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
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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.
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
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...
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...
One week away! Registration details below.
CAUSALab@causalab.org · last mo.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...
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.
CAUSALab@causalab.org · 2mo agoJoin 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
CAUSALab is excited to publish our 2025-2026 Annual Report! The report features an overview of lab programming and research activities over the past fiscal year. Read the report @causalab.org: hsph.harvard.edu/causalab/new...
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!
Attending ISPE 2026 in Milan? Be sure to attend workshop, Let’s Get Personal: Defining and Estimating the Effects of Dynamic Treatment Strategies. Instructors: Emma McGee, Rienna Russo, Lucia Petito Open to ISPE participants. Learn more & register: ispe2026.eventscribe.net/SearchByBuck...
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. 👇
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health@hsph.harvard.edu · 4mo agoAccording 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.
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!
