{"id":1242,"date":"2024-10-18T16:32:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T14:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.unifr.ch\/pophealthlab\/?page_id=1242"},"modified":"2025-12-10T10:14:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T09:14:01","slug":"causality-symposium-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.unifr.ch\/pophealthlab\/?page_id=1242","title":{"rendered":"Causality Symposium 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Epidemiology symposium<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Causal Inference in the Health Sciences<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We were delighted to host the Symposium of Causal Inference in the Health Sciences<\/em> which was held on 20 March 2025<\/strong> at the University of Zurich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Program<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t

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9:30\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>Opening<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
9:45<\/strong><\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Welcome and Introduction<\/strong>
Prof. Miquel Serra-Burriel, PhD, University of Zurich & Prof. Martin Huber, PhD, University of Fribourg<\/td><\/tr>
\u00a09.50<\/strong><\/td>Session 1<\/strong> – Title TBD<\/strong>
Prof. Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania<\/td><\/tr>
10.50\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Coffee break<\/td><\/tr>
11.15\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>Session 2<\/strong> – Building a Learning Health System: The VA-CAUSAL Enterprise<\/strong>
Prof. Barbra Dickerman, PhD, CAUSALab, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health<\/td><\/tr>
12.10\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>Lunch<\/td><\/tr>
13.00<\/strong><\/td>Flash Talk Presentations I<\/strong>
Ignacio Gonzalez Perez (EPFL), Hongruyu Chen (UZH), Yanke Li (ETH), Julien Laurendeau (EPFL)<\/td><\/tr>
14.00\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>Session 3<\/strong> – Estimands, Target Trial Emulation, and Use of External Control Data
<\/strong>Kaspar Rufibach, PhD, Merck<\/td><\/tr>
14.45<\/strong><\/td>Coffee break\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
15.00<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Flash Talk Presentations II<\/strong>
Gellert Perenyi (EPFL), Andreas Stoller (UniFR), Lorenzo Gasparollo (EPFL), Tom Forzy (UZH), Amit Sawant (EPFL)<\/td><\/tr>
16.15<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Closing Remarks and Awards<\/strong>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
16.30<\/strong><\/td>End of the symposium\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Venue<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t

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The symposium will take place at the University of Zurich in KOL-G-217 EV, R\u00e4mistrasse 71, 8006, Zurich. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For other suggested routes, tickets and timetables please check the SBB Website<\/a> or Google Maps.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Information regarding past Causality Symposiums can be found here<\/strong><\/a> and here<\/strong><\/a>. For any inquiry or additional question, please contact pophealthlab@unifr.ch.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are looking forward to seeing you at future editions!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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