TI Methods Speaker Series: Synthesizing evidence about harms in systematic reviews

27 Apr 2022 TI Methods Speaker Series: Synthesizing evidence about harms in systematic reviews

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Systematic reviews of interventions usually include evidence about multiple outcomes. Because most reviews are designed to assess potential benefits, they sometimes neglect best practices for assessing and reporting potential harms (“adverse events”). This talk described common practices for assessing harms in clinical trials and systematic reviews of interventions, explored challenges with synthesizing evidence about different types of harms, and proposed changes in the ways that reviewers and clinical guidelines developers could consider the balance of benefits and harms.

WHEN: Wednesday, April 27th, 2022 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM PDT [click here to convert to your local time]

WHERE: Offered online using the Zoom platform. 

TITLE: Synthesizing evidence about harms in systematic reviews

SPEAKER: Evan Mayo-Wilson, MPA, DPhil, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, USA

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About the speaker: Evan Mayo-Wilson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Indiana University School of Public Health. He is an epidemiologist with training and experience in intervention design, evaluation, and translation of clinical evidence into policy and practice. Dr. Mayo-Wilson’s current research focuses on (1) evaluating the effectiveness of pharmacological and behavioral interventions; (2) improving methods for clinical trials and systematic reviews; and (3) developing methods and interventions to increase research transparency and openness. He completed his DPhil (PhD) in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention at University of Oxford. Prior to his current position, Dr. Mayo-Wilson was faculty in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology at University College London, and the Department of Social Policy and Intervention at University of Oxford.

About the TI Methods Speaker Series: The TI Methods Speaker Series are offered free of charge and everyone is welcome. The event is held at noon on the last Wednesday of each month. During the COVID-19 pandemic, while physical distancing measures are in effect, the TI Methods Speaker Series are offered via videoconference. The presentations are recorded and the video recordings are posted online. Click here to view the scheduled topics for 2022 and click here to view a list of TI Methods Speaker Series talks offered in 2021.