Talks

2024

The MRC IEU 🚀 R-Universe of Mendelian randomization related R packages

Jan 26, 2024 Goldney House, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Tom Palmer
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2023

Using Git, GitHub Desktop, and GitHub for novice and experienced users

Dec 1, 2023 MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Tom Palmer, Yi Liu
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Using allele scores to identify confounding by reverse causation: Studies of alcohol consumption as an exemplar

May 22, 2023 MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Tom Palmer, Hannah Sallis, Kate Tilling, George Davey Smith, Marcus Munafò
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2022

A review of group-based methods for teaching statistics in higher education

Jun 29, 2022 Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference, University College London, London
Tom Palmer, Elinor Jones
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Investigating and fixing a new CRAN check error in my OneSampleMR package

May 20, 2022 MRC IEU Programme 3 meeting, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School
Tom Palmer
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R and Stata packages for one-sample Mendelian randomization analyses: OneSampleMR and ivonesamplemr

Jan 20, 2022 Statistics Discussion Group, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School
Tom Palmer
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2021

Parameter collapsibility and noncollapsibility in statistical models: what you need to know

Jan 18, 2021 Statistics Discussion Group, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School
Tom Palmer
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2019

bpbounds: R package and web app

Jul 17, 2019 Mendelian Randomization Conference, Bristol
Tom Palmer, Roland Ramsahai, Vanessa Didelez, Nuala Sheehan
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2018

Directed acyclic graphs: what are they and what are they useful for?

Dec 4, 2018 Keele University, Keele
Tom Palmer
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2017

mrrobust: A Stata package for MR-Egger regression type analyses

Sep 8, 2017 Stata Users Group Meeting, Cass Business School, London
Tom Palmer, Wes Spiller, Neil Davies
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mrrobust: A Stata package implementing MR-Egger regression type analyses

Jul 12, 2017 Mendelian randomization in the age of large scale accessible genomics data, Mendelian randomization Conference, University of Bristol
Tom Palmer, Wes Spiller, Neil Davies
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Corrected standard errors for two-stage residual inclusion estimators and a Stata package for MR-Egger regression type analyses

Apr 20, 2017 Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS, Bremen, Germany
Tom Palmer
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Some topics from Mendelian randomization

Mar 7, 2017 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool
Tom Palmer
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2016

Meta-analytic structural equation modelling: Application to Mendelian randomization studies

Apr 14, 2016 UK Causal Inference Meeting, University of Manchester, Manchester
Tom Palmer, Dave Evans, George Davey Smith
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2015

Fitting fixed and random effects meta-analysis models using structural equation models

Aug 27, 2015 36th Annual Conference of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics, Utrecht, Netherlands
Tom Palmer
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Corrections to Probit and logistic control function estimator standard errors for marginal parameters

Jun 22, 2015 Mendelian randomization: From population health to pharmaceutical development, Mendelian randomization conference, University of Bristol
Tom Palmer
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2014

Lack of identification in structural mean models and multiple paired comparisons for investigating pleiotropy

Sep 9, 2014 MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol
Tom Palmer
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Generalised method of moments estimation of mediation models and structural mean models

Mar 12, 2014 Biometrischen Kolloquium, Bremen, Germany
Tom Palmer
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2013

Topics in instrumental variable estimation: structural mean models and bounds

Nov 7, 2013 Royal Statistical Society West Midlands Local Group, University of Birmingham, Birmingham
Tom Palmer
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Strengthening Mendelian randomization through utilizing multiple independent paired combinations of genetic variants to evaluate potential pleiotropy

Aug 26, 2013 Annual Conference of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics, Munich, Germany
Tom Palmer, Dave Evans, George Davey Smith
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Topics in instrumental variable estimation: structural mean models and bounds

May 30, 2013 Centre for Research in Statistical Methodology (CRiSM), Department of Statistics, University of Warwick
Tom Palmer
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Generalised method of moments estimation of mediation models and structural mean models

May 15, 2013 UK Causal Inference Meeting, University of Manchester, Manchester
Tom Palmer
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2012

Topics in instrumental variable estimation: structural mean models and bounds

Feb 1, 2012 Department of Medical Statistics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
Tom Palmer
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2011

Generalised method of moments estimation of structural mean models

Sep 15, 2011 Stata Users Group Meeting, Cass Business School, London
Tom Palmer, Roger Harbord, Paul Clarke, Frank Windmeijer
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Estimation using structural mean models with multiple instruments

Sep 14, 2011 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Tom Palmer, Paul Clarke, Frank Windmeijer
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Generalised method of moments estimation of structural mean models

Aug 23, 2011 Annual Conference of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics, Ottawa, Canada
Tom Palmer, Paul Clarke, Frank Windmeijer
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Estimation of structural mean models with multiple instruments

May 26, 2011 Recent Developments in Mendelian Randomization, Royal Statistical Society, London
Tom Palmer, Paul Clarke, Frank Windmeijer
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Mendelian randomization: using genotypes as instrumental variables in epidemiological studies

Feb 10, 2011 Royal Statistical Society Avon Local Group, University of Bristol, Bristol
Tom Palmer
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2010

Using multiple independent combinations of genetic variants to strengthen causal inference in Mendelian randomization studies: height and lung function as an example

Sep 15, 2010 Annual Conference of the Royal Statistical Society, Brighton
Tom Palmer, Dave Evans, George Davey Smith
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Instrumental variable estimation of the causal risk ratio in cohorts

Aug 30, 2010 Annual Conference of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics, Montpellier, France
Tom Palmer, Roger Harbord, Vanessa Didelez, Nuala Sheehan, Debbie Lawlor, Jonathan Sterne
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2009

Including multiple instrumental variables in Mendelian randomization analyses

Nov 14, 2009 Department of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Tom Palmer
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Contour enhanced funnel plots for meta-analysis

Sep 11, 2009 15th Stata Users Group Meeting, Cass Business School, London
Tom Palmer, Jaime Peters, Alex Sutton, Santiago Moreno
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Including multiple instrumental variables in Mendelian randomization analyses

Aug 26, 2009 Annual Conference of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics, Prague, Czech Republic
Tom Palmer, Debbie Lawlor, Jonathan Sterne
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2007

Performing Bayesian analysis in Stata using WinBUGS

Sep 10, 2007 13th UK Stata Users Group Meeting
Tom Palmer, John Thompson, Santiago Moreno
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An adjusted instrumental-variable model for Mendelian randomization

Sep 8, 2007 International Genetic Epidemiology Society Scientific Meeting, York
Tom Palmer, Paul Burton, John Thompson, Martin Tobin
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Meta-analysis of Mendelian randomization studies

Aug 1, 2007 Annual Conference of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Tom Palmer, John Thompson, Martin Tobin
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Meta-analysis of Mendelian randomization studies

Apr 12, 2007 RSS Young Statisticians Meeting, University of the West of England, Bristol
Tom Palmer, John Thompson, Martin Tobin
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2006

Incorporating measures of study similarity in a meta-analysis

Aug 30, 2006 Annual Conference of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics, Geneva, Switzerland
Tom Palmer, John Thompson, Martin Tobin
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