Causal Inference: ViCBiostat Summer School 2020
Location
Monash University
About
CAUSAL INFERENCE IN HEALTH DATA SCIENCE
25-26 February 2020
ViCBiostat Summer School
Who should attend?
Health data scientists including epidemiologists and biostatisticians, with a background including elementary statistical concepts, such as population and sample, and standard methods for simple analyses (mean difference, chi-squared test etc).
Workshop Overview
Day 1: Introduction to causal inference concepts
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What is causal inference
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The target trial
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Causal diagrams/directed acyclic graphs to identify sources of bias
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Analysis planning for target trial emulation
Day 2: Methods for estimation of causal effects in point-exposure studies
[Laptop with R or Stata required]
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Regression
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g-computation
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Inverse probability weighting by the propensity score
Materials: Electronic copies of presentation materials will be made available online. For Day 2, attendees are required to have access to a laptop with R or Stata installed.
Time: 9am-5pm each day
Provided: Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea
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Fee Type |
Prices |
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Day 1 only |
Day 1 and 2 package |
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Early Bird -Student |
$300 |
$600 |
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Early Bird - Non Student |
$450 |
$850 |
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Standard -Student |
$350 |
$700 |
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Standard - Non Student |
$500 |
$900 |
Early bird registration will end on February 3 2020 @ 5pm
Students must identify the name of the institution and the course they are enrolled at when they register.
Staff at RCH and MCRI: Payment must be made by an internal transfer, please do not book through TryBooking.
Venue
Monash University
School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine
Ground Floor Conference Rooms 2 and 3
553 St Kilda Road
Melbourne 3004