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Introduction to Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs)
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Activity no.: 3229-18-00-00
There are no available seats
Enrollment deadline: 01/04/2018
Date and time
07.05.2018, at: 09:00 - 16:00
Regular seats
20
Course fee
720.00 kr.
Lecturers
Naja Hulvej Rod
ECTS credits
0.70
Contact person
Kathe Jensen E-mail address: kje@sund.ku.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser
PhD administration E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk
Aim and content
This course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School). Special rules apply for research year students enrolled at Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at UCPH. All other participants must pay the course fee.
Learning objectives
A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:
1. Identify causal questions and critically reflect on the assumptions underlying causal conclusions in epidemiology
2. Utilize the method of Directed Acyclic Graphs to discuss causal assumptions and identify confounding based on a proposed conceptual model
3. Utilize the method of Directed Acyclic Graphs to identify potential problems with selection bias and information bias in empirical examples.
Content
Causal inference is the ultimate goal of most epidemiological studies based on observational data. This course gives an applied introduction to Directed Acyclic Graphs [DAGs], which is a rigorous and accessible tool for understanding and solving complicated causal problems. The course will briefly introduce counterfactual thinking, which is central to modern methods for causal inference, and introduce how the method of directed acyclic graphs can help in assessing problems with confounding, selection bias and information bias in empirical work. The course will be centered on the students’ own research.
Participants
The course is aimed at PhD students in Public Health and Epidemiology. There will be a maximum of 20 students. Participants are expected to have basic epidemiological skills and be numerate.
Relevance to graduate programmes
The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH:
Public Health and Epidemiology
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
All graduate programmes
Language
English
Form
The course will include a combination of lectures, group work, discussions, and individual exercises.
The students are expected to read the course literature on their own prior to the course.
Course director
Naja Hulvej Rod, Professor, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, nahuro@sund.ku.dk
Teachers
Naja Hulvej Rod, Professor, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, nahuro@sund.ku.dk
Dates
May 7th 2018
Course location
Center for Sundhed og Samfund (CSS)
Registration
Please register before April 1st 2018
Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules.
Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment.
Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.
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