Text Grilling the Data: The Application of Multiverse Analysis to Better Understand the Health Effects of Dietary Exposures

Dena Zeraatkar, Ph.D.

Dena Zeraatkar, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Anesthesia and Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI) at McMaster University. She earned her doctoral degree at McMaster University in the Health Research Methodology graduate program. Following her doctoral training, she pursued postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School, for which she was awarded a Banting scholarship.

Her research centers on evidence synthesis and evaluation—identifying and appraising research to optimally inform healthcare and public health decisions. She often works in areas in which the evidence is complex or conflicting, examples of which include nutrition, COVID-19 therapeutics, and ME/CFS and long COVID. She also conducts research to advance methods for the interpretation and application of health research.

For her research, in 2023, she was awarded a Gairdner Early Career Investigator Award

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Grilling the Data: The Application of Multiverse Analysis to Nutritional Epidemiology