James Thomas

About all these out of office replies telling me to resend emails after a given date

My view is that I've sent the email and it's up to the recipient from then on. It's not reasonable to expect me to keep track of everyone's holiday dates and resend emails accordingly

Happy holidays! :)

Really useful, nuanced work from Ai2

Full Title: Introducing RAISE (Responsible AI use in evidence SynthEsis)Presenter: Ella FlemyngAbstract:This presentation will introduce the RAISE recommenda... ESMARConf2025: Presentation - Introducing RAISE... - Ella Flemyng

@ellaflem.bsky.social‬ describes how we all have a role to play in developing and using responsible AI in #Evidence synthesis. Excited to see how the work of the Joint AI methods group evolves! #ESMARConf2025
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Odd: the RAISE guidance for responsible use of AI in evidence synthesis had become a private project

I don't think any of us asked for it to be private - maybe it was an OSF quirk.

It's now public again. Sorry if you tried to access the site when it wasn't available!

osf.io/fwaud/

I don't know what to do with a paper like this. I'd love to dig into the detail and understand what they did, but there's nothing I can work with - it's completely opaque, and I can't verify anything it says. In that sense, is it even doing the job of what a scientific paper is supposed to do??

2025 - ESMARConf

Just a reminder that #ESMARConf2025 is starting tomorrow! This is a free online conference about evidence synthesis and meta-analysis using #Rstats. Further details can be found here: esmarconf.org/2025/

‼️HOT OFF THE PRESS‼️

⭐Updated Responsible AI use in Evidence Synthesis (RAISE) 3-paper collection on OSF: osf.io/fwaud/files/... ⭐

Now includes:
1️⃣Recommendations for practice for the main roles in the ecosystem
2️⃣ Guidance on building & evaluating AI tools
3️⃣Guidance on selecting & using AI tools

Bridging disciplinary silos with an open methods resource.

🚀 Sallie Barnes, @annetteboaz.bsky.social &
@oliver-kathryn.bsky.social introduce the #URE Methods Repository, re-launching summer 2025.

transforming-evidence.org/blog/bridgin...

How ‘correct’ should #evidencesynthesis be? How does this change if we add #AI?

Help inform new tool dev and best practice guidance! forms.office.com/e/ZwdicYQpjv

Open until 2 Jul, ~35 mins. Part of @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded DESTinY @campbellreviews.bsky.social @ellaflem.bsky.social

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...

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...

Cochrane Crowd Become a Cochrane citizen scientist. Anyone can join our collaborative volunteer effort to help categorise and summarise healthcare evidence so that we can make better healthcare decisions.

Cochrane is now hosting a Crowd task to identify literature on climate and health (for Wellcome-funded DESTINY tinyurl.com/54wack7p)

If you'd like to help:

1. Head to Cochrane Crowd crowd.cochrane.org
2. Login or create an account
3. Click "Task" on the dashboard
4. Select "Climate Quest – Part 1”

2025-07-10 | DEST Hackathon (Potsdam, Germany) | What Works Climate Solutions 🌍 Join Us for the First DEST Hackathon on Living Evidence Synthesis! 🌐 📍 Location: Telegrafenberg campus, PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam  📅 Date: July 10–11, 2025 We’...

Join Us for the First DEST Hackathon on Living Evidence Synthesis — co-organized by the International Collaboration for the Automation of Systematic Reviews (ICASR) and the DESTINY consortium funded by the @wellcometrust.bsky.social

🔗 Learn more and sign up: shorturl.at/g6xc4

ICASR and DESTINY are holding a meeting in July! If you're interested in automation in evidence synthesis then do take a look - in person and online options available :)

www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Happy Friday! If you're interested in #embeddedresearcher posts in local government, take a look at our briefings to help commissioning/designing embedded researcher posts: eppi.ioe.ac.uk/CMS/Portals/.... More resources also on the @eppicentre.bsky.social website here: eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default....

Because of course peer reviewed articles are never flawed 😉

🚀 THE PEOPLE'S REVIEW IS OPEN NOW 🚀
We are excited to launch Stage 1 of #ThePeoplesReview

✅Open to people worldwide
✅Everything takes place online
✅Make a difference in health research
✅Learn about systematic reviews

Join now ➡️ buff.ly/WAnKUYa

Interventions for Improving Informal Social Support for Victim‐Survivors of Domestic Violence and Abuse: An Evidence and Gap Map Background Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) is a significant global problem that warrants a robust, multi-sectoral response. The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted that informal and social networks play...

📣 Just published in Campbell Systematic Reviews, an Evidence and Gap Map of interventions that create or enhance support from friends, family, neighbours or colleagues for victim‐survivors of domestic violence and abuse:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Do nudges need a regulatory push? Comparing the effectiveness and implementation of exemplar nudge (size-based) and non-nudge (price-based) dietary interventions Changing behaviour across populations is key to improving population health and achieving net zero by 2050, including changing diets. We examine the e…

🔊 New in Social Science & Medicine - 'Do nudges need a regulatory push? Comparing the effectiveness and implementation of exemplar nudge (size-based) and non-nudge (price-based) dietary interventions'

Available here (£0):
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Summary 🧵 follows 👇

#BehSci #Nudge

YouTube video by mcmasterhealthforum Global Evidence Commission Update 2025

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

🤖 We've launched a new joint AI Methods Group 🤖

Cochrane, The Campbell Collaboration, JBI & Collaboration for Environmental Evidence have joined forces to spearhead adoption across these four leading evidence synthesis organizations www.cochrane.org/news/new-ai-...

The NIH NIEHS Climate Change and Human Health Literature Portal seems to be gone. Does anyone know whether this is just planned downtime, or...?

1/n For "Safe and Responsible Use of AI" (Working Group 3), we are interested in all you have to say (!), but specifically ...

1. What important considerations for the Safe and Responsible use of AI Tools do you think we have omitted?

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/...

This is a nice thread from @sergiograziosi.bsky.social where he talks about some of the internal discussions we've had where we wrestle with how to develop, evaluate, and deploy new 'AI' tools in a responsible way

That’s a good one today!

🙄

A blue and grey slide with the text 'Artificial Intelligence in Behavioural Research. Dr Janna Hastings Universities of St. Gallen and Zurich. Professor Susan Michie, University College London and Professor Robert West, University College London' What you'll learn: What the difference is between 'Analytical AI' and 'Generative AI.' Strengths and weaknesses of existing AI tools. How Generative AI can be used in behavioural science to generate evidence-based ideas for behaviour change interventions.

Are you interested in learning how AI can be used to improve behavioural research? 📈 There is time to register for BR-UK’s webinar tomorrow at 1:30pm BST with speakers @jannahastings.bsky.social, @susanmichie.bsky.social and @robertjwest.bsky.social.
Sign up here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📣 🌍 We're hiring for 2 Machine Learning researchers to join SOLACE-AI @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social , funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social . This is your chance to develop cutting-edge AI to directly impact global health responses to climate emergencies. jobs.ac.uk/job/DLM377

Interested in evidence-informed policy and practice and looking to study MSc covering methods for systematic reviews of both qualitative and quantitative data? Visit shorturl.at/i13KU Applications are still open! #systematic_reviews @eppicentre.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social

Take aways from Cochrane Germany’s Methods Forum on Use of Artificial Intelligence for Evidence Synthesis. ebm.bmj.com/content/earl...