Mohammad H. Murad, M.D.

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SUMMARY

M. Hassan Murad, M.D., is a clinical epidemiologist who studies how evidence is generated, synthesized, appraised and applied. These activities can be collectively called evidence-based medicine or evidence-based health care practice.

Dr. Murad's research involves conducting various types of evidence synthesis, including systematic reviews, meta-analysis, network meta-analysis, meta-regression, meta-narrative synthesis and clinical practice guideline development. He also conducts methodology research that aims at improving the approaches of translational research.

Focus areas

• Dr. Murad leads the Mayo Clinic Evidence-Based Practice Research Program.
• Dr. Murad is a member of the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) Working Group and serves as a panelist and methodologist for multiple professional organizations.
• He also teaches two courses on meta-analysis and evidence-based medicine at Mayo Graduate School, and he is an instructor at McMaster University's annual Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Workshops.
• Dr. Murad's other affiliations at Mayo Clinic include the Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit; the Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery; the Division of Preventive, Occupational and Aerospace Medicine; and the Division of Health Care Policy and Research.

Significance to patient care

The overall goal of evidence-based medicine is that patients are treated using the best available evidence in a way that's consistent with their values and preferences. This goal cannot be achieved without synthesis of the totality of evidence (the body of evidence). Synthesis of evidence provides the least biased, most precise and most applicable results and assigns a level of certainty to the results. Synthesis of evidence is therefore a mandatory step for shared decision-making and optimal patient care.

Professional highlights

• Director, Postdoctoral Master's Degree Program and Certificate Program in clinical and translational science, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 2023-present.
• Director, Evidence-Based Practice Center, designated by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2014-present.
• Director, Preventive Medicine Fellowship, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, 2009-present.