Amanda Kvarven

Postdoctoral Scholar, SCRDP/ Heart Disease Prevention

Bio

I am a postdoctoral fellow at the meta-research and innovation center at Stanford, METRICS, with a focus on the validity of meta-analysis and other methodologies, particularly within social science.

I completed a PhD in Economics at the University of Bergen in 2022, where my dissertation was focused on bias in meta-analysis. In addition to meta-analysis, my work is related to testing and advancing methods and practices to achieve a higher level of generalizability, robustness and reproducibility in scientific work.

2022-23 Courses

Meta-research: Appraising Research Findings, Bias, and Meta-analysis
CHPR 206, EPI 206, MED 206, STATS 211 (Win)

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