My Expertise
Meta-research, Clinical epidemiology, Evidence-based medicine, Research methods, Clinical trials, Paediatrics, Public Health
Keywords
Biography
Aidan is a clinician, researcher and academic based in Sydney. He is a Paediatric Registrar at Sydney Children’s Hospital, with a Master of Medicine from the University of Sydney and a passion for evidence-based medicine in neonates, infants and children. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney, with strong interests in public health, clinical epidemiology and meta-research. He leads international studies on research methods and...view more
Aidan is a clinician, researcher and academic based in Sydney. He is a Paediatric Registrar at Sydney Children’s Hospital, with a Master of Medicine from the University of Sydney and a passion for evidence-based medicine in neonates, infants and children. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney, with strong interests in public health, clinical epidemiology and meta-research. He leads international studies on research methods and clinical trials, and is a Board Member and the Treasurer for the Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-Research and Open Science, a not-for-profit organisation. He is an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Sydney, Conjoint Associate Lecturer at the University of New South Wales and Conjoint Associate Lecturer at Western Sydney University, with a long-standing interest in suicide intervention for adolescents and young people.
My Qualifications
2021 – cont. Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine and Health), Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney
2020 – 2021 Master of Medicine (Child and Adolescent Health), Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney
2014 – 2019 Doctor of Medicine (Distinction), Bachelor of Medical Studies (Distinction), Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales
My Awards
2022 NSW/ACT RACP Trainee Research Award Finalist, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
My Research Activities
Peer-reviewed publications
1 Hunter KE, Webster AC, Clarke M, Page MJ, Libesman S, Godolphin PJ, Aberoumand M, Rydzewska LHM, Wang R, Tan AC, Li W, Mol BW, Willson M, Brown V, Palacios T, Seidler AL. Development of a checklist of standard items for processing individual participant data from randomised trials for meta-analyses: Protocol for a modified e-Delphi study. PLOS ONE. 2022; 17(10):e0275893
2 Tan AC, Allen SK, Aziz I, Mercado M, Nanthakumar K, Syed F, Champion D. Biopsychosocial sequelae of chronically painful injuries sustained in motor vehicle accidents contributing to non-recovery: A retrospective cohort study. Injury. 2022;53(10):3201-8.
3 Lun EWY, Tan AC, Andrews CA, Champion GD. Electrical injury: chronic pain, somatosensory dysfunction, post traumatic stress and movement disorders. Injury. 2022;53(5):1667-77.
4 Tan AC, Askie LM, Hunter KE, Barba A, Simes RJ, Seidler AL. Data sharing - trialists’ plans at registration, attitudes, barriers and facilitators: a cohort study and cross-sectional survey. Research Synthesis Methods. 2021; 12(5):641-57.
5 Seidler AL, Aberoumand M, Williams JG, Tan A, Hunter KE, Webster A. The landscape of COVID-19 trials in Australia. The Medical Journal of Australia. 2021; 215(2):58-61.e1.
6 Bojanic T, Tan AC. International representation of authors, editors and research in neurology journals. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2021; 21(1):1-6.
7 Tan AC. On lessons learned in The Gambia. Academic Medicine. 2021; 96(3):348.
8 Pho JNQ, Tan AC, Chaudhary K, Hines S, Ellison C, Isaac V, Lim D. Health and support service needs of individuals with disability from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds: a scoping review protocol. Systematic Reviews. 2021; 10(1):1-7.
9 Tan ZW, Tan AC, Li T, Harris I, Naylor JM, Siebelt M, van Tiel J, Pinheiro M, Harris L, Chamberlain K, Adie S. Has the reporting quality of published randomised controlled trial protocols improved since the SPIRIT statement? A methodological study. BMJ Open. 2020;10(8):e038283.
10 Lawson A, Tan AC, Naylor J, Harris IA. Is retrospective assessment of health-related quality of life valid? BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2020;21(1):1-10.
11 Jaaniste T, Noel M, Yee RD, Bang J, Tan AC, Champion GD. Why unidimensional pain measurement prevails in the pediatric acute pain context and what multidimensional self-report methods can offer. Children. 2019;6(12):132.
12 Tan AC, Armstrong E, Close J, Harris IA. Data quality audit of a clinical quality registry: a generic framework and case study of the Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry. BMJ Open Quality. 2019;8(3):e000490.
13 Tan AC, Jiang I, Askie L, Hunter K, Simes RJ, Seidler AL. Prevalence of trial registration varies by study characteristics and risk of bias. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2019; 113:64-74.
14 Tan AC, Jaaniste T, Champion D. Chronic widespread pain and fibromyalgia syndrome: life-course risk markers in young people. Pain Research and Management. 2019; 2019:1-13.
15 Wan JCM, Tan AC, Chaudhuri-Vayalambrone PB-J, Benjamin, McMurran CE. The Modern Medical Student Manual: a book review. Cambridge Medicine Journal. 2017:1-2.
Conference presentations
1 Curtin A, Tan AC, Eichholz A, Champion GD, Jaaniste T. Risk of bias and reporting quality of randomised controlled trials in paediatric pain research: a cross-sectional study. Oral presentation at: Australian Pain Society 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting; 2 – 5 April 2023; National Convention Centre Canberra, Canberra, Australia.
2 Tan AC. Prevalence and characteristics of data sharing policies across the health research life cycle: funders, ethics committees, trial registries, journals, and data repositories. Poster presentation at: FMH EMCR Networks’ Showcase; 7 – 8 December 2022; The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
3 Tan AC. Prevalence and characteristics of data sharing policies across the health research life cycle: funders, ethics committees, trial registries, journals, and data repositories. Oral presentation at: Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-research and Open Science Conference 4th Annual Conference; 28 – 30 November 2022; Online.
4 Tan AC, Libesman S, Liu W, Yang Z, Chand RR, Webster A, Seidler A. Prevalence and Characteristics of Data Sharing Policies Across the Health Research Life Cycle: Funders, Ethics Committees, Trial Registries, Journals, and Data Repositories. Podium presentation at: Ninth International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication; 8 – 10 September 2022; Swissôtel, Chicago, United States of America.
5 Hunter KE, Tan AC, Webster AC, Hamilton D, Cheng M, Jones L, Libesman S, Fahridin S, Camacho AL, Wang R, Seidler AL. Perspectives on Responsibilities in Receipt and Secondary Use of Data in Health Research. Poster presentation at: Ninth International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication; 8 – 10 September 2022; Swissôtel, Chicago, United States of America.
6 Tan AC, Muthiah A, Lee LK, Koh J, Liu A. Methodological and reporting quality of systematic reviews in dermatology. Poster presentation at: Ninth International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication; 8 – 10 September 2022; Swissôtel, Chicago, United States of America.
7 Hunter KE, Tan AC, Seidler AL. Considerations for the use of secondary data in health research. Group discussion at: Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-research and Open Science Conference 3rd Annual Conference; 30 November – 3 December 2021; Online.
8 Seidler AL, Aberoumand M, Williams JG, Tan A, Hunter KE, Webster A. Emergence of evidence addressing COVID-19 in Australia. Oral presentation at: Engaging Evidence; 9–11 November 2021; Online.
9 Tan AC, Tan ZW, Li T, Harris I, Naylor JM, Siebelt M, van Tiel J, Pinheiro M, Harris L, Chamberlain K, Adie S. Has the reporting quality of published randomised controlled trial protocols improved since the SPIRIT statement? Oral presentation at: 81st Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting; 8–10 November 2021; Online.
10 Tan AC, Askie LM, Hunter KE, Barba A, Simes RJ, Seidler AL. Data sharing - trialists’ plans at registration, attitudes, barriers and facilitators. Oral presentation at: World Congress of Epidemiology; 3–6 September 2021; Online.
11 Tan AC, Tan ZW, Li T, Harris I, Naylor JM, Siebelt M, van Tiel J, Pinheiro M, Harris L, Chamberlain K, Adie S. Has the reporting quality of published randomised controlled trial protocols improved since the SPIRIT statement? Oral presentation at: World Congress of Epidemiology; 3–6 September 2021; Online.
12 Bojanic T, Tan AC. International representation of authors, editors and research in neurology journals. Oral presentation at: World Congress of Epidemiology; 3–6 September 2021; Online.
13 Aberoumand M, Seidler AL, Williams JG, Tan A, Hunter KE, Webster A. The landscape of COVID-19 trials in Australia. Oral presentation at: World Congress of Epidemiology; 3–6 September 2021; Online.
14 Tan AC, Allen SK, Aziz I, Mercado M, Nanthakumar K, Syed F, Champion D. Social consequences of motor vehicle accidents: a survey of 300 claimants with painful musculoskeletal injuries. Oral presentation at: Australian Pain Society 41st Annual Scientific Meeting; 19–20 April 2021; Online.
15 Seidler AL, Aberoumand M, Tan AC, Williams J, Hunter K, Wilson M, Webster A. Landscape of COVID-19 trials in Australia. Poster presentation at: Australian Clinical Trial Alliance Summit; 30 November – 4 December 2020; Online.
16 Tan AC, Askie LM, Hunter KE, Barba A, Seidler AL. Willingness to share individual participant data, and barriers and facilitators to data sharing: a retrospective cohort study and cross-sectional survey. Advances in Evidence Synthesis: special issue. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2020(9 Suppl 1):263.
17 Lun E, Tan AC, Andrews C, Champion D. Electrical injury: case series highlighting chronic pain, post traumatic stress and movement disorders. Poster presentation at: Australian Pain Society 40th Annual Scientific Meeting; 5–8 April 2020; Online.
18 Tan AC, Jiang I, Askie L, Hunter K, Seidler AL. Clinical trial registration in health research is associated with trial characteristics and risk of bias. Poster presentation at: Australian Clinical Trial Alliance International Clinical Trials Conference; 2–5 October 2019; International Convention Centre, Sydney, Australia.
19 Tan AC, Jiang I, Askie L, Hunter K, Seidler AL. How is timing of clinical trial registration related to clinical trial characteristics and risk of bias? Poster presentation at: 25th Cochrane Colloquium; 16–18 September 2018; International Conference Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland.
20 Champion D, Allen SK, Mercado M, Tan AC, Aziz I, Nanthakumar K, Syed F, Saraf S. A biopsychosocial survey of painful injuries after motor vehicle accidents. Oral presentation at: Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Annual Scientific Meeting; 7–11 May 2018; International Convention Centre, Sydney, Australia.
21 Champion D, Allen SK, Mercado M, Tan AC, Aziz I, Nanthakumar K, Syed F, Saraf S. The painful and psychosocial consequences of motor vehicle accidents. Poster presentation at: Australian Pain Society 38th and New Zealand Pain Society Conjoint Annual Scientific Meeting; 8–11 April 2018; International Convention Centre, Sydney, Australia.
22 Tan AC. Data quality assurance in clinical quality registries. Poster presentation at: Health Beyond Research and Innovation Showcase; 7–8 June 2017; Campbelltown Catholic Club, Sydney, Australia.
23 Champion D, Tan AC. Multiregional musculoskeletal pain, chronic widespread pain and fibromyalgia syndrome: life-course risk markers for development and progression. Poster presentation at: Australian Rheumatology Association and New Zealand Rheumatology Association Annual Scientific Meeting; 20–23 May 2017; Auckland Convention Centre, Auckland, New Zealand.
My Research Supervision
Supervision keywords
Areas of supervision
Meta-research, Clinical epidemiology, Evidence-based medicine, Research methods, Clinical trials, Paediatrics, Public health
Currently supervising
Doctor of Medicine, University of New South Wales
Shyla Govil
Doctor of Medicine, Western Sydney University
Ruchir Bapat
Wilson Jiang
NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre Summer Research/Scholarship Program, University of Sydney
Zhilin Ren
Tony Chao Yen Lian
William Hanphong Lam
My Engagement
Media engagement
1 Science. Ready, set, share: Researchers brace for new data-sharing rules; 25 January 2023.
2 Nature News. Many researchers say they’ll share data — but don’t; 21 June 2022.
3 The Age. Experts blast local research into COVID treatments, decry lack of effort to understand vaccine take-up; 20 July 2021.
4 The Sydney Morning Herald. Experts blast local research into COVID treatments, decry lack of effort to understand vaccine take-up; 20 July 2021.
5 Health Report. Review of COVID research exposes waste and missed opportunities; 19 July 2021.
6 Bojanic T, Tan AC. BMC Series blog. International representation in Neurology journals: no improvement in over a decade; 16 April 2021.
My Teaching
2023 – cont. Adjunct Lecturer, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
2020 – cont. Conjoint Associate Lecturer, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales
2020 – cont. Conjoint Associate Lecturer, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University
2019 Ethics Tutor, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales
2019 Clinical Transition Course Tutor, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales
2018 – 2019 Clinical Skills Tutor, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales
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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0354-4006