Congress Organizers and Planners
JAMA NETWORK
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Building on a tradition of editorial excellence, JAMA Network brings JAMA together with JAMA Network Open, JAMA Health Forum, and an array of specialty journals to offer enhanced access to the research, reviews, and opinions shaping the future of medicine. Through a variety of innovative tools, JAMA Network provides the insights that matter most to medical research and practice.
BMJ
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BMJ is a global healthcare knowledge provider with a vision for a healthier world. We share knowledge and expertise to improve healthcare outcomes. BMJ’s collection of journals includes more than 70 titles as well as The BMJ, the flagship journal, published continuously since 1840. BMJ is owned by the British Medical Association (BMA), the professional association for doctors in the UK.
METRICS
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From providers and patients developing treatment plans to governments creating policies affecting the lives of millions, society depends on evidence from scientific research that is rigorous, credible and valid to make informed decisions. In partnership with researchers, policymakers and other key stakeholders, the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS) is reimagining science for the 21st century with the goal of strengthening the research enterprise to improve the quality of scientific studies in biomedicine and beyond.

Advisory Board
Congress Directors
John P.A. Ioannidis, MD, DSc
Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS)
Stanford, California, USA
Michael Berkwits, MD, MSCE
JAMA and the JAMA Network
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Congress Executive Director
Annette Flanagin, RN, MA
JAMA and the JAMA Network
Chicago, Illinois, USA
European Director
Theodora Bloom, PhD
BMJ
London, UK
Associate Directors
Steve Goodman, MD, MHS, PhD
Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS)
Stanford, California, USA
Véronique Kiermer, PhD
PLOS
San Francisco, California, USA
David Moher, MSc, PhD
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Director Emeritus
Drummond Rennie, MD
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California, USA
Kamran Abassi, MBChB
BMJ
London, UK
Dianne Babski, MIM
National Library of Medicine
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Vivienne Bachelet, MD, MSc
Medwave
Facultad de Ciencias Médicas
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Albert-László Barabási, PhD
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Howard Bauchner, MD
Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Lisa A. Bero, PhD
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado, USA
Patrick M. Bossuyt, PhD
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Lex Bouter, PhD
Vrije University
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Isabelle Boutron, MD, PhD
Université de Paris
Paris, France
An-Wen Chan, MD, DPhil
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Kay Dickersin, PhD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Dan Evanko, PhD
American Association for Cancer Research
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
James Evans, PhD
The University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Fiona Godlee, MBBChir
London, UK
R. Brian Haynes, MD, PhD
McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
James Kigera, MBChB MMed
Annals of African Surgery
Nairobi, Kenya
Sabine Kleinert, MD
The Lancet
London, UK
Christine Laine, MD, MPH
Annals of Internal Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
José Florencio F. Lapeña Jr, MA, MD
University of the Philippines
Manila, Philippines
Malcolm MacLeod, MBChB, PhD
The University of Edinburgh
Edindburgh, UK
Emilie Marcus, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, USA
Ana Marušić, MD, PhD
Journal of Global Health
Split, Croatia
Bahar Mehmani, PhD
Elsevier
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Frank Miedema, PhD
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, Netherlands
Jigisha Patel, MRCP, PhD
London, UK
Eric J. Rubin, MD, PhD
New England Journal of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
David Schriger, MD, MPH
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, USA
Emily Sena, PhD
BMJ Open Science
Edinburgh, UK
Magdalena Skipper, PhD
Nature and Nature Research
London, UK
Victoria Stodden, PhD
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California, USA
Deborah Sweet, PhD
Cell Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Sarah Tegen, PhD
American Chemical Society
Washington DC, USA
Martin R. Tramèr, MD, DPhil
Geneva University Hospitals
Geneva, Switzerland
Valda Vinson, PhD
Science
Washington DC, USA
Erik Von Elm, MD
Cochrane Switzerland
Lausanne, Switzerland
Eric-Jan Wagenmakers, PhD
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jasmine Wallace, MPS
American Society for Microbiology
Washington, DC, USA