Causal analyses to identify risk factors for dementia

 
   Lead Investigator:    Marie-Abele Bind
   Institution      :    Harvard University
   E-Mail           :    ma.bind@mail.harvard.edu
   Proposal ID      :    1250



   Proposal Description:
   Critical statistical barriers in epidemiology limit the field?s progression.   There is a need to eliminate these barriers by incorporating statistical and      causal methods. We will apply a four-stage causal strategy (Bind and Rubin,       2017) to identify risk factors for dementia. Using non-randomized studies, we     are statistically equipped to determine causal relationships and rigorously       estimate the joint, independent, and interactive effects of multiple risk         factors on dementia.