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Helen Pearson @helenpearson.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

📢 My book, Beyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really Works, is out 28th April. 🚨🚨 “an incredibly engaging popular science book that illustrates why we should care about good quality evidence.” Preorders *really* help! 🙏 @princetonupress.bsky.social press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Beyond Belief

The remarkable story of the global movement championing the idea that evidence, not opinions, should guide our decisions

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McMaster Health Forum @mcmasterforum.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

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...

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McMaster Health Forum @mcmasterforum.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

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

Accelerating Inclusive Social Development through AI-enabled Evidence and Evaluation Synthesis - Solution Session to the 2nd World Summit for Social Development

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McMaster Health Forum @mcmasterforum.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

@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

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Key insights from ESIC's Cape Town consensus meeting

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McMaster Health Forum @mcmasterforum.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

What is the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative and what does it hope to achieve? @lavisjn.bsky.social provides an overview of the initiative youtu.be/BEIJn2ZUpZI

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What is the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative and what does it hope to achieve?

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JBI @jbiebhc.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Update: 200+ participants are in Cape Town for the #ESIC Consensus Meeting on Transforming Evidence Synthesis to Improve Lives. For 3 days participants representing diverse geographies, sectors & interests are stress testing & refining the ESIC roadmap & using the meeting as a springboard for action

Diverse perspectives strengthen evidence synthesis. Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative. Supported by Wellcome

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James Thomas @jm-thomas.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Just published - updated guidance and recommendations for the responsible use of AI in evidence synthesis (RAISE): osf.io/fwaud/ We're doing a webinar on this in about an hour! training.cochrane.org/recommendati...

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Responsible AI in Evidence Synthesis (RAISE): guidance and recommendations

The RAISE guidance is currently written in three documents. The first document, ‘RAISE 1’, provides tailored recommendations for eight of the distinct roles in the evidence synthesis ecosystem: eviden...

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McMaster Health Forum @mcmasterforum.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Forum Director @lavisjn.bsky.social recently participated in a @wiltonpark.bsky.social dialogue on AI & knowledge management in evaluation synthesis organized in partnership with Global Affairs Canada & the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office newsletters.cubiclefugitive.com/t/y-A6CF09D4...

Wilton Park dialogue on artificial intelligence (AI) and knowledge management in evaluation synthesis

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Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges @evidencecomm.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Our Update 2025 report is now available and Evidence Commission co-lead @lavisjn.bsky.social shared some key reflections youtu.be/Mm-55r1v4BE

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Global Evidence Commission Update 2025

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JBI @jbiebhc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

@lavisjn.bsky.social of @mcmasterforum.bsky.social outlines features of the 'SHOW ME the evidence’ approach for reliably delivering research evidence to those who need it: journals.lww.com/ijebh/fullte... #EvidenceSynthesis

Screenshot of title banner for article published in jBI Evidence Implementation: SHOW ME the evidence: Features of an approach to reliably deliver research evidence to those who need it.
Lavis, John N.; Grimshaw, Jeremy M.; Stewart, Ruth; Elliott, Julian; Moy, Will; Meerpohl, Joerg J.
JBI Evidence Implementation 23(1):p 131-137, January 2025

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James Thomas @jm-thomas.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

The first consultation for the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative is now live. If you're interested in the future shape of global evidence synthesis do take a look and have your say! evidencesynthesis.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/...

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Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative - Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative

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Arash Rashidian @arashidian.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Webinar series on advancing evidence-informed policy-making for impact: innovations in evidence synthesis, guideline programmes, science ecosystem, and global initiatives 1s session, 12Feb 1200 EET, led by Karla Soares-Weiser, Cochrane Editor-In-Chief. Zoom Link: lnkd.in/dtCY2ReN

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Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges @evidencecomm.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

"The SHOW ME the evidence features are really about articulating what we want the future to look like," said @lavisjn.bsky.social, Global Evidence Commission co-lead. Learn more >> www.mcmasterforum.org/networks/evi...

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McMaster Health Forum @mcmasterforum.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

In 2025, we look forward to continuing our work to support health and social systems, and those supporting evidence-informed policymaking, in Ontario, across Canada, and around the globe newsletters.cubiclefugitive.com/t/y-BEBEA080...

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Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges @evidencecomm.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

The ‘SHOW ME the evidence’ consensus is now available in seven languages and has been co-published in five leading journals. "We now need groups to start to take the actions necessary to make this vision a reality," says @lavisjn.bsky.social www.mcmasterforum.org/networks/evi...

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lavisjn.bsky.social @lavisjn.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

The ‘SHOW ME the evidence’ consensus has now been translated into seven languages (AR, EN, ES, FR, JA, PT, ZH) and co-published in five leading journals (Campbell, Cochrane, CEE, GIN, JBI). All the links are here: www.mcmasterforum.org/networks/evi....

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Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges

The Global Evidence Commission aims to improve the use of evidence, both in routine times and in future global crises.

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