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Penn-CHOP ECHO: Applying causal inference methods to address pressing questions in environmental children’s health
April 10, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
Penn-CHOP ECHO: Applying causal inference methods to address pressing questions in environmental children’s health
Key Takeaways:
- Exposures during early life can set the stage for lifelong health outcomes and well-being.
- A variety of environmental factors—including macro-physical environmental factors (e.g., greenspace, pollution, water quality), macro-social environmental factors (e.g., discrimination, income, education), and micro-environmental factors (e.g., diet, physical activity, sleep)—can interact to influence maternal and child health outcomes.
- Causal inference methodologies can empower researchers to tackle solution-oriented questions about the influence of both macro- and micro-environmental factors on health outcomes.
- Causal inference methodologies have the potential to help ECHO researchers uncover actionable insights, guiding interventions that can improve maternal and child health outcomes.
Dr. Sunni Mumford, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology and Ob/Gyn Deputy Director of the Division of Epidemiology
Co-Director of the Women’s Health Clinical Research Center at the University of Pennsylvania
Speaker Bio:
Sunni Mumford, PhD is a Professor of Epidemiology and Ob/Gyn, Deputy Director of the Division of Epidemiology, and Co-Director of the Women’s Health Clinical Research Center at the University of Pennsylvania. She received a BS in Statistics from the University of Utah, a SM in Biostatistics from Harvard University, and a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Link to Presentation Slides (Duke-affiliated access only)