Location: The course takes place in Rikshospitalet, Domus Medica (DM) and Domus Odontologica (DO), at the University of Oslo
Teachers:
Professor Odd O. Aalen, Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Biostatistics, IMB, University of Oslo (course leader)
Associate professor Jon Michael Gran, Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Professor Hein Stigum, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Associate professor Theis Lange, University of Copenhagen
Postdoctoral Fellow Morten Valberg, Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Monday 21. November
08.30-09.00: Registration. (Information desk, 1st floor, Domus Medica, close to Lille Auditorium)
Location: Rikshospitalet B: Seminarrom 2 B2.U002
09.00-12.00: Introduction to causal graphs (DAGs). Speaker: Stigum.
12.00-13.00: Lunch break
13.00-14.45: Causal graphs (DAGs) continued. Speaker: Stigum
Location: PC-lab R-211 (GA21R-211), Domus Medica tilbygg
14.45-16.00: Exercises with the program DAGitty. Instructor: Stigum.
Tuesday 22. November
Location: Lille auditorium A1.1004, Domus Odontologica
08.30-10.15: Analyzing DAGs with examples and exercises. Speaker: Stigum.
10.30-12.00: What is causality? Some general concepts. Speaker: Aalen
12.00-13.00: Lunch break
Location: Lille auditorium A1.1004, Domus Odontologica
13.00-14.00: The obesity paradox and other mysteries. Speaker: Aalen.
14.15-14.50: Endogeneity, exogeneity and feedback. Speaker: Aalen
15.00-16.00: Introduction to counterfactual causality. Speaker: Gran
Wednesday 23. November
Location: PC-lab R-211 (GA21R-211), Domus Medica tilbygg
08.30-09.30: Introduction to programming in R. Instructor: Valberg
Location: Lille auditorium A1.1004, Domus Odontologica
09.30-12.00: Counterfactual causality, time-dependent confounding, marginal structural models. Speaker: Gran.
12.00-13.00: Lunch break
13.00-15.45: Counterfactual causality continued. (Gran).
Thursday 24. November
Location: Lille auditorium A1.1004, Domus Odontologica
08.30-10.00: Mediation – a general viewpoint and linear models. Speaker: Lange.
10.15-12.00: Mediation - counterfactuals and natural effects models. Speaker: Lange.
12.00-12.15: Introduction to mediation exercises. Speaker: Lange.
12.15-13.15: Lunch break
Location: PC-lab R-211 (GA21R-211), Domus Medica tilbygg
13.15-15.30: Practical mediation analysis (exercises). Instructor: Lange.
Location: Lille auditorium A1.1004, Domus Odontologica
15.30-16.00: Overview of the course. Closure. (Aalen).