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We are now accepting applications for 2026 summer positions (for McMaster undergraduate students). Applications will be considered as they are received, so candidates are encouraged to apply early https://ow.ly/BWBA50Y1j8c
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How do you maintain public trust when issues arise and/or scientific guidance evolves?
"Science moves and we need to move with it. Communicating that honestly will build trust and prevent the “gotcha” moments when evidence shifts," said @lavisjn.bsky.social https://ow.ly/w1bG50Y1fWT
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Health misinformation is one of the biggest challenges of our time – shaping public trust, influencing policy, & impacting lives. @lavisjn.bsky.social and Gillian Earle weigh in on how @McMasterU can lead the way in shaping health information for the public good healthsci.mcmaster.ca/fly-on-the-w...
An article recently published in the Journal of Public Health was co-authored by Kenneth Chen as part of his
Global Skills Opportunity experience in Australia academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/a...
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"Let's choose a future where evidence drives collective impact,” encouraged a group of evidence synthesis and public policy experts (including the Forum’s John Lavis) in a recent call to action published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews https://ow.ly/lh9C50XriYS
Accelerating Inclusive Social Development through AI-enabled Evidence and Evaluation Synthesis - Solution Session to the 2nd World Summit for Social Development
How can AI-powered evidence synthesis accelerate inclusive social development? Register for this virtual Solutions Session at the Second World Summit for Social Development events.teams.microsoft.com/event/69ac2a...
#SocialSummit2025
What is the role of the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative in strengthening evidence use? Watch a recording from a recent webinar with @lavisjn.bsky.social to learn more www.youtube.com/watch?v=d76z...
@arashidian.bsky.social @who.int
Blog post by Maureen Smith for World Evidence-Based Healthcare Day
Putting evidence at the centre of everyday life for citizens - a call to action for #WorldEBHCDay worldebhcday.org/blog/2025/pu...
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Federal support should ensure the right evidence reaches policymakers - read this opinion piece from @lavisjn.bsky.social in the Hill Times https://ow.ly/5PFy50XbJlA
Here’s a great leadership opportunity at @wellcometrust.bsky.social – associate director of the Equity Lab wellcome.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/Wellco...
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In a recent webinar hosted by NEDtP, Eastern Mediterranean Region, @lavisjn.bsky.social shared how ESIC will transform how we learn from other countries and create a step-change improvement in how we produce and use evidence synthesis www.youtube.com/watch?v=d76z...
@arashidian.bsky.social @who.int
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The newly launched Evidence Synthesis Network for Canada to Support Pandemic Planning and Response will allow us to continue to provide evidence to inform pandemic planning and response www.mcmasterforum.org/about-us/new...
These are exciting times for those engaged in providing timely, demand-driven evidence synthesis & support. In a recent webinar, @lavisjn.bsky.social shared how ESIC will transform how we produce & use evidence synthesis www.youtube.com/watch?v=d76z...
@arashidian.bsky.social @who.int
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We will partner with 20+ evidence-synthesis teams from across Canada, experts, as well as citizen- and Indigenous-advisors to inform and support Canada’s pandemic planning and response www.mcmasterforum.org/about-us/new...
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Since 2020, we have been leading efforts to build networks to address urgent issues related to pandemic planning & response with robust & rapid evidence syntheses. A newly funded McMaster Forum-led network will support Canada’s pandemic planning & response www.mcmasterforum.org/about-us/new...
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A newly funded McMaster Health Forum-led network will support Canada’s pandemic planning and response www.mcmasterforum.org/about-us/new...
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The newly launched Evidence Synthesis Network for Canada to Support Pandemic Planning and Response will allow us to continue to provide evidence to inform responses to emerging threats, and areas that require continued planning and responses www.mcmasterforum.org/about-us/new...
Today, MoH Marjorie Michel, announced an investment of nearly $20 million to support 7 research platforms to unite researchers from across the country to maintain Canada’s pandemic readiness, improve surveillance systems, and support evidence-based decision-making www.canada.ca/en/institute...
Annemarie Hou, Executive Director of UN Partnerships and John Lavis, ESIC Advisor at Wellcome
At yesterday's #UNGA event, @wellcometrust.bsky.social, alongside fellow members of the ESIC Funders Interest Group, announced a near doubling of commitments to ESIC, bringing the total to US$126 million unpartnerships.un.org/press-center...
“We’re continuing to lead and grow a network of evidence synthesis teams across Canada, which allows us and our network to collectively go further and faster in supporting the use of evidence in policy decision making,” said @wilson-michaelg.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMB6...
Using evidence to tackle health and social challenges
In a recent interview, @wilson-michaelg.bsky.social described how the Forum undertakes a “living approach to evidence synthesis,” which allows for routine updating when a field is moving quickly and for incorporating enhancements to scope, methods and future versions ow.ly/w1On50WlQz6
Podcast on using evidence to tackle health and social challenges
“We’re one of the only groups who, in addition to producing full evidence syntheses and rapid syntheses, commit to conducting what we call ‘ultra-rapid evidence syntheses’ in as little as days,” explained @wilson-michaelg.bsky.social in a recent interview healthsci.mcmaster.ca/how-the-mcma...
"We want to enthusiastically embrace and lead (where we can) the changes that have been prioritized by ESIC," shared @wilson-michaelg.bsky.social youtu.be/h0i2GKW_9vA
Social Systems Evidence
The Global SDG Synthesis Coalition – a UN Development Program initiative – recently highlighted Social Systems Evidence as a key source in their Planet Pillar scoping review. Learn more in our latest newsletter ow.ly/BsCQ50WlQUK
Podcast on using evidence to tackle health and social challenges
“We work closely with decision makers, including citizens, to ensure that what is produced will be contextualized in the ways needed to directly inform the policy challenges faced,” explained @wilson-michaelg.bsky.social in a recent interview healthsci.mcmaster.ca/how-the-mcma...
.@lavisjn.bsky.social, Director of the McMaster Health Forum, shares insights into what excites him about the road ahead, now that the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative’s Cape Town consensus meeting is over youtu.be/jTrRvjuwODw
@wilson-michaelg.bsky.social shares insights on how the outcomes from the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative will change the work of the McMaster Health Forum youtu.be/h0i2GKW_9vA
In a recent interview, @wilson-michaelg.bsky.social shared insights about how the Forum works to get the right programs, services and products to those who need them. “The Forum is focused on generating action to address policy issues faced by decision makers.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMB6...
In a recent interview, @wilson-michaelg.bsky.social shared insights about how the Forum works to get the right programs, services and products to those who need them. “The Forum is focused on generating action to address policy issues faced by decision makers.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMB6...
@lavisjn.bsky.social, Director of the McMaster Health Forum, shares some key insights from the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative’s Cape Town consensus meeting youtu.be/NaTzlGA_l6I