Alejandro (Alex) Jadad | |
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Born | Medellin, Colombia | August 9, 1963
Nationality | Canadian and Colombian |
Alma mater | Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; University of Oxford |
Known for | Jadad Scale; Evidence-based medicine; Systematic reviews; Clinical trials; Bias; eHealth innovation; Collaborative decision-making; Computational Management |
Spouse | Martha Garcia (m. 1988) |
Children | 2 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Future of Health and Medicine; Jadad Scale; Evidence-based medicine; Systematic reviews; Clinical trials; Bias detection and reduction; Pain relief; End-of-life care; Artificial intelligence; Machine learning; Medical innovation; Computational Management; Human-machine collaboration |
Institutions | University of Oxford; McMaster University; University Health Network; University of Toronto |
Doctoral advisor | Henry McQuay |
Other academic advisors | David Sackett; Iain Chalmers; Murray Enkin |
Alejandro R. Jadad Bechara (Alex Jadad; born August 9, 1963) is a Canadian-Colombian physician whose work focuses on improving health for all, and transforming healthcare, through creative human-machine collaboration powered by scientific evidence and collaboration across traditional boundaries.[1][2] He is also known as the researcher responsible for the development of the Jadad Scale, the first validated tool to assess the methodological quality of clinical trials. He also co-created the methodology behind 'Computational Management', a systematic approach to facilitate task automation for the integration of artificial intelligence into existing workflows.[3]