CTML - Center for Targeted Machine Learning

Community-based prevention in Kenya & Uganda reduced new HIV infections by 70%. Great work by Maya Petersen & Laura Balzer (@BerkeleyCTML) on the study design and analysis! Read more in Science: 🔗 science.org/content/articl…

The next session of the CTML Seminar Series is on Wednesday, March 18th. CTML Postdoc Marie Charpignon will discuss "Emulation of the ACORN RCT Using Observational Data from a Large Integrated Health System in California." 12:00PM-1:00PM Berkeley Way West, 5th Floor, Room 5401

Big Give is happening RIGHT NOW!💡 Support CTML's grad students as they use advanced machine learning to drive global health breakthroughs. Empower the future of healthcare and donate today! 🌍🎓

CTML appreciates Vanessa Rodriguez of University College London for joining the JICI Lab Seminar Series to present her talk, "Efficient Estimation and Inference for Generalizing CATEs". If you would like further details, please scan the QR code or visit ctml.berkeley.edu/jici-current-s….

Calling all UC Berkeley Biostat and Epi graduate students! Got exciting research to share? Join us for the Biostat and Epi Research Showcase—your chance to present to faculty, peers, and special guests! Visit the link in our bio for full details on presentation formats 🔗

We’re excited to host two insightful talks from Tianyue Zhou and Toru Shirakawa next week as part of our CTML Seminar Series on Wed, March 11 from 12PM-1PM at BWW, 5th Floor, Room 5401. Join us for an engaging session–we look forward to seeing you there!

🌟 Big Give is almost here on 3.12.26! Today we’re spotlighting Alissa Gordon, a CTML Biostatistics Ph.D. student. 📊 Support our researchers this Big Give! 💙 #BigGive #CTML #UCBerkeley

Join us for a seminar with Johannes Blom from the Karolinska Institutet on "A Real World Approach to Preventing Colorectal Cancer" and the power of targeted screening strategies. 🔬 📅 March 5, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM 📍 Berkeley Way West, Room 5400

Don't miss the next session of the CTML Seminar Series on March 4th, where CTML GSR Alissa Gordon will discuss "Average Mixed Derivative: A Nonparametric Framework of Interactivity." This talk will take place from 12:00PM-1:00PM at Berkeley Way West, 5th Floor, Room 5401.

Big Give is almost here! 🌟 Mark your calendars for March 12—UCB’s 24-hour fundraiser! Today we highlight Wenxin, a CTML Biostat PhD student! Support our GSRs by donating to the Student Travel Fund. Let’s help them lead the way! 🐻💙💛 #BigGive #CTML #UCBerkeley

Support the Future of Public Health Innovation—Donate to CTML for UC Berkeley’s Big Give on March 12th! With over 15 Graduate Student Researchers, CTML is leading discoveries that improve health outcomes locally and globally. Learn more 👉 ctml.berkeley.edu/join-us-big-gi…

Hear from a leading expert in the field! Join us next Wednesday, February 25th for our CTML Seminar with Andrew Mertens, Ph.D. *Speaker will present remotely.* Check out the abstract on our website linked here👉 tinyurl.com/39sjym53

Design better simulations—and understand why they matter! Join CTML on Wednesday, February 18th for “Simulations Done Right,” a workshop with Alejandro Schuler, CTML Faculty. This workshop will take place at 12:00 PM in Berkeley Way West, 5th Floor, Room 5401.

CTML appreciates Pawel Morzywołek joining the JICI Lab Seminar Series to present his talk, 'Inference on Local Variable Importance Measures for Heterogeneous Treatment Effects.' If you would like further details, please scan the QR code or visit ctml.berkeley.edu/jici-current-s….

Next week’s seminar brings another thought-provoking discussion! Join us on February 11th to hear from CTML GSR Mingxun Wang presenting his talk on "Highly Adaptive Principal Component Regression: Fast HAL/HAR via Outcome-Blind Kernel PCA."

We’re pleased to welcome Toru Shirakawa, CTML GSR and CPH PhD Student, to next week’s CTML Seminar on February 4th! The seminar will take place at 12PM in BWW, 5th Fl, Rm 5401. Click here for the abstract 👉 tinyurl.com/5ab59c85

Thank you to Dr. Laura Balzer, Joy Nakato, and Nick Williams for presenting their talk “Challenges & solutions in pragmatic trials: (1) Measurement as a mediator & (2) Internal controls to boost power” on 1/27/2026. To learn more about their work, please scan the QR code.

As we gear up in anticipation for this wonderful workshop, we'd like to remind our community to endeavor to participate! CTML Co-Director Mark van der Laan’s talk will be presented at the Pharmaceutical Users Software Exchange Workshop this Thursday from 10:00 AM–11:00 AM (EST).

Connect with the CTML community! Next week’s seminar on Wed, Jan 28, will feature CTML GSR Kaitlyn Lee. The seminar will take place at 12 PM in BWW, 5th Fl, Rm 5401. Please note that this week’s session will be open exclusively to the CTML and UC Berkeley Community.

The CTML Spring Seminar Series kicks off next Wed, January 21, with a talk by CTML GSR Andy Kim: “Predicting Loss to Follow-Up Under Resource Constraints: Leveraging Registry-Linked Mobile Health Data in Trauma Care.” Join us at 12:00 PM in Berkeley Way West, 5th Fl, Rm 5401.