Professor Francesco Chiappelli, Ph.D. has contributed extensively to the development of the field of evidence-based and comparative effectiveness decision-making in health care over the past several years through his teaching, research publications, and authorship of several book chapters and books. Professor Chiappelli is the founder and director of the International Forum on evidence-based decisions and comparative effectiveness research (IF-EBD-CER), and is the honorary president of the Brazilian Association for Evidence-based dentistry. He is a American Dental Association Champion of evidence-based dentistry, and he is listed as a Fulbright Specialists for his expertise in evidence-based and comparative effectiveness analysis in health care.

• Fundamental Implications for Clinical Practice: Translational Effectiveness in the Context of Translational Science.- Comparative Effectiveness Analysis and Evidence-Based Decisions.- The Best Available Evidence.- Sampling and Assessment of the Evidence.- Systematic Evaluation of Statistical Analysis: Data Analysis in Research Synthesis.- Optimizing Clinical Practice-Based Patient-Centered Outcomes Research: Getting and Understanding Data.- Obtaining Data.- Describing and Analyzing Data.- Translational Effectiveness Analysis.- Optimizing Clinical Outcomes by Individualizing Observations.- Evaluation in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research.- Translational Effectiveness in Practice-Based Patient-Centered Outcomes Research.

From the book reviews: "This is a single-author reference on evidence-based practice and translational science by a well-recognized author in the field. ... The intended audience includes clinical investigators, medical practitioners, and students and teachers in medical sciences (especially dentistry), clinical/basic research, statistics, epidemiology, and biostatistics. ... This book is excellent. It is a valuable resource for gaining a basic understanding of evidence-based research and translational science and its practical application ... ." (Bhavesh Barad, Doody's Book Reviews, September, 2014)