Archived Events

10/08/25 Seminar: "Covariate Adjustment Using Treatment-Blinded Covariate Selection Within Randomized Clinical Trials"

Be part of the conversation! On Wednesday, October 8th our CTML Seminar Series welcomes Dr. Devan Mehrotra, Vice President of Biostatistics at Merck Research Laboratories (MRL) and Adjuct Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Mehrotra will present his talk on “Covariate Adjustment Using Treatment-Blinded Covariate Selection Within Randomized Clinical Trials." This talk will take place at 12:00PM at Berkeley Way West, 5th Floor,...

10/01/25 Seminar: "Efficient Statistical Estimation for Sequential Adaptive Experiments with Implications for Adaptive Designs"

Don't miss the next session of the CTML Seminar Series on October 1st, where Wenxin Zhang will discuss "Efficient Statistical Estimation for Sequential Adaptive Experiments with Implications for Adaptive Designs." This talk will take place from 12:00PM-1:00PM at Berkeley Way West, 5th Floor, Room 5401.

Adaptive designs are increasingly used in clinical trials and online experiments to improve participant outcomes by dynamically updating treatment allocation based on accumulating data. At the end of...

9/17/25 Seminar: "Causal Inference via Electronic Health Record Data"

Mark your calendars for September 17th! The CTML Seminar Series explores “Causal Inference via Electronic Health Record Data.” This exciting talk will be led by CTML's Postdoc Zachary Butzin-Dozier from 12:00PM-1:00PM at Berkeley Way West, 5th Floor, Room 5401.

Routinely collected electronic health records (EHR) can provide a rich data source for investigators, but these data present unique inferential challenges. This presentation explores major challenges in seeking causal inferences via EHR...

9/10/25 Seminar: "Machine Learning, Causal Queueing, and SiMLQ for Data Driven Simulation"

The CTML Seminar Series continues on September 10th! Join us for an exciting talk on "Machine Learning, Causal Queueing, and SiMLQ for Data Driven Simulation." Opher Baron, Professor of Operations Management at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, will be presenting joint work with Zhenghang Xu, a fifth-year PhD candidate in Operations Management and Statistics. This talk will take place from 12:...

9/3/25 Seminar: "AI for Personalized Cancer Care"

Join us on September 3rd to kick off our Fall 2025 CTML Seminar Series! Adam Yala, Assistant Professor in Computational Precision Health, Statistics, and Computer Science (EECS), will start our series with his talk "AI for Personalized Cancer Care." This talk will take place at 12:00PM at Berkeley Way West, 5th Floor, Room 5401.

Early detection significantly improves outcomes across many cancers, motivating major investments in population-wide screening programs, such as low-dose CT for lung...

5/2/25: Biostatistics Research Showcase

Join us for the Biostatistics Research Showcase! The showcase opens with rapid-fire Lightning Talks featuring biostatistics researchers presenting cutting-edge work in causal inference, machine learning, and public health applications. Then, dive deeper into innovative research in statistical methodology and health science during our Poster Session, showcasing projects from across the biostatistics community.

Date: Friday, May 2, 2025
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Lightning Talks) | 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Poster Session)

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OTMLE Reading Group - Fridays @ 2pm

Starting January 24th, the OTMLE (Optimal Transport and Targeted Maximum Likelihood Estimation) reading group will further investigate the geometry of probability spaces and the implications for TMLE’s structure and behavior. Topics include deeper explorations of how optimal transport’s spatial and dynamic properties provide insights into likelihood-based optimization and its role in semiparametric models. Rather than diving into specific optimization techniques like natural gradient descent or Newton’s method, this semester focuses on laying the theoretical groundwork for...

4/30/25 Seminar: "Causal Inference Via Proxy Interventions"

Come and be part of our next seminar discussion on April 30th! Carlos García Meixide, CTML's Visiting Student Researcher will present his talk on "Causal Inference Via Proxy Interventions." The talk will take place at 12 PM at Berkeley Way West, 5th Floor, Room 5401.

Identifying causal effects by deterministically fixing an exposure leans on assumptions rarely satisfied in real-world settings. The simple case of writing a counterfactual mean in terms of the observable probability law demands that every unit—no matter its...

4/23/25 Seminar: "Efficient estimation of causal effects of HIV prevention and care strategies in clustered data settings"

Come join us for our next talk in our seminar series on April 23rd. Joy Nakato, CTML GSR will present her talk on "Efficient estimation of causal effects of HIV prevention and care strategies in clustered data settings." The talk will take place at 12 PM at Berkeley Way West, 5th Floor, Room 5101 (Caravan Room). Please note the room change this week.

In this mock QE talk, I will present ongoing work focused on developing, evaluating, and applying efficient and robust estimators...

4/16/25 Seminar: "Causal Inference Challenges in Research on the Health Effects of Social Policies: Heterogeneous Effects and Treatment-Confounder Feedback"

Be part of the conversation! On Wednesday, April 16th our CTML Seminar Series welcomes Ellie Matthay, Assistant Professor of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Ellie will present her talk on “Causal Inference Challenges in Research on the Health Effects of Social Policies: Heterogeneous Effects and Treatment-Confounder Feedback.” The talk will take place at 12:00PM at Berkeley Way West, 5th Floor, Room 5401. Speaker will be presenting remotely.

A growing body of epidemiologic...