Dena Zeraatkar

Dena Zeraatkar, PhD

Former Research Fellow in Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School
Chirag Patel's Group

Dena Zeraatkar received her doctoral training at McMaster University (Canada) under the supervision of Distinguished Professor Dr. Gordon Guyatt. Zeraatkar is trained as a research methodologist and epidemiologist. Her research interests include evidence synthesis and evaluation and developing novel analytic methods to identify more robust relationships between exposures and health outcomes using non-randomized epidemiologic data. 

Comparison of dietary macronutrient patterns of 14 popular named dietary programmes for weight and cardiovascular risk factor reduction in adults: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised trials.
Authors: Ge L, Sadeghirad B, Ball GDC, da Costa BR, Hitchcock CL, Svendrovski A, Kiflen R, Quadri K, Kwon HY, Karamouzian M, Adams-Webber T, Ahmed W, Damanhoury S, Zeraatkar D, Nikolakopoulou A, Tsuyuki RT, Tian J, Yang K, Guyatt GH, Johnston BC.
BMJ
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Pangenotypic direct acting antivirals for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis.
Authors: Zoratti MJ, Siddiqua A, Morassut RE, Zeraatkar D, Chou R, van Holten J, Xie F, Druyts E.
EClinicalMedicine
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Correction to: Methods for trustworthy nutritional recommendations NutriRECS (Nutritional Recommendations and accessible Evidence summaries Composed of Systematic reviews): a protocol.
Authors: Johnston BC, Alonso-Coello P, Bala MM, Zeraatkar D, Rabassa M, Valli C, Marshall C, El Dib R, Vernooij RWM, Vandvik PO, Guyatt GH.
BMC Med Res Methodol
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Unprocessed Red Meat and Processed Meat Consumption: Dietary Guideline Recommendations From the Nutritional Recommendations (NutriRECS) Consortium.
Authors: Johnston BC, Zeraatkar D, Han MA, Vernooij RWM, Valli C, El Dib R, Marshall C, Stover PJ, Fairweather-Taitt S, Wójcik G, Bhatia F, de Souza R, Brotons C, Meerpohl JJ, Patel CJ, Djulbegovic B, Alonso-Coello P, Bala MM, Guyatt GH.
Ann Intern Med
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Red and Processed Meat Consumption and Risk for All-Cause Mortality and Cardiometabolic Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Cohort Studies.
Authors: Zeraatkar D, Han MA, Guyatt GH, Vernooij RWM, El Dib R, Cheung K, Milio K, Zworth M, Bartoszko JJ, Valli C, Rabassa M, Lee Y, Zajac J, Prokop-Dorner A, Lo C, Bala MM, Alonso-Coello P, Hanna SE, Johnston BC.
Ann Intern Med
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Patterns of Red and Processed Meat Consumption and Risk for Cardiometabolic and Cancer Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Cohort Studies.
Authors: Vernooij RWM, Zeraatkar D, Han MA, El Dib R, Zworth M, Milio K, Sit D, Lee Y, Gomaa H, Valli C, Swierz MJ, Chang Y, Hanna SE, Brauer PM, Sievenpiper J, de Souza R, Alonso-Coello P, Bala MM, Guyatt GH, Johnston BC.
Ann Intern Med
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Reduction of Red and Processed Meat Intake and Cancer Mortality and Incidence: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Cohort Studies.
Authors: Han MA, Zeraatkar D, Guyatt GH, Vernooij RWM, El Dib R, Zhang Y, Algarni A, Leung G, Storman D, Valli C, Rabassa M, Rehman N, Parvizian MK, Zworth M, Bartoszko JJ, Lopes LC, Sit D, Bala MM, Alonso-Coello P, Johnston BC.
Ann Intern Med
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Health-Related Values and Preferences Regarding Meat Consumption: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review.
Authors: Valli C, Rabassa M, Johnston BC, Kuijpers R, Prokop-Dorner A, Zajac J, Storman D, Storman M, Bala MM, Solà I, Zeraatkar D, Han MA, Vernooij RWM, Guyatt GH, Alonso-Coello P.
Ann Intern Med
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Effect of Lower Versus Higher Red Meat Intake on Cardiometabolic and Cancer Outcomes: A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials.
Authors: Zeraatkar D, Johnston BC, Bartoszko J, Cheung K, Bala MM, Valli C, Rabassa M, Sit D, Milio K, Sadeghirad B, Agarwal A, Zea AM, Lee Y, Han MA, Vernooij RWM, Alonso-Coello P, Guyatt GH, El Dib R.
Ann Intern Med
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Methods for the Selection of Covariates in Nutritional Epidemiology Studies: A Meta-Epidemiological Review.
Authors: Zeraatkar D, Cheung K, Milio K, Zworth M, Gupta A, Bhasin A, Bartoszko JJ, Kiflen M, Morassut RE, Noor ST, Lawson DO, Johnston BC, Bangdiwala SI, de Souza RJ.
Curr Dev Nutr
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