Meta-analysis in Medical Research: A Critical Appraisal and Brief Tutorial

Please welcome our speaker, Dr. Stephana Julia Moss, PhD Epidemiologist, with the Calgary Critical Care Research Network.

A systematic review and meta-analysis is a scientific exercise that impacts healthcare and health policy. Readers of systematic reviews and meta-analyses may be patients, clinicians, administrators, or policymakers and therefore possess a wide range of skill in understanding research terms. It is important that authors of systematic reviews and meta-analyses make every effort to guide readers in making the best use of results in myriad clinical contexts and settings. Dr. Moss will present a critical appraisal of the methodological approach of a published systematic review and meta-analysis that culminates with a brief tutorial that compares the statistical approach to meta-analysis in STATA and R.

Dr. Moss received her BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Calgary, her MSc in Pharmacology from the University of Alberta, and her PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Calgary. Her most important scholarly contributions to date have centered on how to best partner with citizens in research. Thought leaders and funding agencies have been advocating with limited success for years for researcher-citizen partnerships to maximize the relevance and impact of scholarly work. Dr. Moss’s work epitomizes the value of this conceptual approach.

Please join us and learn together.