Annual Seminar

Annual Seminar 2023

Title: Statistical methods used in the investigation of transplantation medicine with special emphasis on causal inference
Date: Monday, 5. June 2023
Location: Swisstransplant, Bern

Program:

Morning session:

• 09.00–09.45: Ruth Keogh (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK)
  "An introduction to asking and answering causal questions about transplantation, with examples in lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis" [pdf]

• 10.00–10.45: Alain Amstutz (Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel)
  "Swiss cohort based trial platform to investigate SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in immune-compromised patients: The COrona VaccinE tRiAL pLatform (COVERALL)" [pdf]

• 11.00–11.45: Alexander Leichtle, (Inselspital, University of Bern)
  "Machine Learning and AI based on Laboratory Data" [pdf]

Afternoon session

• 13.00–14.00: Statistics Clinic (opportunity to present an interesting statistical problem followed by a discussion)
  - Recurrent event analysis in non-fatal events
  - Immortal Time bias
  - Transformations

• 14.30–16.00: Open exchange in groups (topics welcome)