Mission and Vision
Promote equity in evidence synthesis and increase global capacity to consider equity and to promote the use of equity-relevant evidence in health and healthcare decision-making
Governance Structure
Advisory Group: will promote equity, diversity and inclusion across all committees and projects.
Operations Committee: will manage the day-to-day operation of the equity group.
Convenors | ||||
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Elizabeth Kristjansson, PhD | Tamara Lotfi, MD, MPH | Lawrence Mbuagbaw, MD, PhD |
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| Ashrita Saran, PhD | Peter Tugwell, MD | Vivian Welch, PhD | |
Associate | Convenors | |||
Andrea Darzi, MD, PhD | Rebecca Glover, PhD | Roses Parker, PhD | ||
Assistant | Convenors | |||
| Joanne Khabsa, MSc | Ammar Saad, MSc |
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Fellows | ||||
Miranda Lesperance, PhD Candidate |
| Alison Riddle, PhD Candidate | ||
Shahab Sayfi, Undergraduate student |
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Coordinator | ||||
Jennifer Petkovic, PhD |
Training and Mentoring Oversight Committee: will provide oversight of the implementation of the equity mentorship and training opportunities.
Knowledge Mobilization Committee: will help plan and implement knowledge translation, including social media, conferences, posters, webinars, and will tailor the information for the relevant audiences.
Project Working Groups: include all members of the teams working on the various projects to address the group's objectives.
Objective 1: Promote equity in the evidence base
- equity in evidence synthesis (e.g. equity in all Cochrane reviews)
- equity in other study designs (e.g. STROBE Equity extension)
Objective 2: Ensure equitable processes for interest holder engagement
- stakeholder engagement (e.g. guidance for engagement in evidence synthesis)
Objective 3: Produce high-quality, equity-focused evidence synthesis
- production (e.g. conducting equity-focused systematic reviews on priority topics --- see current list of priorities)
- priority setting (e.g. prioritizing equity-focused systematic reviews)
Objective 4: Build capacity for equity design, analysis, and reporting
- capacity building (e.g. capacity building for evidence synthesis)
- knowledge translation (e.g. collections of plain language summaries of equity-relevant reviews)
Objective 5: Promote equity in implementation tools
- equity in guidelines (e.g. GRADE-equity, guidance for equity in guideline development, equity in specific guidelines)
Equity Group Members: membership is open to any individual interested in health equity and evidence synthesis. These members are invited to join project working groups or committees.