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Highlights from the ESI Summer School 2025

The first Evidence Synthesis Ireland (ESI) Summer School occurred at the University of Galway, drawing over 85 attendees from Ireland and beyond. Day 1 introduced participants to the fundamentals of evidence synthesis. Prof. Declan Devane set the stage with an overview of synthesis types and processes, followed by Dr. Linda Biesty’s session on formulating research […]

ESI Summer Scholarships 2025

Congratulations to the students who received ESI Summer Scholarships. Here are a few who are taking part: Alex Candon, Lucette Chambers and Grace Crolly-Burton. The summer scholarships aim to build evidence synthesis knowledge, awareness and experience among undergraduate students by working on a relevant project related to evidence synthesis design, conduct, reporting or knowledge translation, […]

The People’s Review is now open!

The People’s Review is live – an online citizen science project where you can help shape health research. Want to help shape health research? Join The People’s Review – a systematic review, powered by the public. Open to people worldwide Everything takes place online Make a difference in health research Learn about systematic reviews.   […]

Welcoming the Newest Evidence Synthesis Ireland Fellows!

Congratulations to our latest round of Evidence Synthesis Ireland Fellows: Olayinka Aremu, Dr Vishnu Renjith, Dr Stephanie Craig, Dr Muthalvan Nallasegarampillai, Dr Sean McAuliffe & Dr Claire Kerins. This scheme places Fellows virtually with experienced evidence synthesis centres and review teams in Ireland & internationally. To read more about our fellows, visit here.      

Highlights from Our Recent Workshop: Foundations of Evidence-informed Policymaking.

ESI was delighted to host a workshop on the foundations of evidence-informed policymaking with the Civil Service Research Network, in collaboration with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. This full-day workshop brought together policy and technical staff from across government departments, CSO and Revenue to build essential skills for integrating […]

Launching next month ……The People’s Review

The People’s Review is a new and exciting way to participate in research, where the public decides all the major steps of a systematic review. Find out more here.  The People’s Review is led by a team behind the scenes, based in Evidence Synthesis Ireland at the University of Galway.​​ Find out more about The People’s […]

ESI PhD Scholar Publishes First Registered Report in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Congratulations to Xuenan Pang, a PhD scholar with Evidence Synthesis Ireland, for the first Registered Report published in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology through Elsevier’s pilot program. This article is a protocol for a systematic review [Stage I] comparing various artificial intelligence (AI) based tools with conventional manual approaches in the systematic review process. As […]

Highlights from Our Recent Workshop: Evidence Synthesis for Economic Evaluation

This month, Dr. Paddy Gillespie and Paul Cary hosted an Evidence Synthesis Ireland workshop in Dublin on Evidence Synthesis for Economic Evaluation. The workshop gave participants essential knowledge and tools to perform systematic reviews of health economic evaluation evidence. Attendees learned how to gather and analyze data to make informed decisions in healthcare economics. This […]

Cochrane Review: Effectiveness of SARS‐CoV‐2 testing strategies

  Evidence Synthesis Ireland is delighted to share the new Cochrane Review Protocol: Effectiveness of SARS‐CoV‐2 testing strategies Authors include Km Saif-Ur-Rahman, Nadra Nurdin, Ani Movsisyan, Kavita Kothari, Thomas Conway, Marie Tierney, Petek Eylul Taneri, Deirdre Mulholland, Andrea C Tricco,  Jacqueline Dinnes & Declan Devane. This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The […]