Isabelle @BOUTRON1 is talking about simple interventions that help improve research at #reward2020. Emailing trialists to remind them to update their trial registry entry prompted some updates: bmj.com/content/349/bm…

Brilliant talk from @BOUTRON1 on improving reporting and the peer review process. Learned a lot and especially enjoyed the shout out to the EDA at the end! #REWARD2020

Spin is using language to, e.g., make results seem more important or useful than warranted by the design or actual results. Mona Ghannad from MiRoR is testing an editorial intervention to reduce spin with BMJ_Open. #REWARD2020 Protocol here: osf.io/tnx53/

If you can find an hour over the next few days, do watch this #COVID19 #epidemiology youtube.com/watch?v=ZEr4rm…

It doesn't matter how important your research is. If it isn't clearly and completely reported, no-one can judge, replicate, or use your work. Prevent research waste. Use reporting guidelines.

A living mapping of ongoing research on interventions to prevent and treat Covid-19 Cochrane France MiRoR

How can we avoid research waste during the covid-19 pandemic and plan for the future?-go.shr.lc/2Vsqo9I has several excellent points. COVID-NMA is a LIVING mapping of ongoing #COVID19 Covid19 research in REAL TIME. Rapidity AND Rigor!

With a thesis on "The use of reporting guidelines as an educational intervention for teaching research methods and writing" our fellow @sharpmelk successfully defended her Phd thesis online yesterday! Congratulations!!!👩‍🎓

Today marks two years since the passing of our founding Centre for Statistics in Medicine Oxford and EQUATOR Network director, mentor, collaborator and friend Doug Altman. An absolute giant in the world of medical statistics and scientific reporting (with >500,000 citations; scholar.google.com/citations?user…)

Myself and the excellent Jonathan Sterne wrote a blog post expanding on our recent paper. The post aims to more clearly articulate why we should be cautious about #selectionbias in #COVIDー19 studies looking in hospitalised patients. Here's a quick #epitwitter tweetorial:

Trials in a #Pandemic - embracing flexibility and ensuring integrity - FREE online special symposium - tackling the conduct of #clinicaltrials during #COVID19 #trialmethodology #SaveTheDate - Join our mailing list to receive registration link: eepurl.com/dwQZb1

We are delighted to include Prof Isabelle Boutron COVID-NMA to speak at our upcoming Special FREE online Symposium - Trials in a #Pandemic - Living mapping & #synthesis of #COVID19 trials - Register online: bit.ly/2N47L6V #trialmethodology

With a thesis on "Assessing interventions to improve adherence to reporting guidelines in biomedical research" our fellow David Blanco, PhD successfully defended his Phd thesis online yesterday! Congratulations!!!

In The BMJ -> "Developing and evaluating more appropriate, non-traditional indicators of research may facilitate changes in the evaluation practices for rewarding researchers" (bmj.com/content/369/bm…)

Check out @DanielleBRice__ @Dmoher et al's new article that reviewed biomedical faculty guidelines and found that traditional research practices (e.g, peer-reviewed publications) are incentivized while non-traditional criteria (e.g, data sharing) are not: bmj.com/content/369/bm…

Congratulations to our fellow Alice Biggane for successfully defending her PhD thesis online yesterday!!! Her thesis investigates methods and perspectives surrounding patient and public input in COS and clinical guideline development

Fresh from our #Trials in a #Pandemic Symposium we are delighted to share the HealthResearchBoard National Conference w/ Evidence Synthesis Ireland & Cochrane Ireland - which will tackle Truth & Trust in #HealthResearch. Join us on the 24-25th Nov 2020. Register: tinyurl.com/ybqy3nkc #HRBConf2020

Data show panic, disorganization dominate the study of Covid-19 drugs statnews.com/2020/07/06/dat…

An interesting reflection on COVID-19, the RECOVERY trial, clinical trials conduct and research transparency: bmj.com/content/370/bm…

The METHODS team (Centre of Research in Epidemiology and Statistics, Université de Paris is recruiting a post-doctoral fellow interested in meta-research! Innovative projects in the pipeline!! More details here euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/696772 Please disseminate and apply!!