Public Health seminar series--Target Trials: Generating High-Quality Evidence from Real-World Data
When:
Thursday, September 26, 2024
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Baldwin auditorium, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: Free
Contact:
IPHAM
Group: Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM)
Category: Lectures & Meetings
Description:
Randomized clinical trials have dominated the top of the research evidence pyramid for years. However, in June 2024, JAMA issued a statement endorsing causal inference from observational studies. In this talk, we will 1) review foundational assumptions in causal inference; 2) discuss common pitfalls of analyses of observational data; and 3) review recent advances in causal inference – namely the development of the “target trial” framework – that can provide more confidence in results from these studies.
Guest:
Lucia C Petito, PhD
Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics and Informatics)
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine