Special Topics in Biostatistics: Applied Causal Inference in Health Research
SPH PH 791
Graduate Prerequisites: BS723 or BS730 and BS852 or equivalent; or EP854; or consent of instru ctor - This is an advanced statistics and epidemiology course, focused on application of causal inference methods in medical research. Topics covered include counterfactual outcomes, causal diagrams, mediation analysis, instrumental variable, and g-methods to deal with time-varying confounding. This course includes lectures, computer instructions, and discussion of reading material.
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