Large Language Models as Co-Pilots for Causal Inference in Medical Studies

Authors: Alaa, Ahmed, Phillips, Rachael V., Kıcıman, Emre, Balzer, Laura B., van der Laan, Mark, Petersen, Maya

Subject Terms: Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.19118

When exposure affects subgroup membership: Framing relevant causal questions in perinatal epidemiology and beyond

Authors: Gupta, Shalika, Balzer, Laura B., Kamya, Moses R., Havlir, Diane V., Petersen, Maya L.

Subject Terms: Statistics - Methodology

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2401.11368

The Causal Roadmap and Simulations to Improve the Rigor and Reproducibility of Real-Data Applications

Authors: Nance, Nerissa, Petersen, Maya L., van der Laan, Mark, Balzer, Laura B.

Subject Terms: Statistics - Methodology

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.03952

Statistical Analysis Plan for Primary and Selected Secondary Health Endpoints of the SEARCH-Youth Study

Authors: Balzer, Laura B., Ruel, Theodore, Havlir, Diane V., Team, the SEARCH-Youth Study

Subject Terms: Statistics - Applications

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2211.02771

Adaptive Selection of the Optimal Strategy to Improve Precision and Power in Randomized Trials

Authors: Balzer, Laura B., Cai, Erica, Garraza, Lucas Godoy, Amaranath, Pracheta

Subject Terms: Statistics - Methodology, Statistics - Machine Learning

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2210.17453

Blurring cluster randomized trials and observational studies using Two-Stage TMLE to address sub-sampling, missingness, and minimal independent units

Authors: Nugent, Joshua R., Marquez, Carina, Charlebois, Edwin D., Abbott, Rachel, Balzer, Laura B.

Subject Terms: Statistics - Methodology, Statistics - Applications

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2208.09508

Statistical Analysis Plan for Health Outcomes in Phase 1 of the SEARCH-IPT Study

Authors: Balzer, Laura B., Nugent, Joshua, Havlir, Diane V., Chamie, Gabriel

Subject Terms: Statistics - Applications

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2111.10467

Evaluating shifts in mobility and COVID-19 case rates in U.S. counties: A demonstration of modified treatment policies for causal inference with continuous exposures

Authors: Nugent, Joshua R., Balzer, Laura B.

Subject Terms: Statistics - Applications, Statistics - Machine Learning

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2110.12529

Defining and Estimating Effects in Cluster Randomized Trials: A Methods Comparison

Authors: Benitez, Alejandra, Petersen, Maya L., van der Laan, Mark J., Santos, Nicole, Butrick, Elizabeth, Walker, Dilys, Ghosh, Rakesh, Otieno, Phelgona, Waiswa, Peter, Balzer, Laura B.

Subject Terms: Statistics - Methodology

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2110.09633

Evaluating the Impact of State-Level Public Masking Mandates on New COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in the United States: A Demonstration of the Causal Roadmap

Authors: Wong, Angus K., Balzer, Laura B.

Source: Epidemiology, December 8, 2021

Subject Terms: Statistics - Applications, Statistics - Methodology

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2110.06115

Two-Stage TMLE to Reduce Bias and Improve Efficiency in Cluster Randomized Trials

Authors: Balzer, Laura B., van der Laan, Mark, Ayieko, James, Kamya, Moses, Chamie, Gabriel, Schwab, Joshua, Havlir, Diane V., Petersen, Maya L.

Source: Biostatistics, kxab043, December 24, 2021

Subject Terms: Statistics - Methodology, Statistics - Applications, Statistics - Machine Learning

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2106.15737

Start with the Target Trial Protocol, Then Follow the Roadmap for Causal Inference

Authors: Dang, Lauren E., Balzer, Laura B.

Source: Epidemiology. 34(5):619-623

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Defining and estimating effects in cluster randomized trials: A methods comparison

Authors: Benitez, Alejandra, Petersen, Maya L., der Laan, Mark J., Santos, Nicole, Butrick, Elizabeth, Walker, Dilys, Ghosh, Rakesh, Otieno, Phelgona, Waiswa, Peter, Balzer, Laura B.

Source: Statistics in medicine. 42(19):3443-3466

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Weight Change Following Switch to Dolutegravir for HIV Treatment in Rural Kenya During Country Roll-Out

Authors: Hickey, Matthew D., Wafula, Erick, Ogachi, Sabina M., Ojwando, Hellen, Orori, Gordon, Adede, Richard O., Garraza, Lucas Godoy, Petersen, Maya L., Havlir, Diane V., Balzer, Laura B., Ayieko, James

Source: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes. 93(2):154-161

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SpiderLearner: An ensemble approach to Gaussian graphical model estimation

Authors: Shutta, Katherine H., Balzer, Laura B., Scholtens, Denise M., Balasubramanian, Raji

Source: Statistics in medicine. 42(13):2116-2133

Availability: http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&gathStatTab=true&ct=display&fn=search&doc=ETOCvdc_100184436258.0x000001&indx=1&recIds=ETOCvdc_100184436258.0x000001

Preconception sleep duration, sleep timing, and shift work in association with fecundability and live birth among women with a history of pregnancy loss

Authors: Freeman, Joshua R., Whitcomb, Brian W., Bertone-Johnson, Elizabeth R., Balzer, Laura B., O'Brien, Louise M., Dunietz, Galit L., Purdue-Smithe, Alexandra C., Kim, Keewan, Silver, Robert M., Schisterman, Enrique F., Mumford, Sunni L.

Source: Fertility and sterility -International edition. 119(2):252-263

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Two or more significant life-events in 6-months are associated with lower rates of HIV treatment and virologic suppression among youth with HIV in Uganda and Kenya

Authors: Mwangwa, Florence, Charlebois, Edwin D., Ayieko, James, Olio, Winter, Black, Douglas, Peng, James, Kwarisiima, Dalsone, Kabami, Jane, Balzer, Laura B., Petersen, Maya L., Kapogiannis, Bill, Kamya, Moses R., Havlir, Diane V., Ruel, Theodore D.

Source: AIDS care. 35(1):95-105

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The covariate-adjusted residual estimator and its use in both randomized trials and observational settings

Authors: Lauer, Stephen A., Reich, Nicholas G., Balzer, Laura B.

Subject Terms: Statistics - Methodology, Statistics - Applications

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/1910.11397

A multilevel health system intervention for virological suppression in adolescents and young adults living with HIV in rural Kenya and Uganda (SEARCH-Youth): a cluster randomised trial

Authors: Ruel, Theodore ^{*, *}, Mwangwa, Florence ^*, Balzer, Laura B, Ayieko, James, Nyabuti, Marilyn, Mugoma, Wafula Erick, Kabami, Jane, Kamugisha, Brian, Black, Douglas, Nzarubara, Bridget, Opel, Fred, Schrom, John, Agengo, George, Nakigudde, Janet, Atuhaire, Hellen N, Schwab, Josh, Peng, James, Camlin, Carol, Shade, Starley B, Bukusi, Elizabeth, Kapogiannis, Bill G, Charlebois, Edwin, Kamya, Moses R, Havlir, Diane

Source: In The Lancet HIV August 2023 10(8):e518-e527

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