Peer Review Blogs

PCORI: A Leader in Getting Timely Research Results to the Public

Published: 
January 11, 2021
Author(s): 
Elizabeth "Beth" Nguyen, MPH,
Nicole "Nick" Wilson, MPH
Blog Topics: 
Peer Review Blogs
Research
As a major funder of comparative clinical effectiveness research—with more than $2.8 billion awarded to support more than 1,700 research and related projects—PCORI holds a strong commitment to increase the public availability of clinical research findings. After research concludes, physicians and...
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Patient Peer Review, PCORI Style

Published: 
December 14, 2020
Author(s): 
Kelly Vander Ley, PhD,
Rebekah Webb, MPA,
Marnie Colton, MFA
Blog Topics: 
Guest Blogs
Peer Review Blogs
Research
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is a unique organization that, as its name implies, engages patients in all its work. One aspect of that work is peer review, which is traditionally the bastion of scientists and academics. PCORI peer review is different because it includes...
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PCORI's Commitment to Publicly Accessible Study Results Captured in JAMA Viewpoint

Published: 
March 28, 2019
Author(s): 
Marina Broitman, PhD,
Hal Sox, MD,
Jean R. Slutsky, PA, MSPH
Blog Topics: 
Evaluating Our Work
Peer Review Blogs
Research
At PCORI, we’re committed not only to funding research that can help patients and those who care for them make better-informed healthcare decisions, but to doing all we can to see that the results of those studies are made widely available. As we outline in a newly posted JAMA Viewpoint , PCORI’s...
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Patients Become Partners in PCORI Peer Review

Published: 
February 1, 2018
Author(s): 
Marina Broitman, PhD,
Kira Lesley,
Whitney Brower, MPH,
Blog Topics: 
Dissemination
Guest Blogs
Peer Review Blogs
Research
Peer review—independent assessment by recognized experts—is central to the research process, from deciding which study proposals to fund to evaluating articles for publication in scientific journals. At PCORI, our authorizing law requires the completed research we fund to undergo peer review, which...
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Assessing Research Quality, Getting the Word Out Widely

Published: 
March 8, 2017
Author(s): 
Joanna Siegel, SM, ScD,
Christopher Gayer, PhD
Blog Topics: 
Dissemination
Peer Review Blogs
Research
As the results of our first funded studies start to arrive , we at PCORI are working to meet one of the unique challenges laid out in our authorizing law. We are charged with assessing the scientific integrity of our primary research, and then making the findings quickly available in a meaningful...
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Expanding Public Access to PCORI's Research Results

Published: 
April 26, 2016
Author(s): 
Jason Gerson, PhD,
Joe V. Selby, MD, MPH,
Joanna Siegel, SM, ScD,
Blog Topics: 
Dissemination
Engagement Blogs
Funding Awards
Peer Review Blogs
Research
We at PCORI are committed to doing all we can to see that the results of our funded research are disseminated widely and taken up in practice. This part of our mission is essential to the improvements in health and patient outcomes that are the goals of our research funding. So we’re pleased to...
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Twitter Chats Engage Patients and Other Stakeholders

Published: 
December 11, 2015
Author(s): 
Neeraj Arora, PhD,
Marina Broitman, PhD,
Christopher Gayer, PhD,
Blog Topics: 
Engagement Blogs
Peer Review Blogs
Research
Patients and other healthcare stakeholders guide the work we do at PCORI, from suggesting and helping prioritize the research questions we consider for funding opportunities, to evaluating the studies we fund, to conducting the research itself. In the past year, we’ve taken that engagement work to...
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