Symposia

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UK Secure Data Environments: A New Approach to Population-Scale Real World Evidence

17th Kolokotrones Symposium
April 19, 2024

 

CAUSALab is excited to invite you to join us for the 17th Kolokotrones Symposium, UK Secure Data Environments: A New Approach to Population-Scale Real World Evidence, on Friday, April 19, 2024.

The symposium is a collaboration with researchers at University of Bristol, University of Oxford, University of Liverpool, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine & National Institute for Health Care and Excellence (NICE) and will explore the English approach to medicine data & electronic health records from the lens of causal inference research.

This event will be hosted both in-person at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and virtually via Zoom.

Registration is now open. Information including directions, access to the building, and virtual attendance will be sent directly to registrants in the weeks leading up to the event.

We look forward to seeing you there


Program:

10:30 AM Welcome – Miguel Hernán (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), Jonathan Sterne (University of Bristol, UK)

10:40 AM Why the UK English secure data environments (SDEs) for causal inference?,
Rachel Denholm (University of Bristol, UK)

11:00 AM Case Study Presentations

Causal inference for vaccinations: OpenSAFELY and COVID-19,
William Hulme (University of Oxford, UK)

Medicines data in UK electronic health records: Opportunities for Target Trial Emulation,
Reecha Sofat (University of Liverpool, UK)

Causal inference for therapeutics: OpenSAFELY and COVID-19,
John Tazare (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK)

Causal inference in UK electronic health records: Opportunities for open science,
Venexia Walker (University of Bristol, UK)

12:30 PM Break for Lunch

1:15 PM Making policy decisions based on real world evidence from secure data environments,
Stephen Duffield (NICE)

1:45 PM Expert Panel: Where do we go from here? – Chaired by Jonathan Sterne (University of Bristol); Panelists: Rachel Denholm (University of Bristol), William Hulme (University of Oxford), Venexia Walker (University of Bristol), Reecha Sofat (University of Liverpool), John Tazare (LSHTM), Stephen Duffield (NICE)

2:45 PM Closing Remarks

3:00 PM Reception for In-Person Attendees

Speakers’ remarks are based on their own scholarship and experience. As such, they speak for themselves, not for Harvard.