Course MF9570 New statistical methods for causal inference. Nov. 20 - 23.2017
Location: The course takes place in Rikshospitalet, Domus Medica (DM) and Domus Odontologica (DO), at the University of Oslo
Teachers:
Associate professor Kjetil R?ysland, 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 20. November
08.30-09.00: Registration. (Information desk, 1st floor, Domus Medica, close to Lille Auditorium)
Location: Seminarrom 1 B2.U001 Rikshospitalet, Sognsvannsveien 20
09.00-09.30: Causal inference in health research. Speaker: Kjetil R?ysland
09.30-12.00: Introduction to causal graphs (DAGs). Speaker: Stigum.
12.00-13.00: Lunch break
13.00-15.00: Causal graphs (DAGs) continued. Speaker: Stigum
15.00-16.00: Introduction to programming in R. Instructor: Valberg
Tuesday 21. November
Location: Lille auditorium A1.1004, Domus Odontologica, Sognsvannveien 10
08.30-12.00: Counterfactuals, marginal structural models and time-dependent confounding. Speaker: Gran.
12.00-13.00: Lunch break
13.00-16.00: Counterfactuals continued. (Gran).
Wednesday 22. November
Location: Store auditorium A1.1001, Domus Odontologica, Sognsvannveien 10
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 A1.1022 Domus Odontologica
13.15-15.45: Practical mediation analysis (exercises). Instructor: Lange.
Thursday 23. November
Location: Store auditorium A1.1001, Domus Odontologica, Sognsvannveien 10
08.30-10.00: Analyzing DAGs with examples and exercises. Speaker: Stigum.
Location: PC-lab 2. et. Domus Medica
10.00-11.00: Exercises with the program DAGitty. Instructor: Stigum
Location: Store auditorium A1.1001, Domus Odontologica, Sognsvannveien 10
11.00-12.15: Analyzing DAGs with examples and exercises. Speaker: Stigum
12.15-13.15: Lunch break
13.15-14.30: DAGs continued. Speaker: Stigum
14.30-15.30: Frailty effects and causality. Speaker: Morten Valberg
15.30-16.00: Closure. (R?ysland).