“Comparative effectiveness research (CER) seeks to change clinical practice and health policy through evidence comparing the benefit and harms of alternative methods to prevent, diagnose, treat, monitor disease, or improve care delivery.”

John B. Wong, MD
Director, Comparative Effectiveness Research

Overview

Tufts CTSI’s Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) program provides consultation services to access resources that span the six stages of the translational spectrum:

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Description of Translational Spectrum diagram

Services

The CER Program provides consultations, available by submitting a service request.

We are here to help you:

  • Strengthen proposal development and clinical impact with comparative effectiveness
  • Provide comparative effectiveness opportunities
  • Identify comparative effectiveness funding opportunities

Expertise

We can offer:

  • Early phase discussion of research ideas for significance and comparative effectiveness research opportunities
  • Linkage to Tufts CTSI resources to facilitate comparative effectiveness research
  • Experience with evidence-based medicine, systematic reviews, meta-analysis, guidelines, appropriate use criteria, decision analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, quality of life, patient preferences burden of disease, shared decision making, and decision aids

Eligibility

Investigators, students, and staff at Tufts CTSI partners and collaborator organizations are eligible for consultations.

Contact

To contact us, please submit a service request.

John B. Wong, MD, Director, Comparative Effectiveness Research