Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
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My research focuses on the challenges associated with causal inference using observational data. I am particularly interested in causal discovery, the science of inferring causal relationships from empirical data, and how it can be made more applicable within life course studies and epidemiology more broadly.
Other topics I have an interest in include: Sibling comparison designs, missing information, register data.
I also work with R development and have implemented several R packages (dataReporter, PCADSC, causalDisco, geeasy).
Education/Academic qualification
Biostatistics, PhD, University of Copenhagen
2018 → 2022
Statistics, M.Sc., The causal relations between occupational gender segregation, work environment and ill health – a statistical analysis using structural equation models, University of Copenhagen
2014 → 2016
Mathematics, B.Sc., The impact of birth spacing on the motherhood penality, University of Copenhagen
2011 → 2014
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Constructing causal life course models: Comparative study of data-driven and theory-driven approaches
Petersen, A. H., Ekstrøm, C. T., Spirtes, P. & Osler, M., 2023, In: American Journal of Epidemiology. 192, 11, p. 1917–1927 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Data-Driven Model Building for Life Course Epidemiology
Petersen, A. H., Osler, M. & Ekstrøm, C. T., 2021, In: American Journal of Epidemiology. 190, 9, p. 1898–1907 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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What Is the Causal Interpretation of Sibling Comparison Designs?
Petersen, A. H. & Lange, T., 2020, In: Epidemiology. 31, 1, p. 75-81 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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dataMaid: Your Assistant for Documenting Supervised Data Quality Screening in R
Petersen, A. H. & Ekstrøm, C. T., 2019, In: Journal of Statistical Software. 90, 6, 38 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Temporal Trends in Pregnancy Outcomes Among Parents With Type 1 Diabetes: A Nationwide Register-Based Study
Gundersen, T. W., Knorr, S., Ringholm, L., Moeller Jensen, D., Damm, P., Kragelund Nielsen, K., Backman, H., Lauenborg, J., Mathiesen, E. R., Petersen, A. H., Skipper, N., Kofoed-Enevoldsen, A. & Clausen, T. D., 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Bridging System Dynamics and Causal Epidemiology: An Opportunity for Both Fields
Uleman, J. F., Petersen, A. H. & Rod, N. H., 2025, In: System Dynamics Review. 41, 1, 6 p., e1799.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Score-Based Causal Discovery with Temporal Background Information
Larsen, T. E., Ekstrøm, C. T. & Petersen, A. H., 2025, arXiv.org, 34 p.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Are you doing better than random guessing? A call for using negative controls when evaluating causal discovery algorithms
Petersen, A. H., 2024, arXiv preprint, 18 p.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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