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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

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Social Inequalities in Infectious Disease Dynamics: a Symposium and Workshop

Symposium & workshop on inequalities in infectious disease dynamics at LSHTM in April 2026. We aim to will bring together leading researchers and practitioners to share ideas, discuss recent advances, and reflect on future directions. Details & application: iddconf.org/lshtm-sympos... Closing 21 Jan

16.12.2025 20:58 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
2026-27 Project (Robert & Eggo & Suffel) - MRC London Intercollegiate Doctoral Training Partnership Studentships Modelling measles transmission risk in adults SUPERVISORY TEAM Supervisor Dr Alexis Robert at LSHTMFaculty of...

We're advertising an MRC-LID PhD studentship on modelling measles outbreak risk in teenagers and adults, with me, @amsuffel.bsky.social and @rozeggo.bsky.social
You'll design mathematical models using vaccine data and Electronic Health Records to analyse recent transmission patterns, get in touch!

17.11.2025 13:21 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ₯³ Registration for abstracts for EuroCIM 2026 (Oxford) is now OPEN and the deadline for submissions is 9 January 2026: eurocim.org/oxford-2026/...

πŸ‘‰ Theme? β€œCausal inference in health, economic and social science”
πŸ‘‰ When? April 14-17
πŸ‘‰ Where? Oxford
πŸ‘‰ Register? eurocim.org/oxford-2026/...

11.11.2025 10:55 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our next #datascience seminar takes place this afternoon. Details and how to join πŸ”½

21.10.2025 08:16 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us next week for our #PublicHealth seminar on using casual inference in #epidemiology research for asthma & kidney disease #HealthData

πŸ—“οΈ Tuesday 14 October, 12:50 BST
πŸ“ LSHTM | Online

Details ⬇️
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

09.10.2025 11:13 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Risks of Risk Assessment: Causal Blind Spots When Using Prediction Models for Treatment Decisions | Annals of Internal Medicine Clinicians increasingly rely on prediction models to guide treatment choices. Most prediction models, however, are developed using observational data that include some patients who have already receiv...

New paper in @annalsofim.bsky.social

"50 ways to misinterpret clinical prediction models for treatment decisions”

--> Published version: www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

--> Open access version: arxiv.org/pdf/2402.17366

11.08.2025 14:32 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations Georgia! It's a really nice paper.

27.06.2025 18:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 Next month, we’ll be hosting a one-day event on target-trial emulation and other frameworks, exploring the role and potential of observational data for evaluating the effects of interventions

Open to everyone working in #datascience #biostatistics #clinicaltrials

Get your ticket πŸ”½
bit.ly/TTE_25

27.05.2025 11:55 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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PhD Candidates Causal machine learning – Performance assessment of causal predictive algorithms | LUMC Do you want to work on challenging problems within causal inference and contribute to algorithms that support treatment decisions for individual patients? As PhD candidate causal machine learning at t...

HIRING!

2 PhD openings within the β€œSafe Causal Inference” consortium with experts from biostatistics, computer science, math, and epidemiology.

You'll develop new methods to evaluate prediction algorithms that take the causal effect of treatments into account.

πŸ‘‰ www.lumc.nl/en/about-lum....

19.05.2025 08:39 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Target trial emulation and other frameworks | LSHTM Large scale observational data are increasingly available for healthcare research, including from electronic health records and disease registries. Target trial emulation (TTE) provides a framework

🎫Registration open for 1-day hybrid event: β€œTarget trial emulation and other frameworks: The role and potential of observational data for evaluating effects of interventions”. πŸ“†26th June. tinyurl.com/dash-tte. Hosted by LSHTM Centre for Data & Statistical Science for Health. @lshtm-dash.bsky.social

16.05.2025 09:25 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Similarly a case-cohort study is regarded as a type of case-control sample, and the analysis is typically based on Cox regression and pseudo partial likelihood. Both analyses (nested cc and case-cohort) result in HR estimates.

07.05.2025 18:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Agreeing with @pausalz.bsky.social. A nested case-control study uses cases and selects controls from the risk sets. The analysis is typically based on a (stratified) Cox model and partial likelihood.

07.05.2025 18:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

This hybrid event is aimed at people interested in real-world evidence, causal inference and trial emulation in health research - including statisticians, epidemiologists, data scientists, clinicians, decision-makers,.... 🎫Information on how to register to follow soon! 🎫. @lshtm-dash.bsky.social

24.04.2025 18:12 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“† SAVE THE DATE: 26 June πŸ“† for our 1-day event on β€œTarget trial emulation and other frameworks: The role and potential of observational data for evaluating effects of interventions”, hosted by the Centre for Data & Statistical Science for Health (DASH) at LSHTM. @lshtm-dash.bsky.social

24.04.2025 18:12 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‘‹ Hi Bluesky. We’re the Centre for Data and Statistical Science for Health (DASH) at @lshtm.bsky.social

We are the hub for data and statistical science in LSHTM, applying our expertise and data science resources to the biggest problems in global health

Find out more about us πŸ‘‡

07.04.2025 09:35 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
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Demystifying Bayesian meta-analysis for researchers | LSHTM Bayesian models offer a powerful framework for meta-analysis through their flexible and probabilistic treatment of uncertainty.There are several methodological challenges in evidence synthesis,

3rd April, in London and online, come and hear @rlgrant.bsky.social talk about his new book with Gian Luca Di Tanna on Bayesian meta-analysis. Further details at www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

19.03.2025 15:32 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Innovative methods for studying the health effects of air pollution | LSHTM Dr Heejun Shin and Michael Cork will explore some essential methods for researching health problems associated with air pollution.

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

29.01.2025 11:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
seminar announcement

seminar announcement

Excited to speak in the CAUSALab Methods Series tomorrow

27.01.2025 14:06 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Four year postdoc position at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE) (272144) | University of Oslo Job title: Four year postdoc position at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE) (272144), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, January 31, 2025

We're still seeking candidates interested in causal inference and/or survival analysis for a postdoc position in Oslo. Deadline January 31.

Please apply or forward this to anyone who might be interested!

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

20.01.2025 08:47 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Centre for Data and Statistical Science for Health The Centre for Data and Statistical Science for Health brings together data science expertise from across LSHTM to generate new opportunities for research, training and knowledge exchange into policy ...

Seminar series on β€˜Causal Inference in Environmental Epidemiology’ hosted by the DASH Centre, with experts from Harvard, North Carolina State, and LSHTM.
First seminar on 22 January (15:00 - 16:00).
Info and links:
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

#CausalInference #LSHTM #AirPollution #DataScience

17.01.2025 09:50 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoc Biomedical Data Scientist / Biostatistician | LUMC In this postdoc position at LUMC, you will work on groundbreaking research that enhances the transparency and trustworthiness of decision support algorithms in healthcare. This position allows you to ...

Vacancy for a postdoc position.

Improve the transparency of decision support algorithms by figuring out how we can quantify and communicate uncertainty in individual causal predictions.

With Marleen Kunneman, Daniala Weir and me.
Three more days to apply πŸ‘‡

www.lumc.nl/en/about-lum...

30.12.2024 14:56 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“£ Do you want to learn about recent advances in causal inference?

Colleagues at INSERM are organising a workshop gathering international experts in the field. Bonus: it's happening in two amazing locations πŸŒ‡πŸ‡«πŸ‡·

18.12.2024 09:02 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Really enjoyed this session on "Simulation studies for good practice in biostatistics", which was really well-attended and lots of interesting discussion.

11.12.2024 14:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”₯Air pollution from landscape fires associated with over 1.5 million deaths globally per year.

New research in The Lancet co-authored by Malcolm Mistry
& Antonio Gasparrini from #EHMLab at LSHTM assessed the global impact of #AirPollution from landscape fires.

#PublicHealth

πŸ‘‰ bit.ly/3R3LiZY

04.12.2024 11:50 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hmm, I have an outfit like this too! Glad to be wearing the correct uniform. Looks like a fun trip!

29.11.2024 12:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Simulating Data From Marginal Structural Models for a Survival Time Outcome Marginal structural models (MSMs) are often used to estimate causal effects of treatments on survival time outcomes from observational data when time-dependent confounding may be present. They can be...

New paper from Shaun Seaman and me on how to simulate data from marginal structural models (MSMs) for survival outcomes, including Cox MSMs. This can be useful in simulation studies evaluating causal inference methods that use MSMs. R code provided. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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