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.

Follow along this month as @harvardepi.bsky.social spotlights the CAUSALab team! 👇 #causalinference #epidemiology

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

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: stats.sender.net/forms/e7JD1d... #causalinference #epidemiology

Next week! Join CAUSALab postdoc Jing Li for a seminar on Non-Iterative Conditional Expectation (NICE) g-formula.

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...

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....

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 👇 stats.sender.net/forms/e7JD1d...

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

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 👇 stats.sender.net/forms/e7JD1d...

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

New publication: Effect of colonoscopy screening on risks of colorectal cancer and related death: instrumental variable estimation of per-protocol effects now in the European Journal of Epidemiology ➡️ Read here: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #cancer #screening #colorectal

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...

When using observational data for #causalinference, the choice isn’t between emulating or not emulating a #TargetTrial, but between reporting or not reporting the target trial that we are emulating. For those who prefer to be explicit about what they do, we have developed the TARGET Statement 👇

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...

It's National Suicide Prevention Month. 💙💜 This year, CAUSALab is shining a spotlight on researchers furthering the field of suicide prevention. (See comments)

Welcome back students! Joining us from 29 different countries hailing from 6 continents across the various degree programs are: 72 PhD students, 15 SM1 students, 13 SM1 summer-only students, 62 SM2 students, and 76 MPH Epi students in the Department of Epidemiology @hsph.harvard.edu.

September @vicbiostat.bsky.social seminar: Camila Olarte Parra from @causalab.bsky.social Karolinska will speak on combining information from trial participants and non-participants in registry-based trials. All welcome online 25 September. More info: www.vicbiostat.org.au/event/combin...

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

Last chance to register for @cemfi.es Summer School! Details below 👇

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!

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...

Missed an Epi Department event this year? Summer is the perfect time to catch up! From our seminar series and Cutter Lectures to our End-of-Year video, all our past Epi Department events are available on our YouTube channel. 🎥📚 Check them out and stay connected ➡️ www.youtube.com/@harvardepi

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...

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Day 1 of the Advanced Confounding Course by @causalab.bsky.social #EngagingWeekAhead

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

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

Last chance to register! Course registration closes next week: 🚨Mon, June 9th @ 12:00 PM ET🚨 Will we see you in our #causalinference classroom?

Are you attending SER 2025? The annual SER @societyforepi.bsky.social Conference is next week in Boston, MA (June 10-13, 2025). Be sure to stop by sessions featuring our CAUSALab team members! Access the conference schedule: epiresearch.org/annual-meeti... #causalinference #publichealth #harvard

See you in Madrid? CAUSALab is partnering w/ @cemfi.es for the course, Causal Inference for Health and Social Scientists. 📆 Aug 25-29, 2025 Taught by @miguelhernan.org, CEMFI course introduces 2 step causal framework for experimental & non-experimental data. www.cemfi.es/programs/css...

Interested into Combining Information for Causal Inference (CICI)? CICI explores generalizability & transportability analyses, general study design, & more. 💡 Course registration closes June 9th. Register for CICI: causalab.hsph.harvard.edu/courses/

Congrats to CAUSALab researcher Rienna Russo for successfully defending her PhD dissertation! 🎉 "Beyond Intention-to-Treat Analyses in Randomized Trials: Utilizing Per-Protocol Estimands and Observational Data to Investigate Strategies for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention"

Course registration deadline: 🚨June 9th @ 12:00 PM ET🚨 Registration may hit capacity before this date. Save your spot in our #causalinference classroom 👇

How do we answer #causal questions when assumptions are violated? @jeremylabrecque.bsky.social (Erasmus MC) continues the 2025 Methods Series @ki.se 📆 May 20, 2025 ⏰ 15.00 CEST/9.00 ET 📍 All Methods Series talks virtual Register to attend online 👇 stats.sender.net/forms/e7JD1d...

See you at the next Cutter Lecture? Issa Dahabreh, CAUSALab researcher and Associate Professor of Epidemiology, will present on #causalinference and causal language for observational studies in medical journals. Details on the @harvardepi.bsky.social event below 👇

Why take Key Topics in Causal Inference (KTCI)? Hear from the 2024 cohort below 👇 KTCI designed for researchers interested in acquiring a roadmap to navigate #causalinference research landscape. Register now: causalab.hsph.harvard.edu/courses/

Check out the last Methods Series talk now on YouTube: youtu.be/QuQnZ4don54?...

New publication! FEP-CAUSAL paper in Nature Mental Health examined comparative effectiveness injectable vs oral antipsychotics. Results show long-acting injectable (LAI) medications may reduce relapse risk in the 3 years following first-episode psychosis. Article: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

New date available for CAUSALab Clinics! Free #causalinference consulting with CAUSALab postdoc fellows. Offered to Boston early-career investigators who research comparative effectiveness or safety of health interventions. 📅 May 7, 2025 Apply now: causalab.hsph.harvard.edu/causalab-cli...