Director, McMaster Health Forum. John supports efforts to address health and broader social challenges using the best available research evidence and insights from citizens, professionals, organisational leaders and government policymakers.

Organisation

McMaster Health Forum and Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges

Background

Public Policy, Health and Social Systems, Evidence

Executive Director, Instituto Veredas. Laura has experience in the public sector as a technical analyst of social policies, engaging civil society and working in networks.

Organisation

Instituto Veredas

Background

Evidence-informed decision-making, Networks, Civil Society

Founder, Future Evidence Foundation. Julian is one of the world’s leading researchers in the use of technology for evidence synthesis and developed the Living Evidence model.

Organisation

Future Evidence Foundation

Background

Clinician, Synthesis, Technology

President, Royal Society of Medicine. Gillian has worked in academia, as a doctor, and in public service, to support quality improvement and educational initiatives using evidence-based guidelines and policy.

Organisation

Royal Society of Medicine

Background

Health, Guidelines, Public services

General Manager, Future Evidence Foundation. Richard guides strategy and digital product management and builds and leads large teams to deliver breakthrough customer outcomes.

Organisation

Future Evidence Foundation

Background

Leadership, Strategy, Digital

Chief Scientist, Future Evidence Foundation.  Britta has a background in academia as well as public service and works to move collaboration and efficient use of evidence forward.

Organisation

Future Evidence Foundation

Background

Evidence, Synthesis, Guidelines

Director of Alive, Future Evidence Foundation. Ruth works to ensure that evidence is useful and used. She pioneered the idea of evidence networks, and founded the vibrant Africa Evidence Network. She is passionate about finding collaborative solutions to enable the evidence ecosystem to live up to its potential to tackle the world’s big problems.

Organisation

Future Evidence Foundation

Background

Africa, Evidence Networks, Evidence-informed Decision-making, Synthesis

Governance Lead, Future Evidence Foundation. Ruth advises governments, foundations and other organisations around the world on how to more effectively incorporate evidence of impact into decision making.

Organisation

Future Evidence Foundation

Background

Evidence, Policy, Practice

Chief Science Officer at the American College of Physicians (ACP). He leads ACP’s evidence-based medicine and clinical guidelines, Centers for Evidence Reviews, population health, quality indicators and performance measurement. He is also the Treasurer of the Guidelines International Network (GIN) and Director of Cochrane US @ ACP.

Organisation

American College of Physicians (ACP)

Background

Physician, Clinical Epidemiologist, Health Economist, Methodologist

Senior Director, Quality at the American College of Rheumatology, where she oversees guideline development. She is interested in connection – particularly efforts that join people and organizations in meaningful, productive, and collaborative relationships.

Organisation

American College of Rheumatology

Background

Guidelines, Consensus Building, Conflict Management

Works at the Pan-African Collective for Evidence. Andile applies evidence synthesis methodologies to issues of social justice including those relating to gender-based violence, feminist movements, and the inclusion of LGBTQIAP+ persons.

Organisation

Pan-African Collective for Evidence

Background

South Africa, Social Justice, Evidence Synthesis

Directs the Evidence Project at The Pew Charitable Trusts, leads the Transforming Evidence Funders Network and hosts the Transforming Evidence Network. She facilitates collaboration to connect evidence with decision-making.

Organisation

The Pew Charitable Trusts

Background

Networks, Philanthropy, Funding

Senior Research Fellow with Cochrane Australia and consumer engagement lead for the Australian Living Evidence Collaboration and the Living Evidence for Australian Pregnancy and Postnatal Care (LEAPP) guidelines. Her research focuses on novel methods for consumer engagement in evidence production and the dissemination and implementation of living guidelines for consumers.

Organisation

Monash University

Background

Health, Living Evidence, Patient involvement

Chief Executive Officer of the Education Endowment Foundation. She seeks to maximise the impact of academic research by working closely with teachers and policy-makers.

Organisation

Education Endowment Foundation

Background

Education, Policy, Practice

Associate Professor in China Center for Health Development Studies at Peking University. Evidence synthesis in the area of health systems and policy research, primary health system strengthening, integrated health care, motivation and incentives of health workers.

Organisation

Peking University

Background

China, Health, Statistics

Founder and Executive Director of Vozes da Educação. Carolina is an educator and lawyer with more than 20 years of experience. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Policies and a Certificate in Learning Design and Technology from Harvard University Extension Studies.

Organisation

Vozes da Educação

Background

Brazil, Education, Practice

Acting Director of the Evidence-based Practice Center Division. In her role, she oversees the Program’s outreach and development of topics for evidence review and evidence synthesis methods development. She is board-certified in family and general preventive medicine.

Organisation

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Background

Health, Prevention, Evidence Synthesis

Program Officer in Gender Equity and Governance at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, responsible for a portfolio of grants that aim to strengthen the effectiveness of governments in Africa through evidence-informed policymaking.

Organisation

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Background

Africa, international development, grant-making

Senior Health Specialist at the World Bank focusing on health policy and systems development in the Latin America and Caribbean region, with a global health perspective. Previously, he was a health policy analyst at the OECD and a senior health official in the Chilean Ministry of Health.

Organisation

World Bank

Background

Latin America, Caribbean, Health

Professor of Medicine at the American University of Beirut. His research interests include clinical trials, systematic review methodologies and guideline development.

Organisation

University of Beirut

Background

Health, Systematic Reviews, Guidelines

Head of Applied Sustainability Science at the MCC. He applies evidence synthesis to understand what climate solutions work and explores how artificial intelligence can be used to scale evidence synthesis.

Organisation

Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC)

Background

Climate & Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence, Evidence Synthesis

Professor and Head of Pediatric Pulmonology at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER). He also leads the Advanced Centre for Evidence-Based Child Health (ACEBCH) at Chandigarh.

Organisation

Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh, India.

Background

India, Health, Guidelines

Cochrane’s Editor in Chief, one of the most reputable sources of best evidence worldwide. She is a board-certified clinician with a doctorate in evidence-based health care.

Organisation

The Cochrane Collaboration

Background

Health, Systematic Reviews, Stakeholder Engagement

Deputy Director of Evaluation at the UNICEF where she oversees delivery of quality, impactful evaluations across UNICEF’s offices in 190 countries worldwide.

Organisation

UNICEF

Background

Ethics, Quality Assurance, Young People

Executive Director, Pan-African Collective for Evidence, where he specialises in the curation and synthesis of evidence for decision-making and policy impact.

Organisation

Pan-African Collective for Evidence

Background

Africa, Evidence Synthesis, Policy Impact

Scientist, Methods Lead, Quality Norms and Standards at the World Health Organization. Her interests include the methodology of clinical trials, systematic reviews and other forms of evidence synthesis.

Organisation

World Health Organisation

Background

Health, Systematic Reviews, Clinical Trials

A former Egyptian minister of health and population, she is a regional leader in the field of public health. She supports the scientific development of Cairo University as a professor of public health.

Organisation

Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum

Background

Middle East, North Africa, Public Health

Chief Executive Office of the non-profit MAGIC Evidence Ecosystem Foundation providing MAGICapp and other support for living and trustworthy guidelines through global collaboration.

Organisation

MAGIC Evidence Ecosystem Foundation

Background

Evidence-based Medicine, Guidelines, Evidence Ecosystems

Health Policy and Systems Researcher at the Department of Health Management and Policy; Co-founder - Center for Systematic Review on Health Policy and Systems Research (SPARK); Senior Evidence Lead Specialist - Knowledge to Policy (K2P) Center; American University of Beirut.

Organisation

American University of Beirut

Background

Health, Systematic Reviews, Knowledge Translation

Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact at McMaster University and adjunct Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University. Rebecca’s research explores evidence synthesis, guideline development, integration of non-randomized studies, guideline collaboration, and rapid or living reviews.

Organisation

McMaster University and Case Western Reserve University

Background

Health, Systematic Reviews, Methods

Chief Executive of NICE. Sam has practiced medicine in South Africa, the UK, and Australia, worked in financial services identifying promising areas for investment across health and care, and at senior levels in the health service. She holds an MBA and PhD.

Organisation

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

Background

Health, Clinician, Economic modelling

Research Fellow, Caribbean Centre for Health Systems Research and Development. Her key interests are healthy policy and systems research, knowledge brokering and stakeholder engagement.

Organisation

Caribbean Centre for Health Systems Research and Development

Background

Caribbean, Epidemiology, Evidence-Informed Decision-Making

Specialist at the Ministry of Health Oman. She is a health economist, evidence-informed decision-making specialist and project manager of health economics and financing.

Organisation

Ministry of Health Oman

Background

Health, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Health Economics

Director, Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council. Her work aims to enhance evidence-informed decision-making to impact healthcare and improve lives.

Organisation

South African Medical Research Council

Background

South Africa, Health, Evidence Synthesis

Chief Executive Officer of the Campbell Collaboration. The Campbell groups coordinate the production and promote the use of high-quality, policy-relevant evidence syntheses.

Organisation

Campbell Collaboration

Background

Social Sciences, Evidence Synthesis, Policy

Executive Director at JBI. Zoe has secured funding to support global evidence-based healthcare initiatives, forged global partnerships and published and presented widely on methodologies and frameworks for evidence-based healthcare.

Organisation

JBI (formerly the Joanna Briggs Institute)

Background

Communication theory, global engagement, evidence-based healthcare

Founding Director of the Center of Excellence in Women and Child Health & Institute for Global Child Health & Development at the Aga Khan University.

Organisation

Aga Khan University

Background

Health, Women and Children, Evidence Synthesis