#  Asking better research questions: Foods and the Mediterranean Diet 

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **July 15, 2025** 

 06:00PM - 07:00PM EDT 

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 **RCCHU Conference Room**  

 [26 Trowbridge St.  
Cambridge, MA 02138  
United States



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'First define your question'. Research of all fields begins in a similar way; however, questions that involve dietary interventions pose unique challenges. Even in the context of a trial, the effects of a dietary intervention will depend on a population's usual diet, available foods, as well as the population's food literacy and culinary practices. Additionally, participation in a trial may trigger changes in participants' lifestyles, potentially masking the true effects of the dietary intervention.

The '*causal revolution*' has helped investigators better define the core elements of their research questions and has introduced methodological approaches to answer themo more effectively. Having completed his PhD program in Pamplona, Navarra -one of the research centers of the PREDIMED - Trial- Dr. Pano will discuss the *causal revolution* in the context of nutritional epidemiology and present results from his work on the effects of the Mediterranea Diet in the prevention of type 2 diabetes.

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**Speaker: Octavio Pano Espinola** *(Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University)*

**Sponsors:** RCCHU; Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School, Harvard University



 

 



 

 

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