# News ## Causal Inference, Artificial Intelligence, and Responsible Healthcare Innovation Professor Normand discusses data, AI, and healthcare in the [Harvard Data Science Initiative Impact Report, 2023-2025](https://online.flippingbook.com/view/36295451/20/). ![SLN interview featured in HDSI impact report](/sites/g/files/omnuum9296/files/styles/hwp_21_9__1920x825/public/2026-01/normand%20story%20feather%20HDSI.jpg?h=2d29f9f9&itok=X1aWa0RE) ## **Spring 2026** March 24-26: Prof. Normand presenting an invited talk, "Causal Inference and Machine Learning for Estimating Quality of Hospital Care," at the [2026 Society of Decision Professional conference](https://www.decisionprofessionals.com/events/event-description?CalendarEventKey=cfa2663a-838b-4ac7-a996-019721bbeffb&Home=%2Fsdp-participate%2Fevents) at UMass Boston. May 18-21: Prof. Normand will present at the [Central European Network Conference](https://cen2026.org/), in Warsaw, Poland. This is a joint meeting of the Austro-Swiss Region, the German Region (DR), and the Polish Region of the International Biometric Society. ## Recently Published Download 5 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=5&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=5&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=5&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=5&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=5&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=5&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=5&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=ris) ### 2026 Minali Nigam, Chana A Sacks, Daniel Müller, Kim Knoper, Adam Straus, Alison Burke, Sharon-Lise Normand, and Corey Hardin. 2026. “[How Minimal Clinically Important Difference Works.](/publication/how-minimal-clinically-important-difference-works-0)”. NEJM Evidence, 5, 1, Pp. EVIDstat2500338. doi:10.1056/EVIDstat2500338 Minali Nigam, Chana A Sacks, Daniel Müller, Kim Knoper, Adam Straus, Alison Burke, Sharon-Lise Normand, and Corey Hardin. 2026. “[How Minimal Clinically Important Difference Works.](/publication/how-minimal-clinically-important-difference-works-0)”. NEJM Evidence, 5, 1, Pp. EVIDstat2500338. doi:10.1056/EVIDstat2500338 Andrea B Troxel, Constantine A Gatsonis, Joseph W Hogan, Rebecca A Hubbard, David J Hunter, and Sharon-Lise T Normand. 2026. “[Statistics in Medicine - What’s in an Estimand?](/publication/statistics-medicine-whats-estimand-0)”. The New England Journal of Medicine, 394, 1, Pp. 6-9. doi:10.1056/NEJMp2513633 Andrea B Troxel, Constantine A Gatsonis, Joseph W Hogan, Rebecca A Hubbard, David J Hunter, and Sharon-Lise T Normand. 2026. “[Statistics in Medicine - What’s in an Estimand?](/publication/statistics-medicine-whats-estimand-0)”. The New England Journal of Medicine, 394, 1, Pp. 6-9. doi:10.1056/NEJMp2513633 Minali Nigam, Chana A Sacks, Daniel Müller, Kim Knoper, Adam Straus, Alison Burke, Sharon-Lise Normand, and Corey Hardin. 2026. “[How Minimal Clinically Important Difference Works.](/publication/how-minimal-clinically-important-difference-works)”. NEJM Evidence, 5, 1, Pp. EVIDstat2500338. doi:10.1056/EVIDstat2500338 Minali Nigam, Chana A Sacks, Daniel Müller, Kim Knoper, Adam Straus, Alison Burke, Sharon-Lise Normand, and Corey Hardin. 2026. “[How Minimal Clinically Important Difference Works.](/publication/how-minimal-clinically-important-difference-works)”. NEJM Evidence, 5, 1, Pp. EVIDstat2500338. doi:10.1056/EVIDstat2500338 ### 2025 Andrea B Troxel, Constantine A Gatsonis, Joseph W Hogan, Rebecca A Hubbard, David J Hunter, and Sharon-Lise T Normand. 2025. “[Statistics in Medicine - What’s in an Estimand?](/publication/statistics-medicine-whats-estimand)”. The New England Journal of Medicine. doi:10.1056/NEJMp2513633 Andrea B Troxel, Constantine A Gatsonis, Joseph W Hogan, Rebecca A Hubbard, David J Hunter, and Sharon-Lise T Normand. 2025. “[Statistics in Medicine - What’s in an Estimand?](/publication/statistics-medicine-whats-estimand)”. The New England Journal of Medicine. doi:10.1056/NEJMp2513633 Benjamin Lê Cook, John McConnell, Gareth Parry, Michael Flores, Stephanie Renfro, Anika Kumar, Catherine Holmes, Akhil Reddy, Rujuta Takalkar, Brian Mullin, Sharon-Lise T Normand, and Marcela Horvitz-Lennon. 2025. “[Disparities in Access to Serious Mental Illness Care Following the Implementation of Value-Based Payment Reform in the Oregon Medicaid Program.](/publication/disparities-access-serious-mental-illness-care-following-implementation-value-based)”. Medical Care Research and Review : MCRR, 82, 5, Pp. 376-86. doi:10.1177/10775587251339969 Benjamin Lê Cook, John McConnell, Gareth Parry, Michael Flores, Stephanie Renfro, Anika Kumar, Catherine Holmes, Akhil Reddy, Rujuta Takalkar, Brian Mullin, Sharon-Lise T Normand, and Marcela Horvitz-Lennon. 2025. “[Disparities in Access to Serious Mental Illness Care Following the Implementation of Value-Based Payment Reform in the Oregon Medicaid Program.](/publication/disparities-access-serious-mental-illness-care-following-implementation-value-based)”. Medical Care Research and Review : MCRR, 82, 5, Pp. 376-86. doi:10.1177/10775587251339969 - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract Racial and ethnic disparities in mental health care access are especially consequential for the health outcomes of Medicaid beneficiaries living with serious mental illness (SMI). This descriptive study of Oregon Medicaid claims data assessed for...