1. Current Status, Position

Matthias Briel is currently leading the CLEAR Methods Center in the Division of Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Basel, Switzerland. He teaches health research methodology to under- and postgraduate audiences. He is also Adjunct Professor at the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.

2. Education

Matthias Briel studied Medicine at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and completed a Doctoral Thesis in Medicine in 2000. He received a MSc in Health Research Methodology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada (2008) and a PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Basel (2018). In 2014 he completed his Swiss Board Certification in Prevention & Public Health.

3. Research Area

Matthias Briel's research focusses on various aspects of clinical trial methodology and evidence synthesis.

4. Conflict of interest

None