SMARTbiomed

You've got about a month left until the registration deadline for our exciting summer school in June!

New postdoc position!

We are looking for a full-time researcher to join us for three years on location at University of Oxford.

Read all the details and apply here:
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Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025 The Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list identifies and celebrates individuals who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their fields of research. Through rigorous selection criteria and ...

@clarivate.com 's list of most influential researchers include SMARTbiomed's Naomi Wray, Peter Visscher and Preben Bo Mortensen!

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Spot anyone else you - or we - know? 🫣

SMARTbiomed now has a Causal Inference Consultation Service - to connect our other researchers with the experts in causal inference that can help them best if they need it:

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- Common complex diseases and polygenic causes is a central topic at SMARTbiomed.

Director Naomi Wray and SMARTbiomed scholar Jian Zeng has with Michael Ziller, Tian Lin and Valerie de Almeida taken stock of current knowledge and future directions of study:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

GitHub - light156/multi-ancestry-COJO: Multi-ancestry Conditional and Joint Analysis Multi-ancestry Conditional and Joint Analysis. Contribute to light156/multi-ancestry-COJO development by creating an account on GitHub.

❗The first tool to pass peer review ✅ on our github page is a Manc-COJO analysis tool developed by Wang, Wang & Wray: github.com/light156/mul...

We hope this is the first of many such tools we help provide and peer review. Read more and submit your own here: smartbiomed.github.io/software-rev...

Registration for our annual SMARTbiomed summer school is open!

🌍 Where? Sandbjerg Gods, Sønderborg, Denmark.
📅 When? June 22nd through June 26th.
⚠️ Registration deadline: April 12th.

Read more about the program, the courses, and register here:
smartbiomed.dk/news-and-events/2026-summer-school

Open PhD position in biostatistics and causal inference for group sequential clinical trials!

🌎 Location: University of Copenhagen.
🙂 Supervisors: Paul Blanche, Thomas Scheike and Henrik Ravn.
🗓️ Application deadline: January 22, 2026.
❓More info: employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=15...

Upcoming workshop: Bayesian Methods for Complex Trait Genomic Analysis - November 3 in Aarhus, Denmark.

🗣️ Instructors: Jian Zeng (Uni. of Queensland), Peter Sorensen (Aarhus Uni.), Palle Duun Rohde (Aalborg Uni.) and Bjarni Vilhjalmsson (Aarhus Uni.).

More info: smartbiomed.dk/news-and-eve...

This seminar is part of the International Seminar Series on Causal Inference, which is supported by The Danish Data Science Academy.

New upcoming seminar in Copenhagen Oct 15, 14:00 - 15:00:

Prof. David Stephens (McGill University) will present: "Semiparametric Bayesian inference for optimal dynamic treatment regimes via dynamic marginal structural models".

More info & abstract: smartbiomed.dk/news-and-eve...

All are welcome!

Associate Professor in statistical genetics or health data science at the Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed - Vacancy at Aarhus University Vacancy at Health Administrative Centre - Health HR, Aarhus University

We are looking for an Associate Professor in statistical genetics or health data science (fixed term 36 monts).

The position will be in our Aarhus hub at the National Centre for Register-Based Research at Aarhus Universitet.

Read more here: international.au.dk/about/profil...

This seminar is part of the International Seminar Series on Causal Inference, which is supported by The Danish Data Science Academy.

New upcoming seminar in Copenhagen on October 13 from 14:00 - 15:00:

Erica Moodie, Professor of Biostatistics at McGill University and Canada Research Chair, will give a presentation on "Assumptions in Causal Inference".

More info and abstract: smartbiomed.dk/news-and-eve...

All are welcome!

📸Are you a researcher in Denmark with a powerful photo that captures your science? For the eighth year in a row, the DNRF invites you to bring your research into focus through our annual photo competition. 👀Deadline Sept. 23, 2025. dg.dk/en/dnrf-phot...

New open position: SMARTbiomed Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Oxford. Three years working directly with SMARTbiomed director Naomi Wray on Stat Gen methods applied to common complex diseases.

More info:
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Upcoming seminar: Prof. Ruth Keogh from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine will present "Estimating the effects of longitudinal treatment strategies with grace periods on time-to-event outcomes: going beyond clone-censor-weight".

More info here: smartbiomed.dk/news-and-eve...

The Human Genome Project at 20 - interview with Ewan Birney YouTube video by European Bioinformatics Institute - EMBL-EBI

The first draft of the human genome turns 25 today! 🎂

On 26 June 2000, the UK & US announced the first full map of the 3 billion DNA base pairs that make us human.

🌍 A milestone for humanity, powered by global collaboration.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnWA...

#HumanGenome #ScienceHistory 🖥️🧬

Workshop Causal Prediction for Medical Decision Making Methods and Practice 1-4 September 2025 from 10:00 - 16:00 University of Copenhagen CSS 35.3.20 Teachers: Ruth Keogh Nan van Geloven Thomas Gerds Michael Sachs Erin Gabriel https://smartbiomed.dk/news-and-events/workshop-causal-prediction

Can ML and other data-driven prediction tools help us make better medical decisions? 👩‍⚕️+ 🤖 = ?

Not without understanding causality! Dive into the methodological challenges and possibilities of causal prediction for medical decision making in this four-day workshop.

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And thanks to all that attended and the speakers for making this such an inspiring day! We can't wait to see what year 2 will bring!

Thanks to the generous foundations that made all of this possible, Lundbeckfonden (@lundbeckfonden.bsky.social‬), Novo Nordisk Foundation (@novo-nordisk.bsky.social‬), Villum Fonden (‪@villumfonden.bsky.social‬), Carlsbergfondet (@carlsbergfondet.dk‬) and Danmarks Grundforskningsfond (‪@dg.dk‬)

Snapshots from our launch symposium. 🥳🎉

We are overwhelmed by all the support and interest we got at our launch symposium yesterday. It was absolutely beautiful to see so many curious minds come together to hear about our research center and our vision for how to do methods development research!

📣 Join us for a thought-provoking conversation with P1 Director, Professor @serge.belongie.com, and Tech-Journalist, Marie Høst, exploring how we can build AI that benefits citizens, not just institutions or corporations.

🗓️ Today, 19 June, 17.00-19.00

👇 For more info:
kub.ku.dk/biblioteksby...

More information and registration here: events.au.dk/openingsmart...

Opening celebration!

💭 Reflections from (co-)directors Naomi Wray, Erin Gabriel and Bjarni Vilhjalmsson
💬 Science talks by Max taquet, Frederic Gachon, Mette Nyegaard, Henriette Svarre Nielsen, Martin Bøgsted, Tune Pers, Nidhi Gupta, Simon Rasmussen, Michael Sachs, and Peter Visscher
🥂 Reception

Fully funded PhD opportunity in statistical genetics at University of Oxford.

🧬 Topic: Develop and apply novel statistical and machine learning algorithms to address key challenges in human genomics, applying them to massive genomic datasets from across the globe.
www.stats.ox.ac.uk/research-stu...

Inspiring seminar today featuring Prof. Maria Glymour from Boston University, who talked about (causal) evidence triangulation with applications in dementia research.

This concluded the causal inference seminar series for this semester, but we will return in the fall -- follow us for updates!

Benjamin Fell and Pangioteta Kontari

A snapshot from day 1 of our two-day SMARTbiomed Akrivia Health led by Benjamin Fell and Pangioteta Kontari (+ others). Incredible opportunities for #bigdata research using UK psychiatry #EHR. We're looking forward to day 2 today!

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Multivariate Statistical Machine Learning and Integrative Genomics - Vacancy at Aarhus University Vacancy at Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Aarhus University

Do you want to explore how genetics, molecular data, and health records can be integrated to uncover the biology of complex traits and diseases? Join us as a Postdoc in Statistical Genetics!
📍 Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Aarhus Uni
📅 Start: Sep 1, 2025
tech.au.dk/en/about-the...

This exciting #causalinference seminar is coming up next week in #Copenhagen!

🍽️ We still have a few spots left for a #PhD student lunch with Prof. Glymour after the seminar. If you are a PhD student and want to sign up, look here for more info: publichealth.ku.dk/about-the-de...

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