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There is also a separate map 'sector' which contains a further 1,973 reports, which are only about specific applications of generative LLM-based tools for professional development and training, and various types of question-answering.

❗If you’re interested in navigating the huge evidence base on the performance of generative AI-based tools in health and social care, our living map of this research has been newly updated.

This Version 9 contains 923 fully-coded articles, of which 34 are new
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Today, UCL turns 200. 🎉 For two centuries, our community has opened doors, challenged convention and pushed the boundaries of knowledge across every discipline. Thank you to everyone who’s been part of the UCL story, here’s to the next century. ✨

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Introduction to EPPI Reviewer – software for conducting systematic reviews 27 January 2026, 14:00 - 15:00 UTC

Take a look at this webinar introducing EPPI Reviewer and how to use it in the systematic review process. The session will also touch on recently added AI tools!

Sign up here ➡️ www.cochrane.org/events/intro...

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🌍🌱 New #CLEAN 2026 Seminar Series ♻️🔥💡

#SocialScience seminar series with leading researchers to discuss topics ranging from #ClimateJustice and #Adaptation policies to #Energy transitions and #Health impacts of extreme heat 🏜️

📆 #hybrid Get in touch for zoom link

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Want to develop your evidence synthesis skills?🦉There's still time to book on the online mixed methods systematic review courses. Join us ☺ medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/dir-record/s... @auhe-leeds.bsky.social @eppicentre.bsky.social @katysutcliffe.bsky.social

Such a variety of personal journeys lead to our MSc Social Policy (Evidence Synthesis). It’s a pleasure to read applications and learn what has sparked a deep interest in bridging the gap between research and making important decisions www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...

Abstract of the report of the Lancet Commission on improving population health post-COVID-19

🗣️ Privileged to have played a small part in this Lancet Commission on improving population health, published today: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

It focused on three interconnected threats:
⚠️ Non-communicable diseases;
⚠️ Outbreaks of infectious diseases; and
⚠️ Environmental degradation

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Position statement on artificial intelligence (AI) use in evidence synthesis across Cochrane, the Campbell Collaboration, JBI and the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence 2025 - Environmental Evid... 1. Evidence synthesists are ultimately responsible for their evidence synthesis, including the decision to use artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, and to ensure adherence to legal and ethical...

Position statement on artificial intelligence (#AI) use in evidence synthesis across Cochrane, the Campbell Collaboration, JBI and the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence 2025 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

In this clip from next week's episode of PH Spotlight, made together with Panoramic Associates, former Director of Public Health for Newham, @jasonstrelitz.bsky.social explains how important working with a wide range of partners is in improving health and wellbeing for local communities.

Unmasking Influence - The Official Trailer This trailer is for a film called Unmasking Influence. Unmasking influence is about how commercial actors influence policy and public health. Many of the major…

🎬 🍿 Official Film Release!
We’re thrilled to announce the public release of Unmasking Influence -now available via the LSHTM Vimeo channel! vimeo.com/1123819285
There is overwhelming evidence that many industries are undermining public health.This documentary makes the issues visible and relatable.

Abstract of the article 'Comparing the impact and mechanistic pathways of micro-environmental interventions targeting healthier vs. more environmentally sustainable food options: an overview of reviews'. The article concludes that "There is more evidence for health-focused interventions than sustainability-focused interventions. Size and position interventions seem most promising, but evidence for sustainability is scarce. There is currently no evidence of differential responding to health vs. sustainability interventions, although we were unable to comprehensively assess this. More comparable evidence, and evidence on underlying mechanisms, is needed, prioritising the most effective interventions."

NEW in @bmc.springernature.com Medicine

- Overview of reviews comparing micro-environmental interventions (e.g. product size, labelling or positioning) for healthier or more sustainable food choices
- Led by a great team @oxprimarycare.bsky.social

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A major new project involving our very own team in the @eppicentre.bsky.social

A systematic review "Interventions for Improving Informal Social Support for Victim-Survivors of Domestic Violence and Abuse" by Karen Schucan-Bird et al. at the @eppicentre.bsky.social available at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#SystematicReview #domesticabuse #ViolenceAgainstWomen

🔊"We are seeing big conglomerate organisations who are providing the same kind of formulaic childcare in a number of settings"

@drantoniasimon.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social describes how the privatisation of nurseries has affected #childcare provision.
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UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

🔊 Exciting research role available if you're interested in applying evidence synthesis to food policy and public health. Part of a @nihr.bsky.social study evaluating supermarket policies restricting the use of price promotions.

Closes 8th October. Further details 👇 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

SRI Inaugural Lectures Inaugural lectures hosted by the UCL Social Research Institute.

As part of the celebrations of our 10th anniversary as a UCL Department, we have launched an inaugural lecture series. You can watch the first here and there will be more to come this academic year! www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departme...

INSPECT-SR: a tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled trials The integrity of evidence synthesis is threatened by problematic randomised controlled trials (RCTs). These are RCTs where there are serious concerns about the trustworthiness of the data or findings....

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

INSPECT-SR: A tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled trials.

Webinar: Dr Jack Wilkinson - Too good to be true? Spotting problematic trials in systematic reviews To register, CLICK HERE Systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) aim to include all eligible

Too good to be true? Spotting problematic trials in systematic reviews | Online
🗓️ 26 February
This interactive webinar will introduce the INSPECT-SR tool by way of application to a published clinical trial.
🔗 evidencesynthesisireland.ie/conference/w...

Our updated @jclinepi.bsky.social starters pack!

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P is for Policymaker The term ‘policymaker’ is subject to sustained over- and misuse. Ben Hepworth argues that we should differentiate people by the work they are doing.

'P' is for policymaker.

Ben Hepworth unpacks a term subject to sustained over- and misuse.

transforming-evidence.org/blog/p-is-fo...

Great to be @thekingsfund.bsky.social today for a workshop on AI use in evidence synthesis, organised by www.heec.co.uk

First up is Ian Shemilt @eppicentre.bsky.social giving a brilliant overview of the current landscape. Emphasising caution, judicious use (with humans in the loop), and evaluation

How governments influence public health research: a scoping review Abstract. Governments can become involved in academic research to assist in public health decision-making. However, when governments become involved, the r

We often talk about corporations influencing research, but what about governments? 🧐 New paper by PhD student Helen Senior shows govt-funded public health research isn’t immune to influence - both positive and negative. Check it out 👉https://tinyurl.com/yjpkhtfk

Check out this summary of a Campbell evidence and gap map on interventions for improving informal support for victim-survivors of domestic abuse: a small but useful evidence base. Funded by the UK Economic Social Research Council

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Navigating research on the performance of generative LLM-based tools in health and social care? The freshly updated Living Map of Generative LLM-Based Tools for Health and Social Care Applications by @eppicentre.bsky.social is your compass.
#AIHealth

Our living map of research on generative AI-based tools for health and social care applications has been updated (30/06). This Version 5 contains a cumulative total of 498 articles reporting clinical or public health applications, of which 89 are new. eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default....

‼️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

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

Identifying critical intervention, contextual and implementation features in systematic reviews: intervention component analysis ten years on It is now widely recognised that in addition to providing robust evidence about intervention effectiveness, systematic reviews need to provide decisio…

Want to know more about Intervention Component Analysis in #systematicreviews #evidencesynthesis and how it can help us understand how interventions work? New paper by @katysutcliffe.bsky.social and me 🔥hot🔥 off the press today in IJNS: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @eppicentre.bsky.social