David Moher | |
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Born | Dublin, Ireland | April 17, 1957
Education | St Mary's College, Dublin Queen's University University of Amsterdam |
Known for | Research on systematic reviews |
Awards | J. David Grimes Career Achievement Award from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (2015) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Epidemiology Journalology |
Institutions | Ottawa Hospital Research Institute University of Ottawa |
Thesis | Invasive cervical carcinoma in younger women (1986) |
David Moher (born April 17, 1957)[1] is an Irish epidemiologist and senior scientist in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), where he is also Director of the Centre for Journalology, and the Canadian EQUATOR Centre. He is also an associate professor and University Research Chair at the University of Ottawa.[2] An expert on systematic reviews in medical science,[3] he played a major role in the development of both the PRISMA and CONSORT statements.[2] He is a co-editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed journal Systematic Reviews.[4] He has been recognised as an ISI Highly Cited Researcher,[5] and received the Grimes Research Career Achievement Award from OHRI in 2015.[6]