Critical Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials

Dr. Steven Goodman serves as Associate Dean of Clinical and Translational Research and Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he has established himself as a leading authority in medical statistics and research methodology. After earning degrees from Harvard (AB in Biochemistry and Applied Math), NYU (MD), and Johns Hopkins (MHS in Biostatistics and PhD in Epidemiology), he has built an impressive career combining clinical expertise with statistical innovation. As founder and director of the Stanford Program on Research Rigor and Reproducibility (SPORR) and co-director of the Meta-research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), he works to improve the reproducibility and efficiency of biomedical research. His research focuses on the proper measurement and synthesis of research evidence, with particular emphasis on Bayesian approaches and scientific inference. Dr. Goodman's contributions have earned him numerous honors, including the 2016 Spinoza Chair in Medicine from the University of Amsterdam, the 2019 Abraham Lilienfeld award from the American College of Epidemiology, and election to the National Academy of Medicine in 2020. Beyond his academic work, he maintains roles as senior statistical editor for Annals of Internal Medicine and scientific advisor for the Blue Cross-Blue Shield Technology Assessment Program, while continuing to shape the field through his teaching and research in clinical trial methodology, statistical inference, and research ethics.