Centre for Evidence Synthesis in Global Health
LSTM is a global leader in evidence synthesis
Evidence synthesis is a relatively new science. The methods and their application have expanded rapidly over the last 25 years. This centre is recognised as a global leader in the field. We are important innovators, contributors to synthesis methods, and part of the development of evidence to policy in global health.
The Centre is made up of two related components:
WHO Collaborating Centre
LSTM has been designated by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence Synthesis in Global Health. This initiative is supported by the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group (CIDG), by a team in the Department of Clinical Sciences.
These Centres are important as they reflect the credibility of the team’s work with the WHO and, through a negotiated programme of work, help ensure the research done by the CIDG are linked with current WHO priorities.
The Centre’s remit is to help LSTM retain and develop this reputation, and to ensure LSTM staff know how to access information in best practice to guide their own work, their students’ work, and their teaching.
The Centre helped to set up Cochrane, and remains a major contributor, mainly through the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group which is an international network of over 700 authors and 20 Editors, managed by Dr Deirdre Walshe.
The Centre has organized workshops and seminars in carrying out a systematic review and interpreting systematic reviews.
Career opportunities with the Centre
Being part of this Centre can provide excellent career development opportunities in evidence synthesis and evidence policy. This is through posts advertised periodically on the LSTM Vacancies page.
Our trainees are highly sought after, and we know that the experience provides them with unique advantages when applying for jobs in medicine, in research and in education; and there are opportunities within LSTM in building careers in evidence synthesis as the science and the methods expand.
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From: LSTMGlobal rollout of rapid molecular tests for tuberculosis over the last 12 years: Cochrane Review summarizes research on recipient and provider viewsNews article26 Apr 2022 -
From: LSTMWorld TB Day 2022News article24 Mar 2022 -
From: LSTMCIDG joint winner of the inaugural Harding Prize for Useful and Trustworthy CommunicationNews article14 Mar 2022 -
From: LSTMSuicide in refugees: a systematic reviewNews article11 Mar 2022 -
From: LSTMCommunity views on mass drug administration for filariasis: a qualitative evidence synthesisNews article17 Feb 2022 -
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From: LSTMFinal K4D COVID-19 Health Evidence Summary publishedNews article11 May 2021 -
From: LSTMEvaluating diagnostic tests: time to get the evidence straightSeminars & lectures3 Mar 2021 -
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From: LSTMThe role of race in UK international development discourseSeminars & lectures13 Feb 2020 -
From: LSTMFrom development to abandonment: the history and politics of food aid in SudanSeminars & lectures3 Dec 2019 -
From: LSTMLSTM partners recognised in the MRC African Research Leader AwardsNews article7 Nov 2019 -
From: LSTMUpdated Cochrane Review published: Lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assay for detecting active tuberculosis in people living with HIVNews article22 Oct 2019 -
From: LSTMPublic health deworming programmes for soil-transmitted helminths in children living in endemic areas – a Cochrane review updateNews article11 Sep 2019 -
From: LSTMXpert Ultra test for diagnosing TB now included in Cochrane ReviewNews article10 Jun 2019 -
From: LSTMFrom the Cochrane Infectious Disease Group : A special collection on diagnosing tuberculosisNews article21 Mar 2019 -
From: LSTMCochrane Infectious Disease Group works with WHO on latest guidelines for malaria vector controlNews article22 Feb 2019 -
From: LSTMLSTM Seminar: Professor Kathryn Maitland on "First do no harm: why was fluid resuscitation harmful in African children?"Event27 Mar 2019 -
From: LSTMBeing HIV positive and staying on antiretroviral therapy in Africa: A systematic reviewNews article11 Jan 2019 -
From: LSTMPyronaridine‐artesunate for treating uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malariaNews article8 Jan 2019 -
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From: LSTMEvidence and expertise: we don’t live in a post-truth society and here’s whySeminars & lectures27 Sep 2018 -
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From: LSTMCochrane review looks at the accuracy of Xpert® MTB/RIF for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary TBNews article28 Aug 2018 -
From: LSTMRibavirin for treating Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever - latest Cochrane reviewNews article5 Jun 2018 -
From: LSTMLSTM runs for second time DFID commissioned primer course in systematic reviewsNews article22 Mar 2018 -
From: LSTMMini-primaquine does help stop people infecting mosquitoes with malaria, but impact on transmission in the community remains unclearNews article2 Feb 2018 -
From: LSTMLatest Cochrane review looks at the effectiveness of strategies to improve people’s access to treatment for tuberculosisNews article6 Dec 2017 -
From: LSTMDFID commissioned 3-day primer course at LSTM in systematic reviews in health developmentNews article17 Mar 2017 -
From: LSTMSeminar Series Report: Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy in infectious diseases.News article24 Nov 2016
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From: LSTMEvidence for children’s growth monitoring and promotion method is limited, new Cochrane Review findsNews article30 Nov 2023
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From: LSTMPlasmapheresis to remove amyloid fibrin(ogen) particles for treating the post-COVID-19 conditionNews article26 Jul 2023
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From: LSTMCochrane Review demonstrates simple house modifications may be an important tool, as part of vector control, to reduce malaria burdenNews article6 Oct 2022
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From: LSTMDo questionnaires, pill counts, or gadgets tell health staff if people with HIV are taking their drugs?News article25 Jul 2022
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From: LSTMA valedictory by Professor Paul Garner: Truth not Triumph: backstage at Cochrane Infectious DiseasesEvent8 Sep 2022
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From: LSTMIvermectin for COVID-19 review update: 11 trials and no evidence of benefit shownNews article21 Jun 2022
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From: LSTMGlobal rollout of rapid molecular tests for tuberculosis over the last 12 years: Cochrane Review summarizes research on recipient and provider viewsNews article26 Apr 2022
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From: LSTMWorld TB Day 2022News article24 Mar 2022
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From: LSTMCIDG joint winner of the inaugural Harding Prize for Useful and Trustworthy CommunicationNews article14 Mar 2022
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From: LSTMSuicide in refugees: a systematic reviewNews article11 Mar 2022
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From: LSTMCommunity views on mass drug administration for filariasis: a qualitative evidence synthesisNews article17 Feb 2022
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From: LSTMVaccines for preventing rotavirus diarrhoea: vaccines in useNews article17 Nov 2021
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From: LSTMQualitative evidence: stopping research wasteNews article19 Oct 2021
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From: LSTMTreating everyone for malaria: does it eliminate the disease?News article29 Sep 2021
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From: LSTMPlague Transmission from Corpses and CarcassesNews article15 Jul 2021
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From: LSTMIvermectin treatment in humans for reducing malaria transmissionNews article29 Jun 2021
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From: LSTMLSTM contributes to India specific guidelines for the treatment and management of COVID-19News article22 Jun 2021
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From: LSTMPyrethroid + PBO bed nets reduce malaria infection in areas of high pyrethroid resistance: Cochrane review updateNews article24 May 2021
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From: LSTMFinal K4D COVID-19 Health Evidence Summary publishedNews article11 May 2021
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From: LSTMNew Cochrane Review shows chloroquine doesn’t help people with COVID-19News article11 Feb 2021
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From: LSTMUpdated Cochrane Review on probiotics for treating acute infectious diarrhoeaNews article8 Dec 2020
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From: LSTMPaul Garner on long haul covid-19—Don’t try to dominate this virus, accommodate itBlog4 Sep 2020
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From: LSTMNew ARRIVE Guidelines publishedNews article24 Jul 2020
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From: LSTMPaul Garner: Covid-19 at 14 weeks—phantom speed cameras, unknown limits, and harsh penaltiesBlog23 Jun 2020
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From: LSTMCovid19 and fatigue - a game of snakes and laddersBlog20 May 2020
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From: LSTMPaul Garner: For 7 weeks I have been through a roller coaster of ill health, extreme emotions, and utter exhaustionBlog5 May 2020
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From: LSTMLSTM partners recognised in the MRC African Research Leader AwardsNews article7 Nov 2019
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From: LSTMUpdated Cochrane Review published: Lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assay for detecting active tuberculosis in people living with HIVNews article22 Oct 2019
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From: LSTMPublic health deworming programmes for soil-transmitted helminths in children living in endemic areas – a Cochrane review updateNews article11 Sep 2019
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From: LSTMXpert Ultra test for diagnosing TB now included in Cochrane ReviewNews article10 Jun 2019
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From: LSTMFrom the Cochrane Infectious Disease Group : A special collection on diagnosing tuberculosisNews article21 Mar 2019
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From: LSTMCochrane Infectious Disease Group works with WHO on latest guidelines for malaria vector controlNews article22 Feb 2019
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From: LSTMLSTM Seminar: Professor Kathryn Maitland on "First do no harm: why was fluid resuscitation harmful in African children?"Event27 Mar 2019
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From: LSTMBeing HIV positive and staying on antiretroviral therapy in Africa: A systematic reviewNews article11 Jan 2019
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From: LSTMPyronaridine‐artesunate for treating uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malariaNews article8 Jan 2019
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From: LSTMLatest Cochrane review looks at pyrethroid-PBO nets for preventing malaria in AfricaNews article29 Nov 2018
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From: LSTMLSTM Seminar Series: “Evidence and expertise: we don’t live in a post-truth society and here’s why"Event26 Sep 2018
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From: LSTMCochrane review looks at the accuracy of Xpert® MTB/RIF for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary TBNews article28 Aug 2018
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From: LSTMRibavirin for treating Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever - latest Cochrane reviewNews article5 Jun 2018
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From: LSTMLSTM runs for second time DFID commissioned primer course in systematic reviewsNews article22 Mar 2018
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From: LSTMMini-primaquine does help stop people infecting mosquitoes with malaria, but impact on transmission in the community remains unclearNews article2 Feb 2018
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From: LSTMLatest Cochrane review looks at the effectiveness of strategies to improve people’s access to treatment for tuberculosisNews article6 Dec 2017
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From: LSTMDFID commissioned 3-day primer course at LSTM in systematic reviews in health developmentNews article17 Mar 2017
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From: LSTMSeminar Series Report: Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy in infectious diseases.News article24 Nov 2016
- A valedictory by Professor Paul Garner: Truth not Triumph: backstage at Cochrane Infectious Diseases
- Professor Yemisi Takwoingi: Evaluating diagnostic tests: time to get the evidence straight
- Rhiannon Osborne: Why health justice is climate justice
- Dr Maya Goodfellow: The role of race in UK international development discourse
- Susanne Jaspars: From development to abandonment: the history and politics of food aid in Sudan
- Kathryn Maitland: First do no harm: why was fluid resuscitation harmful in African children?
- Deborah Cohen: Investigative journalism in global infectious diseases research
- Fiona Godlee: Why you shouldn't believe what you read in medical journals
- Jocelyn Clark: Medical journals and the medicalisation of Global Health
- Mariska Leeflang: Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy in infectious diseases
- Lord Fowler: AIDS: don’t die of prejudice
- Tracey Brown: Evidence and expertise: we don’t live in a post-truth society and here’s why
Teaching
As part of the teaching programme at LSTM, The Centre teaches a short course on systematic reviews.
This course aims to:
- Identify, appraise and interpret systematic reviews relevant to public health
- Discuss critically influences on evidence-informed practice at global, national and local levels, and articulate a variety of strategies to improve decision-making
- Assess the quality of research evidence and apply evidence to policy and practice using appropriate tools
For further information on the course, including dates and fees, please follow the link on the right.
Staff development training programmes
The Centre supports employee development by providing courses, seminars and workshops that enable employees to improve performance in current jobs or prepare for career development.
