My methodologic work focuses on improving the use and transparency of methods for estimating causal effects in epidemiology. I teach core epidemiologic methods curriculum on these themes. I conduct methodologic and applied research that includes working with collaborators on many different questions in public health, especially in settings when randomized trials are not feasible. Much of my recent applied research has focused on suicide prevention.
Teaching
EPIDEM 2192 Causal Inference in Epidemiologic Research
Selected Publications
- Swanson SA, Hernán MA. Commentary: how to report instrumental variable analyses (suggestions welcome). Epidemiology. 2013;24(3):370-4.
- Jackson JW, Swanson SA. Toward a clearer portrayal of confounding bias in instrumental variable applications. Epidemiology. 2015;26(4):498-504.
- Labrecque JA, Swanson SA. Target trial emulation: teaching epidemiology and beyond. European Journal of Epidemiology. 2017;32:473-5.
- Swanson SA, Hernán MA, Miller M, Robins JM, Richardson TS. Partial identification of the average treatment effect using instrumental variables: review of methods for binary instruments, treatments, and outcomes. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 2018;113(522):933-47.
- Diemer EW, Labrecque J, Tiemeier H, Swanson SA. Application of the instrumental inequalities to a Mendelian randomization study with multiple proposed instruments. Epidemiology. 2020;31(1):65-74.
- Studdert DM, Zhang Y, Swanson SA, Prince L, Rodden JA, Holsinger EE, Spittal MJ, Wintemute GJ, Miller M. Handgun ownership and suicide in California. New England Journal of Medicine. 2020;382(23):2220-9.
- Swanson SA. The lived experiences of epidemiologists in 2020. Epidemiology. 2021;32(1):131.
- Swanson SA, Studdert DM, Zhang Y, Prince L, Miller M. Handgun divestment and risk of suicide. Epidemiology. 2023;34(1):99-106.
- Rojas-Saunero LP, Young JG, Didelez V, Ikram MA, Swanson SA. Considering questions before methods in dementia research with competing events and causal goals. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2023;192(8):1415-23.
- Swanson SA. The causal effects of causal inference pedagogy. Epidemiology. 2023;34(5):611-3.
