Dr Shelli L. Feder joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Kathleen M. Akgün: “Whom Should We Regard as Responsible for Health Record Inaccuracies That Hinder Population-Based Fact Finding?”

Dr James Downs joins Ethics Talk to discuss the underrecognized contributions of marginalized peoples to the origins of epidemiology, and Dr Rae Anne Martinez outlines good uses of race and ethnicity data in epidemiological research.

Even research that uses ideal datasets might not generate high-quality evidence.

Systematic deviation from truth can arise during data collection, methodological application, and outcomes analysis.

EHRs have revolutionized the scale, speed, and granularity at which health data can be collated and summarized for epidemiologic purposes. 

Modern evidence-based designers’ lineage was prominently shaped between 1800 and 1970.

Dr Andrew P. Smith joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Hasah Alheneidi: “The Internet and Loneliness.”

Research is needed to determine the direction of causality between loneliness and internet use.

Dania Pagarkar joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Drs Erin Harrop and Lisa Erlanger: “How Should We Approach Body Size Diversity in Clinical Trials?”

Despite concerns about clinical outcomes for patients with obesity, clinical trials report few data about such patients.