Epidemiology symposium

Causal Inference in the Health Sciences

We were delighted to host the Symposium of Causal Inference in the Health Sciences which was held on 20 March 2025 at the University of Zurich.

This event aims to create a space for early-stage researchers to network and learn from the leading experts in causal inference in Switzerland and networking with international invited faculty.

Program

9:30	Opening
9:45	Welcome and Introduction Prof. Miquel Serra-Burriel, PhD, University of Zurich & Prof. Martin Huber, PhD, University of Fribourg
9.50	Session 1 – Title TBD Prof. Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
10.50	Coffee break
11.15	Session 2 – Building a Learning Health System: The VA-CAUSAL Enterprise Prof. Barbra Dickerman, PhD, CAUSALab, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
12.10	Lunch
13.00	Flash Talk Presentations I Ignacio Gonzalez Perez (EPFL), Hongruyu Chen (UZH), Yanke Li (ETH), Julien Laurendeau (EPFL)
14.00	Session 3 – Estimands, Target Trial Emulation, and Use of External Control Data Kaspar Rufibach, PhD, Merck
14.45	Coffee break
15.00	Flash Talk Presentations II Gellert Perenyi (EPFL), Andreas Stoller (UniFR), Lorenzo Gasparollo (EPFL), Tom Forzy (UZH), Amit Sawant (EPFL)
16.15	Closing Remarks and Awards
16.30	End of the symposium

Venue

The symposium will take place at the University of Zurich in KOL-G-217 EV, Rämistrasse 71, 8006, Zurich.

For other suggested routes, tickets and timetables please check the SBB Website or Google Maps.

Information regarding past Causality Symposiums can be found here and here. For any inquiry or additional question, please contact pophealthlab@unifr.ch.

We are looking forward to seeing you at future editions!