3rd Stanford Rigor and Reproducibility Colloquium
This full-day event brought thought leaders and stakeholders from NIH, Stanford, other academic institutions, and industry to discuss ways to promote academic rigor, increase transparency and reproducibility, and enhance public trust in biomedical research. We explored best practices and approaches from Stanford and around the world to consider how Stanford can promote practices that maximize the scientific value of our biomedical research.
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Date: Monday, October 20, 2025
Location: Berg Hall, Li Ka Shing Center, 291 Campus Drive, 2nd Floor
9:00 – 9:15 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks
Jonathan Levin, PhD, President, Stanford University
Lloyd Minor, MD, Dean of the School of Medicine and Vice President for Medical Affairs, Stanford University
Ruth O’Hara, PhD, Senior Associate Dean for Research, Stanford School of Medicine
9:20– 10:00 AM Keynote Address: NIH Perspective
Nicole Kleinstreuer, PhD, Acting Deputy Director, Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, NIH
Introduction by Ruth O’Hara, PhD, Senior Associate Dean for Research, Stanford School of Medicine
10:00 – 11:00 AM National Perspectives
Daria Mochly-Rosen, PhD, Founder and President, SPARK Global Program in Translational Research, and Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford School of Medicine
Marcus Munafò, PhD, Deputy Vice Chancellor and Provost, University of Bath
Shai Silberberg, PhD, Director of Research Quality, NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Geeta Swamy, MD, Executive Vice Dean for Clinical Sciences & Research Administration for the Duke University School of Medicine and Associate Vice President for Research for Duke University
Moderated by Ruth O’Hara, PhD, Senior Associate Dean for Research, Stanford School of Medicine
11:00 – 11:20 AM BREAK
11:20 – 11:40 AM Meta-Science Perspectives
John Ioannidis, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, of Epidemiology and Population Health, and of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford School of Medicine
11:40 AM – 12:20 PM Stanford Activities & Task Force Data with Discussion
Steve Goodman, MD, PhD, Director, Stanford Program on Research Rigor and Reproducibility (SPORR); Associate Dean of Clinical and Translational Research; Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, and of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine
John Ioannidis, PhD, DSc, Professor (Research) of Medicine (Quantitative Sciences Unit), of Biomedical Data Science and, (by courtesy), of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford School of Medicine
Moderated by Manisha Desai, PhD, Professor (Research) of Medicine (Quantitative Sciences Unit), of Biomedical Data Science and, (by courtesy), of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford School of Medicine
12:20 – 1:20 PM Lunch and Poster Session
1:20 – 1:45 PM Early Career Issues and Discussion
Tamarinde Haven, PhD, Assistant Professor in Research Methodology for the Social Behavioural Sciences, Tilburg University
Moderated by John Ioannidis, PhD, DSc, Professor (Research) of Medicine (Quantitative Sciences Unit), of Biomedical Data Science and, (by courtesy), of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford School of Medicine
1:45 – 2:15 PM Stanford Examples
Sai Gourisankar, Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemical & Systems Biology, Stanford School of Medicine
Paul Nuyujukian, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and of Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering, Stanford School of Medicine
2:15 – 3:15 PM Stanford School of Medicine Dean’s Task Force on Research Practice and Culture: Draft Findings and Recommendations with Discussion
Steve Goodman, MD, PhD, Director, Stanford Program on Research Rigor and Reproducibility (SPORR); Associate Dean of Clinical and Translational Research; Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, and of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine
Moderated by Ruth O’Hara, PhD, Senior Associate Dean for Research, Stanford School of Medicine
3:15 – 3:30 PM BREAK
3:25 – 4:00 PM Stanford Program on Research Rigor and Reproducibility (SPORR)/Stanford SPARK Awards
Presented by Mario Malički, PhD, Associate Director of SPORR, Stanford School of Medicine
Awardees:
Sai Gourisankar, Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemical & Systems Biology, Stanford School of Medicine
Health Science Policy Lab, led by Sherri Rose, PhD, Professor of Health Policy and Director of the Health Policy Data Science Lab, Stanford University
Merve Kaptan, Postdoctoral Scholar, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine
Matthew Lau, MS candidate, Computer Science, Stanford University
4:00 – 4:05 PM Closing Remarks
Steve Goodman, MD, PhD, Director, Stanford Program on Research Rigor and Reproducibility (SPORR); Associate Dean of Clinical and Translational Research; Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, and of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine
Ruth O’Hara, PhD, Senior Associate Dean for Research, Stanford School of Medicine
4:05 – 5:00 PM RECEPTION
2nd Stanford Rigor & Reproducibility Colloquium: Conversations on How to Future-Proof our Science
Stanford University’s School of Medicine Program on Research Rigor & Reproducibility (SPORR), hosted its 2nd school-wide Colloquium, on January 29, 2024.
The Colloquium focused on efforts of US medical schools and Stanford to improve and support research rigor and reproducibility, the foundation for “future-proofed” research.
SPORR also handed out two RaRe Researcher Awards to Jan Niklas Hansen and Kif Liakath-Ali who have demonstrated high standards and creative approaches to Rigor and Reproducibility in research.
SPORR is part of Spectrum, Stanford’s Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Education, directed by Dr. Ruth O’Hara, Senior Associate Dean of Research, and supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number UL1TR003142.
Program:
8:30 - 9:00 AM - Registration and Breakfast
9:00 AM - Welcome: Drs. Ruth O'Hara and Steven Goodman
9:15 AM - Keynote 1: Dr. Geeta K. Swamy: Protecting & Promoting Quality & Integrity in Research
9:35 AM - Keynote 2: Dr. Alexa T. McCray: The rigor, reproducibility and responsibility effort at Harvard Medical School
9:55 AM - Q&A and Discussion
10:30 AM - Coffee Break
10:45 AM - Faculty Panel and Discussion with Jennifer S. Brown - Clinical Research Quality; Manisha Desai - Quantitative Sciences Unit; Ryan Leib - Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, David Magnus - Center for Biomedical Ethics; Angela Rogers - Pulmonary and Critical Care, Thomas C. Südhof - Nobel laureate, Molecular and Cellular Physiology; Avnesh Thakor - Pediatric Radiology.
12:00 PM - SPORR: Steven Goodman
12:15 PM - Rigor and Reproducibility Awards Ceremony (Awardees lightning talks)
12:30 PM - Individual Conversations Among Speakers and Attendees
1:00 PM - Close
Media Coverage of the Event:
Award Coverage in The Mercury News
Coordination, Communication, and Operations Support (CCOS) Center CTSA News
1st Stanford Rigor & Reproducibility Colloquium
Stanford University’s School of Medicine Program on Research Rigor & Reproducibility (SPORR), hosted its first school-wide Colloquium and Help-a-thon, on January 23rd, 2023.
Organized in collaboration with Stanford’s Quantitative Sciences Unit, the event featured a plenary talk from Dr. Harvey Fineberg (President, Moore Foundation, former president of the National Academy of Medicine) in which he covered his experiences in drafting the NSF report Reproducibility and Replicability in Science; a talk from John Borghi, head of Stanford-s Lane Library, on the new Data Management and Sharing Policy that became active on January 25th. It also featured a talk from SPORR director, Steven Goodman, Associate Dean and Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine on SPORR activities, and a round panel with faculty and postdocs on Stanford's Medicine approaches to Rigor and Reproducibility. Additionally, SPORR gave out 4 Rigor & Reproducibility awards and 2 honorary mentions.
SPORR is part of Spectrum, Stanford’s Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Education, directed by Dr. Ruth O’Hara, Senior Associate Dean of Research, and supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number UL1TR003142.
Program:
8:30 - 9:00 Registration and Breakfast
9:00 Welcome: Dean Lloyd Minor (10 mins)
9:10 New Data Sharing and Open Access Policies: John Borghi (15 mins)
9:30 Keynote: Harvey Fineberg (20 min+ 10 min Q&A)
10:00 SPORR: Steve Goodman (15 mins)
10:15 Coffee Break (15 min)
10:30 Panel discussion: What should the school-wide or SPORR approaches be to help SoM get ready for the new policies - moderated by Ruth O’Hara (60 mins)
11:30 Rigor and Reproducibility Awards Ceremony (Awardees do lightning talks to present their work - each 5 minutes) (25 mins)
12:00 Closing - Help-a-thons / Lunch / (60 min)
- Rigor and Reproducibility consultation
- T32 proposal consultation
- Data Sharing and Data management plans consultation
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SPECTRUM Newsletter