Welcome Dr Nikita Burke as the new Programme Manager
Evidence Synthesis Ireland is pleased to welcome Dr Nikita Burke as the new Programme Manager. Nikita has a background in Neuroscience and was previously the Development Manager for the HRB Primary Care Clinical Trials Network Ireland, in the School of Medicine at NUI Galway. WELCOME Nikita! Our sincere thanks to Dr Patricia Healy who has recently taken up a […]
Storytelling and Evidence
So your study is nearing completion. You’re fairly confident it will be accepted in a journal with a high impact score. And being an enthusiast for evidence synthesis, you recognise the importance of moving this new knowledge beyond academia and into the mainstream. But how? One approach is to consider your research as a story. […]
Webinar: Evidence and Gap Maps
Dr. Ashrita Saran has been working as an Evidence Synthesis Specialist with Campbell Collaboration since December 2016 and is also the editor of Campbell International Development Coordinating Group. She is an epidemiologist by background and is trained in systematic reviews and information science. At Campbell she has led the development of Campbell discussion paper on […]
Webinar: Scoping Review Steps
Heather Colquhoun is an Assistant Professor in the Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy Department at the University of Toronto. She is an Implementation Scientist with expertise in the identification, prioritization and closing of evidence-to-practice gaps in healthcare. She also studies the methodologies used to design and report scoping reviews. This webinar will cover the current […]
Webinar: When enough is enough.
When enough is enough. How to determine when the evidence for the effectiveness of a treatment is sufficient? This webinar is co-hosted with HRB-TMRN & Cochrane Ireland. Hans Lund is Professor at Centre for Evidence-Based Practice at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences in Bergen, Norway. After 10 years working with rehabilitation of elderly and […]
Director of ESI, Prof Declan Devane features in the HRB Ezine
Diving into evidence for better trials and maternity care Director of Evidence Synthesis Ireland, Prof Declan Devane features in the HRB Ezine Professor Declan Devane has spent much of his career seeking evidence to improve maternity care and strengthening how we generate and synthesis that evidence more generally. He talks to Dr Claire O’Connell from […]
Webinar: ESI Fellowship Scheme
Dr Aoife Egan works as a fellow in endocrinology at the Mayo Clinic Rochester where she has clinical, research and teaching responsibilities. Dr Egan became an Evidence Synthesis Ireland Fellow in 2018 and was hosted by Dr Andrea Tricco and the Knowledge Synthesis team in the Knowledge Translation Program of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge […]
Webinar: More QEStions than answers? Qualitative Evidence Synthesis and where we are now?
Dr Andrew Booth has been a systematic review methodologist at ScHARR, University of Sheffield since 1994 having previously worked in health information roles for the NHS, the Medical Research Council and the King´s Fund. Andrew is a Co-Convenor of the Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group (CQIMG) and is an Associate Editor for Research Synthesis […]
Webinar: Information Technologies for Systematic Reviews
James Thomas is Professor of Social Research & Policy at the EPPI-Centre, UCL in London and also leads the Systematic Reviews Facility for the Department of Health, England. This webinar will examine some of the ways in which information technologies can make systematic reviewing more efficient and can also increase reliability in the process. James […]
Fellowship Scheme 2019
Evidence Synthesis Ireland and Cochrane Ireland are delighted to announce the launch of their exciting new Evidence Synthesis Ireland Fellowship Scheme 2019. Closing date for applications is 2nd June 2019. For more information, click here.