Barbra Dickerman

Cancer-causal research. Assistant Professor @HarvardEpi, @HSPHCancer, @CAUSALab

[CAUSALab @CAUSALab]

Class is back in session! ☀️

We are thrilled to kick off the 2025 CAUSALab Summer Courses @HarvardChanSPH today.

Attending KTCI or ACA? Be sure to tag us on social. Here’s to an engaging two weeks of learning!
#causalinference #epidemiology #causalab #hsph

[Harvard Epidemiology @HarvardEpi]

Hi #EpiTwitter!

I'm Connor Grady (@connorbgrady), and I'll be taking over the @HarvardEpi account this week for #SER2025!

I’m a third year Epi PhD student @HarvardChanSPH @CAUSALab using causal methods to study cancer treatments.

Follow along!

[CAUSALab @CAUSALab]

This Friday!

19th Kolokotrones Symposium “Building a Learning Health System: the VA-CAUSAL Enterprise”
📆 Apr 11, 2025
⏰ 10:30 AM – 3:00 PM ET
📍 @HarvardChanSPH / online

Event will explore VA-CAUSAL and future of learning health systems. 🩺

Register:
https://t.co/7r0wQbsshA

[CAUSALab @CAUSALab]

Meet our terrific #TTE curriculum fellow, @EmmaEMcGee! She is now in her third year working on the courses, and we can't imagine them without her.

Emma recently graduated from @HarvardEpi and joined @CAUSALab as a postdoc 👏

Learn more about Emma below ⬇️ #2024CAUSALabcourses

[CAUSALab @CAUSALab]

Today, Curriculum Fellows @Sarah_E_Rob & Lawson led wonderful hands-on sessions 👏

For CICI, Sarah covered composite #datasets & balance assessment. For TTE, Lawson delved into estimating effects in target trials vs emulated target trials. Learn more about our fellows below ⬇️

[Emma McGee @EmmaEMcGee]

So excited for the second week of CAUSALab summer courses! Looking forward to meeting participants of our Target Trial Emulation course today 🎉

[Denys Shay @DenysShayMD]

Had a great time serving as a Teaching Fellow for the ACA course.

Big thanks to the instructors @barbradickerman , @joy_shi1, and @_MiguelHernan , my co-fellows @ReinSoph , @naiyu_chen , and @sanjanab93 , as well as to all participants for this insightful week!

[CAUSALab @CAUSALab]

For the first time we are hosting two courses simultaneously this year. Our #new course Advanced Confounding Adjustment began yesterday! 🎉

@joy_shi1 and @barbradickerman welcomed 130 participants from across the globe in leading the first couple lectures and hands-on sessions.

[Barbra Dickerman @barbradickerman]

#SER2023 attendees interested in cancer & causal inference, check out @joy_shi1's work to emulate target trials of PSA-based screening strategies & prostate cancer mortality using EHRs:

Poster P278, 6:30-7:30p today

@HarvardEpi @CAUSALab

[Barbra Dickerman @barbradickerman]

At #SER2023?

Catch @EmmaEMcGee's talk on estimating long-term effects of lifestyle interventions for cancer survivors using target trial emulation!

"Cancer epidemiology: A life course perspective in the causal era," 1:45-3:15p today, Salon E

@HarvardEpi @CAUSALab

[CAUSALab @CAUSALab]

Meet Joy Shi, Instructor @HarvardEpi. Her work focuses on the development of novel causal inference methods—primarily for instrumental variable analysis—and their applications to chronic diseases.

👉 Expand your knowledge by learning from @joy_shi1 in ACA or TTE!

[CAUSALab @CAUSALab]

A big congratulations to @CAUSALab's doctoral graduates, @chelsmessinger, @DavidRBellamy, @gli942, and @KerollosWanis!

We are so proud of your accomplishments and wish you many more successes in the future. Congratulations!

[Barbra Dickerman @barbradickerman]

I am thrilled that @ConnorBGrady will be joining the PhD in Population Health Sciences @HarvardChanSPH @HarvardEpi in Fall 2023! Can't wait to team up on cancer-causal projects.

[Connor Grady @connorbgrady]

I’m thrilled to join the PhD in Population Health Sciences at @HarvardChanSPH in Fall 2023! Cannot wait to train in cancer epi and causal inference with inspiring faculty and an amazing student cohort. @barbradickerman @CAUSALab @HSPHCancerEpi #MedTwitter #EpiTwitter

[Barbra Dickerman @barbradickerman]

Now hiring!

🎯Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Causal Inference for Cancer Control

🔎Details here: https://t.co/79b9YZLN2Z

🤝Come join us (and please RT/share)!

[Barbra Dickerman @barbradickerman]

🚀New @CAUSALab summer course!🚀
Advanced Confounding Adjustment

Learn to implement g-methods (IP weighting, parametric g-formula) in the settings of time-fixed and time-varying treatment.

4 days of lectures + hands-on sessions in R/SAS.

Register here! https://t.co/MutGiRBxWO

[CAUSALab @CAUSALab]

Please join us in congratulating @CAUSALab researcher @joy_shi1 who was promoted to Instructor of Epidemiology at @HarvardChanSPH & @HarvardEpi!

Congratulations, Joy! We are lucky to have you part of the @CAUSALab team.

[CAUSALab @CAUSALab]

#Postdoc candidates! Interested in #CausalInference and #EHRdata for #CancerResearch? Work with @barbradickerman.

Projects on
💊Drug repurposing
🔎Smarter screening strategies
⚕️Optimal timing and sequencing of therapy
(+ more!)

Apply👇
https://t.co/X1PW2MH8zh

[Barbra Dickerman @barbradickerman]

📢 Postdoc opportunity in #cancer research! 📢

✊ Causal inference
🖥️ Large EHR databases
🎯 Dynamic strategies for cancer control
🤝 Fantastic team

Apply here 👇

[CAUSALab @CAUSALab]

@CAUSALab is hiring two #postdocs to work on #causalinference projects in #cancer and #Mendelianrandomization.

Come join an incredible team making strides in the world of #publichealth. #postdocwork

Click on the link below to learn more and to apply:
https://t.co/X1PW2MH8zh

[Joy Shi @joy_shi1]

Excited to be leading this initiative with @AlejandroSzmul1

Join us at @CAUSALab and let's talk #causalinference

[Miguel Hernán @_MiguelHernan]

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TODAY: We compared the safety of #COVID19 mRNA vaccines in the largest healthcare system in the US.

TAKE-HOME MESSAGE: Both Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are quite safe. If interested in vaccination, you can confidently use whichever one is available.
https://t.co/fFIlXwH5Qv