Our opinion piece that outlines several challenges of conducting umbrella reviews is out in the The BMJ! doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o1… Joshua D. Wallach BMJMedicine

📢NEW PAPER: "Reporting guideline for overviews of reviews of healthcare interventions: development of the PRIOR statement" ➡️ doi.org/10.1136/bmj-20… I 'm so grateful for taking part in this outstanding international effort and team work!!

Our report on trends in health inequalities in Scotland is now available. It reviews evidence on deaths, health and wellbeing, health behaviours, and health services since 2000. 👉gla.ac.uk/healthinequali… Thread ⬇️(1/5) #HealthInequalitiesScotland

How can researchers inform policy? It’s a difficult question but @NikiRust has an excellent answer in this thread.

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FRESHLY PUBLISHED: We present the free, open-source R package called ccaR that provides easyto-use functions for assessing the degree of overlap of primary studies in an overview of reviews doi.org/10.1002/jrsm.1…

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A two year old child dying from respiratory disease caused by mould. Heartbreaking. As our Fuel Poverty Report pointed out, fuel poverty is a cause of mould. And the causes of fuel poverty are all remediable: poverty, thermal property of housing, and price of fuel. SDH!

Congratulations to professor Geoffrey Fong (Geoffrey Fong) of UWaterloo Psychology who will be invested as an officer of the Order of Canada for his work in reducing the global tobacco epidemic. ITC Project | bit.ly/3Fe3JER

Big announcement: Feminist Economics call for papers for a special issue on GLOBAL REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE AND FEMINIST ECONOMICS. Guest edited by an amazing multidisciplinary trio Rishita Nandagiri (rishie.bsky.social), Leigh Senderowicz & Wendy Sigle. Submissions due 2/28. More info here: bit.ly/_Feminist_Econ… @iaffe

Do you have a methodological interest and experience in conducting systematic reviews? Take a look 🧐 Data extraction in systematic reviews: A survey of current practice, methods and research priorities (29 questions, approx. 15 minutes to answer) limesurvey.uni-wh.de/index.php/4851…

TL;DR: 10 rules to write a compelling title #1: Describe main result #2: Be concise #3: < 95 characters long #4: Be specific #5: No punctuation marks #6: Use an active verb #7: No filler words #8: No acronyms #9: Right level of jargon #10: Adhere to journal guidelines

📢CALL FOR PAPERS! The 31st International Association for Feminist Economics Annual Conference will be hosted by UCT! Please go to iaffe.org/annual-confere… for info on poster sessions, supporting young scholars, deadlines, interpretation, hybrid sessions etc.

I was asked to prepare a very brief introduction to GRADE for new members of a WHO guideline panel. The 11.5 minute result could be useful for any guideline group wanting to give their panel members a brief bird’s eye view of the GRADE process. vimeo.com/779978267

📢Please share- Two PhD Studentships are currently available at the Centre for Care! ➡️'The impact of digital technologies on care and caring relationships' ➡️'An Intersectional Analysis of Unpaid Care' For more information & to apply, follow this link: centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2023/0…

ICYMI: Call for #AdamSmith300 academic workshop proposals focusing on his works and impact. Workshops led by Dr Craig Smith UofG Soc & Pol Sci & supported by John Templeton Foundation. Early career researchers & PhD students proposals encouraged - travel awards available. ➡️ bit.ly/3vQ5pz4

Everyone has a unique path to success, and those who face language and cultural barriers in academic careers deserve extra recognition for their determination and strength.

Support a European Citizens’ Initiative to achieve a tobacco-free environment & the 1st European tobacco-free generation by 2030 🌍 We need 1 million signatures by January 2024 for the European Commission to take action 👇 ow.ly/WYL350MZhF4

Looking at excess deaths from countries around the world it's clear that life expectancy fell again in 2022. At this rate governments and public health authorities are on course to wipe out 100 years of health gains in a decade

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