattani, S., Glennerster, R., & Haria, S. (2023, September 7). Why we didn’t get a malaria vaccine sooner. Works in Progress, 12. https://worksinprogress.co/issue/why-we-didnt-get-a-malaria-vaccine-sooner/
Dattani, S., Howard, D. M., Lewis, C. M., & Sham, P. C. (2022). Clarifying the causes of consistent and inconsistent findings in genetics. Genetic Epidemiology, 46(7), 372–389. https://doi.org/10.1002/gepi.22459
Dattani, S. (2021, December 17). The crisis in Covid vaccine messaging is leaving pregnant women unprotected from Omicron. New Statesman. https://www.newstatesman.com/health-science/2021/12/the-crisis-in-covid-vaccine-messaging-is-leaving-pregnant-women-unprotected-from-omicron
My spirit animal
Sea otter
My pet peeve
Pigeons
Psychologist I would nominate as a tag team partner in a wrestling match against robots
Detective Columbo
