Topic

Causal Inference Using Administrative Health Data

If you want to prepare for Dr. Platts talk in causal inference, take time to listen to the interview he did with Dr. McGavock on the Emerging Scholar podcast earlier today his year: https://umfm.com/series/the-emerging-scholar-podcast/episode-nine-dr-platt-part-one

Speaker

Dr. Robert Platt, PhD

Dr. Robert W. Platt is a distinguished professor at McGill University, holding appointments in the Departments of Pediatrics and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health. He occupies the Albert Boehringer I Chair in Pharmacoepidemiology and serves as a senior investigator at both the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre and the Lady Davis Institute of the Jewish General Hospital. (McGill University, epiresearch.org)

Dr. Platt’s research focuses on developing statistical methods for pharmacoepidemiology and perinatal epidemiology, with particular emphasis on causal inference in observational studies and the use of administrative health data. He is the Executive Co-Lead and leader of the Methods team for the Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES), a national network providing evidence on drug safety and effectiveness. (robert-platt.research.mcgill.ca, McGill University)

He has published over 400 articles, one book, and several book chapters on biostatistics and epidemiology. Dr. Platt serves as editor-in-chief of Statistics in Medicine and is on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Epidemiology and Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. (Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, McGill University)

Dr. Platt earned his BSc in Mathematics from McGill University, an MSc in Statistics from the University of Manitoba, and both an MSc and PhD in Biostatistics from the University of Washington. (safeandeffectiverx.com)

His contributions to the field have been recognized with numerous awards, including the Prix d’Excellence from the Fonds de la recherche sur les maladies infantiles (2005), a Chercheur-National award from the Fonds de Recherche en Santé du Québec (2012–2016), and designation as a Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher in 2016. (McGill University)

For more information, visit his McGill profile: https://www.mcgill.ca/epi-biostat-occh/robert-william-platt.(McGill University)

Details

Tuesday, June 10th, 2025 from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM in JBRC 500.