Barbra Dickerman
@barbradickerman
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Cancer-causal research. Assistant Professor @HarvardEpi, @HSPHCancer, @CAUSALab
Joined October 2018
Class is back in session! ☀️ We are thrilled to kick off the 2025 CAUSALab Summer Courses @HarvardChanSPH today. Attending KTCI or ACA? Be sure to tag us on social. Here’s to an engaging two weeks of learning! #causalinference #epidemiology #causalab #hsph
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Hi #EpiTwitter! I'm Connor Grady (@connorbgrady), and I'll be taking over the @HarvardEpi account this week for #SER2025! I’m a third year Epi PhD student @HarvardChanSPH @CAUSALab using causal methods to study cancer treatments. Follow along!
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This Friday! 19th Kolokotrones Symposium “Building a Learning Health System: the VA-CAUSAL Enterprise” 📆 Apr 11, 2025 ⏰ 10:30 AM – 3:00 PM ET 📍 @HarvardChanSPH / online Event will explore VA-CAUSAL and future of learning health systems. 🩺 Register: https://t.co/7r0wQbsshA
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Meet our terrific #TTE curriculum fellow, @EmmaEMcGee! She is now in her third year working on the courses, and we can't imagine them without her. Emma recently graduated from @HarvardEpi and joined @CAUSALab as a postdoc 👏 Learn more about Emma below ⬇️ #2024CAUSALabcourses
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Today, Curriculum Fellows @Sarah_E_Rob & Lawson led wonderful hands-on sessions 👏 For CICI, Sarah covered composite #datasets & balance assessment. For TTE, Lawson delved into estimating effects in target trials vs emulated target trials. Learn more about our fellows below ⬇️
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So excited for the second week of CAUSALab summer courses! Looking forward to meeting participants of our Target Trial Emulation course today 🎉
@CAUSALab's Summer Courses '23 have officially kicked off! Welcome to our students that are joining us from around the world! Our students come from over 60 different organizations. We are looking forward to an exciting two weeks of learning! #causalinference
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Had a great time serving as a Teaching Fellow for the ACA course. Big thanks to the instructors @barbradickerman , @joy_shi1, and @_MiguelHernan , my co-fellows @ReinSoph , @naiyu_chen , and @sanjanab93 , as well as to all participants for this insightful week!
Week one courses have come to an end 😭 We appreciate our participants of both KTCI and ACA who made this week unforgettable and enriching We also express our gratitude to the instructors and fellows who devoted their time and expertise to creating and teaching these courses 👏
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For the first time we are hosting two courses simultaneously this year. Our #new course Advanced Confounding Adjustment began yesterday! 🎉 @joy_shi1 and @barbradickerman welcomed 130 participants from across the globe in leading the first couple lectures and hands-on sessions.
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#SER2023 attendees interested in cancer & causal inference, check out @joy_shi1's work to emulate target trials of PSA-based screening strategies & prostate cancer mortality using EHRs: Poster P278, 6:30-7:30p today @HarvardEpi @CAUSALab
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At #SER2023? Catch @EmmaEMcGee's talk on estimating long-term effects of lifestyle interventions for cancer survivors using target trial emulation! "Cancer epidemiology: A life course perspective in the causal era," 1:45-3:15p today, Salon E @HarvardEpi @CAUSALab
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Meet Joy Shi, Instructor @HarvardEpi. Her work focuses on the development of novel causal inference methods—primarily for instrumental variable analysis—and their applications to chronic diseases. 👉 Expand your knowledge by learning from @joy_shi1 in ACA or TTE!
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A big congratulations to @CAUSALab's doctoral graduates, @chelsmessinger, @DavidRBellamy, @gli942, and @KerollosWanis! We are so proud of your accomplishments and wish you many more successes in the future. Congratulations!
Congratulations to our incredible doctoral graduates of Fall 2022 and Spring 2023! We are so proud of all that you have accomplished 🎓 @HarvardChanSPH #HarvardChan23 #HarvardChan22
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I am thrilled that @ConnorBGrady will be joining the PhD in Population Health Sciences @HarvardChanSPH @HarvardEpi in Fall 2023! Can't wait to team up on cancer-causal projects.
I’m thrilled to join the PhD in Population Health Sciences at @HarvardChanSPH in Fall 2023! Cannot wait to train in cancer epi and causal inference with inspiring faculty and an amazing student cohort. @barbradickerman @CAUSALab @HSPHCancerEpi #MedTwitter #EpiTwitter
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Now hiring! 🎯Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Causal Inference for Cancer Control 🔎Details here: https://t.co/79b9YZLN2Z 🤝Come join us (and please RT/share)!
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🚀New @CAUSALab summer course!🚀 Advanced Confounding Adjustment Learn to implement g-methods (IP weighting, parametric g-formula) in the settings of time-fixed and time-varying treatment. 4 days of lectures + hands-on sessions in R/SAS. Register here! https://t.co/MutGiRBxWO
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Please join us in congratulating @CAUSALab researcher @joy_shi1 who was promoted to Instructor of Epidemiology at @HarvardChanSPH & @HarvardEpi! Congratulations, Joy! We are lucky to have you part of the @CAUSALab team.
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#Postdoc candidates! Interested in #CausalInference and #EHRdata for #CancerResearch? Work with @barbradickerman. Projects on 💊Drug repurposing 🔎Smarter screening strategies ⚕️Optimal timing and sequencing of therapy (+ more!) Apply👇 https://t.co/X1PW2MH8zh
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📢 Postdoc opportunity in #cancer research! 📢 ✊ Causal inference 🖥️ Large EHR databases 🎯 Dynamic strategies for cancer control 🤝 Fantastic team Apply here 👇
@CAUSALab is hiring two #postdocs to work on #causalinference projects in #cancer and #Mendelianrandomization. Come join an incredible team making strides in the world of #publichealth. #postdocwork Click on the link below to learn more and to apply: https://t.co/X1PW2MH8zh
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Excited to be leading this initiative with @AlejandroSzmul1 Join us at @CAUSALab and let's talk #causalinference
Unsure how to emulate a target trial? #CAUSALabClinics is open and taking applications! If you are a junior investigator in a Boston-area hospital, present your research in progress, and we'll answer your causal inference questions. First session 9/28 https://t.co/RfvhuJtpwv
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1/ TODAY: We compared the safety of #COVID19 mRNA vaccines in the largest healthcare system in the US. TAKE-HOME MESSAGE: Both Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are quite safe. If interested in vaccination, you can confidently use whichever one is available. https://t.co/fFIlXwH5Qv
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This cohort study uses data from the national health care databases of the US Department of Veterans Affairs to compare the risks of adverse events associated with BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 vaccines...
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