Monica Taljaard is a Senior Scientist in the Methodological and Implementation Research Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and Full Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa. Her main research interests are in the design, analysis and ethics of pragmatic and cluster randomized trials. As a methodologist with the Ottawa Methods Centre, she works with clinicians and researchers from a variety of backgrounds in the design and analysis of their studies including clinical trials and observational studies. She has published over 500 peer reviewed journal articles and helped secure >$190 million in peer-reviewed research grants, including >$60M as principal or co-principal investigator. She is Deputy Editor of Clinical Trials: Journal of the Society for Clinical Trials.