Dan Malinsky

Do you know any papers that make the case for this well? Bc I think it is an ill-advised idea in general

Mohan and Pearl (and Tian) give results for various special cases of m-DAG models, but this work outlines (part of) a general identification theory more broadly applicable. Also I would say there are some philosophical differences

Causal and Counterfactual Views of Missing Data Models It is often said that the fundamental problem of causal inference is a missing data problem -- the comparison of responses to two hypothetical treatment assignments is made difficult because for every...

Agree! I think the view is expressed nicely here: arxiv.org/abs/2210.05558

This paper I contributed to may be of interest to both public health folks and philosophers of science — we outline a view of how to understand and operationalize “intrinsic health” as distinct from “no disease”

(ffo of words like “emergence” and “operationalize”)

Zohran's victory is a glimmer of light in a very dark time <3

ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.

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Now is the time for scientists to stand up against Trump’s repressive agenda | Daniel Malinsky The administration is attacking research, health and the environment. We might seem unlikely activists – but we have a duty to dissent

A powerful piece by Daniel Malinsky on why scientists must resist Trump’s authoritarian agenda:

“In these times … scientists have a duty to dissent.”

We completely agree. Ready to act? Join the #SummerFightForScience now (1/2)➡️

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Graphical Models for Inference Under Outcome-Dependent Sampling We consider situations where data have been collected such that the sampling depends on the outcome of interest and possibly further covariates, as for instance in case-control studies. Graphical models represent assumptions about the conditional independencies among the variables. By including a node for the sampling indicator, assumptions about sampling processes can be made explicit. We demonstrate how to read off such graphs whether consistent estimation of the association between exposure and outcome is possible. Moreover, we give sufficient graphical conditions for testing and estimating the causal effect of exposure on outcome. The practical use is illustrated with a number of examples.

This article by Didelez et al talks about (non)-collapsibility of OR and outcome dependent sampling in an illuminating way, imo: projecteuclid.org/journals/sta...

Now is the time for scientists to stand up against Trump’s repressive agenda | Daniel Malinsky The administration is attacking research, health and the environment. We might seem unlikely activists – but we have a duty to dissent

I wrote something to say that scientists cannot afford to be 'apolitical'

Scientists actually have the skills and the duty to join in the fight against authoritarianism

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My NIH-funded friends: please take 1min to post a public comment opposing this awful policy change that would expedite political interference in federal science funding

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Good thing you were convinced by your judicious advisor to make this paper about fraud in “science” and not fraud in metaphysics so as not to enrage the wrong epistemic community 👀

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Tag yourself!

I'm the "NA" in the NIEHS budget line

OpenAI's "most powerful system" makes shit up more than half of the time. For its "o4-mini" model, the rate is ***79 percent***

Ezra Susser, CC ’74, Public Health ’82, Public Health ’92, professor of epidemiology and psychiatry at the Mailman School of Public Health, said that hearing that two of his grants were cancelled was “soul-crushing.” He said the cuts are affecting a “whole legacy of work.” Susser’s grants were for his research on the genomics of schizophrenia in South Africa and for a psychiatric epidemiology training program. “We had two more years, really, to finish it,” Susser said about his study on schizophrenia. “And we’ve been working on it for 10 years or 12 years, officially, but for at least 15 years, and all that could be lost.”

Decades of research that American taxpayers have invested in is being imperiled at universities like mine. Our paper wrote about some of the projects affected www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/04...

To Columbia’s trustees: Protect the future of higher education Even before coming to power this year, President Donald Trump’s administration made its plans for targeting American higher education abundantly clear. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FR65Ci...

Columbia faculty (700+ signatures!) urges our Trustees to do 6 things:
1. Stand up for higher ed
2. Fight back against federal attacks (sue!)
3. Protect our students
4. Preserve academic freedom & fac governance
5. Affirm tenants of DEI
6. Protect research & provide backup funding
shorturl.at/6OLTJ

To Columbia’s trustees: Protect the future of higher education Even before coming to power this year, President Donald Trump’s administration made its plans for targeting American higher education abundantly clear. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FR65Ci...

Columbia faculty (700+ signatures!) urges our Trustees to do 6 things:
1. Stand up for higher ed
2. Fight back against federal attacks (sue!)
3. Protect our students
4. Preserve academic freedom & fac governance
5. Affirm tenants of DEI
6. Protect research & provide backup funding
shorturl.at/6OLTJ

Flyer that reads: CUIMC Stands Up and Speaks OUT! Come join the CUIMC Community of Scholars, Students, Healers, the Care-Givers and the Cared-For to Say HANDS OFF! Our students, our science, our patients, our classrooms, OUR COMMUNITY! April 22nd @ 12:30pm Haven Ave Plaza

Join us TODAY at 12:30pm Haven Ave Plaza (at the medical center)! CUIMC Stands Up and Speaks OUT! We rally to say HANDS OFF our students, science, patients, classrooms, and community!

Spoke to an excellent intl student who was accepted to PhD programs in the US and is choosing to instead attend a program abroad due to fear and uncertainty re: the visa cancellations...

Such a loss for the US :(

Trustees: listen to the faculty! Fight back!

MONDAY in NYC:

Stand with Columbia faculty, researchers, physicians, & nurses calling on the the Columbia Board of Trustees to resist Trump’s assault students, patients, lifesaving research, & teaching.

@aaupcu.bsky.social
@psc-cuny.org
@csmapnyu.org

Every single university president should be asked, in public, why they are not speaking out this way to support all the students currently detained without due process, and all those terrified that they will be next, on every campus in this country. Yes, including Columbia's acting president.

It was great to have @danielmalinsky.bsky.social give an excellent lecture on casual graph discovery in my network science class today!

I am I'm this picture and I don't like it

Over 200 CUIMC medical, public health, and nursing researchers, clinical, support staff, and students took a stand in Haven Plaza Thursday March 27th. Standing up to Protect our Research, Protect our Students, Defend Science, Academic freedom and voicing the need for Columbia to Fight Back!!!

RIGHT NOW:

Columbia Irving Medical Center researchers are speaking out on how the Trump admin cuts to research funding will cause harm to millions of families in the US and worldwide.

Columbia Concedes to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped The administration has moved to cut $400 million in federal funding to the university without changes to its policies and rules.

Columbia University has failed to defend academic freedom & freedom of speech & allowed a great institution to be bullied & extorted into submission by an administration hellbent on contorting higher education to their will.

The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back.

An important statement by 2000+ Jewish colleagues:

Professor Michael Thaddeus, Columbia University AAUP speaking in front of crowd at press conference to free Mahmoud Khalil.

Professor Sonya Posmentier, New York University, Sanctuary Campus Network speaking in front of crowd with “Jews say no to deportations” signs at press conference to free Mahmoud Khalil

Professor Emerita Marianne Hirsch, Columbia University, daughter of Holocaust survivors speaking in front of crowd at press conference to free Mahmoud Khalil

This evening, Columbia/Barnard faculty, Jewish leaders, immigrant advocates, and rabbis came together to demand the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil.

We will not be silent about this outrageous assault on free speech.

We will not be silent in the face of an authoritarian takeover. #FreeMahmoud