David Moher

dmoher@ohri.ca

Senior Scientist, Clinical Epidemiology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Director, University of Ottawa Evidence-based Practice Centre

Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa

Research Interests

Systematic reviews
Clinical trials
Reporting guidelines

Major Research Activities

David Moher's research focuses on generating evidence to inform the conduct of systematic reviews and clinical trials. Dr. Moher's other main research focus is developing reporting guidelines for health research.

Most Recent Publications 

  1. Tricco AC, Brehaut J, Chen MH, Moher D. Following 411 Cochrane protocols to completion: a retrospective cohort study. PLoS ONE  3(11): e3684
  2. Zwarenstein M, Treweek S, Gagnier J, Altman DG, Tunis S, Haynes B, Oxman AD, Moher D. for the CONSORT and PRACTIHC (Pragmatic trials in healthcare) groups. Improving the reporting of pragmatic trials: an extension of the CONSORT Statement. British Medical Journal 2008
  3. Moher D. Guest Editorial: Producing clear, accurate and transparent reports of systematic reviews: an attainable goal. BMJ Clinical Evidence 20 October, 2008
  4. Needleman I, Moher D, Altman DG, Schulz KF, Moles DR, Worthington H. Improving the clarity and transparency of reporting health research: a shared obligation and responsibility. Journal of Dental Research 2008;87:894-895
  5. Bian ZX, Moher D, Li Y, Wu T, Dagenais S, Cheng C, Li J, Li T. Appropriately selecting and concisely reporting the outcome measures of randomized controlled trials of traditional Chinese medicine. Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine 2008;6:771-775
  6. Bian ZX, Moher D, Li Y, Wu T, Dagenais S, Cheng C, Li J, Li T. Precise reporting of traditional Chinese medicine interventions in randomized controlled trials. Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine 2008;6:661-667
  7. Moher D, Tricco AC. Conducting systematic reviews within the field of nutrition. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2008;
  8. Tricco AC, Tetzlaff J, Pham B, Brehaut J, Moher D. Non-Cochrane reviews versus Cochrane reviews were twice as likely to have positive conclusion statements: cross sectional study. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2008;
  9. Lexchin J, Sekeres M, Ferris L, Kalkar SR, Wu W, van Laethem M, Chan AW, Moher D, Maskalyk MJ, Taback N, Rochon PA. National evaluation of policies on individual financial conflicts of interest in Canadian academic health science centres. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2008;
  10. Moher D, Simera I, Schulz KF, Hoey J, Altman DG. Helping editors, peer reviewers, and authors improve the clarity, completeness, and transparency of reporting health research. BMC Medicine 2008 Jun 16;6:13

Note: This is not a complete list of publications. More publications may be available in The Ottawa Hospital Library database and Pubmed (search by last name and initials).