Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics


Forough Farrokhyar

BSc (Pahlavi), MPhil (Aston), PhD (Wolverhampton)

Associate Clinical Professor

Director, Surgical Research Methodology,  Department of Surgery

Associate Member, Dept of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics

905-522-1155 Ext: 34194
905-521-6197
farrokh@mcmaster.ca

Office location:
McMaster University
Room 107
39 Charlton Avenue E.
Hamilton, Ontario
L8N 1Y3

Academic Interests

Dr. Farrokhyar is an epidemiologist and research methodologist with a specific interest in clinical research. Her areas of interests mainly include the design of comparative studies including randomized controlled trials, cohort and case-control studies, the design of registries and surveys, systematic reviews and meta-analysis. She also has research interests in the application of statistical modelling in non-randomized designs to adjust for prognostic differences, evaluations of outcomes, assessment of short-term and long-term outcomes of chronic conditions, and examination of relationships between risk factors and outcomes. Specific areas of interests cover a wide spectrum of research areas including design of surgical trials, methodological aspects of surgical trials, design of surgical registries, evidence-based practice in surgery, research ethics, studies of inflammatory bowel diseases and functional gastrointestinal disorders.

Recent Graduate Students
Benjamin Lo
Juan Carlos Guzman
Pavan Koka

Selected Publications

  1. Randomized controlled trials of surgical interventions. Farrokhyar F, Bhandari M, Thoma A, Simunovic M, Karanicolas PJ, Adilli A, Guyatt G, Devereaux PJ. Ann of Surg; 2010 Mar, 25(3): 409-416.
  2. Practical tips for surgical research: how to optimize patient recruitment. Thoma A, Farrokhyar F, McKnight L, Bhandari M. Can J of Surg; 53:205-10.
  3. Practical Tips for Surgical Research: Ethical Issues in Surgical Research. McDonald PJ, Kulkarni AV, Farrokhyar F, Bhandari M. Canadian Journal of Surgery 2010; 53(2), 133-136.
  4. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Oncologic Outcomes of Pre- Versus Postoperative Radiation in Localized Resectable Soft-Tissue Sarcoma. Al-Absi E, Farrokhyar F, Sharma R, Whelan K, Corbett T, Patel M, Ghert M. Ann Surg Oncol; 2010, 17(5): 1367-74.
  5. Practical Tips for Surgical Research: Introduction to the Series. Farrokhyar F, Bhandari M. Canadian Journal of Surgery; 2010 Feb, 53(1):67-68.
  6. Is there an increased risk of GERD after Helicobacter pylori eradication? A meta-analysis Yaghoobi M, Farrokhyar F, Yuan Y, Hunt R. Am J Gastroenterology 2010; 105: 1007-13.
  7. Classification and appraisal of the level of evidence of publications from the Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgeons over the past ten years. Al-Harbi K, Farrokhyar F, Mulla S, Fitzgerald P.  J of Pediatr Surg 2009; 44:1013-1017.
  8. The relationship between surgical factors and margin status after breast conservation surgery for early stage breast cancer. Lovrics P, Cornacchi S, Farrokhyar F, Garnett A, Chen V, Franic S, Simunovic M. The Am J of Surg. 2009; 197(6): 740-46.
  9. Long-term outcomes for laparoscopic versus open resection of non-metastatic colorectal cancer.  Mirza S, Longman RJ, Farrokhyar F, Sheffield JP, Kennedy RH.  J of Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A, 2008;18(5):679-85.
  10. User’s guide to the surgical literature:  how to assess power and sample size.  Cadeddu M, Haines T, Farrokhyar F, Thoma A.  Cana J of Surg. 2008; 51(6):476-82.

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