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Tyler Vander Weele, PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health

Marginal Structural Models for Sufficient Cause Interactions

Sufficient cause interactions concern cases in which a particular causal mechanism for some outcome will operate only if two or more specific causes are present. Empirical conditions have been derived to test for sufficient cause interactions. However, when regression outcome models are used to control for confounding variables in tests for sufficient cause interactions, the outcome models impose restrictions on the relationship between the confounding variables and certain unidentified background causes within the sufficient cause framework; often these assumptions are implausible. By using marginal structural models, rather than outcome regression models, to test for sufficient cause interactions, assumptions are instead made on the relationship between the causes of interest and the confounding variables; these assumptions will often be more plausible. The use of marginal structural models also allows for testing for sufficient cause interactions in the presence of time-dependent confounding. Such time-dependent confounding may arise in cases in which a genetic factor of interest affects both an environmental factor of interest and the outcome. It is furthermore shown that marginal structural models can be used not only to test for sufficient cause interactions but to give lower bounds on the prevalence of such sufficient cause interactions. The methods are illustrated with an application to sufficient cause interactions between the effects of well-arsenic exposure and smoking on the development of skin lesions using data from a study in Bangladesh.

Brown has relevance to the National debate on health care reform. We want to re-focus the discussion on health CARE not health INSURANCE.

Dean Edward Wing moderates the discussion.

by Paul Ridker, MD. Presented by the Epidemiology Seminar Series.

Dr. Ridker is a medical researcher and the Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine at Harvard University. He is also on staff at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Ridker was included in TIME magazine's list of 100 most influential people of 2004. Previously, TIME and CNN named Dr. Ridker as one of "America's Best in Science and Medicine."

Congratulations! You received a post-doc or faculty offer! Now what? With whom do you negotiate? What are the benefits that are included in the package? What benefits are negotiable? What about resources and equipment necessary to do your research? How do you compare multiple offers? What is the timeline for negotiating an offer? Confused? Our faculty panel has some answers! Join us in the Career Development Center library to get answers to these questions, and more. Registration requested by not required. http://training.brown.edu/index.php?eventID=4010

Speaker: Michael Lepore, PhD
Title of presentation entitled: The Planetree Model of Culture Change: Themes from Resident Focus Groups

Dr. Monroe will offer a workshop to help:
*Learn to deal with differences in approaches to problem solving
*Learn skills to overcome misunderstandings and reach a place of understanding and mutual respect
*Learn how to overcome egos (both yours and others)

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Everything you ever wanted to know (or maybe didn't want to know) about taxes. This workshop presents the basics related to tax filing requirements (e.g., types of tax forms, when to file, how to treat scholarships/loans on a return) Education-related tax benefits are also discussed.

Tom Roberts, Professor, EEB

The Celebrated jumping frogs of Calaveras County

The Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology & Biotechnology, Tenure Seminar by Wolfgang Peti, Manning Assistant Professor of Medical Science and Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Hosted by Wayne Bowen

The Brown University/Women and Infants Hospital Center of Excellence in Women's Health and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University's Office of Women in Medicine will co-sponsor: "Celebrating Women's Health and Leadership". This program and networking event will celebrate and recognize the accomplishments of women medical faculty.

Sarah Corman, Graduate Student, EEB

Salt marsh mosquito ditches: Sedimentation rate, Nekton community, and implications for restoration

Location:
Time: 12:00
Date: Last Friday of each month

Brown has relevance to the National debate on health care reform. We want to re-focus the discussion on health CARE not health INSURANCE.

Join Dean Edward Wing and Congressman Patrick Kennedy for a robust discussion on the "Politics of Health Care Reform"

"Current HIV and Hepatitis C Treatment Options" includes presentation by Dr. Karen Tashima, Professor of Medicine, Alpert Medical School. For more information and to register: www.paaca.org. The Brown University AIDS Program, the educational program of the Brown AIDS Center, is a sponsor.

Ariel Camp, Graduate Student, EEB

Playing with your food: Prey-processing mechanics in telost fish

Speaker: Susan Allen
Title: The experiences of female reservists deployed to Afghanistan/Iraq.

Office of Women in Medicine sponsored networking event for women faculty and housestaff. By invitation.

This workshop is for junior faculty and postdocs in all fields of science, engineering and mathematics. Successful CAREER proposals are expected to demonstrate creative and effective integration of research and education plans. In this workshop, we will:

-Discuss strategies for writing a successful education plan for your CAREER proposal

-Hear from panelists about successful CAREER proposals and the review process

-Learn about resources for effective integration of teaching and research

Registration link: http://training.brown.edu/index.php?eventID=3998

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Time: 12:00
Date: Last Friday of each month

A panel of presenters will cover important issues in preparation, review and revision of publications including manuscript text and figure preparation, authorship criteria, journal selection/ impact factor, cover letters, peer review and responding to critiques. 
This overview is intended for early career individuals in biology and public health.

-Learn how to use your PhD in Biology or other science PhD outside of academia

-Learn how other Brown PhDs have gone on to successful leadership positions in diverse career paths

-What to consider before entering into the non‐academic arena

-Key questions to ask yourself

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Time: 12:00
Date: Last Friday of each month

This lecture, a key event for Alpert Medical students and faculty, aims to bring together members of the Medical School community for conversation and reflection around a central issue concerning ethics and humanism in medicine.

Keynote speaker: Arthur Kleinman, MD, Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University; and Professor of Medical Anthropology and Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. Author of: "What Really Matters: Living a Moral Life Amidst Uncertainty and Danger". A book signing and reception will follow.

Difu Wu and Terence Tai-Weng Sio (Brown Medical Students) will give a lecture entitled "Age Influences on Treatment Choices and Perceived Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients"

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Time: 12:00
Date: Last Friday of each month