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SUMMARY:BSU Seminar: 'From Data to Decisions: Causal Inference Motivated b
 y Policy Questions' - Prof Mats Stensrud\, EPFL
DTSTART:20230214T140000Z
DTEND:20230214T150000Z
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CONTACT:Alison Quenault
DESCRIPTION:Investigators often express interest in effects that quantify 
 the mechanism by which a treatment (exposure) affects an outcome.  In this
  presentation\, I will discuss how to formulate and choose effects that qu
 antify mechanisms\, beyond conventional average causal effects. I will con
 sider the perspective of a decision maker\, such as a patient\, doctor or 
 drug developer. I will emphasise that a careful articulation of a practica
 lly useful research question should either map to decision making at this 
 point in time or in the future. A common feature of effects that are pract
 ically useful is that they correspond to possibly hypothetical but well-de
 fined interventions in identifiable (sub)populations. To illustrate my poi
 nts\, I will consider examples that were recently used to motivate conside
 ration of mechanistic effects in medical studies. In all of these examples
 \, I will suggest different causal effects that correspond to explicit res
 earch questions of practical interest. 
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, East Forvie Building\, Forvie Site\, Robinso
 n Way\, Cambridge CB2 0SR
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