Howard C. Bauchner, MD

Professor, Pediatrics

Howard Bauchner
617.414.4232
88 E. Newton St Vose Hall

Biography

Dr Bauchner is a professor of pediatrics and public health. He served as the 16th Editor in Chief of JAMA and the JAMA Network between 2011 and 2021. Previously he was vice chairman of academic affairs in the department of pediatrics at BMC/BUSM and assistant dean, alumni affairs and continuing medical education at BUSM and Editor in Chief of the Archives of Disease in Childhood (2003-2011), the official publication of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in the United Kingdom. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.

At JAMA Dr. Bauchner focused on publishing important and novel research articles, including randomized clinical trials, opinion pieces, and special communications. During his tenure followers on social media increased from ~13,000 to ~1,200,000 with the electronic table of contents distributed to over 1,000,000 individuals each week. In print, via eTOC, and social media, content published in JAMA reached over 1.5M physicians and others worldwide. Views increased from 10M in 2011 to over 100M in 2020. Podcast downloads increased from 300,000 in 2014 to 6M in 2020. Videos were viewed more than 16M times in 2020. The print journals were redesigned, the website updated twice, and all of the original 9 “Archives” journals were renamed, for example Archives of Surgery became JAMA Surgery. 4 new journals were launched, JAMA Oncology (2015), JAMA Cardiology (2016), JAMA Network Open (2018, fully open-access journals), and JAMA Health Forum (2020/2021). Dr. Bauchner conducted over 100 podcasts and live-stream events, and authored over 100 editorials on issues such as open-science (data-sharing, pre-print servers, open-access), conflict of interest, diversity and equity in medicine, interpretation of RCTs, mentoring, scientific misconduct, and numerous health policy issues, including healthcare as a right, waste in medicine, etc.

Other Positions

  • Boston Medical Center

Education

  • Boston University School of Medicine, MD
  • University of California, Berkeley, BA

Publications

  • Published on 8/27/2024

    Bauchner H. Artificial intelligence and the future of scientific publication. Eur J Emerg Med. 2024 Oct 01; 31(5):301-302. PMID: 39206875.

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  • Published on 6/17/2024

    Kepp KP, Aavitsland P, Ballin M, Balloux F, Baral S, Bardosh K, Bauchner H, Bendavid E, Bhopal R, Blumstein DT, Boffetta P, Bourgeois F, Brufsky A, Collignon PJ, Cripps S, Cristea IA, Curtis N, Djulbegovic B, Faude O, Flacco ME, Guyatt GH, Hajishengallis G, Hemkens LG, Hoffmann T, Joffe AR, Klassen TP, Koletsi D, Kontoyiannis DP, Kuhl E, La Vecchia C, Lallukka T, Lambris J, Levitt M, Makridakis S, Maltezou HC, Manzoli L, Marusic A, Mavragani C, Moher D, Mol BW, Muka T, Naudet F, Noble PW, Nordström A, Nordström P, Pandis N, Papatheodorou S, Patel CJ, Petersen I, Pilz S, Plesnila N, Ponsonby AL, Rivas MA, Saltelli A, Schabus M, Schippers MC, Schünemann H, Solmi M, Stang A, Streeck H, Sturmberg JP, Thabane L, Thombs BD, Tsakris A, Wood SN, Ioannidis JPA. Panel stacking is a threat to consensus statement validity. J Clin Epidemiol. 2024 Sep; 173:111428. PMID: 38897481.

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  • Published on 5/11/2024

    Smokovski I, Steinle N, Behnke A, Bhaskar SMM, Grech G, Richter K, Niklewski G, Birkenbihl C, Parini P, Andrews RJ, Bauchner H, Golubnitschaja O. Digital biomarkers: 3PM approach revolutionizing chronic disease management - EPMA 2024 position. EPMA J. 2024 Jun; 15(2):149-162. PMID: 38841615.

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  • Published on 5/3/2024

    Bauchner H, Rivara FP. Use of artificial intelligence and the future of peer review. Health Aff Sch. 2024 May; 2(5):qxae058. PMID: 38757006.

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  • Published on 3/1/2024

    Bauchner H, Ioannidis JPA. The Subjective Interpretation of the Medical Evidence. JAMA Health Forum. 2024 Mar 01; 5(3):e240213. PMID: 38551587.

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  • Published on 12/1/2023

    Bauchner H. Hype, the Responsibility of Authors and Editors, and the Subjective Interpretation of Evidence. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Dec 01; 6(12):e2349125. PMID: 38127353.

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  • Published on 12/1/2023

    Bauchner H, Rivara FP. The Status of Pediatric Randomized Clinical Trials. J Pediatr. 2024 Mar; 266:113862. PMID: 38043678.

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  • Published on 7/28/2023

    Bauchner H, Rivara FP. Improving Child Health Research: The Role of Randomized Clinical Trials. J Pediatr. 2023 Nov; 262:113641. PMID: 37517647.

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  • Published on 2/28/2023

    Bauchner H, McDermott MM, Butte AJ. Data Sharing Enters a New Era. Ann Intern Med. 2023 Mar; 176(3):400-401. PMID: 36848652.

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  • Published on 10/15/2022

    Bauchner H, Rivara FP. The scientific communication ecosystem: the responsibility of investigators. Lancet. 2022 Oct 15; 400(10360):1289-1290. PMID: 36244369.

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