Merge pull request #16 from steno-aarhus/Kamilla-branch

sessions/2023-09-14/index.qmd

@@ -27,5 +27,8 @@ references:
   DOI: 10.1214/20-STS778
 ---
 
+Files from session:
+
+- [Slides](slides.pdf)
 
 Articles discussed were [@Cox1964] and [@Atkinson2021].

sessions/2023-09-28/index.qmd

@@ -1,18 +1,30 @@
 ---
-draft: true
 title: "Transportability"
-description: ""
+description: "The theme for this week is 'Transportality,' focusing on extending inferences from a trial to the target population."
 date: "2023-09-28"
 references:
 - type: article-journal
-  id: WatsonCrick1953
+  id: Dahabreh2023
   author:
-  - family: Watson
-    given: J. D.
-  - family: Crick
-    given: F. H. C.
-  issued: 1953
-  title: 'Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for
-    deoxyribose nucleic acid'
-  DOI: 10.1038/171737a0
+  - family: Dahabreh
+    given: Issa J.
+  - family: Matthews
+    given: Anthony
+  issued: 2023
+  title: 'Using Trial and Observational Data to Assess Effectiveness: Trial Emulation, Transportability, Benchmarking, and Joint Analysis'
+  DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxac011
+- type: article-journal
+  id: Hernán2016
+  author:
+  - family: Hernán
+    given: Miguel A.
+  - family: Robins
+    given: James M.
+  issued: 2016
+  title: 'Using Big Data to Emulate a Target Trial When a Randomized Trial Is Not Available'
+  DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv254
 ---
+
+Files from session:
+
+Articles discussed were [@Dahabreh2023] and [@Hernán2016].

sessions/2023-10-12/index.qmd

@@ -1,18 +1,30 @@
 ---
-draft: true
 title: "Target trials and case-control studies"
-description: ""
+description: "This week's topics include 'Target trial and case-control studies as a Target trial'. The meeting was unfortunately canceled, where the following was supposed to be discussed: Strengthening Causal Inference from Observational Data - Can we meaningfully emulate a target trial using case-control data to reduce discrepancies between observational and randomized trial evidence. The meeting was unfortunately canceled"
 date: "2023-10-12"
 references:
 - type: article-journal
-  id: WatsonCrick1953
+  id: Hernán2021
   author:
-  - family: Watson
-    given: J. D.
-  - family: Crick
-    given: F. H. C.
-  issued: 1953
-  title: 'Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for
-    deoxyribose nucleic acid'
-  DOI: 10.1038/171737a0
+  - family: Hernán
+    given: Miguel A 
+  issued: 2021
+  title: 'Methods of Public Health Research - Strengthening Causal Inference from Observational Data'
+  DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2113319
+- type: article-journal
+  id: DickermanGarcía-Albéniz2020
+  author:
+  - family: Dickerman
+    given: Barbra A
+  - family: García-Albéniz
+    given: Xabier
+  issued: 2020
+  title: 'Emulating a target trial in case-control designs: an application to statins and colorectal cancer'
+  DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyaa144
 ---
+
+Files from session:
+
+- [Slides](slides.pdf)
+
+Articles discussed were [@Hernán2021] and [@DickermanGarcía-Albéniz2020].

sessions/2023-10-26/index.qmd

@@ -1,18 +1,36 @@
 ---
-draft: true
 title: "Directed Acyclic Graphs"
-description: ""
+description: "A conceptual tool to visualize the expected causal relations - may be used to guide the analysis of observational studies"
 date: "2023-10-26"
 references:
 - type: article-journal
-  id: WatsonCrick1953
+  id: Digitale2022
   author:
-  - family: Watson
-    given: J. D.
-  - family: Crick
-    given: F. H. C.
-  issued: 1953
-  title: 'Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for
-    deoxyribose nucleic acid'
-  DOI: 10.1038/171737a0
+  - family: Digitale
+    given: Jean C.
+  - family: Martin
+    given: Jeffrey N.
+  - family: Glymour
+    given: Medellena Maria
+  issued: 2022
+  title: 'Tutorial on directed acyclic graphs'
+  DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.08.001
+- type: article-journal
+  id: TennantKellyn2021
+  author:
+  - family: Tennant
+    given: Peter W. G.
+  - family: Arnold
+    given: Kellyn F. 
+  - family: Murray
+    given: Eleanor J. 
+  issued: 2021
+  title: 'Use of directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) to identify confounders in applied health research: review and recommendations'
+  DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyaa213
 ---
+
+Files from session:
+
+- [Slides](slides.pdf)
+
+Articles discussed were [@Digitale2022] and [@TennantKellyn2021].

sessions/2023-11-09/index.qmd

@@ -1,18 +1,29 @@
 ---
-draft: true
 title: "Selection bias"
-description: ""
+description: "When potential participants in a study do not participate, estimates of interest may become biased"
 date: "2023-11-09"
 references:
 - type: article-journal
-  id: WatsonCrick1953
+  id: Banack2019
   author:
-  - family: Watson
-    given: J. D.
-  - family: Crick
-    given: F. H. C.
-  issued: 1953
-  title: 'Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for
-    deoxyribose nucleic acid'
-  DOI: 10.1038/171737a0
+  - family: Banack
+    given: Hailey R.
+  - family: Kaufman
+    given: Jay S.
+  issued: 2019
+  title: 'Investigating and Remediating Selection Bias in Geriatrics Research: The Selection Bias Toolkit'
+  DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16022 
+- type: article-journal
+  id: Smith2020
+  author:
+  - family: Smith
+    given: Louisa
+  title: 'Selection Mechanisms and Their Consequences: Understanding and Addressing Selection Bias'
+  DOI: 10.1007/s40471-020-00241-6
 ---
+
+Files from session:
+
+- [Slides](slides.pdf)
+
+Articles discussed were [@Banack2019] and [@Smith2020].

sessions/2023-11-23/index.qmd

@@ -1,24 +1,32 @@
 ---
 title: "Immortal time bias"
-description: ""
+description: "Immortal time bias occurs when person-time is misclassified. As an example, we could discuss the best practice for sampling controls from a register with incident cases."
 date: "2023-11-23"
 references:
 - type: article-journal
-  id: Platt2019
+  id: PlattHutcheon2019
   author:
   - family: Platt
     given: R. W.
   - family: Hutcheon
-    given: J.A.
-  - family: Suissa
-    given: S.
+    given: J. A.
   issued: 2019
   title: 'Immortal Time Bias in Epidemiology'
   DOI: 10.1007/s40471-019-0180-5
+- type: article-journal
+  id: LévesqueHanley2010
+  author:
+  - family: Lévesque
+    given: Linda E
+  - family: Hanley
+    given: James A.
+  issued: 2010
+  title: 'Problem of immortal time bias in cohort studies: example using statins for preventing progression of diabetes'
+  DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b5087
 ---
 
-Files for this session:
+Files from session:
 
 - [Slides](slides.pdf)
 
-Articles we discussed were [@Platt2019].
+Articles discussed were [@PlattHutcheon2019] and [@LévesqueHanley2010].