Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Employment and Educational Outcomes of Individuals in a First-Episode Psychosis Clinic. A. Szmulewicz, D. Öngür, A Shinn, E Carol, J Dow, N Yilmaz, P Durning, J Sastry , John Hsu pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34189932/

Statistical power calculations are often required for causal analyses of observational databases. They shouldn't be. Refuse to play the power game. If a causal question is important enough, low power can't be an excuse to do nothing. Analyze your data👇 jclinepi.com/article/S0895-…

My paper on Mendelian randomization (MR) with time-varying exposures came out a while ago and I’m finally writing a tweetorial. Many thanks to collaborators and CAUSALab for their contributions. So let’s talk about MR and what it's estimating. (1/x) x.com/EpidemiologyLW…

Congratulations to our doctoral students! Yuxi Liu, Aaron Sarvet, Tiffany Lemon, Nishant Kishore, Inga Holmdahl, Kristen Brantley, Alejandro Szmulewicz, Lídia Moura, Michael Leung, Hanseul Kim, Nazleen Khan, Ruibin Wang, David Merola, & Tori Cowger Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health #HarvardChan22

The CAUSALab is launching a research program on #suicide prevention. In this interview in EL PAÍS Salud y Bienestar, psychiatrist-epidemiologist Gonzalo Martinez-Ales (Gonzalo Martínez-Alés) reviews what is known to prevent suicide. (text available in Spanish only at this time) elpais.com/sociedad/2022-…

Mark your calendar: You're invited to the Kolokotrones Symposium on Nov 4. Learn about causal inference for suicide prevention. Featuring leaders in epidemiology, psychiatry, and health policy. Register to reserve your seat or to receive the zoom link. causalab.sph.harvard.edu/kolokotrones/

Excited to be leading this initiative with Alejandro Szmulewicz Join us at CAUSALab and let's talk #causalinference

Congrats to CAUSALab researcher, Alejandro Szmulewicz for #NARSAD Young Investigator Award by BBRFoundation! Recognized for contributing to create an international consortium of cohorts of individuals with early psychosis: the FEP-CAUSAL Collab. More Info: causalab.sph.harvard.edu/causalab-news/

Congrats to CAUSALab researcher Gonzalo Martínez-Alés! He was awarded the #NARSAD Young Investigator Award by BBRFoundation for his project on #SuicidePrevention using #TargetTrial emulation to estimate the comparative effectiveness of antidepressants for post-discharge suicide prevention.

2 weeks till #KolokotronesSymposium! Ft. leaders in #epidemiology, #psychiatry, and #healthpolicy. Attend in-person or virtually. Next speakers highlight: CAUSALab researchers Alejandro Szmulewicz and Gonzalo Martínez-Alés presenting on #Medications. Info and register: causalab.sph.harvard.edu/kolokotrones/

Congratulations to Federico Angriman on a brilliant (and successful) PhD defense today! And to his supervisor Damon Scales for superb mentorship. IHPME Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre #PhD #academics #ICU

Our target trial emulation conducted to estimate the best strategy for unresponsive depression is out Biological Psychiatry: bit.ly/3uiY2zb Led by Alejandro Szmulewicz & incredible CAUSALab team with Miguel Hernán, @KerollosWanis, @dost_ongur, Roy Perlis, Sonia Hernandez-Diaz

Congratulations to the #SIRS 2023 Early Career Awardees! We are excited to see you at the Congress in Toronto, Canada on 11-15 May 2023! #Schizophrenia #MentalHealth #Psychosis #Toronto

Now hiring! 🎯Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Causal Inference for Cancer Control 🔎Details here: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/12293 🤝Come join us (and please RT/share)!

New Study! Estimating the per-protocol of lithium on suicidality in a VA Research randomized trial led by CAUSALab's Alejandro Szmulewicz & Miguel Hernán. We estimated the effect of lithium on suicidality in the context of perfect adherence. Learn more👉bit.ly/3pxpSIR.

Target trial emulation in psychiatry: a call for more rigorous observational analyses - The Lancet Psychiatry thelancet.com/journals/lanps… A nice piece from Alejandro Szmulewicz, with several similarities to challenges in pain research

Congratulations to Alejandro Szmulewicz for his new role as Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health! 🎉 We are excited to continue working with Alejandro in the new year. #causalinference #harvardchan #targettrial #publichealth #healthdata #healthresearch

How do we harness #causalinference for mental health treatment? In a new feature @harvardchansph, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology Alejandro Szmulewicz CAUSALab outlined research for first-episode psychosis & suicide prevention. Read the article 👇 hsph.harvard.edu/news/tackling-…

New publication! FEP-CAUSAL Nature Mental Health examined comparative effectiveness of injectable vs oral antipsychotics. Results show long-acting injectable (LAI) medications may reduce relapse risk 3 years following first-episode psychosis. Article: nature.com/articles/s4422…