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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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Save the dates! 📌

CAUSALab's Summer Courses on Causal Inference return June 2026. Course information and registration details to be announced in the coming weeks.

Join our 2025-2026 listserv to receive updates first:
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Apply now for a 2026 student tuition waiver! ⏰

Limited waivers available for qualified PhD students w/out alternative funding to attend #causalinference Summer Courses @hsph.harvard.edu

📅 Deadline: 2/15/26 11:59 PM ET

Review eligibility & apply:
hsph.harvard.edu/research/cau...
January 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
New article @bmj.com reviews procedures for eligibility and treatment assignment for #targettrial emulation.

"Starting right: aligning eligibility and treatment assignment at time zero when emulating a target trial"

Authors include @miguelhernan.org. Read the article:
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
January 13, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Happy holidays from CAUSALab ☃️

On behalf of our whole team, we wish you a season filled with joy! We are looking forward to an exciting 2026 at @hsph.harvard.edu.

#publichealth #causalinference #epidemiology #harvardchan
December 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Barbra Dickerman is co-recipient of a Fall 2025 Innovation in Cancer Informatics Major Grant Award!

“Developing a Generalizable Causal AI Framework for Precision Sequencing of Cancer Therapies: A Use Case in Advanced Prostate Cancer”
December 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Reposted by CAUSALab
New study: Small benefits and risks of COVID-19 vaccines in children in Madrid.

Hospitalization risk very low in unvaccinated, lower in vaccinated.

6-11 years old: no myocarditis cases
12-17 years old: myocarditis risk very low in vaccinated, lower in unvaccinated
journals.lww.com/pidj/fulltex...
December 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Next Tuesday! See you there?
Don't miss the final Methods Series talk this year!

Arvid Sjölander @ki.se presents, "A generalization of the mechanism-based approach for age-period-cohort models."

📆 Dec 16, 2025
⏰ 15.00 CET/9.00 ET
📍 Online

2026 talks TBA. Register 👇
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December 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New publication @nejm.org!

"Untangling the Risks of Antidepressants in Pregnancy"

The letter examines controversy surrounding SSRIs and highlights confounding by maternal psychiatric as a key challenge confronted by observational studies.

Read the letter:
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
December 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Don't miss the final Methods Series talk this year!

Arvid Sjölander @ki.se presents, "A generalization of the mechanism-based approach for age-period-cohort models."

📆 Dec 16, 2025
⏰ 15.00 CET/9.00 ET
📍 Online

2026 talks TBA. Register 👇
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December 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Giving Tuesday is here!

At CAUSALab, we develop free software, host public symposia, and make our research results and code openly available worldwide.

Contributions help us turn data into actionable insights that improve health globally. Support our mission: hsph.harvard.edu/research/cau...
December 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
On behalf of the CAUSALab team, Happy Thanksgiving!

We are thankful for our collaborators, funders, and community for supporting our causal inference research @hsph.harvard.edu.

#epidemiology #healthdata #hsph #harvardchan #publichealth #harvard
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Scenes from the Kolokotrones Symposium 📸

Last week, CAUSALab held the 20th Kolokotrones Symposium, "Acetaminophen During Pregnancy and Autism: What Does Causal Inference Take?"

Thank you to our wonderful speakers for contributing their perspectives and research. #causalinference
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Reposted by CAUSALab
As part of our monthly series spotlighting @causalab.bsky.social, we’re excited to introduce the lab’s team of 45+ members—including staff, faculty, researchers, postdoctoral fellows and students—who help to advance #causalInference research through their various roles.

Meet the team below ⬇️
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Last month, CAUSALab researcher Sophia Rein was awarded a grant during the 2025 ADIA Lab symposium.

‘Causal AI for the Generation of Real-World Evidence from Healthcare Data’ will support software development for Causal AI (combining the g-formula with deep learning). Congrats, Sophia!
November 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Last call for Friday's symposium! Registration closes Wednesday 11/12 at 9:00 AM ET.

In-person limited to Harvard ID holders due to space restrictions. Online attendance free & public. Details will be emailed to registrants this week.
You're invited! ✉️

20th Kolokotrones Symposium: “Acetaminophen During Pregnancy and Autism: What Does Causal Inference Take?"

Details in comments. In-person limited to Harvard ID holders due to space restrictions. Online attendance free & public.

Register:
www.eventbrite.com/e/acetaminop...
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Follow along this month as @harvardepi.bsky.social spotlights the CAUSALab team! 👇 #causalinference #epidemiology
This month, we are featuring @causalab.bsky.social as the final installment in our '25 series spotlighting our research groups.

Launched in '21, by @miguelhernan.org, CAUSALab uses data to investigate what works in medicine, public health & policy.

Follow along to learn more about #causalinference
November 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Save the dates! 📌

CAUSALab's Summer Courses on Causal Inference return June 2026. Course information and registration details to be announced in the coming weeks.

Join our 2025-2026 listserv to receive updates first:
harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #causalinference #epidemiology
October 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Next week! Check out the Methods talk, "Informing clinical decision making in mental health when randomized trials are not available."
Clinical decision making in mental health 🧠

Alejandro Szmulewicz @hsph.harvard.edu continues the Methods Series @ki.se in 2 weeks.

📆 Nov 4, 2025
⏰ 15.00 CET/9.00 ET
📍 Online

Attend online:
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#causalinference #epidemiology
October 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Clinical decision making in mental health 🧠

Alejandro Szmulewicz @hsph.harvard.edu continues the Methods Series @ki.se in 2 weeks.

📆 Nov 4, 2025
⏰ 15.00 CET/9.00 ET
📍 Online

Attend online:
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#causalinference #epidemiology
October 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Next week! Join CAUSALab postdoc Jing Li for a seminar on Non-Iterative Conditional Expectation (NICE) g-formula.
Join us online on Wednesday, October 22 at 1:00pm ET for the Department's "Works-In-Progress" seminar with Dr. Jing Li speaking on "Deep Learning–Based Estimator for the Non-Iterative Conditional Expectation (NICE) g-formula" ➡️ Go to event page to register: hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology...
October 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
You're invited! ✉️

20th Kolokotrones Symposium: “Acetaminophen During Pregnancy and Autism: What Does Causal Inference Take?"

Details in comments. In-person limited to Harvard ID holders due to space restrictions. Online attendance free & public.

Register:
www.eventbrite.com/e/acetaminop...
October 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A new editorial in @ai.nejm.org explores how AI computational tools can transform causal analyses.

Researchers examine how AI can support #targettrial emulation, enhance observational data extraction and analysis, and improve efficiency of clinical trials.

🔗 ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
October 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Register now to attend next Tuesday's Methods talk 🔎
2️⃣ weeks! 2025 Methods Series @ki.se continues.

"Promoting the use of causal inference methods in applied health research by integrating causal reasoning into academic curricula: barriers and solutions."

📆 Oct 7, 2025
⏰ 15.00 CEST/9.00 ET
📍 Online

Register 👇
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October 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
2️⃣ weeks! 2025 Methods Series @ki.se continues.

"Promoting the use of causal inference methods in applied health research by integrating causal reasoning into academic curricula: barriers and solutions."

📆 Oct 7, 2025
⏰ 15.00 CEST/9.00 ET
📍 Online

Register 👇
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September 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
September is in full swing!

CAUSALab kicked off the semester with a team social welcoming new members to our lab. Here's to a fall season full of collaboration and exciting projects ahead!

#causalinference #harvardchan #causalab
September 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Let's talk causal mediation and separable treatments.

Vanessa Didelez (Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology) continues the 2025 Methods Series @ki.se next week.

📆 Sep 23, 2025
⏰ 15.00 CEST/9.00 ET
📍 Virtual

Register to attend online 👇
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September 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM