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SUMMARY:Health as an asset: estimating the causal effects of health condit
 ions and health behaviours on social and economic outcomes using Mendelian
  randomization - Dr Laura Howe\, MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the 
 University of Bristol
DTSTART:20200915T100000Z
DTEND:20200915T110000Z
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CONTACT:Paul Browne
DESCRIPTION:A vast body of literature describes the social determinants of
  health\, identifying stark inequalities in many health conditions and hea
 lth related behaviours. But relationships between health and social factor
 s (such as socioeconomic position\, social contact\, and wellbeing) are po
 tentially bidirectional\; poor health may limit a person’s ability to ac
 hieve their full potential in education\, employment or in their social li
 fe. Studying the social and socioeconomic consequences of health is fraugh
 t with difficulties due to the strong potential for confounding and revers
 e causation. In this talk\, I will describe the use of Mendelian randomiza
 tion to enhance causal inference in this topic\, describing findings from 
 UK Biobank and ALSPAC.\n\nThis seminar will be broadcast live online\, ple
 ase register in advance for this meeting:\n\nhttps://mrc-epid.zoom.us/meet
 ing/register/tJckcu6vqTwoHdNAY3h7JqDyxMYglX6JTQuT
LOCATION:Online
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