Advanced_epidemiology_course

  Date Title Contributor  
1 14th Jan Introduction: Revision of concepts covered in Introduction to Epidemiology, discussion of course and assessment Prof David McAllister 103B (Clarice Pears)
2 21st Jan Causation: Concepts in causation 1 Dr Michal Shimonovich 103B (Clarice Pears)
3 28th Jan Causation: Concepts in causation 2 Dr Erik Igelstrom 103B (Clarice Pears)
4 4th Feb Approaches to estimate causal effects: Methods which can accommodate observed confounders (e.g. restriction, stratification, regression and matching) Prof Vittal Katikireddi 103B (Clarice Pears)
5 11th Feb Scale and effect measure modification: Understanding implications of competing risks for interpreting effects Dr Anna Pearce 103B (Clarice Pears)
6 18th Feb Reading week – drop-in Q&A session Prof Vittal Katikireddi TBC
7 25th Feb Administrative data: Understanding typical data sources and pitfalls Dr Mike Fleming 103B (Clarice Pears)
8 4th March Competing risks: Understanding implications of competing risks of interpreting effects Prof David McAllister 103B (Clarice Pears
9 11th March Measurement of bias: Surveys, non-differential misclass and systematic bias Dr Eliud Kibuchi 103B (Clarice Pears)
10 18th March Approaches to estimate causal effects: Methods designed to accommodate unobserved confounding (e.g. regression, discontinuity, difference-in-difference, IVs, synthetic controls etc) Prof. Peter Craig 103A (Clarice Pears)
11 25th March Revision: Revision for course Prof Vittal Katikireddi, Prof David McAllister, Dr Anna Pearce 103A (Clarice Pears)