In the winter semester 2022/23 (from October 2022 to February 2023), we are happy to once again host a digital journal club to read and discuss a selection of methods-focused scientific articles.

We will meet every third Wednesday of the month (exceptions: no meeting in December, and in January, we meet during the fourth week), at 4:00 PM in Berlin, Germany, on Zoom. JClub meetings are typically 90 minutes long. Since the meeting format is online, participants from other locations and time zones are welcome to sign up!

If you are interested in participating, please sign up by September 23, 2022 using the following link: https://forms.gle/ifUN4iQBF577nsJL9. Please note that space is limited, and we may need to put you on a waiting list, depending on interest. Charité Health Data Sciences PhD Program students will be prioritized. If you have any questions, please contact us at bemcolloquium@charite.de. 

Meeting Dates, Session Leaders, and Reading Assignments

October 19, 2022 | Tobias Kurth & Chisato Ito

Bellamy D, Hernán MA, Beam A. A structural characterization of shortcut features for prediction. Eur J Epidemiol 2022;37:563–8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-022-00892-3.

November 16, 2022 | Jess Rohmann & Imke Mayer

Ankan A, Wortel IMN, Textor J. Testing Graphical Causal Models Using the R Package “dagitty.” Curr Protoc 2021;1:e45. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpz1.45.

January 25, 2023 | Toivo Glatz

Lu J, Meyer S. A zero-inflated endemic-epidemic model with an application to measles time series in Germany. arXiv [statME] 2022. https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.07285.

February 15, 2023 | Marco Piccininni

Inoue K, Ritz B, Arah OA. Causal Effect of Chronic Pain on Mortality Through Opioid Prescriptions: Application of the Front-Door Formula. Epidemiology 2022;33:572–80. https://doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000001490.