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Monday – 19 May 2008
 
 
8.30:9.00 Registration  
9.00 Introduction Luisa Bernardinelli
9.00:10.00 Introduction: association is not equal to causation Arvid Sjolander
10.00:11:00 Measures of association and causation Arvid Sjolander
11.00:11.20 Coffee break
11.20:12.30 Directed acyclic graphs and d-separation Arvid Sjolander
12.30:13.50 Lunch
13.50:14:35 Directed acyclic graphs and d-separation Arvid Sjolander
14.35:16.00 Gene networks and casual search Vanessa Didelez
16.00:16.20 Coffee break
16.20:18.00 Practical on d-separation
 Vanessa Didelez Arvid Sjolander

 

Tuesday – 20 May 2008
 
 
9.00:10.20 Marginal structural models and inverse probability weighting Arvid Sjolander
10.20:11.00 Propensity scores Stijn Vansteelandt
11.00:11.20 Coffee break
11.20:12.20 Propensity scores, G-estimation and genomic control Stijn Vansteelandt
12.20:13.50 Lunch
13.50:15.20 Disentangling direct from indirect genetic effects Stijn Vansteelandt
15.20:16.00 Practical on direct effect estimation Stijn Vansteelandt Arvid Sjolander
16.00:16.20 Coffee break
16.20:18.00 Practical on direct effect estimation Stijn Vansteelandt Arvid Sjolander

 

Wednesday – 21 May 2008
 
 
9.00:10.40 Mendelian randomization Vanessa Didelez
10.40:11.00 Coffee break
11.00:12.20 Complications for Mendelian randomization Vanessa Didelez
12.20:13:50 Lunch
13.50:15.30 Mendelian randomization: modeling and estimation Stijn Vansteelandt
15.30:15.50 Coffee break  
15.50:18.00 Practical on Mendelian randomization Stijn Vansteelandt Vanessa Didelez
18.00 Closure Luisa Bernardinelli