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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology

Seminars and recordings

September 2026

Dark Causal Inference: Why Most Causal Inference in Epidemiology is Invisible

Jeremy Labrecque· Erasmus MC, Rotterdam

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Wed, Sep 23 · 17:00 UTC · Online

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology seminar by Jeremy Labrecque, PhD, MSc (Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Causal Inference, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam) on 'dark causal inference' — implied but unstated causal reasoning that pervades epidemiology — the misuse of 'association' language, and gaps in teaching causal reasoning.

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Mortality Displacement: Sixty Years of Debate and Consequences

David Jones· Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology

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Wed, Sep 9 · 17:00 UTC · Boston, MA

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology seminar by David Jones, MD, PhD (Chair, Department of the History of Science, Harvard; Professor of Epidemiology) on the sixty-year history of 'mortality displacement' — the contested idea that pollution crises kill people already close to death — and its implications for policy.

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