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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
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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October 29, 2025 at 7:18 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
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
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
Today kicks off National Postdoc Appreciation Week!

We are thankful to have a team of incredible postdocs who help make our #causalinference research @hsph.harvard.edu possible.

We appreciate your key contributions & hard work!
#NPAW2025 #causalab #harvardchan #publichealth
September 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The CAUSALab Methods Series @ki.se is back!

Fall 2025 lineup kicks off Sep 23 with Vanessa Didelez (BIPS), “Causal mediation and separable treatments in time-to-event analyses.”

All talks are virtual, except for Nov. 4, 2025 hybrid session.

Learn more & register:
hsph.harvard.edu/research/cau...
September 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Fall applications are OPEN for CAUSALab Clinics!

Free #causalinference consulting open to Boston-based, junior clinical investigators. Postdoc fellows provide guidance pertaining to #studydesign, data analysis and results for works in progress.

Learn more & apply:
hsph.harvard.edu/research/cau...
September 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It's National Suicide Prevention Month. 💙💜

This year, CAUSALab is shining a spotlight on researchers furthering the field of suicide prevention. (See comments)
September 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Causal inference on-demand 🎥

CAUSALab's YouTube channel is your front-row seat for past programming, including Kolokotrones Symposium lectures, the Methods Series @ki.se and more.

Subscribe to be notified when new videos are uploaded: www.youtube.com/@CAUSALab
#causalinference #epidemiology
August 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Summer at Oxford 📸

Sonia Hernández-Díaz was featured at RWE Summer School 2025 @ox.ac.uk. Sonia presented #targettrial emulation and real-world evidence to inform safety of pharmaceuticals during pregnancy.

Thank you @ndorms.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk!
August 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Publication alert!

Research in European Journal of Epidemiology used trial data to examine the effect of colonoscopy screening on colorectal cancer & related death incidence.

Authors include @joy-shi.bsky.social bsky.social @miguelhernan.org

Read now:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
July 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Don't miss out!

CAUSALab is partnering w/ @cemfi.es for the course, Causal Inference for Health and Social Scientists.

📆 Aug 25-29, 2025

CEMFI course introduces 2 step causal framework for experimental & non-experimental data. Applications still accepted.

www.cemfi.es/programs/css...
July 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
SER 2025 @societyforepi.bsky.social included a session spotlighting James M. Robins⭐

"Celebrating James M. Robins Contributions to Epidemiology" explored Robins' impact, including his landmark 1986 paper. It concluded with his comments on progress still to come in #causalinference research.
July 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Congratulations to researcher Nedghie Adrien for her new role as Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology at Yale University!

We wish Nedghie the best as she begins her new role!
#causalab #causalinference #harvardchan #timevarying
July 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
That's a wrap!

Last week, the 2025 CAUSALab Summer Courses on Causal Inference came to a close @hsph.harvard.edu.

Thank you to our 400+ attendees, who represent:
🏢 200+ organizations
🌎 38 countries
📍 35 U.S. states

Thank you to our wonderful instructors and fellows who make the courses possible.
July 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Mid-week calls for matching methods 💡

José Zubizarreta makes his CICI 2025 debut with Lecture 5:
Multivariate Matching Methods with Enhanced Internal and External Validity.
June 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Tuesday morning kicked off with lectures from Issa Dahabreh & @miguelhernan.org

CICI 👉 Generalizability and transportability analyses for outcomes assessed at the end of the study in non-nested trial designs

TTE 👉 Emulating time zero
#causalinference #causalab #publichealth
June 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Summer Courses Week 1 ✅

We were thrilled to welcome participants to campus for Key Topics in Causal Inference (KTCI) & Advanced Confounding Adjustment (ACA)

Next up 👉 Combining Information for Causal Inference (CICI) & Target Trial Emulation (TTE) @hsph.harvard.edu #causalinference
June 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Good morning, Advanced Confounding Adjustment (ACA)!

Joy Shi kicks the day off with a hands-on session: estimating the effect of static treatment strategies via parametric g-formula. #causalinference #publichealth
June 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Day 1 recap 🔎

@miguelhernan.org opened Key Topics in Causal Inference (KTCI) with an overview of #causlinference methodology & standardization.

Judith Lok focused on conditioning and Inverse Probability Weighting. #publichealth #epidemiology #causalab
June 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Class is back in session! ☀️

We are thrilled to kick off the 2025 CAUSALab Summer Courses @hsph.harvard.edu today.

Attending KTCI or ACA? Be sure to tag us on social. Here’s to an engaging two weeks of learning!

#causalinference #epidemiology #causalab #hsph
June 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Congrats to our departing team members on their new opportunities! 🎉

Details in comments. We wish David, Sarah, Daniel, and Guanbo all the best in this new chapter!

#causalinference #publichealth #epidemiology #harvard
June 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM