Non-SOT Event: Causal Mediation Analysis Training: Methods and Applications Using Health Data

The Causal Mediation Analysis Training is a three-day intensive boot camp of seminars and hands-on analytical sessions to provide an overview of concepts and data analysis methods used to investigate mediating mechanisms.

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- Understand when traditional methods for mediation fail
- Articulate concepts about mediation under the counterfactual framework and assumptions for identification
- Formulate and apply regression approaches for mediation for single and multiple mediators
- Develop facility with the use of software for mediation and interpretation of software output

Investigators from any institution and from all career stages are welcome to attend, and we particularly encourage trainees and early-stage investigators to participate.

Prerequisites and Requirements: There are four requirements to attend this training:
- Each participant must be familiar with linear and logistic regression.
- Each participant must have experience with programming in R.
- Although the instructor will provide a brief overview of the fundamentals of causal inference (potential outcomes and directed acyclic graphs), we invite the participants to read chapters 1-7, 11, and 12 of Hernán MA, Robins JM (2020). Causal Inference: What If. Boca Raton: Chapman & Hall/CRC (free).
Note: about a month prior to the training, participants will be provided material to review fundamental topics necessary to understand causal mediation and causal inference, including readings and a practice exercise. Participants are encouraged to try the exercise on their own and contact the instructor if they have any questions about introductory material.
- Each participant is required to have a personal laptop/computer and a free, basic Posit Cloud (formerly RStudio Cloud) account. Lab sessions will use Posit Cloud (formerly RStudio Cloud)

Capacity is limited. Paid registration is required to attend.

Additional Information:
- See website for more details: https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/academics/non-degree-special-programs/professional-non-degree-programs/skills-health-research-professionals-sharp-training/trainings/causal-mediation-analysis
- Email us with any questions: Columbia.CMA@gmail.com