Table Of Content2015 
 
  David Moher 
CV:  David Moher, PhD 
 
 
Updated:  July 31st, 2015 
 
 
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Post Secondary Education  David Moher 
2004  PhD   Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Academic Medical Center, 
University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands 
1986  M.Sc.  Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen’s University, Kingston, 
Canada 
1983  B.A. (Hons)  Psychology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada 
1980  Dip. BSW  Social Work, St. Mary’s College, Dublin, Ireland 
 
Academic and Professional Appointments 
2014-ongoing  PLOS ONE Human Resources Research Advisory Group 
2013  CIHR MPD Peer Review Panel 
2012-ongoing  Expert Advisory Panel on Clinical Practice Guidelines and Clinical 
Research Methods and Ethics 
2011 to present  Co-Editor-in-Chief, Systematic Reviews Journal 
2011  CIHR MPD Peer Review Panel 
2009-2012  CIHR IHSPR IAB Board Member, Canadian Institutes of Health Research 
2009-2015  Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Editorial Board Member   
2008 to present  Senior Scientist, Knowledge Synthesis Group, Ottawa Hospital Research 
Institute 
2006 to 2016  University of Ottawa Research Chair 
2005 to present  Scientific Advisory Group member, World Health Organization 
International Clinical Trials Registry Platform 
2003 to May 2007  Director, Clinical Research, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario 
Research Institute 
2002 to present  Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (FGPS), University of 
Ottawa 
1999 to present    Member, University of Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute 
1998 to 2009  Director and Founder, Chalmers Research Group (formally named 
Thomas C. Chalmers Center for Systematic Reviews), Children’s Hospital 
of Eastern Ontario Research Institute 
2004 to 2012  Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa 
2004 to present  Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Community 
Medicine, University of Ottawa 
1998 to 2004  Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa 
1997 to present  Active member, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research 
Institute 
July and August, 1996  Visiting Scholar, Center for Statistics in Medicine, Institute of Health 
Sciences, Oxford University 
1995 to 1997  Scientific Consultant, Canadian Medical Association Journal 
1995 to 2004  Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Community 
Medicine, University of Ottawa 
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1994 to 1998  Scientist, Loeb Medical Research InstituDtea, Cvliindic aMl Epoidheemrio logy Unit, 
Ottawa Civic Hospital 
1993 to 1994  Associate Scientist, Loeb Medical Research Institute, Clinical 
Epidemiology Unit, Ottawa Civic Hospital 
1992 to 1995  Clinical Lecturer, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa 
1991 to 1993  Medical Statistician, Loeb Medical Research Institute, Clinical 
Epidemiology Unit, Ottawa Civic Hospital 
1989 to 1996  Member of the Ottawa Civic Hospital Human Research Ethics 
Committee 
1986 to 1991  Medical Statistician, Department of Research, Ottawa Civic Hospital 
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Peer Review Funding  David Moher 
 
Systematic Reviews 
Granting Agency  Principal Investigator (PI)  Amount  Funding Period  Project Title 
Canadian Institutes of Health  David Moher  96,895  04/2013 – 04/2014  Do sugar-sweetened beverages 
Research  cause adverse health outcomes in 
children? A systematic review 
Canadian Institutes of Health  David Moher  99,693  04/2013 – 04/2014  Do sugar-sweetened beverages 
Research  cause adverse health outcomes in 
adults? A systematic review 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Beverley J Shea  $98,612  03/2013 – 03/2015  AMSTAR-NRS: helping decision 
Research  makers distinguish high and low 
quality systematic reviews of non-
randomized studies 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Eric Ian Benchimol  $69,686  03/2013 – 03/2015  REporting of studies Conducted 
Research  using Observational Routinely- 
collected 
Data (RECORD) 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Andrea Tricco & Sharon  $100,000  03/2013 – 02/2014  What's more important - timeliness 
Research Operating Grant - PA:  Straus  or accuracy of results? A research 
Drug Safety and Effectiveness  program on rapid reviews 
(bridge funding) 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Moher, D  $96,943  03/2013 – 02/2014  The Risk of elevated prolactin levels 
Research - Rapid Funding for DSEN  in pediatric patients exposed to 
Targeted Research  risperidone and other 
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David Moher  antipsychotics for the treatment of 
schizophrenia and other 
schizophrenia spectrum disorders: 
a network meta-analysis 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Moher, D  $97,779  03/2013 – 02/2014  Effectiveness and safety of short 
Research – Knowledge Synthesis  stay units in the emergency 
department: a systematic review 
Canadian Institutes of Health  McIntyre L, Moher D  $97,638  03/2013 – 02/2014  Efficacy and Safety of Mesenchymal 
Research – Knowledge Synthesis  Stromal Cells for Pre-Clinical Acute 
Lung Injury: A Systematic Review 
and Meta-Analysis 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Tonelli, M  $99,394  03/2013 – 02/2014  Alternatives to traditional 
Research – Knowledge Synthesis  randomized trial designs in clinical 
populations: knowledge synthesis 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Rodger, MA  $99,973  03/2013 – 02/2014  An individual patient data meta-
Research – Knowledge Synthesis  analysis of low molecular weight 
heparin for prevention of placenta-
mediated pregnancy complications 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Hutton, B  $100,000  03/2013 – 02/2014  Adding clarity to uncertainty in the 
Research - Operating Grant - PA:  study of drug safety 
Drug Safety and Effectiveness 
(bridge funding) from the Drug 
Safety and Effectiveness Network 
(DSEN) 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Fitzpatrick, E  $98,181  12/2012 – 11/2013  A Systematic Review of the Effects 
Research  of Using Sign Language on Spoken 
Language Acquisition in Children 
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David Moher  with Early-Identified Hearing Loss 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Straus S  $98,824  10/2012 – 9/2013  Safety of 5 HT3 antagonists 
Research - Rapid Funding for DSEN 
Targeted Research 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Straus S  $99,000  10/2012 – 9/2013  Comparative safety and 
Research - Rapid Funding for DSEN  effectiveness of medications for 
Targeted Research  type 1 and type 2 diabetes 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Moher D  $100,000  11/2012 – 10/2013  Antihypertensive 
Research - Rapid Funding for DSEN  pharmacotherapies and their effect 
Targeted Research  on clinical outcomes: a systematic 
review 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Moher D  $99,460  06/2012 – 04/2013  Association between 
Research - Rapid Funding for DSEN  antidepressant therapies and their 
Targeted Research  impact on bone mineral density 
change, risk of bone fractures and 
falls: a systematic review 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Ward, L  $1,211,835  10/2009 – 09/2013  STeriod-induced Osteoporosis In 
Research  the Pediatric Population – Canadian 
Incidence Study (STOPP-CIS) 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Hartling, L  $83,634  03/2011 – 02/2012  Quantifying bias in randomized 
Research  controlled trials in child health. 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Brundage M  $24,090  2011 – 2012  Knowledge to Action: Developing 
Research  and Implementing a CONSORT 
Extension for HRQL Reporting 
Standards 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Moher D & Porath-Waller  $99, 625  09/2011 – 08/2012  Effectiveness of the Screening, Brief 
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Research - Knowledge Synthesis  AJ  David Moher  Intervention and Referral to 
Grant: Prevention and Treatment of  Treatment (SBIRT) Model for 
Illicit Substance Use  Reducing Illicit Drug Use: A 
Systematic Review 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Ward, L  $10,000  04/2011 – 03/2012  The Bone Mass Deficit in Pediatric 
Research  Crohn’s Disease:  Impact on Spine 
Health and the Role of Muscle 
Function. 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Toupin-April, K  $110,000  2010 – 2012  Development and validation of self- 
Research  and proxy-report measures about 
complementary and alternative 
health care for children and youth 
with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Hodge WG  $100,000.00  November 2008 –  Summary of Glaucoma diagnostic 
Research  October 2009  testing accuracy: a systematic 
review and cost-effectiveness 
analysis. 
Agency for Healthcare Research and  Moher D   $USD 5,000,000  August 2007 – July  Evidence-based Practice Centre III 
Quality  2012 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Moher D   $147,312.00  May 2007 – April  The Ottawa research synthesis 
Research  2009  training and mentorship program: 
developing a national capacity 
strategy. 
Agency for Healthcare Research and  Moher D for the University  $USD 1,000,000.00  2005 – 2007  Medicare Modernization Act. 
Quality  of Ottawa Evidence-based 
Practice Center 
NHS Research Methodology  Sterne JAC  £276,708  Oct 2005 – Dec 2008  Quantification of bias in 
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Programme (RM04/JH24/JS  ($180,026D CaANv)i d Moher  randomized controlled trials and 
non-randomized studies: 
implications for systematic reviews 
and evidence synthesis. 
Agency for Healthcare Research and  Moher D  $USD 5,000,000.00  2002 – 2007  University of Ottawa Evidence 
Quality (290-02-0021)  based Practice Center 
National Institutes of Health (1 R24  Berman B  $USD 1,312,900.00  2003 – 2006  Cochrane Collaboration CAM field: 
AT001293-01)  Resource for research 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Moher D  $202,698.00  2000 – 2001  Systematic reviews of the efficacy 
Research (MOP-38184)  and safety of four medical uses of 
marijuana. 
Health Canada [H5301-7- MacKay M  $27,000  1998  Systematic review of the 
CY07/1000/55]; Children’s Hospital  relationship between 
of Eastern Ontario Research  socioeconomic status and 
Institute Foundation  childhood injury. 
Packard Foundation, USA.  Klassen TP  $39,907.725  1998  A systematic review of the 
effectiveness of community-based 
injury control interventions in 
children and adolescents.  
Health Canada [contract reference #  Viola R  $49,984.38  1997 – 1998  Synthesis of research evidence on 
97065]  the effects of palliative care 
services on family caregivers. 
Canadian Foundation for Dietetic  Swett W  $10,000  1997 – 1998  Meta-analysis of Literature 
Research; Children’s Hospital of  Pertaining to the Effects of 
Eastern Ontario [CHEO] Research  Nutrition on the Outcome of 
Institute  Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia 
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David Moher 
Institute for Clinical Evaluative  Moher D.  $65,000  1997 – 1998  Systematic review: comparing 
Sciences [ICES], Ontario. Canada  American and Canadian health care 
outcomes: a systematic review. 
 
Health Services Research 
Granting Agency  Principle Investigator (PI)  Amount  Funding Period  Project Title 
MAGIC Collaborating Centre. 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Brian Hutton, David  7,000,000  09/2014  – 09/2019  
(Methods and Applications Group 
Research (CIHR). DSEN  Moher, Sharon Straus, 
for Indirect Comparisons) 
Collaborating Centre for Network  Andrea Tricco, George 
Meta-Analysis  Wells   
Network Meta-Analysis of 
Fundación Alicia Koplowitz (Spain)  Ferrán Catalá-López  $42,800  09/2014  – 09/2015 
pharmacologic and non-
pharmacologic alternatives for 
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity 
Disorder 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Martin Offringa   100,000   04/2014 – 04/2015  Standard Protocol and Reporting 
Research  items for Randomized Trials in 
Children: SPIRIT-C and CONSORT-C 
Canadian Institute of Health  Martin Offringa  $ 24,193  03/2014 – 03/2015  CONSORT-C: Pediatric clinical trials 
Research  reporting guideline extension 
Canadian Institute of Health  Martin Offringa  $ 24,583  03/2014 – 03/2015  Guideline development for 
Research  improved study design and conduct 
in pediatric clinical trials: SPIRIT-C 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Sharon Straus  99,957  03/2014 – 03/2015  Comparative safety and 
Research - Rapid Funding for DSEN  effectiveness of antiretroviral 
Targeted Research  therapies 
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David Moher 
PSI Foundation (Physicians’ Services  Leanne Ward  $170,000  04/2014 – 04/2016  Bone fragility in boys with 
Incorporated Foundation)  Duchenne muscular dystrophy 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Vivian Welch  $301,152  09/2013 – 09/2016  Improving randomized controlled 
Research  trials for equity-oriented decisions  
University of Ottawa, Ontario  Moher D  $10,000  09/2012 – 02/2013  Building a content management 
Network of Excellence:  Proof of  system based on CONSORT 
Principle (I-PoP) Program 
Canadian Institute of Health  Hartling, L  $318,775  04/2012 – 03/2015  Optimizing evidence synthesis for 
Research  informed decision-making 
Canadian Institutes of Health  Moher D  $10,000  2012 – 2013  CONSORT meeting 
Research – President’s Fund 
Canadian Institute of Health  Grimshaw J  $9,350,000  06/2010 – 06/2015  The Cochrane Collaboration in 
Research  Canada 
Canadian Institutes of Health   Moher D  $10,000  09/2011 – 08/2012  CONSORT Meeting and 
Research  WebCONSORT 
National Institutes of Health (NIH)  Gagnier J  $424,875  01/2010 – 01/2015  Development of guidelines for 
investigating heterogeneity in 
systematic reviews 
Canadian Institute of Health  Welch VA  $97,099  03/2011 – 02/2014  Assessing ethics and equity issues 
Research  of randomized controlled trials in 
public health 
Canadian Institute of Health  Moher D  $916,428  01/2012 – 01/2015  Network meta-analysis: an 
Research - DSEN  important tool for drug safety and 
effectiveness. 
Canadian Institute Health Research  Moher D  $24,698  06/2011 – 05/2012  Preferred Reporting Items for 
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