Methodology Matters — A Podcast on Evidence-Based Nutrition Methodology Matters Podcast

Welcome to the first ever episode of Methodology Matters: A Podcast on Evidence-Based Nutrition!  In this episode, our hosts Dr. Bradley Johnston and Matt Miller introduce themselves.  We talk about the concept of the podcast, the importance of critical thinking, the complexity of nutrition science, and Dr. Johnston’s background in epidemiology and applied research methodology.
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And, if you’d like to learn more about Dr. Johnston and his work, you can find his faculty profile on Texas A&M University's Department of Nutrition website, or at the McMaster University website. You can also find him on Twitter where his handle is [@methodsnerd]
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In this episode, we sit down for the first in a series of interviews with McMaster University’s Distinguished Professor, Clinician-Scientist, and Co-founder of Evidence-Based Medicine Dr. Gordon Guyatt.  We talk about his educational background and the foundations of Evidence-Based Medicine. 
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If you’d like more information on the user’s guides to the medical literature, please visit the Journal of the American Medical Association @ JAMANetwork.com
And, if you’d like to learn more about Dr. Guyatt and his work, you can find him at Clarityresearch.ca or on Wikipedia.
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In this Episode, we continue our conversation with internationally renowned Co-founder of Evidence-Based Medicine and Co-chair of the GRADE Working Group, Dr. Gordon Guyatt.  We explore the evolution of Evidence Based Practice and how it gave birth to the GRADE method for assessing the certainty of evidence, and for moving from the evidence base to guideline recommendations.  
 
Thanks for listening, if you’d like to hear more episodes of Methodology Matters: A Podcast on Evidence-Based Nutrition, you can find at methodologymatters.podbean.com
 
Or you can find us on Spotify, and on Google Podcasts.
 
If you’d like more information on the GRADE working group, please visit gradeworkinggroup.org.
 
And, if you’d like to learn more about Dr. Guyatt and his work, you can find him at Clarityresearch.ca or on Wikipedia.
 
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This is the first of two episodes with Dr. Dennis Bier, former editor of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. In this episode we get an inside look into the process behind turning a research manuscript into a scientific publication. Dr. Bier gives his perspective on what it’s like to run a major scientific journal, as well as the quality of evidence he saw during his time at the AJCN. We also discuss the inherent biases associated with expertise, and the methods Dr. Bier used to minimize this when approaching a manuscript.
 
Thanks for listening, if you’d like to hear more episodes of Methodology Matters: A Podcast on Evidence-Based Nutrition, you can find at methodologymatters.podbean.com
 
Or you can find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and on Google Podcasts.
 
And, if you’d like to learn more about Dr. Dennis Bier, you can find his faculty profile at the Baylor College of medicine’s website.
 
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In this Episode we continue our discussion with Dr. Dennis Bier, former editor of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. We take a deeper dive into the certainty of evidence in contemporary applied nutrition research. Dr. Bier gives us an informed perspective on the use of causal vs associative language, observational vs interventional data, and how ethics can affect our approach to scientific research.
 
Thanks for listening, if you’d like to hear more episodes of Methodology Matters: A Podcast on Evidence-Based Nutrition, you can find at methodologymatters.podbean.com
 
Or you can find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and on Google Podcasts.
 
And, if you’d like to learn more about Dr. Dennis Bier, you can find his faculty profile at the Baylor College of medicine’s website.
 
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In this Episode we sit down with senior biostatistician and internationally renowned research methodologist Dr. Lehana Thabane of McMaster University. Dr. Thabane and Dr. Johnston talk about the history of the Health Research Methodology program at McMaster and the ethos of continual improvement in applied research methodology.
 
Thanks for listening, if you’d like to hear more episodes of Methodology Matters: A Podcast on Evidence-Based Nutrition, you can find at methodologymatters.podbean.com
 
Or you can find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and on Google Podcasts.
 
And, if you’d like to learn more about Dr. Thabane and his work, you can visit the following links:
 
Dr. Thabane’s Faculty Profile at McMaster University
 
CONSORT Extension Statement on Pilot and Feasibility Studies, British Medical Journal 
 
A Tutorial on Pilot Studies: The What, Why and How, BMC Medical Research Methodology
 
Defining Feasibility and Pilot Studies, PLoS One
 
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