Our Research & Training

We conduct research on the safety and effectiveness of medical products such as Alzheimer’s drugs, cancer drugs, and medical implants and devices used for a wide range of health problems, such as heart disease and joint replacement. In addition to the free information on this website and on www.stopcancerfund.org, we also publish articles in major medical journals and health policy journals.

These are the summaries of studies we’ve done, and here are the articles we’ve published in medical journals and health policy journals in the last few years.

Are you a reporter or medical writer interested in our free Health Research Training Workshop? Learn more here.

Training Journalists and Researchers to Communicate Key Healthcare Findings

The National Center for Health Research’s project “Spreading the Word” ran from 2018 to 2021 and was partially funded through a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award (8598-NCHR). This project was designed to bring together journalists, medical writers, researchers, and medical experts to effectively disseminate findings from PCORI-funded studies and to ensure that the media are interested […]

Training Researchers to Communicate CER Findings to Journalists

This webinar is part of our “Spreading the Word” project and is designed for researchers who want to better communicate in an interesting and understandable way with journalists (and the public).

Improving the Accuracy of COVID-19 Media Coverage

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Center for Health Research hosted 9 teleconferences featuring COVID-19 researchers as speakers and discussants on different aspects of COVID-19 of importance to journalists. The main goal of this project was to help journalists understand the nuances of often conflicting information about COVID-19 research, to help ensure accurate media coverage.

Improving Outcomes for Long COVID-19 Patients

The project “Engaging Stakeholders in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research and Clinical Effectiveness Research to Improve Outcomes for Post-Acute COVID-19 Patients” aims to strengthen collaboration among healthcare providers, patients, disability experts, payers, and employers.