[Forum SIS] SHORT COURSE in causal inference in epidemiology: 01-14 November 2014, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

[Bianca DeStavola]

Causal inference in epidemiology: recent methodological developments

10-14 November 2014

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
 
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/cpd/causal_inference.html


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COURSE ORGANISERS
Bianca De Stavola, Simon Cousens, Rhian Daniel
Guest lecturer: Stijn Vansteelandt (Ghent University, Belgium)

THE COURSE
 
Most courses on statistical modelling in epidemiology concentrate on the use of regression models to estimate causal effects while adjusting for measured confounders. These address uncertainty due to sampling error but not, in general, other sources of error and uncertainty which may arise from missing data, measurement error, uncontrolled confounding, and/or selection bias. 
Recent methodological advances make it feasible to incorporate at least some of these sources of error into statistical models so that quantitative assessments can be made of their impact on estimates of causal effect and the uncertainty around those estimates. 
The course will discuss the current state of the art with respect to these issues, while retaining a practical focus.
 
 Participants will acquire awareness of the common threads across these new methods and competence in applying them in simple settings using Stata.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: 
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/cpd/causal_inference.html
 



Centre for Statistical Methodology
http://csm.lshtm.ac.uk/
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