ESI Fellow Leonor Rodriguez interviews Dr Andrea Tricco on Meta-Evidence blog
This week on the Meta-Evidence blog Read the full blog post below: http://meta-evidence.co.uk/andrea-c-tricco/
Cochrane UK and Cochrane Ireland host online event; Virtually Cochrane 20-22 April 2021
Registration now open for ‘Virtually Cochrane’, an online event hosted by Cochrane UK and Cochrane Ireland: 20-22 April 2021. Registration is now open for ‘Virtually Cochrane’, an online event for all those involved with, or interested in, planning, doing, sharing and using health and healthcare evidence. Everyone is welcome to register for a series of […]
COVID-19 Emergency Evidence Response Service summer scholarship
Congratulations to Johanna Pope who received a COVID-19 Emergency Evidence Response Service summer scholarship, joint funded by Evidence Synthesis Ireland and the HRB-TMRN. Johanna worked with Dr. Karen Matvienko-Sikar (UCC) on an international, cross-sectional survey of prenatal wellbeing, health behaviours, and social support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the first publication here and see below for […]
Writing for Communication scheme – mentees
Congratulations to the 2020 mentees for the Writing for Communication Mentorship scheme, Dr Catherine Houghton and Dr Laura Heavey. Huge thanks to Dr. Marita Hennessy who piloted the scheme for us. Read more about the scheme, which will open again in 2021 here Mentorship July 2020 – Dec 2020 Dr Catherine Houghton is a senior […]
HRB national conference to tackle truth and trust in health research
The Health Research Board (HRB) is partnering with with Evidence Synthesis Ireland and the HRB-Trials Methodology Research Network to host an online conference. It is designed to enable participants explore the challenges and solutions associated with building trust in research evidence to support informed health decisions. With so many claims made in relation to health it […]
“No evidence synthesis about us without us”
How might we meaningfully involve patients, the public and other stakeholders, in evidence synthesis? Though there are unique challenges in presenting the complexities of why evidence syntheses are relevant and important to the public and other key stakeholders, there are some great examples out there: INVOLVE guidance on public involvement in systematic reviews “No evidence […]
Evidence Synthesis Ireland Summer Studentships 2020
Congratulations to the 2020 Evidence Synthesis Ireland Summer Students. The projects were awarded to: Amy Lawlor, supervised by Prof Paddy Gillespie. Project: An exploratory analysis of the reporting of health economic data in published systematic reviews. Amy is an M.Sc student in Health Economics at NUI Galway. She has a BA in Economics and Geography. […]
iHealthFacts.ie – health claims, fact checked
We would like to share with you a new resource developed in collaboration with our colleagues in the HRB Trials Methodology Research Network iHealthFacts is a resource where the public can quickly and easily check the reliability of a health claim circulated by social media. Every day, claims are made about a range of health […]
We are hiring – Associate Director of Cochrane Ireland (part-time)
A vacancy has arisen for a key leadership role as Associate Director of Cochrane Ireland. This position arises due to the current Associate Director taking up a lectureship. Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a part-time (0.4 FTE i.e., equivalent 2 days per week) 18-month fixed term position as Associate Director of Cochrane […]
Rapid Reviews and other resources
During this global pandemic, evidence synthesis and in particular, rapid reviews, are crucial methodologies and tools which will help make decisions. Below are some resources, and please share ones with us via email or Twitter (@EvidSynIRL) Cochrane Rapid Reviews Methods Group Home page Interim Guidance from the Cochrane Rapid Reviews Methods Group Cochrane Training Introduction […]