#EPPI-Reviewer new release: Version 6.18.0.0 includes a new streamlined system to evaluate and refine LLM prompts. Supports Claude, GPT-5.x and more models and has new functions to facilitate evaluation and maintenance of Living Evidence workflows.
More details: eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default....
Guidance for the Responsible use of AI in Evidence Synthesis (RAISE) has been updated!
With many thanks to all the feedback we've received and all the contributions from authors
Please see OSF for the latest draft:
osf.io/fwaud/overview
📣 The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination's next online 'Introduction to Systematic Reviews' course runs from 20th April to 1st May 2026.
If you're interested in attending, it's worth noting that early bird discounts end on 16th March.
Further information here 👉 www.york.ac.uk/crd/training...
There is also a separate map 'sector' which contains a further 1,973 reports, which are only about specific applications of generative LLM-based tools for professional development and training, and various types of question-answering.
❗If you’re interested in navigating the huge evidence base on the performance of generative AI-based tools in health and social care, our living map of this research has been newly updated.
This Version 9 contains 923 fully-coded articles, of which 34 are new
👉 eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default....
Today, UCL turns 200. 🎉 For two centuries, our community has opened doors, challenged convention and pushed the boundaries of knowledge across every discipline. Thank you to everyone who’s been part of the UCL story, here’s to the next century. ✨
#UCL200 #LoveUCL
Introduction to EPPI Reviewer – software for conducting systematic reviews 27 January 2026, 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Take a look at this webinar introducing EPPI Reviewer and how to use it in the systematic review process. The session will also touch on recently added AI tools!
Sign up here ➡️ www.cochrane.org/events/intro...
@eppicentre.bsky.social @eppi-reviewer.bsky.social
🌍🌱 New #CLEAN 2026 Seminar Series ♻️🔥💡
#SocialScience seminar series with leading researchers to discuss topics ranging from #ClimateJustice and #Adaptation policies to #Energy transitions and #Health impacts of extreme heat 🏜️
📆 #hybrid Get in touch for zoom link
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departme...
Want to develop your evidence synthesis skills?🦉There's still time to book on the online mixed methods systematic review courses. Join us ☺ medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/dir-record/s... @auhe-leeds.bsky.social @eppicentre.bsky.social @katysutcliffe.bsky.social
Such a variety of personal journeys lead to our MSc Social Policy (Evidence Synthesis). It’s a pleasure to read applications and learn what has sparked a deep interest in bridging the gap between research and making important decisions www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
Abstract of the report of the Lancet Commission on improving population health post-COVID-19
🗣️ Privileged to have played a small part in this Lancet Commission on improving population health, published today: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
It focused on three interconnected threats:
⚠️ Non-communicable diseases;
⚠️ Outbreaks of infectious diseases; and
⚠️ Environmental degradation
(1/2)
Position statement on artificial intelligence (#AI) use in evidence synthesis across Cochrane, the Campbell Collaboration, JBI and the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence 2025 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
In this clip from next week's episode of PH Spotlight, made together with Panoramic Associates, former Director of Public Health for Newham, @jasonstrelitz.bsky.social explains how important working with a wide range of partners is in improving health and wellbeing for local communities.
🎬 🍿 Official Film Release!
We’re thrilled to announce the public release of Unmasking Influence -now available via the LSHTM Vimeo channel! vimeo.com/1123819285
There is overwhelming evidence that many industries are undermining public health.This documentary makes the issues visible and relatable.
Abstract of the article 'Comparing the impact and mechanistic pathways of micro-environmental interventions targeting healthier vs. more environmentally sustainable food options: an overview of reviews'. The article concludes that "There is more evidence for health-focused interventions than sustainability-focused interventions. Size and position interventions seem most promising, but evidence for sustainability is scarce. There is currently no evidence of differential responding to health vs. sustainability interventions, although we were unable to comprehensively assess this. More comparable evidence, and evidence on underlying mechanisms, is needed, prioritising the most effective interventions."
NEW in @bmc.springernature.com Medicine
- Overview of reviews comparing micro-environmental interventions (e.g. product size, labelling or positioning) for healthier or more sustainable food choices
- Led by a great team @oxprimarycare.bsky.social
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
A major new project involving our very own team in the @eppicentre.bsky.social
A systematic review "Interventions for Improving Informal Social Support for Victim-Survivors of Domestic Violence and Abuse" by Karen Schucan-Bird et al. at the @eppicentre.bsky.social available at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#SystematicReview #domesticabuse #ViolenceAgainstWomen
🔊"We are seeing big conglomerate organisations who are providing the same kind of formulaic childcare in a number of settings"
@drantoniasimon.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social describes how the privatisation of nurseries has affected #childcare provision.
www.arte.tv/fr/videos/11...
🔊 Exciting research role available if you're interested in applying evidence synthesis to food policy and public health. Part of a @nihr.bsky.social study evaluating supermarket policies restricting the use of price promotions.
Closes 8th October. Further details 👇 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
As part of the celebrations of our 10th anniversary as a UCL Department, we have launched an inaugural lecture series. You can watch the first here and there will be more to come this academic year! www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departme...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
INSPECT-SR: A tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled trials.
Too good to be true? Spotting problematic trials in systematic reviews | Online
🗓️ 26 February
This interactive webinar will introduce the INSPECT-SR tool by way of application to a published clinical trial.
🔗 evidencesynthesisireland.ie/conference/w...
Our updated @jclinepi.bsky.social starters pack!
go.bsky.app/DNtLZWo
Four individuals are engaged in conversation near the arched entrance of a building. One person holds The Cochrane handbook. The Cochrane logo appears in the upper left corner
We are now on Bluesky! Follow us for:
The latest insights from Cochrane reviews 📖
Training and support for researchers 👩🏫
Information on research integrity, innovative methods and our global community 🌏
'P' is for policymaker.
Ben Hepworth unpacks a term subject to sustained over- and misuse.
transforming-evidence.org/blog/p-is-fo...
Great to be @thekingsfund.bsky.social today for a workshop on AI use in evidence synthesis, organised by www.heec.co.uk
First up is Ian Shemilt @eppicentre.bsky.social giving a brilliant overview of the current landscape. Emphasising caution, judicious use (with humans in the loop), and evaluation
We often talk about corporations influencing research, but what about governments? 🧐 New paper by PhD student Helen Senior shows govt-funded public health research isn’t immune to influence - both positive and negative. Check it out 👉https://tinyurl.com/yjpkhtfk
Check out this summary of a Campbell evidence and gap map on interventions for improving informal support for victim-survivors of domestic abuse: a small but useful evidence base. Funded by the UK Economic Social Research Council
tinyurl.com/ytf9enb8
@sriucl.bsky.social @eppicentre.bsky.social
Navigating research on the performance of generative LLM-based tools in health and social care? The freshly updated Living Map of Generative LLM-Based Tools for Health and Social Care Applications by @eppicentre.bsky.social is your compass.
#AIHealth
Our living map of research on generative AI-based tools for health and social care applications has been updated (30/06). This Version 5 contains a cumulative total of 498 articles reporting clinical or public health applications, of which 89 are new. eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default....
