Congratulations to Dr Cian Dowling-Cullen, who has been awarded in our latest round of the Evidence Synthesis Ireland Fellowship Scheme. Dr Cian Dowling-Cullen is a Specialist Registrar in Public Health Medicine. Cian graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 2017 and completed his MSc in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine […]

We are pleased to announce that the ESI Travel Bursary Award was awarded to two students to attend the ESI Summer School: Ammar Suhail (Ulster University) and Mia Daly (University College Cork). The bursary covered the registration fee, campus accommodation, and rail travel to attend the ESI Summer School on May 26-28 at the University of Galway. […]

Congratulations to Ireland Scott, who received the ESI Summer Scholarship 2026. Ireland Scott is a 3rd year MB student in the School of Medicine at the University of Galway. The project will conduct a study within a review (SWAR) to identify the most common rationales, streamlining techniques, and reporting guidelines used in health topic-related published […]

  We are pleased to announce two student travel bursaries to attend the ESI Summer School. Evidence Synthesis Ireland, in collaboration with Cochrane Ireland, is hosting a three-day Summer School at the University of Galway, from 26th to 28th May 2026. Introduction to Evidence Synthesis: Summer School on Systematic Reviews and Beyond is a hands-on course […]

Evidence Synthesis Ireland is delighted to announce that they have received the Capacity Building in Evidence Synthesis award. This award builds on previous strategic investments and will further establish Ireland as a leader in global efforts to provide up-to-date, reliable evidence for better-informed policy and practice decisions in health and social care. The Health Research Board […]

In this blog, Xuenan Pang, a PhD student with Evidence Synthesis Ireland at the University of Galway, outlines helpful tips for creating and enhancing a search strategy for evidence synthesis. A comprehensive search underpins all subsequent stages of evidence synthesis. Designing an effective search strategy can be challenging, and many published reviews include suboptimal searches […]