Causal Inference & Intervention Design FMT Diet — Hands-on

Learn how to move beyond correlation and design microbiome studies that target causal questions. You will work with causal diagrams, understand confounding and bias, apply propensity based frameworks, and translate findings into interpretable effect estimates for FMT, diet, probiotic and other microbiome focused interventions.

Causal Inference and Intervention Design FMT Diet

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Session Index

Session 1 — Causal Inference Concepts in Microbiome Studies Session 2 — Confounding Control & Effect Estimation Frameworks Session 3 — FMT, Diet and Probiotic Intervention Design Session 4 — Mini Capstone: Microbiome Intervention Analysis

Session 1

Fee: Rs 8800

Causal Inference Concepts in Microbiome Studies

From association to causation in microbiome research

correlation vs causal effect counterfactual thinking estimands and effect measures

Causal diagrams and bias structures in microbiome studies

directed acyclic graphs ideas confounders, mediators and colliders backdoor paths and adjustment sets

Study design options for causal microbiome questions

randomized trials and cross over ideas observational cohorts and registries natural experiments and opportunistic designs

Session 2

Fee: Rs 11800

Confounding Control & Effect Estimation Frameworks

Confounding and selection bias in microbiome interventions

baseline imbalance and risk factors loss to follow up thinking measurement and misclassification issues

Adjustment strategies and propensity style frameworks

regression adjustment and stratification ideas propensity scores, matching and weighting concepts balance diagnostics mindset

Effect estimation and sensitivity thinking

average treatment effect style summaries subgroup and heterogeneous effects sensitivity to unmeasured confounding

Session 3

Fee: Rs 14800

FMT, Diet and Probiotic Intervention Design

Designing FMT and microbiome directed trials conceptually

donor and recipient selection logic randomization, blinding and controls safety, ethics and follow up windows

Dietary and probiotic intervention frameworks

exposure definition and adherence tracking time varying exposures and co interventions choice of primary and secondary outcomes

Linking causal estimands to microbiome readouts

alpha and beta diversity as responses taxa, pathways and summary scores responder and non responder patterns

Session 4

Fee: Rs 18800

Mini Capstone: Microbiome Intervention Analysis

End to end analysis of an example microbiome intervention

Theory plus guided practical

Summarizing causal effects and uncertainties for decision makers

effect size tables and plots subgroup and sensitivity summaries transparent reporting of assumptions

Deliverables: analysis notebook, effect summaries & methods block

tidy analysis tables figures for reports and slides reusable causal analysis methods text

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Causal Inference & Intervention Design Training | FMT, Diet & Microbiome Trials

Causal Inference & Intervention Design FMT Diet — Hands-on