January 26, 2017
All You Ever Wanted to Know About Propensity Scores (And More!)
Tobias Kurth, Berlin, Germany

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March 8, 2017
The Paradox of the Obesity Paradox
Bob Siegerink, Berlin, Germany/Leiden, Netherlands

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April 12, 2017
Mixed Models for Epidemiologists
Ulrike Grittner & Annette Aigner, Berlin/Hamburg, Germany

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May 3, 2017
Measuring the Prevalence and Health Effects of Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking:  Methods, Analysis and Ethics
Heidi Stöckl, London, UK

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June 7, 2017
Lessons from Nephrology: Challenges in Primary Data Collection in Large Cohort Studies
Elke Schäffner, Berlin, Germany

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September 6, 2017
Unmeasured Confounding in Observational Studies of Medical Interventions
Rolf Groenwold, Utrecht, Netherlands

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October 4, 2017
Mendelian Randomization: Vitamin D and Kidney Function
Alexander Teumer, Greifswald, Germany

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November 1, 2017
Methodological Challenges and Opportunities in Observational Research: Perspectives From Rheumatology
Angela Zink, Berlin, Germany

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December 6, 2017
Machine Learning in Epidemiology
André Karch, Braunschweig, Germany

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