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Introduction / Background:

Large scale observational data are increasingly available for healthcare research, including from electronic health records and disease registries. Target trial emulation provides a framework for addressing causal questions using observational data, and the framework is increasingly used across a range of clinical areas to answer questions that would not be feasible in a randomized trial or to enhance evidence from randomized trials. This workshop will focus on early-stage targets trial study design and methodological issues through applications.

This event will bring together experts on Trial Trials, causal inference and on the use of real-world evidence, to inform clinical decision. It will include an overview of the Target Trials and the Target Trials in Mental Health Program, as well as other ongoing target trial applications and methodological advancements motivated by issues in Target Trial.

Aims / deliverables / outcomes of attending:

Promote the Target Trial framework, work in progress, and associated methodological / analytical methods and developments,
Discuss and debate hot topics, e.g., developing analysis plans for target trials, and causal machine learning within target trials,
Network with experts and peers interested in, and/or using, the Target Trial framework and other causal methods.

Population of Interest / Target audience:

The event is aimed at researchers, including statisticians, econometricians, epidemiologists and data scientists, as well as at clinicians and decision-makers interested in real-world evidence, causal inference, and trial emulation.  The event will focus on Target Trial emulation research at the University Sheffield, work-in-progress from other institutions, alongside debate and discussion to do with hot topics such as the development of analysis plans for target trials and use of causal machine learning. 

Further details: https://sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.uk/target-trials-in-mental-health/dissemination/workshop