David B. Allison, Ph.D. & Kevin R. Fontaine, Ph.D. UAB

School of Public NHLBI Short Course Health Registration Form

Short Course - Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research We would like to Office thank our sponsors Mon 7/20/2015 - Fri 7/24/2015 of for their support: Birmingham AL Energetics

The identification of causal relations is fundamental to both basic science and to a science of intervention and prevention. Obesity is a major problem for which much progress in understanding, treatment, and prevention remains to be made. Understanding which social and behavioral factors cause variations in adiposity and which other factors cause variations is vital to producing, evaluating, and selecting among intervention and prevention strategies as well as to understanding obesity’s root causes, requiring input from disciplines including statistics, economics, psychology, epidemiology, mathematics, philosophy, and in some cases behavioral or statistical genetics. The application of these techniques, however, does not involve routine well-known ‘cookbook’ approaches but requires understanding of underlying principles, so the investigator can tailor approaches to specific and varying situations. The nine course modules provide rigorous exposure to the principles underlying a broad array of techniques and exposure to applying those principles and techniques through real examples in obesity research.

Course Directors David B. Allison, Ph.D. & Kevin R. Fontaine, Ph.D. @ UAB

s Dominik Alexander PhD EpidStat Institute Susan Persky PhD NIH/NHGRI r Scarlett Bellamy ScD U Pennsylvania Donald Rubin PhD Harvard U e

k Sara N Bleich PhD John's Hopkins Bret Rutherford MD Columbia U

a Diane Catellier PhD RTI International William Shadish PhD U Ca, Merced e James Dai PhD Fred Hutchinson Diana Thomas PhD Montclair State p

S Brian Elbel PhD New York U David Todem PhD Michigan State Amanda Fairchild PhD U S Carolina Douglas Weed, MD, PhD DLW Consulting Christopher K. Haddock PhD HOPE Health RI David B Allison PhD UAB Andrew C Heath DPhil Washington Univ Andrew Brown PhD UAB Chanelle J. Howe PhD Brown U Emily Dhurandhar PhD UAB Luke Keele PhD Penn State Univ José R Fernández PhD UAB Jonathan Kimmelman PhD McGill Univ Kevin Fontaine PhD UAB Kelli Komro PhD U Florida W. Timothy Garvey MD UAB Tanja V. E. Kral PhD U Pennsylvania Emily Levitan ScD UAB Evan Mayo-Wilson DPhil Johns Hopkins Gregory Pavela PhD UAB Matt Mc Gue PhD U Minnesota Bisakha Pia Sen PhD UAB Michael Neale PhD VCU Hemant K Tiwari PhD UAB J Michael Oakes PhD U Minnesota

s  Introduction to Obesity OR to Basic Language, Terms, and Concepts in Statistics & Design

e  Conventional Observational Studies: Advantages, Limits, and Best Practices l

u  Randomized Controlled Experiments (Theory, Methods, Ethical issues, etc.)

d  Quasi Experiments (Design, Analysis, Real World scenarios, etc.)

o  Natural Experiments (Concepts, Packet Randomization, Practical issues, etc.)

M  Genetically Informed Designs – Measured AND Unmeasured Genotype Approaches  Mediating and Moderating Variables (Conceptual Models, Testing, etc.)

The University of Alabama at Birmingham 1700 University Boulevard, LHL 434 Birmingham AL 35294-0022 +01 205 975 9169 School of Public NHLBI Short Course Health Registration Form

Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research Short Course Registration Form July 20 – 24, 2014 Birmingham AL

To register, please complete the following registration from and send it to [email protected]

Attendance is limited. Please apply prior to Fri 2/27/2015. Accepted applicants will be notified no later than Fri 3/06/2015. Women, members of underrepresented minority groups and individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

In order to register, please return a completed registration form and your current CV in electronic format.

I am a trainee or young investigator who wishes to be considered for a travel scholarship. Additional details will be sent to you about being considered.

Registration fee (which does include lunch each day, but does not include travel or lodging) $650 - academic, government, and non-profit organizations $1,650 - for-profit organizations To be paid once you have been accepted into the short course. A separate email notifying you of your acceptance will arrive with payment instructions.

Need more information? Contact Richard Sarver at 205.975.9169 or [email protected].

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The University of Alabama at Birmingham 1700 University Boulevard, LHL 434 Birmingham AL 35294-0022 +01 205 975 9169