CAUSALab

CAUSALab

@causalab.org

Actionable #causalinference with real-world impact. We use health data to help decision makers make better decisions. We train investigators at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Connect with CAUSALab: https://linktr.ee/causalab

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2 weeks away! Goodarz Danaei @hsph.harvard.edu presents the online talk “Counterfactual and Transportable CVD Risk Prediction.” 📆 Nov 3, 2026 ⏰ 15.00 CET/9.00 EST 📍 Online Register to attend online: stats.sender.net/forms/e7JD1d... #causalab #causalinference #harvardchan #harvard

See you at the 22nd Kolokotrones Symposium? CAUSALab is thrilled to announce Causal Inference in Cancer: Informing Decisions from Prevention to Survivorship. 📆 Fri, Nov 20, 2026 ⏰ 10:30 AM-3:00 PM ET 📍 Online or In-Person Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/causal-inf...

In-person and online attendance free and open to the public. Limited spots available. Speaker remarks are based on their own scholarship and experience. As such, they speak for themselves, and not for Harvard University.

Scenes from Milan 📸 Pictured at ISPE's 42nd Annual Meeting, Sonia Hernández-Díaz delivers a plenary talk on study design & remaining questions pertaining to acetaminophen and autism. Learn more about ISPE: www.pharmacoepi.org

Save the date! The 22nd Kolokotrones Symposium will be held Friday, Nov 20, 2026. The fall symposium will be hosted in-person @hsph.harvard.edu and online. Attendance is free. Event details to be announced in the coming weeks.

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Next in the CAUSALab Methods series @ki.se Oliver Dukes (Ghent University) presents “Target Trial Emulation and Structural Nested Models.” 📆 Oct 6, 2026 ⏰ 15.00 CEST/9.00 EDT 📍 Online Register: stats.sender.net/forms/e7JD1d...

Apply now for CAUSALab Clinics! Free #causalinference consulting w/ postdoc fellows. Offered to Boston early-career investigators who research comparative effectiveness or safety of health interventions. Fall 2026 dates: 📅 Oct 14 📅 Dec 9 Apply: hsph.harvard.edu/research/cau...

Fall is here! 🍁 Our team kicked off the semester with a social welcoming new members to the lab. Follow along for upcoming CAUSALab projects, research collaborations, and events @hsph.harvard.edu! #causalinference #publichealth #harvard #harvardchan

Today marks the start of National Postdoc Appreciation week! CAUSALab is grateful to have a team of wonderful postdoctoral fellows who help make our research at @hsph.harvard.edu possible. National Postdoc Appreciation runs Sep 21-25, 2026.

Back this fall: ⭐ Fundamentals of Confounding Adjustment (FCA) Learn confounding adjustment in time-fixed settings & build a foundation for advanced methods. Self-paced course w/ video lectures & hands-on exercises. Ready to take FCA? Learn more and apply: hsph.harvard.edu/research/cau...

FCA features: 🎥 Video lectures 🔢 Hands-on exercises 🗓️ Self-paced learning Course available to complete Sep 1 - Dec 18, 2026.

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Up next: prognostic score methods. Ingeborg Waernbaum (Uppsala University) continues the CAUSALab Methods Series @ki.se with a hybrid talk. Details below. 📆 Sep 22, 2026 ⏰ 15.00 CEST/9.00 EDT 📍 Online & In-person Register to attend: 💻 stats.sender.net/forms/e7JD1d...

🆕 Causal Inference in Pregnancy (CIP) Taught by Sonia Hernández-Díaz & Krista Huybrechts, CIP teaches participants how to design studies to evaluate interventions in pregnancy within a target trial emulation framework. 🎥 Video lectures 🔢 Hands-on exercises 🗓️ Self-paced learning

CAUSALab is growing! We’re seeking postdoc research fellows across several research areas, including AI, HIV, pregnancy, cardiovascular health, mental health, and methods. Current openings: hsph.harvard.edu/research/cau... Applications reviewed on an ongoing basis. More opportunities coming soon.

Apply now for CAUSALab Clinics! Free #causalinference consulting w/ postdoc fellows. Offered to Boston early-career investigators who research comparative effectiveness or safety of health interventions. Fall 2026 dates: 📅 Oct 14 📅 Nov 18 📅 Dec 9 Apply: hsph.harvard.edu/research/cau...

Don't miss the early bird registration deadline! Submit your SCRI x CAUSALab course application by 8/14/26.

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Join CAUSALab and Singapore Clinical Research Institute (SCRI) for Target Trial Emulation in Real-World Evidence: From Causal Foundations to Practical Applications. Early bird deadline extended 8/14/26. 📅 October 5 – 9, 2026 📍 Singapore Learn more: t.co/QH6ASqdTJE

We're happy to share that several CAUSALab members have been promoted! ▪️Laura Cadavid - Research Coordinator ▪️Katherine Li - Research Associate ▪️Jing Li - Research Associate ▪️Jack MacDonald - Senior Program Coordinator ▪️Daniela van Santen - Research Scientist Congrats, all! 🎉

Join CAUSALab and Singapore Clinical Research Institute (SCRI) for Target Trial Emulation in Real-World Evidence: From Causal Foundations to Practical Applications. Early bird deadline extended 8/14/26. 📅 October 5 – 9, 2026 📍 Singapore Learn more: t.co/QH6ASqdTJE

Are you subscribed to CAUSALab's YouTube channel? Our YouTube channel is a hub for on-demand #causalinference programming. Explore past Kolokotrones Symposia, the Methods Series @ki.se, and more. Subscribe for post notifications: youtube.com/@CAUSALab

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety has awarded Meghan Cupp Buxton the 2026 Ronald D. Mann Best Paper Award! Last year's paper "Opioid Use After Hip Fracture and Subsequent Fracture Outcomes: A Self-Controlled Case Series Design" was selected. Congratulations, Meghan!

Participants will learn how to 1) define dynamic treatment strategies, and 2) estimate the effects of dynamic treatment strategies using g-methods in real-world observational datasets using a target trial emulation approach.

New publication! Emma McGee is senior author on a new article, Tailored Exercise Strategies and Mortality Among Breast Cancer Survivors. Findings suggest individualized increases in aerobic exercise lower 10-year mortality risks. Read in JAMA Network Open: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

This year, CAUSALab awarded 47 tuition waivers for PhD students to attend the Summer Courses on Causal Inference @hsph.harvard.edu. Thank you to Johnson & Johnson for their generous support of the 2026 Course Tuition Waiver Program!

Join CAUSALab and Singapore Clinical Research Institute (SCRI) for a new workshop on Target Trial Emulation in Real-World Evidence: From Causal Foundations to Practical Applications. 📅 October 5-9, 2026 📍 Singapore Early bird deadline: July 17, 2026 Learn more: form.gov.sg/6a15135735fb...

Last week in Phoenix, AZ ☀️ Sonia Hernández-Díaz delivered the SPER 2026 keynote, "Target Trial Emulations in Pregnancy: Challenges and Solutions." Her talk covered specific challenges we face when designing randomized trials in pregnancy. #causalinference #pregnancyresearch

New publication @annalsofim.bsky.social uses target trial emulation to examine GLP-1 use and pregnancy outcomes. Check out the @hsph.harvard.edu research spotlight, which quotes collaborator & first author Jeremy Brown. Study co-authors include Sonia Hernández-Díaz & Krista Huybrechts. 👇

According to a new Harvard Chan School study, taking GLP-1s during the first trimester of pregnancy does not appear to increase the risk of adverse outcomes. “Our findings are not informative about safety for sustained use in pregnancy,“ says @causalab.org's Jeremy Brown.

Attending SER 2026? The annual SER (Society for Epidemiologic Research) Conference kicks off today in Phoenix, AZ (June 23-26, 2026). Be sure to stop by sessions featuring CAUSALab members in comments.

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Wed, June 24: 🔸(3:45 pm – 5:15 pm) Perinatal & Pediatric Epidemiology: Innovative methods and new frontiers (featured: Motohiko Adomi) 🔸(3:45 pm – 5:15 pm) Tailored physical activity strategies and mortality among breast cancer survivors: a target trial emulation (Emma McGee)

Thurs, June 25: 🔸(1:45 pm – 3:15 pm) On Asking Questions (featured: Sonja Swanson, Jessica Young) Fri, June 26: 🔸(10:15 am – 11:45 am) Causal Inference in Pregnancy Research: Exploring Methodological Frontiers (featured: Sonia Hernández-Díaz, Krista Huybrechts)

Attending SER 2026? The annual SER (Society for Epidemiologic Research) Conference kicks off today in Phoenix, AZ (June 23-26, 2026). Be sure to stop by sessions featuring CAUSALab members in comments.

Tues, June 23: 🔸(5:30 pm – 7:30 pm) Registration Required Let’s Get Personal: Defining and Estimating Effects of Dynamic Treatment Strategies Using Real-World Data (featured: Rienna Russo, Emma McGee)

Wed, June 24: 🔸(10:15 am – 11:45 am) Putting causal methods under a microscope: using molecular biomarkers to generate causal knowledge and using causal methods to strengthen analyses of molecular biomarkers (featured: Joy Shi, Sonja Swanson)

The 2026 CAUSALab Summer Courses on Causal Inference have come to a close 📝 CAUSALab was excited to host 4 unique courses @hsph.harvard.edu. This year's 330+ participants represented: 🏢 180+ organizations 🌎 48 countries 📍 30 U.S. states Thank you for an exciting two weeks of #causalinference!

Scenes from the summer courses 📸 Week 1 welcomed participants to Key Topics in Causal Inference (KTCI) & Target Trial Emulation (TTE). Today kicked off Combining Information for Causal Inference (CICI) & Advanced Confounding Adjustment (ACA). Looking forward to a great Week 2!

CAUSALab's Summer Courses on Causal Inference are back @hsph.harvard.edu! We are thrilled to kick off CAUSALab's week one courses today, Key Topics in Causal Inference (KTCI) & Target Trial Emulation (TTE). Attending KTCI or TTE? Be sure to tag us.

This month, @harvardepi.bsky.social recognized teaching fellows who have demonstrated outstanding commitment to their roles. Motohiko Adomi was awarded a Certificate of Distinction and Andrew Weckstein was awarded an Excellence in Teaching award. 🎉 Congratulations, Motohiko and Andrew!

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Xabier Garcia de Albeniz presents next in the 2026 Methods Series @ki.se 👇 "Target Trial Emulation in a Post-Authorization Safety Study Required by the European Medicines Agency" 📆 May 19, 2026 ⏰ 15.00 CEST/9.00 EDT Attend online: stats.sender.net/forms/e7JD1d...