IE Research Datalab member Arce Domingo-Relloso co-taught a pre-conference workshop at the XLV Jornadas de Economía de la Salud in Seville on June 16, 2026.

The workshop, “Emulation of Target Clinical Trials with Observational Data: Fundamentals and Practical Applications,” was delivered with Gonzalo Martínez-Alés. It introduced participants to target-trial emulation, an approach that uses observational health data to design analyses that mirror the structure of a randomized clinical trial.

Across theoretical and practical sessions, participants learned how to define the main components of a target trial, prepare real-world health data, apply basic causal-effect estimation strategies in RStudio, and interpret the resulting evidence. The program connected rigorous causal-inference principles with hands-on analysis of real studies.

The workshop reflects Domingo-Relloso’s broader research at the intersection of epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health, and causal inference.