Skip to main content

Addressing Spatial Confounding and Interference in Environmental Health (Virtual)

CAFE RCC (Research Coordinating Center for Health and Extreme Weather based at Boston University School of Public Health and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)

When

10 – 11 a.m., Feb. 25, 2026

Where

This seminar from CAFE’s Data Management team will discuss two methodological challenges in environmental epidemiology: spatial confounding and interference. If left unaddressed, spatial confounding and interference can bias effect estimates and lead to invalid confidence intervals. Drawing on recent work, the session will introduce easy-to-implement models for addressing these challenges and present a case study demonstrating their application in practice.