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David Moher

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Associate ProfessorSchool of Epidemiology and Public HealthUniversity of Ottawa

David Moher

Associate Professor

School of Epidemiology and Public Health

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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208 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 56 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 25 research grants (24 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 4 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2012.

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Academic metrics

400

Publications

163,932

Citations

h-index

212

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Research

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Systematic Review Meta-Analysis Network Meta-Analysis Training Children Hypertension Chronic Disease Diabetes

Latest papers

MATES: A tool for appraising the completeness with which a meta-analysis has been reported.
Environment international · 2026
PRISMA 2020: strengthening transparency and usefulness of systematic reviews.
Brazilian journal of anesthesiology (Elsevier) · 2026 · senior author
The VAccine cLinical study reporting gUidEline: the VALUE checklist with explanation and elaboration.
EBioMedicine · 2026

All 400 publications

Latest funding

World Conference on Research Integrity.
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$40,000
A living systematic review, meta-analysis and dose-response of randomized controlled trials testing serotonergic psychedelics: efficacy, acceptability, tolerability, safety and publication bias within and across health conditions
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$348,076
Reproducibility of systematic reviews with meta-analysis: relevance to clinical practice guidelines
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$360,138

All 63 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 400 publications.

MATES: A tool for appraising the completeness with which a meta-analysis has been reported.

Morrison K, Pottier P, Pollo P, Ricolfi L, Williams C, Yang Y, Beillouin D, Cardoso SJ, Ferreira V, Gallagher B, Gan JL, Hao G, Keikha M, Kozlowsky-Suzuki B, Kiran Kumara TM, Latterini F, Leverkus AB, Macartney EL, Manrique SM, Martinig AR, Mizuno A, Nanayakkara S, Ntzani E, Ouédraogo DY, Pursell E, Simpson Z, Sleight H, Woon KS, Xia Z, Ghannad M, Grames E, Hennessy EA, IntHout J, Moher D, O'Dea RE, Page MJ, Whaley P, Lagisz M, Nakagawa S

Environment international2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109935 PMID: 41411971

PRISMA 2020: strengthening transparency and usefulness of systematic reviews.

Roever L, Page MJ, Moher D

Brazilian journal of anesthesiology (Elsevier)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.bjane.2026.844834 PMID: 42764070

The VAccine cLinical study reporting gUidEline: the VALUE checklist with explanation and elaboration.

Duan Y, Ma Y, Shi L, Xu Z, Luo J, Moher D, Rodewald L, Shao R, Yu L, Li Y, Bian Z

EBioMedicine2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2026.106439 PMID: 42623954

Author Correction: The STARD-AI reporting guideline for diagnostic accuracy studies using artificial intelligence.

Sounderajah V, Guni A, Liu X, Collins GS, Karthikesalingam A, Markar SR, Golub RM, Denniston AK, Shetty S, Moher D, Bossuyt PM, Darzi A, Ashrafian H, STARD-AI Steering Committee

Nature medicine2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41591-026-04570-9 PMID: 42443516

Characterizing updated and living meta-analyses part 1: a methodological scoping review on methods for conducting meta-analyses in updated and living systematic reviews.

Konstantinidis M, Kontouli KM, Zhelnov P, Stratton C, McGowan J, Simmonds M, Moher D, Tricco AC, Veroniki AA

Journal of clinical epidemiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112389 PMID: 42331113

Large language models for systematic reviews were reported to perform well but rarely with verifiable safeguards: a cross-sectional study.

Lai H, Sousa-Pinto B, Cao C, Moher D, Estill J, Liu J, Zhao W, Wang Y, Ye Z, Tong B, Yang Z, Luo X, Wang B, Li Y, Pan B, Zhang L, Tian J, Chen Y, Shi N, Ge L

Journal of clinical epidemiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112383 PMID: 42309363

Data sharing in stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials: suboptimal data availability despite "data available upon request".

Goldstein CE, Armond ACV, Cobey KD, Voldal EC, Chen Y, Tingley K, Shaw JF, Heagerty PJ, Hemming K, Kenny A, Li F, Ouyang Y, Xia F, Moher D, Hughes JP, Taljaard M

Journal of clinical epidemiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112353 PMID: 42242633

SPIRIT-C 2026 explanation and elaboration: recommendations for enhancing the reporting and usefulness of paediatric randomised trial protocols.

Baba A, Smith M, Potter BK, Chan AW, Moher D, Toulany A, Doherty-Kirby A, Escalera BN, Stratton C, Gale C, Macarthur C, Purper-Ouakil D, Juszczak E, Cohen E, Reggiardo G, Preston J, Cohen JF, Upton J, Allegaert K, Boerner K, Mehta K, Nguyen KA, Courtney K, Hartling L, Konstantinidis M, Odermarsky M, Butcher NJ, Kolehmainen N, Longmuir PE, Gill PJ, Leroy P, Feneberg R, Poluru R, Morris SK, Friedrichsdorf SJ, Nagy TC, Klassen TP, Lacaze-Masmonteil T, Onland W, Offringa M

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2025-085064 PMID: 41734970

SPIRIT-Children and Adolescents (SPIRIT-C) 2026 extension statement: enhancing the reporting and usefulness of paediatric randomised trial protocols.

Baba A, Smith M, Potter BK, Chan AW, Moher D, Toulany A, Doherty-Kirby A, Nafria Escalera B, Stratton C, Gale C, Macarthur C, Purper-Ouakil D, Juszczak E, Cohen E, Reggiardo G, Preston J, Cohen JF, Upton J, Allegaert K, Boerner K, Mehta K, Nguyen KA, Courtney K, Hartling L, Konstantinidis M, Odermarsky M, Butcher NJ, Kolehmainen N, Longmuir PE, Gill PJ, Leroy P, Feneberg R, Poluru R, Morris SK, Friedrichsdorf SJ, Chute Nagy T, Klassen TP, Lacaze-Masmonteil T, Onland W, Offringa M

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2025-085062 PMID: 41734969

CONSORT-Children and Adolescents (CONSORT-C) 2026 extension statement: enhancing the reporting and impact of paediatric randomised trials.

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2025-085061 PMID: 41734966

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David Moher

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

MATES: A tool for appraising the completeness with which a meta-analysis has been reported.

PRISMA 2020: strengthening transparency and usefulness of systematic reviews.

The VAccine cLinical study reporting gUidEline: the VALUE checklist with explanation and elaboration.

Author Correction: The STARD-AI reporting guideline for diagnostic accuracy studies using artificial intelligence.

Characterizing updated and living meta-analyses part 1: a methodological scoping review on methods for conducting meta-analyses in updated and living systematic reviews.

Large language models for systematic reviews were reported to perform well but rarely with verifiable safeguards: a cross-sectional study.

Data sharing in stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials: suboptimal data availability despite "data available upon request".

SPIRIT-C 2026 explanation and elaboration: recommendations for enhancing the reporting and usefulness of paediatric randomised trial protocols.

SPIRIT-Children and Adolescents (SPIRIT-C) 2026 extension statement: enhancing the reporting and usefulness of paediatric randomised trial protocols.

CONSORT-Children and Adolescents (CONSORT-C) 2026 extension statement: enhancing the reporting and impact of paediatric randomised trials.

Frequent collaborators

An-Wen Chan

Martin Offringa

Brian Hutton

Jeremy Y. Ng

Julian Little

David Moher

Sunita Vohra

Danielle Rice

Peter Tugwell

Lisa Hartling

Maureen Smith

Merrick Zwarenstein

Beverley Shea

Jessie McGowan

Sathya Karunananthan

Melissa Brouwers

Lehana Thabane

Kednapa Thavorn

Kednapa Thavorn

Elie Akl

jean-paul salameh

Kimberly Courtney

Alene Toulany

Thierry Lacaze-Masmonteil

Eyal Cohen

Dean Fergusson

Peter Szatmari

Gordon Guyatt

Alfonso Iorio

Lawrence Mbuagbaw

Robert Brian Haynes

Cynthia Lokker

Holger Schunemann

Elizabeth Fitzpatrick

Xiaomei Yao

Michael Wilson

Harriette Van Spall

Romina Brignardello

John Lavis

Pasqualina Santaguida