Podcasts by The Recommended Dose with Ray Moynihan
Hosted by acclaimed journalist and health researcher Dr Ray Moynihan, The Recommended Dose tackles the big questions in health and explores the insights, evidence and ideas of extraordinary researchers, thinkers, writers and health professionals from around the globe. Produced by Cochrane Australia and co-published with the BMJ.
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22 David Moher from 2019-11-17T07:23:42
This week, a closer look at the role journals both prestigious and predatory play in science and academia. Dr David Moher, Director of the Centre for Journalology at Canada’s Ottawa Hospital Resear...
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21 Fran Baum from 2019-11-10T10:18:37
Professor Fran Baum is a Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Public Health and the Director of the Southgate Institute of Health, Society and Equity at Flinders University in South Australi...
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20 Arnav Agarwal from 2019-11-03T12:06:25
This week, Dr Arnav Agarwal joins Ray to share the perspective and experiences of a young, recently graduated doctor working in a busy, metropolitan hospital. Despite the long shifts and demanding ...
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19 Marion Nestle from 2019-10-27T22:00:02
This week, Ray ventures into the notoriously complex field of nutrition with special guest, Professor Marion Nestle. Named by Forbes as one of the world's most powerful foodies, Marion’s stellar ca...
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18 David Tovey from 2019-10-20T22:05:04
After ten years at the helm of the Cochrane Library, Dr David Tovey recently stepped down as Editor-in-Chief. This week he joins Ray to reflect on Cochrane’s past, present and future and share some...
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17 Liam Mannix from 2019-10-13T22:06:52
Our latest series kicks off with Australia’s multi-award-winning health and science reporter, Liam Mannix. He joins Ray to share his insights into the role and impact of evidence, advocacy and inve...
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Series 1 & 2 mini-mashup from 2018-12-10T02:21:41
Not sure what The Recommended Dose is all about? These quick highlights from a few of Ray's many special guests will give you the idea...
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16 - Jeremy Grimshaw from 2018-10-20T00:00
Named by Reuters as one of the most influential scientific minds of our time, this week’s guest wears many hats and pursues all kinds of surprising interests. Jeremy Grimshaw has earned a global re...
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15 Iona Heath from 2018-09-19T23:43:31
This week a very different kind of conversation on the Recommended Dose – one that considers the art of medicine more than the science. Iona Heath is a long-time family doctor who has worked in a L...
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14 Gordon Guyatt from 2018-09-07T04:11:10
This week Ray sits down with the man best known as the godfather of Evidence Based Medicine (or EBM), Professor Gordon Guyatt. Together they explore the past, present and future of EBM, and look at...
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13 Iain Chalmers from 2018-08-22T07:50:10
This week, a very special conversation with a maverick British medico who set up a tiny research centre in Oxford and watched it grow into a global collaboration of over 40,000 people across 130 co...
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12 Alexandra Barratt from 2018-08-08T03:51:31
This week’s guest has led something of a double life, using both medicine and the media to explore and promote the critical role of evidence in healthcare. Now based at the University of Sydney, Al...
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11 Norman Swan from 2018-07-25T12:15:51
A familiar voice to millions, Dr Norman Swan is Australia’s best known health reporter. Having presented the ABC’s Health Report for more than three decades, this week he’s on the other side of the...
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10 Rita Redberg from 2018-07-12T05:51:48
This week influential Editor-in-Chief of JAMA Internal Medicine Dr Rita Redberg joins Ray for a wide ranging conversation on all things health. A Professor at the University of California San Franc...
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09 John Ioannidis from 2018-06-20T14:00:04
Series two of The Recommended Dose kicks off with polymath and poet, Dr John Ioannidis. Recognised by The Atlantic as one the most influential scientists alive today, he’s a global authority on gen...
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08 Julian Elliott from 2017-12-12T00:22:37
Ray’s guest this week is Julian Elliott - the well-travelled Australian doctor, researcher and big picture thinker who aims to use new technology to radically improve health systems and access to e...
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07 Sarah Moss from 2017-12-04T01:20:24
Hailed as one of the best British novelists writing today, Sarah Moss is our very special literary guest on TRD this week. She joins Ray to explore the intersection between fiction and health, and ...
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06 Prathap Tharyan from 2017-11-24T02:48:31
Psychiatrist and would-be international DJ Prathap Tharyan joins Ray from his home in India this week to explore a fascinating fraction of his work, life and philosophy.
Prathap’s wide-ra...
05 Paul Glasziou from 2017-11-15T03:05:04
Paul Glasziou (aka The Surfing Professor) joins Ray this week to share insights from his stellar career as both a family doctor in Brisbane and a global evidence guru at Oxford and Bond Universitie...
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04 Jimmy Volmink from 2017-11-09T08:22:05
This week Professor Jimmy Volmink joins Ray to trace an extraordinary personal and professional journey that defied the odds. From his childhood with little educational opportunity in apartheid Sou...
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03 Lisa Bero from 2017-11-02T02:27:17
This week Ray catches up with Professor Lisa Bero - one of the world’s leading experts on industry influence on science. Her groundbreaking research continues to show how the tactics of big tobacco...
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02 Allen Frances from 2017-10-25T05:01:48
Described as one of world's most prominent psychiatrists, Dr Allen Frances recently made the controversial claim that 'Donald Trump isn't mad, we are'. In this episode, he shares the thinking behin...
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01 Fiona Godlee from 2017-10-18T11:48:24
Who better to kick off a series on all things health and evidence than the exceptional and erudite Editor-in-Chief of The BMJ, Dr Fiona Godlee.
In this episode, Fiona chats to Ray about th...
Explainer Episode from 2017-10-13T02:07:46
Who's Ray? What's Cochrane? Why listen to The Recommended Dose podcast? This super-quick mini-episode offers a snapshot of what we're all about...
For a full transcript of this episode vis...