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Event Series GHP Thursday Brown Bag Series

How to Make People Immortal and Why it is Not a Good Idea: Improving the Causal Analyses of Healthcare Databases

Kresge 502 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract: The generation of "immortal time" is a frequent blunder in survival analyses for causal inference. Immortal time explains why medical treatments often look suspiciously amazing. After two centuries of warnings, immortal time still plagues causal analyses in medicine, which is fascinating because "immortal time" doesn't exist in the data. Rather, we generate immortal time...

What Surrounds Us Shapes Us: How Developmental Environments Shape Lifelong Health and Wellbeing

On Wednesday, March 5th, from 1-1:50 PM in FXB G12 or online, please join us for the fourth installment of our Environments for Health and Happiness Seminar Series, featuring Dr. Lindsey Burghardt of the Harvard Center on the Developing Child. Event Description: This talk will discuss how, beginning well before birth, children's development and lifelong...

U.S. v Skrmetti: Arguments and Consequences for Transgender Health Care

Join us! Alejandra Caraballo will discuss how the U.S. Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti will impact access to gender-affirming health care for transgender people.  Lunch will be served. This event is open to the public. Registration is required. Public parking is limited, so use of public transportation or ride services is recommended.677 Huntington...