Professor of Biostatistics. University of Melbourne & Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Research in causal inference and missing data methods + child, lifecourse and social epidemiologyhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaritamb.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaritamb.bsky.social/post/3mhtmqqptfs22Thrilled to taken on this role! 😊 I look forward to carrying on ViCBiostat’s key aim of fostering methodological research programs that are (1) embedded in, and thus underpinning the quality of, health research, and (2) central in developing expertise and biostats leadership [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Mar 2026 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:pb3ldbjp3d54dbu7zxpv4aj2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhtmqqptfs22https://bsky.app/profile/margaritamb.bsky.social/post/3mbq5sbgmf22fStart the year well by registering for the ViCBiostat Summer School 😊 👉 https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1508377?embed [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jan 2026 04:52 +0000at://did:plc:pb3ldbjp3d54dbu7zxpv4aj2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbq5sbgmf22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaritamb.bsky.social/post/3ma5cmlxkts22ViCBiostat Summer School: Register now below so you don’t miss out on e.g. Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen’s causal inference course covering a range of topics in “quasi-experimental” approaches: difference-in-differences, instrumental variables, synthetic controls etc. #EpiSky #CausalSky [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Dec 2025 23:32 +0000at://did:plc:pb3ldbjp3d54dbu7zxpv4aj2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma5cmlxkts22https://bsky.app/profile/margaritamb.bsky.social/post/3m75dytls2c2wRegistrations now open for the ViCBiostat Summer School - Feb 13-20, 2026 (Melbourne/online)! Features courses by local & international experts in causal inference, estimands, meta-analysis and cluster RCTs Info: www.vicbiostat.org.au/short-courses Register: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1508377 [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Dec 2025 06:32 +0000at://did:plc:pb3ldbjp3d54dbu7zxpv4aj2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m75dytls2c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/margaritamb.bsky.social/post/3m23ynugcqk2mA few weeks ago I went to Canberra to receive the Moran Medal at the lovely Shine Dome of the Australian Academy of Science (@science.org.au). It was a huge honour, and wonderful to hear talks from all corners of science and to learn about the Academy's great work supporting science - pics below! [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2025 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:pb3ldbjp3d54dbu7zxpv4aj2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m23ynugcqk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaritamb.bsky.social/post/3lzmw5o6ef22kNEW PAPER!!! "Causal Machine Learning Methods and Use of Cross‐Fitting in Settings With High‐Dimensional Confounding" led by Susie Ellul, with Stijn Vansteelandt & John Carlin Published in Stats in Med Check it out 👇 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sim.70272 #EpiSky #CausalSky25 Sep 2025 02:35 +0000at://did:plc:pb3ldbjp3d54dbu7zxpv4aj2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzmw5o6ef22khttps://bsky.app/profile/margaritamb.bsky.social/post/3lygug22mjk2sNEW PAPER! (in press in EPIDEMIOLOGY) Have you wondered: - How to specify a target trial: as an ideal trial or something else? - What biases do target trial emulations and actual RCTs share? - How does it all relate to potential outcomes? Read here! 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2405.10026 #EpiSky #CausalSky https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.1002609 Sep 2025 23:23 +0000at://did:plc:pb3ldbjp3d54dbu7zxpv4aj2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lygug22mjk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/margaritamb.bsky.social/post/3ltl6lxvo2k2o1/ NEW R PACKAGE! For estimating the impact of potential interventions on multiple mediators in countering exposure effects (led by @cttc101.bsky.social) - Paper👉 tinyurl.com/ye26jsps - Package👉 tinyurl.com/yuh4kens Thread shows published examples of how the method can be used! #EpiSky #CausalSky https://tinyurl.com/ye26jsps10 Jul 2025 01:30 +0000at://did:plc:pb3ldbjp3d54dbu7zxpv4aj2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltl6lxvo2k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/margaritamb.bsky.social/post/3lsx4czbyvk2vNOW PUBLISHED! Featured article + 6 Commentaries + Rejoinder: “On the Uses and Abuses of Regression Models: A Call for Reform of Statistical Practice and Teaching” with my colleague John Carlin tinyurl.com/2z2tmkhh @cebu-melbourne.bsky.social @vicbiostat.bsky.social #EpiSky #CausalSky #StatsSky https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sim.7006502 Jul 2025 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:pb3ldbjp3d54dbu7zxpv4aj2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsx4czbyvk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaritamb.bsky.social/post/3lnhlyzxch22dRecording of my talk @causalab.bsky.social on using m-DAGs to guide the treatment of missing data now available 👇 #EpiSky #CausalSky [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2025 06:48 +0000at://did:plc:pb3ldbjp3d54dbu7zxpv4aj2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnhlyzxch22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaritamb.bsky.social/post/3lmv5ysg7r22kLooking forward to speaking at the CAUSALab methods seminar series next week! 👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2025 22:50 +0000at://did:plc:pb3ldbjp3d54dbu7zxpv4aj2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmv5ysg7r22khttps://bsky.app/profile/margaritamb.bsky.social/post/3lmbpa3z3g224Over the moon to have received the Moran Medal from the Australian Academy of Science!🥳 Amazing recognition, hopefully highlighting the key role of biostats & causal inference in high-quality research vimeo.com/1065735362 tinyurl.com/2m3dx2ms @cebu-melbourne.bsky.social @vicbiostat.bsky.social https://vimeo.com/106573536208 Apr 2025 05:05 +0000at://did:plc:pb3ldbjp3d54dbu7zxpv4aj2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmbpa3z3g224https://bsky.app/profile/margaritamb.bsky.social/post/3lld3l5lsac2gLooking forward to giving this talk! 👇😊 [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Mar 2025 00:53 +0000at://did:plc:pb3ldbjp3d54dbu7zxpv4aj2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lld3l5lsac2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/margaritamb.bsky.social/post/3livqpjzii22oThrilled to have received this funding for my causal inference research program - with my amazing team we shall continue to advance methods and provide expertise in this key area for another 5 years!!! 🥳☺️ #CausalSky #EpiSky [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Feb 2025 06:44 +0000at://did:plc:pb3ldbjp3d54dbu7zxpv4aj2/app.bsky.feed.post/3livqpjzii22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/margaritamb.bsky.social/post/3lhzcvntizc27Really happy with how this went! Our first missing data workshop completely grounded on the use of missingness DAGs (m-DAGs) to specify missingness assumptions 😀 #EpiSky #CausalSky [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Feb 2025 23:22 +0000at://did:plc:pb3ldbjp3d54dbu7zxpv4aj2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhzcvntizc27https://bsky.app/profile/margaritamb.bsky.social/post/3lgrfdz7v722fNOW PUBLISHED! Correction to: “Canonical causal diagrams to guide the treatment of missing data in epidemiologic studies" https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwae406 Grateful to have had the opportunity to correct our paper translating missingness DAGs (m-DAGs) into epidemiological practice #CausalSky #EpiSky28 Jan 2025 02:19 +0000at://did:plc:pb3ldbjp3d54dbu7zxpv4aj2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgrfdz7v722fhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaritamb.bsky.social/post/3lgclykcgfc24WORKSHOPS! On causal inference, missing data and SMARTs, part of the ViCBiostat Summer School (10-14 Feb, hybrid). For more details & registration visit: www.vicbiostat.org.au/short-courses #CausalSky #EpiSky22 Jan 2025 05:08 +0000at://did:plc:pb3ldbjp3d54dbu7zxpv4aj2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgclykcgfc24https://bsky.app/profile/margaritamb.bsky.social/post/3lftmp4ew4s2fRecording of the great #WCE2024 DAG debate now available!👇 I feel compelled to say: 1. I was assigned my side - everyone knows I love DAGs, especially missingness DAGs! 2. But also, debate was NOT “are u for/against DAGs” even if Peter made it seem so - he’s a great debater! #CausalSky #EpiSky [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jan 2025 06:11 +0000at://did:plc:pb3ldbjp3d54dbu7zxpv4aj2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lftmp4ew4s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaritamb.bsky.social/post/3lchfe26rbc2tNEW PAPER! "Causal inference in multi-cohort studies using the target trial framework to identify and minimize sources of bias" led by Marnie Downes Check it out 👇 https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aje/kwae405/7831898?login=true #EpiSky #CausalSky04 Dec 2024 05:12 +0000at://did:plc:pb3ldbjp3d54dbu7zxpv4aj2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lchfe26rbc2t