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CHSPR Seminar | Can Causal Inference be Enhanced by Leveraging Machine Learning?

Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada +1 more

Insights from Real-world Health Data Analyses Speaker: Ehsan Karim, UBC School of Population and Public Health This talk will explore the distinct methodological approaches for prediction versus causal questions, highlighting the recent excitement around integrating prediction and machine learning tools into causal inference. We will demonstrate their application using real-world databases to address challenges such […]

CHSPR Seminar | Evaluating Inequities in Refugee & Immigrant’s Health Care Access

Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada +1 more

Speaker: Ruth Lavergne, Dalhousie University The Evaluating Inequities in Refugee & Immigrant’s Health Access project aimed to understand the health experiences of immigrants and migrants (im/migrants) in BC. With community engagement as the backbone to the study, it combined interviews with im/migrant community members and linked health and immigrations data to explore access to health care […]

CHSPR Seminar | The Impact of BC’s Contraception Subsidy: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis

Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada +1 more

Speakers: Laura Schummers and Michael Law, University of BC BC introduced Canada’s first universal no-cost contraception subsidy in 2023. This study estimates the effect of this subsidy on contraception use and out-of-pocket costs for prescription contraception. We will demonstrate their application using real-world databases to address challenges such as residual confounding and model misspecification. Laura Schummers […]