Center for Evidence Synthesis in Health

Dr. Scott and collaborators at CAAS and the Center for Evidence Synthesis in Health recently published, "Pharmacotherapy interventions for adolescent co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders: a systematic review" in Family Practice!!

https://www.brown.edu/public-health/caas/news/2021/09/systematic-review-published-family-practice-dr-scott-and-caas-colleagues

Awardee Spotlight: Orestis Panagiotou, MD, PhD Dr. Panagiotou was recently published in JAMA Oncology on the statistical challenges of using administrative claims data for answering clinical and policy questions.

2018 Spring Master's Career Information Series | Biostatistics February 23, 2018 As part of the Department’s newly-designed Biostatistics Master’s Journal Club/Career Development module, we are organizing a Career Information Series for the Spring 2018 semester. We are excited to welcome back several of our alumni who have agreed to return and provide our s...

What do we know about the effectiveness and safety of current treatments for Basal cell carcinoma and Squamous cell carcinoma?

Our team looked at more than 100 studies to find out.

Treatments for Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin | Effective Health Care Program Current PageMay. 6, 2016Topic InitiatedJun. 23, 2016Research ProtocolDec. 8, 2017Systematic Review Treatments for Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin Systematic ReviewDecember 8, 2017Download PDF7.2 MB Related FilesDownload Evidence Summary[PDF · 558.9 KB] These reports are available...

We call ourselves the "South Main Sluggers."

“We need to be sure that the questions we ask in medical studies are relevant to the eventual end goal of improving patient care.”

-Dr. Ian Saldanha, the newest member of our team!

CESH welcomes Dr. Ian Saldanha | Evidence Synthesis in Health

Biostatistics Brown at The American Statistical Association Conference! http://bit.ly/2FpqEMN

Our offices at 121 South Main St.

Eric M. Patashnik ─ Unhealthy Politics: The Battle over Evidence-Based Medicine | Watson Institute The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University supports multidisciplinary research, teaching, and public education on international affairs. The Institute promotes the work of students, faculty, visiting scholars, and policy practitioners who analyze and develop initia...

CESH faculty, Andrew Zullo in the news!

Nursing Home Residents Do Not Start Secondary Prevention Tx After Acute MI Thirty-seven percent of older nursing home residents do not initiate secondary prevention medications after acute myocardial infarction.

Congrats Alex on winning the 2017 Lee B Lusted Student Prize Awards in quantitative methods

October Newsletter | Brown University School of Public Health

New Publication! Systematic Review on calcium intake in adults https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00198-017-4230-x

Global dietary calcium intake among adults: a systematic review Low calcium intake may adversely affect bone health in adults. Recognizing the presence of low calcium intake is necessary to develop national strategies to optimize intake. To highlight regions where

Professor Emeritus Joseph Lau is on the panel

New NASEM Report! Redesigning the Process for Establishing the Dietary Guidelines for Americans nationalacademies.org/DGAreview

CESH eclipse viewing party!

New publication! Omega-3 Fatty Acids & CVD: Summary of the 2016 AHRQ evidence review http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/9/8/865 …

Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease: Summary of the 2016 Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence Review We summarize the 2016 update of the 2004 Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality′s evidence review of omega-3 fatty acids and cardiovascular disease (CVD). The overall findings for the effects of marine oil supplements on intermediate CVD outcomes remain largely unchanged. There is high strength o...

Today CESH Ethan Balk and Bryant Smith will give a workshop at on Evidence Maps in SRDR http://bit.ly/2oTK9oZ

Center faculty will give a workshop on Evidence Maps in SRDR at the SGIM annual meeting | Evidence Synthesis in Health Evidence maps allow researchers to focus on topics amenable to SR and identify research gaps, thus minimizing spending unproductive efforts in areas with limited evidence. The

K12 Scholar will present at the 2017 mid-year meeting in London http://bit.ly/2nhrB2L

K12 Scholar wins scholarship to present at the 2017 Pharmacoepidemiology meeting | Evidence Synthesis in Health conference. The conference is ISPE's 2017 mid-year meeting that will take place at the Royal College of Physicians in London from April 1- 4, 2017.

Today, Ethan Balk will give a talk at the WCO-IOF-ESCEO in Florence, Italy about Calcium Intake by Country. International Osteoporosis Foundation

CESH Co-Director, Christopher Schmid will serve on committee!

Annoucing the launch of the inaugural Cochrane Scientific Committee | Cochrane The Scientific Committee will strengthen the scientific integrity and oversight of methodological practice within Cochrane

Just in New Report on optimizing the selection process for establishing for Americans . Professor Emeritus Joseph Lau is a committee member

New NASEM Report! Optimizing the Process for Establishing the Dietary Guidelines for Americans: The Selection Process nationalacademies.org/DGAreview

Congratulations to K12 Scholar, Andrew Zullo on successfully defending his dissertation today!

Congrats to CESH Co-Director Chris Schmid on being appointed as a Statistics/Methods Editor for the American Journal of Kidney Diseases ! http://bit.ly/2iJkG0R

AJKD on the Move This first issue of the year marks the journal’s move from its home base in Boston to one in Philadelphia—from one city of foundational American ideas to another—a journey also undertaken by the great inventor, editor, and University of Pennsylvania (“Penn”) icon pictured on our cover. In a similar…

Brown researchers fear loss of funding under Trump Anxiety over what a Trump administration will mean for public health and the funding that drives its research is one that's shared by many at Brown, from

Negative experiences on Facebook linked to increased depression risk in young adults | News from Brown Samantha Rosenthal "Take interactions on social media seriously and don’t think of it as somehow less impactful because it’s a virtual experience." Michael Cohea/Brown University Negative experiences on Facebook linked to increased depression risk in young adults September 7, 2016 Contact: David O...

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