Build your skills in observational studies & causal inference with our revamped course, Observational Studies: Modern Concepts & Analytic Methods- now including modern estimation methods (g-computation, IPW). 📅 18–22 May 2026 | 💻 Online via Zoom More details & registration 👇 tinyurl.com/4bebv8n2

Summer school starts in less than a month - make sure you secure you spot soon! Course details and links to register can be found here 👇 www.vicbiostat.org.au/short-courses

🚨 Registrations now open! 🚨 The ViCBiostat Summer School (Feb 13–20, 2026) is a fantastic opportunity to learn from leading local & international experts in causal inference, estimands, meta-analysis, and cluster RCTs. 📍 Melbourne / Online Links below 👇

Margarita Moreno-Betancur@margaritamb.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Registrations now open for the ViCBiostat Summer School - Feb 13-20, 2026 (Melbourne/online)! Features courses by local & international experts in causal inference, estimands, meta-analysis and cluster RCTs Info: www.vicbiostat.org.au/short-courses Register: www.trybooking.com/events/landi...

Strengthen your research skills in observational studies! 📅 27–31 Oct 2025 | 💻 Online via Zoom Reduced rates available for selected participants- more details and registration👇 🔗 www.mcri.edu.au/research/res...

Awarded every two years by Australian Academy of Science, the Moran Medal honours outstanding Australian scientists in statistics & related fields. Huge congratulations to our Co-Director @margaritamb.bsky.social on this well-deserved recognition! 🎉🥳 #WomenInSTEM #ResearchExcellence

Margarita Moreno-Betancur@margaritamb.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A few weeks ago I went to Canberra to receive the Moran Medal at the lovely Shine Dome of the Australian Academy of Science (@science.org.au). It was a huge honour, and wonderful to hear talks from all corners of science and to learn about the Academy's great work supporting science - pics below!

A must-read piece led by @margaritamb.bsky.social with John Carlin and @rush-099.bsky.social (now in press in Epidemiology) #EpiSky #CausalSky #CausalInference #OpenScience✨

Margarita Moreno-Betancur@margaritamb.bsky.social · 11mo ago

NEW PAPER! (in press in EPIDEMIOLOGY) Have you wondered: - How to specify a target trial: as an ideal trial or something else? - What biases do target trial emulations and actual RCTs share? - How does it all relate to potential outcomes? Read here! 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2405.10026 #EpiSky #CausalSky

Strengthen your research skills in observational studies! 📅 27–31 Oct 2025 | 💻 Online via Zoom Reduced rates available for selected participants- more details and registration👇 🔗 www.mcri.edu.au/research/res...

🚨 Our popular two-part #Stata course is coming up soon — running virtually on Oct 14 & 15! Register via: 📊 Stata 1: mcri.edu.au/research/res... 📈 Stata 2: mcri.edu.au/research/res... 👉 Registrations close two weeks prior! 📝Self-study option aviable for MCRI staff- email us for details!

Master REDCap for your research! 💻 MCRI’s REDCap I course covers all the essentials for managing study data. Next offering: Sept 2 online via Zoom. Register: mcri.edu.au/research/res... #REDCap #ResearchSkills mcri.edu.au

📢 Australian Trials Methodology Conference 2025 🗓 20 Nov | 📍Melbourne & Online via Zoom Join leading speakers from academia, industry & healthcare. 🎟 Early-bird rates until 26 Sep! 🔗Register: atmc25.com #ClinicalTrials #TrialMethodology #Biostatistics @vicbiostat.bsky.social

📊 Boost your research skills with MCRI’s Intro to Biostatistics! Learn study design, data analysis & result interpretation. 🗓️ Sept 8–12 🕘9AM-12.30 PM| 💻 Online via Zoom. Register: mcri.edu.au/researcher-t... #Biostatistics #Research

Master REDCap for your research! 💻 MCRI’s REDCap I course covers all the essentials for managing study data. Next offering: Sept 2 online via Zoom. Register: mcri.edu.au/research/res... #REDCap #ResearchSkills mcri.edu.au

📢 Now open for registration: Designing Your Research Study (13–14 Aug 2025). This CEBU online course covers question development, study design, analysis planning, and more. Details & registration: 🔗 tinyurl.com/ekpajf3a Discounted rates available (internal, student & LMIC participants) #episky

🚨New method! So proud to see work led by @cttc101.bsky.social w/ @margaritamb.bsky.social @ghazalehd.bsky.social now available as an R package 📦 A powerful tool for estimating intervention effects via multiple mediators w/real examples to guide you! Check it out ⬇️ #epitwitter #causaltwitter #rstats

Margarita Moreno-Betancur@margaritamb.bsky.social · last yr.

1/ NEW R PACKAGE! For estimating the impact of potential interventions on multiple mediators in countering exposure effects (led by @cttc101.bsky.social) - Paper👉 tinyurl.com/ye26jsps - Package👉 tinyurl.com/yuh4kens Thread shows published examples of how the method can be used! #EpiSky #CausalSky

📣 📣NEW PAPER providing guidance on best practice for using multiple imputation when estimating interventional mediation effects, considering missingness mechanism, multiple imputation model specification, & variance estimation #CausalSky #EpiSky Read more 👇🏽 journals.lww.com/epidem/abstr...

Handling multivariable missing data in causal mediation... : Epidemiology

miologic studies. However, guidance is lacking on best practice for using multiple imputation when estimating interventional mediation effects, specifically regarding the role of missingness mechanism...

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Over the moon to have received the Moran Medal from the Australian Academy of Science!🥳 Amazing recognition, hopefully highlighting the key role of biostats & causal inference in high-quality research vimeo.com/1065735362 tinyurl.com/2m3dx2ms @cebu-melbourne.bsky.social @vicbiostat.bsky.social

Professor Margarita Moreno-Betancur - Moran Medal 2025

This is "Professor Margarita Moreno-Betancur - Moran Medal 2025" by Australian Academy of Science on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people…

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Thrilled to share our new preprint on causal ML for mediation analysis! We introduce causal ML estimators for interventional effects explicitly mapped to target trials assessing hypothetical interventions inducing distinct shifts in joint mediator distributions📊 📈🧪 #CausalSky #EpiSky

ArXiv Paperboy (Stat.ME+Econ.EM)@paperposterbot.bsky.social · last yr.

link 📈🤖 Causal machine learning for high-dimensional mediation analysis using interventional effects mapped to a target trial (Chen, Vansteelandt, Burgner et al) Causal mediation analysis examines causal pathways linking exposures to disease. The estimation of interventional effects, which are me

Recording of my talk @causalab.bsky.social on using m-DAGs to guide the treatment of missing data now available 👇 #EpiSky #CausalSky

CAUSALab@causalab.org · last yr.

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

🚨 A MUST-READ by John Carlin and @margaritamb.bsky.social including 6 commentaries and rejoinder NOW PUBLISHED: “On the Uses and Abuses of Regression Models: A Call for Reform of Statistical Practice and Teaching”

Margarita Moreno-Betancur@margaritamb.bsky.social · last yr.

NOW PUBLISHED! Featured article + 6 Commentaries + Rejoinder: “On the Uses and Abuses of Regression Models: A Call for Reform of Statistical Practice and Teaching” with my colleague John Carlin tinyurl.com/2z2tmkhh @cebu-melbourne.bsky.social @vicbiostat.bsky.social #EpiSky #CausalSky #StatsSky

📢 New Commentary: We discuss how analytic choices impact interpretation of studies on socioeconomic health inequities. We review 1) descriptive analogues of causal estimands (à la Young et al) with competing events; 2) timescale choice; and 3) covariate adjustment. 👉 academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...

Invited commentary: Descriptive social epidemiology: putting the question before the methods

Abstract. In studies describing socioeconomic inequities in health outcomes, the choice of estimand and the planned analytic approach are central to the in

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📊 Observational Studies: Modern Concepts & Analytic Methods ✍️This course provides a comprehensive introduction to key concepts for observational studies in clinical and health research 📅 Next online iteration: 19–23 May from 9 AM-1PM each day 🔗https://shorturl.at/CYDUB

🚨 Our popular two-part #Stata course is back — running virtually on May 6 & 7! 📊 Stata 1: mcri.edu.au/research/res... 📈 Stata 2: mcri.edu.au/research/res... 👉 Visit the links to register for a spot!

Looking to advance your #REDCap skills?🖥️ Registrations are now open for the "REDCap II: Beyond the Basics" half day online course run by us, scheduled to be held on the 29th of April: www.mcri.edu.au/research/res...

Looking to advance your #REDCap skills?🖥️ Registrations are now open for the "REDCap II: Beyond the Basics" half day online course run by us, scheduled to be held on the 29th of April: www.mcri.edu.au/research/res...

Huge congratulations to our incredible Co-Director on this well-deserved recognition! 🏅🎉

Margarita Moreno-Betancur@margaritamb.bsky.social · last yr.

Over the moon to have received the Moran Medal from the Australian Academy of Science!🥳 Amazing recognition, hopefully highlighting the key role of biostats & causal inference in high-quality research vimeo.com/1065735362 tinyurl.com/2m3dx2ms @cebu-melbourne.bsky.social @vicbiostat.bsky.social

Congratulations to Margarita on this prestigious award! 🏅 The Moran Medal is awarded every 2 years to an outstanding emerging leader in statistical science. This recognises Margarita's outstanding scientific leadership in the fields of causal inference and missing data. More details in the 📼 below

Margarita Moreno-Betancur@margaritamb.bsky.social · last yr.

Over the moon to have received the Moran Medal from the Australian Academy of Science!🥳 Amazing recognition, hopefully highlighting the key role of biostats & causal inference in high-quality research vimeo.com/1065735362 tinyurl.com/2m3dx2ms @cebu-melbourne.bsky.social @vicbiostat.bsky.social

🎉 Our VERY FIRST newsletter is here! 📬Use the link to access it and learn more about our group and the work/activities we do: shorturl.at/bzmio @vicbiostat.bsky.social

Our next Introduction to Biostatistics course will take place over 5 half days 9am -12.30pm on 24-28 March 2025 at @MCRI_for_kids. Read more and register here: www.mcri.edu.au/research/res... Reduced rates available for internal and LMIC participants, reach out: cebu.admin@mcri.edu.au

Are you planning on using #REDCap to capture #data for your #research study? Then our half-day Introduction to #REDCap course might be for you. Register using the link below for the online offering on the 18th of March: www.trybooking.com/events/landi...

REDCap 1 2025

REDCap is a secure, web-based application for building and managing online databases and surveys. It is available for use in MCRI research free of...

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Exciting Monday news with two of our brilliant researchers awarded NHMRC Investigator Grants 🎊 Congratulations Margarita Moreno-Betancur @margaritamb.bsky.social and Julie Simpson @julieasimpson50.bsky.social More: www.vicbiostat.org.au/news @mischhub.bsky.social @cebu-melbourne.bsky.social