CAUSALab
@causalab.bsky.social
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
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
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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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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
Scenes from the Kolokotrones Symposium 📸
Last week, CAUSALab held the 20th Kolokotrones Symposium, "Acetaminophen During Pregnancy and Autism: What Does Causal Inference Take?"
Thank you to our wonderful speakers for contributing their perspectives and research. #causalinference
Last week, CAUSALab held the 20th Kolokotrones Symposium, "Acetaminophen During Pregnancy and Autism: What Does Causal Inference Take?"
Thank you to our wonderful speakers for contributing their perspectives and research. #causalinference
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Scenes from the Kolokotrones Symposium 📸
Last week, CAUSALab held the 20th Kolokotrones Symposium, "Acetaminophen During Pregnancy and Autism: What Does Causal Inference Take?"
Thank you to our wonderful speakers for contributing their perspectives and research. #causalinference
Last week, CAUSALab held the 20th Kolokotrones Symposium, "Acetaminophen During Pregnancy and Autism: What Does Causal Inference Take?"
Thank you to our wonderful speakers for contributing their perspectives and research. #causalinference
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As part of our monthly series spotlighting @causalab.bsky.social, we’re excited to introduce the lab’s team of 45+ members—including staff, faculty, researchers, postdoctoral fellows and students—who help to advance #causalInference research through their various roles.
Meet the team below ⬇️
Meet the team below ⬇️
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
As part of our monthly series spotlighting @causalab.bsky.social, we’re excited to introduce the lab’s team of 45+ members—including staff, faculty, researchers, postdoctoral fellows and students—who help to advance #causalInference research through their various roles.
Meet the team below ⬇️
Meet the team below ⬇️
Last month, CAUSALab researcher Sophia Rein was awarded a grant during the 2025 ADIA Lab symposium.
‘Causal AI for the Generation of Real-World Evidence from Healthcare Data’ will support software development for Causal AI (combining the g-formula with deep learning). Congrats, Sophia!
‘Causal AI for the Generation of Real-World Evidence from Healthcare Data’ will support software development for Causal AI (combining the g-formula with deep learning). Congrats, Sophia!
November 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Last month, CAUSALab researcher Sophia Rein was awarded a grant during the 2025 ADIA Lab symposium.
‘Causal AI for the Generation of Real-World Evidence from Healthcare Data’ will support software development for Causal AI (combining the g-formula with deep learning). Congrats, Sophia!
‘Causal AI for the Generation of Real-World Evidence from Healthcare Data’ will support software development for Causal AI (combining the g-formula with deep learning). Congrats, Sophia!
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.
In-person limited to Harvard ID holders due to space restrictions. Online attendance free & public. Details will be emailed to registrants this week.
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...
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...
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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.
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
This month, we are featuring @causalab.bsky.social as the final installment in our '25 series spotlighting our research groups.
Launched in '21, by @miguelhernan.org, CAUSALab uses data to investigate what works in medicine, public health & policy.
Follow along to learn more about #causalinference
Launched in '21, by @miguelhernan.org, CAUSALab uses data to investigate what works in medicine, public health & policy.
Follow along to learn more about #causalinference
November 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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
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
October 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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
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:
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#causalinference #epidemiology
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
October 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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
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
October 21, 2025 at 3:14 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:
stats.sender.net/forms/e7JD1d...
#causalinference #epidemiology
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.
Join us online on Wednesday, October 22 at 1:00pm ET for the Department's "Works-In-Progress" seminar with Dr. Jing Li speaking on "Deep Learning–Based Estimator for the Non-Iterative Conditional Expectation (NICE) g-formula" ➡️ Go to event page to register: hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology...
October 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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...
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
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...
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....
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
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....
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
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"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
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October 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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 👇
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"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
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Register 👇
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September 23, 2025 at 5:05 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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"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 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
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
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
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 👇
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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...
September 16, 2025 at 7:21 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 👇
stats.sender.net/forms/e7JD1d...
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
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
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
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
Reposted by CAUSALab
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
➡️ Read here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#cancer #screening #colorectal
Effect of colonoscopy screening on risks of colorectal cancer and related death: instrumental variable estimation of per-protocol effects - European Journal of Epidemiology
Background We recently reported per-protocol estimates of colonoscopy screening on colorectal cancer incidence and mortality in NordICC, a large-scale randomized trial. Our results may be affected by ...
link.springer.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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
➡️ 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...
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
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...
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...
Reposted by CAUSALab
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 👇
For those who prefer to be explicit about what they do, we have developed the TARGET Statement 👇
🎯 TARGET Guideline published 🎉
TARGET is a reporting guideline for observational studies of interventions that use the target trial framework.
Over 3 years the @TARGETGuideline was rigorously developed and was co-published today in @jama.com & @bmj.com
doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.13350
#episky
TARGET is a reporting guideline for observational studies of interventions that use the target trial framework.
Over 3 years the @TARGETGuideline was rigorously developed and was co-published today in @jama.com & @bmj.com
doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.13350
#episky
September 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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 👇
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...
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
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...
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)
This year, CAUSALab is shining a spotlight on researchers furthering the field of suicide prevention. (See comments)
September 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
It's National Suicide Prevention Month. 💙💜
This year, CAUSALab is shining a spotlight on researchers furthering the field of suicide prevention. (See comments)
This year, CAUSALab is shining a spotlight on researchers furthering the field of suicide prevention. (See comments)
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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 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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.
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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...
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...
Combining information from trial participants and non-participants in registry-based trials
Even though the advantages of randomised tria
www.vicbiostat.org.au
August 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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...
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
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
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
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 👇
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...
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...
August 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Last chance to register for @cemfi.es Summer School! Details below 👇