METRICS Forum – Improving Research Methods and Practices: METRICS and Beyond

When:
November 2, 2015 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
2015-11-02T12:00:00-08:00
2015-11-02T13:00:00-08:00
Where:
Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge—LK209
Li Ka Shing Building
291 Campus Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94305
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
METRICS Forum - Improving Research Methods and Practices: METRICS and Beyond @ Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge—LK209 | Palo Alto | California | United States

METRICS Forum:
Improving Research Methods and Practices: METRICS and Beyond 

Presenters:

Steven Goodman, MD, PhD
METRICS Co-Director

Steven Goodman, MD, MHS, PhD is Associate Dean of Clinical and Translational Research and Professor of Medicine and of Health Research & Policy, directing Stanford’s CTSA training programs in medical research methods and serving as chief of the Division of Epidemiology. He has been a senior statistical editor of Annals of Internal Medicine since 1987 and was Editor of Clinical Trials: Journal of the Society for Clinical Trials from 2004-2013. He is Vice-chair of the Methodology Committee of the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) and since 2004 has been scientific advisor for the national Blue Cross–Blue Shield Technology Assessment Program. He has served on numerous Institute of Medicine committees, including a 2014 committee on clinical trial data sharing. From 1989-2011, Steve was on the faculties of the Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Public Health.

John Ioannidis, MD, DsC
METRICS Co-Director

John P.A. Ioannidis, MD, DSc is the C.F. Rehnborg Professor in Disease Prevention, and Professor of Medicine, of Health Research and Policy, and of Statistics. Dr. Ioannidis is internationally recognized as a leader in empirical studies assessing biases, replication, and reliability of research findings in biomedicine and beyond. He has served as President of the Society for Research Synthesis Methodology, Senior Advisor for Knowledge Integration at the National Cancer Institute, editorial board member of 30 leading international journals and Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Clinical Investigation. He is one of the most-cited scientists worldwide. His PLoS Medicine paper on “Why most Published Research Findings are False,” has been the most-accessed article in the history of Public Library of Science with over 1 million hits.

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