Health Researchers Need to Ask Better Questions, FDA Chief Says

MedPage Today February 24, 2023
By Joyce Frieden

— A more systematic approach must be developed, without stifling dissent, says Califf

ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. is not asking the right questions when it comes to health research, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, said Thursday.

“What I see is a gap between technological advances and the evidence we need to guide the use of the technology,” Califf said here at the Health Datapalooza meeting — a conference heavily attended by health researchers — sponsored by AcademyHealth. “It’s not that we’re not doing a lot of research. It’s just that a lot of the research is not answering the questions that matter the most to people.”

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