Alexandra Barratt's guest appearances

Alexandra Barratt

The BMJ Podcast

The GP Show

The Recommended Dose with Ray Moynihan

David Unwin

David Katz

Kristin Neff

Valter Longo

Chris Davis

Joel Salatin

Marion Nestle

Dean Ornish

Jill Phillips

David Hunter

Felice Jacka

David Johnson

Sandro Demaio

John Ioannidis

David Wilkinson

OwlTail

This week’s guest has led something of a double life, using both medicine and the media to explore and promote the critical role of evidence in healthcare. Now based at the University of Sydney, Alexandra Barratt's journey from clinician to journalist to global advocate for evidence based medicine and shared decision-making is a fascinating one. Here she talks with Ray about her varied career and the reasons she's ended up challenging conventional wisdom. She also talks about her research into the pros and cons of breast cancer screening and questions the widely-accepted idea that early detection is always the best medicine. For show notes and a complete transcript of this episode, visit australia.cochrane.org/trd.

This week’s guest has led something of a double life, using both medicine and the media to explore and promote the critical role of evidence in healthcare. Now based at the University of Sydney, Alexandra Barratt's journey from clinician to journalist to global advocate for evidence based medicine and shared decision-making is a fascinating one. Here she talks with Ray about her varied career and the reasons she's ended up challenging conventional wisdom. She also talks about her research into the pros and cons of breast cancer screening and questions the widely-accepted idea that early detection is always the best medicine. For show notes and a complete transcript of this episode, visit <a href="http://australia.cochrane.org/trd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">australia.cochrane.org/trd</a>.

12 Alexandra Barratt

Professor Alexandra Barratt (MBBS, MPH, PhD) is a Professor of Public Health in the School of Public Health University of Sydney. She has a background in epidemiological research spanning clinical epidemiology and public health epidemiology. She is recognised internationally for her research to quantify the benefits and harms (including overdiagnosis) of cancer screening, particularly breast cancer screening. She is a lead investigator on Wiser Healthcare, an NHMRC funded research collaboration to reduce overdiagnosis and overtreatment in healthcare. Overdiagnosis is one of the biggest drivers of iatrogenic harm, waste and opportunity cost in healthcare and is a serious challenge for citizens, patients and healthcare services around the world. Please note this episode is about SCREENING, not for those with symptoms, or a family history/genetic predisposition. Breast cancer decision making tools/info:  https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/2123/16658/1/2017%20updated%20breast%20screening%20DA%20%28Hersch%20et%20al%29.pdf  http://www.cochrane.org/CD001877/BREASTCA_screening-for-breast-cancer-with-mammography Enjoy friends

Professor Alexandra Barratt (MBBS, MPH, PhD) is a Professor of Public Health in the School of Public Health University of Sydney. She has a background in epidemiological research spanning clinical epidemiology and public health epidemiology. She is recognised internationally for her research to quantify the benefits and harms (including overdiagnosis) of cancer screening, particularly breast cancer screening. She is a lead investigator on Wiser Healthcare, an NHMRC funded research collaboration to reduce overdiagnosis and overtreatment in healthcare. Overdiagnosis is one of the biggest drivers of iatrogenic harm, waste and opportunity cost in healthcare and is a serious challenge for citizens, patients and healthcare services around the world. Please note this episode is about SCREENING, not for those with symptoms, or a family history/genetic predisposition. Breast cancer decision making tools/info: <a href="https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/2123/16658/1/2017%20updated%20breast%20screening%20DA%20%28Hersch%20et%20al%29.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/2123/16658/1/2017%20updated%20breast%20screening%20DA%20%28Hersch%20et%20al%29.pdf</a> <a href="http://www.cochrane.org/CD001877/BREASTCA_screening-for-breast-cancer-with-mammography" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.cochrane.org/CD001877/BREASTCA_screening-for-breast-cancer-with-mammography</a> Enjoy friends

#45 Breast Cancer screening with Professor Alexandra Barratt 