Epidemiologic Methods III: Models for Causal Inference

Harvard HSPH

Course DescriptionCausal Inference is a fundamental component of epidemiologic research. EPI289 describes models for causal inference, their application to epidemiologic data, and the assumptions required to endow the parameter estimates with a causal interpretation. The course introduces outcome regression, propensity score methods, the parametric g-formula, inverse probability weighting of marginal structural models, g-estimation of nested structural models, and instrumental variable…