¶ COVID-19 Evidence Network to Support Decision-making
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The COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making (COVID-END) was a Canadian research network co-led by teams at the McMaster Health Forum and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI).[1]
COVID-END's work helped lead to the creation of the Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges.[2]
¶ Organization
Government funding for COVID-END came from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Rapid-Improvement Support and Exchange (RISE) and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NIHR), in addition to individual donations through the Centre for Effective Altruism and Fidelity Charitable.[3]
¶ Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmed Abou-Setta | Co-investigator[4] | University of Manitoba Department of Community Health Sciences |
| Owen Adams | Knowledge user | Canadian Medical Association (CMA) |
| Neill Adhikari | Knowledge user | Sunnybrook Research Institute |
| Elie Akl | Sustaining Working Group Co-chair[5] | Center for Systematic Reviews on Health Policy and Systems Research (SPARK) |
| Safa Al-Khateeb | Secretariat[1:1] | McMaster Health Forum |
| Rick Audas | Co-investigator | Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty of Medicine |
| Simon Bacon | Co-investigator | Concordia University Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology |
| Richard Ballerand | Citizen Partner[6] | United Kingdom |
| Jorge Barreto | Prioritizing Working Group Co-chair | Oswaldo Cruz Foundation |
| Tupper Bean | Knowledge user | Centre for Effective Practice (CEP) |
| Mpho Begin | Citizen Partner | Manitoba |
| Tamy Bell | Citizen Partner | Ontario |
| Zulfiqar Bhutta | Co-investigator | SickKids Centre for Global Child Health |
| Simona Bignami | Co-investigator | University of Montreal Department of Demographics |
| Leah Boulos | Collaborator (search expertise) | Maritime SPOR SUPPORT Unit (MSSU) |
| Linn Brandt | Digitizing Working Group Co-chair | MAGICapp |
| Jodi Brennan | Co-investigator | Aurora College School of Health and Human Services |
| Romina Brignardello-Petersen | Co-investigator | McMaster University Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact |
| Melissa Brouwers | Co-investigator | University of Ottawa School of Epidemiology and Public Health (SEPH) |
| Stirling Bryan | Knowledge user | UBC School of Population and Public Health |
| Jenny Camaradou | Citizen Partner | United Kingdom |
| Philip Chilibeck | Co-investigator | University of Saskatchewan College of Kinesiology |
| Ileana Ciurea | Secretariat | McMaster Health Forum |
| Fiona Clement | Co-investigator | Cumming School of Medicine |
| Phil Collis | Citizen Partner | United Kingdom |
| John Conly | Co-investigator | Cumming School of Medicine |
| Trevor Corneil | Knowledge user | UBC School of Population and Public Health |
| Janet Curran | Co-investigator | Dalhousie University School of Nursing |
| Sylvia de Haan | Advocating Working Group Co-chair | Cochrane |
| David Diamond | Knowledge user | Eastern Health |
| Maureen Dobbins | Co-investigator and Engaging Working Group Co-Chair | McMaster University School of Nursing, National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools (NCCMT) |
| Amanda Doherty-Kirby | Citizen Partner | Prince Edward Island |
| Abu Boakai Dukuly | Citizen Partner | Manitoba |
| Vincent Dumez | Knowledge user | University of Montreal Department of Medicine |
| Kerry Lynn Durnford | Co-investigator | Aurora College School of Health and Human Services |
| Ivan Florez | Co-investigator and Recommending Working Group Co-Chair | University of Antioquia, AGREE Collaboration |
| Robert Fowler | Knowledge user | Sunnybrook Research Institute |
| Christine Friedenreich | Co-investigator | Cumming School of Medicine |
| Alain Gagnon | Co-investigator | University of Montreal Department of Demographics |
| Juanita Garcia | Citizen Partner | Manitoba |
| Chantelle Garritty | Co-investigator | Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) |
| Pierre-Gerlier Forest | Co-investigator | School of Public Policy |
| William Ghali | Co-investigator | Cumming School of Medicine |
| Christina Godfrey | Co-investigator | Queen's University School of Nursing |
| David Gough | Sustaining Working Group Co-chair | Evidence for Policy and Practice Information Centre (EPPI) |
| Margo Greenwood | Knowledge user | UNBC Department of First Nations Studies |
| Annie-Danielle Grenier | Citizen Partner | Québec |
| Jeremy Grimshaw | Secretariat,[1:2] Principal Investigator[4:1] and Scoping Working Group Chair | Centre for Implementation Research (CIR) |
| Doris Grinspun | Knowledge user | Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) |
| Janet Gunderson | Citizen Partner | Saskatchewan |
| Gordon Guyatt | Co-investigator | McMaster University Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact |
| Lisa Hartling | Co-investigator | University of Alberta Department of Pediatrics |
| Blake Hawkins | Citizen Partner | British Columbia |
| Jill Hayden | Knowledge user | Dalhousie University Department of Community Health and Epidemiology |
| Anne Hayes | Knowledge user | Ontario Ministry of Health |
| Glen Hazlewood | Co-investigator | Cumming School of Medicine |
| Ben Heaven-Taylor | Packaging Working Group Chair | Evidence Aid |
| Paul Hebert | Knowledge user | Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal |
| Brian Hutton | Co-investigator | Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) |
| Alfonso Iorio | Co-investigator | McMaster University Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact |
| Alison Irons | Citizen Partner | Ontario |
| Jack Jedwab | Knowledge user | Association for Canadian Studies |
| Brenda Allen Kawala | Equity Task Group Co-chair | Africa Centre for Systematic Reviews and Knowledge Translation |
| Jim Kellner | Co-investigator | Cumming School of Medicine |
| Shannon Kelly | Co-investigator | Cardiovascular Research Methods Centre |
| Zoha Khawaja | Co-investigator | Cumming School of Medicine |
| Marion Knutson | Citizen Partner | Ontario |
| Lynn Laidlaw | Citizen Partner | Scotland |
| Francois Lamontagne | Co-investigator | University of Sherbrooke Department of Medicine |
| Therese Lane | Citizen Partner | Ontario |
| Laurenz Langer | Engaging Working Group Co-chair | Africa Centre for Evidence (ACE) |
| John Lavis | Secretariat[1:3] and Principal Investigator[4:2] | McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact |
| Susan Law | Collaborator | CanCOVID |
| Annie LeBlanc | Co-investigator | Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval |
| Grigorios Leontiadis | Co-investigator | McMaster University Department of Medicine |
| Wendy Levinson | Knowledge user | University of Toronto Department of Medicine |
| Linda Li | Co-investigator | UBC Department of Physical Therapy |
| Cynthia Lisée | Citizen Partner | Canada and Québec |
| Julian Little | Co-investigator | University of Ottawa School of Epidemiology and Public Health (SEPH) |
| Braden Manns | Knowledge user | University of Calgary Department of Medicine |
| Chris Mavergames | Digitizing Working Group Co-chair | Cochrane |
| Alies Maybee | Citizen Partner | Ontario |
| Jessie McGowan | Collaborator (search expertise) | University of Ottawa School of Epidemiology and Public Health (SEPH) |
| Ruth McQuillan | Prioritizing Working Group Co-chair | Usher Network for COVID-19 Evidence Reviews (UNCOVER) |
| Jon Meddings | Co-investigator | Cumming School of Medicine |
| Katrina Milaney | Co-investigator | Cumming School of Medicine |
| Nicole Mittman | Co-investigator | University of Toronto Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME) |
| Craig Mitton | Co-investigator | UBC School of Population and Public Health |
| Kaelan Moat | Secretariat[1:4] | McMaster Health Forum |
| Paul Moayeddi | Co-investigator | McMaster University Department of Medicine |
| Pertice Moffitt | Co-investigator | Aurora Research Institute |
| David Moher | Co-investigator | University of Ottawa School of Epidemiology and Public Health (SEPH) |
| Stephanie Montesanti | Co-investigator | University of Alberta Department of Health Policy and Management |
| Sandra Moroz | Citizen Partner | New Brunswick |
| Andrew Morris | Co-investigator and knowledge user | University of Toronto Department of Medicine, University Health Network (UHN), Sinai Health System |
| Srinivas Murthy | Knowledge user | UBC Department of Pediatrics |
| Euphrasia Ebai-Atuh Ndi | Citizen Partner | Cameroon |
| Sarah Neil-Sztramko | Co-investigator | McMaster University Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact |
| Johanne O'Malley | Citizen Partner | Québec |
| Elizabeth Opondo | Citizen Partner | Kenya |
| Judy Porter | Citizen Partner | Nova Scotia |
| Kevin Pottie | Co-investigator | Bruyère Research Institute |
| Laurie Proulx | Knowledge user and Citizen Partner | Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance (CAPA) |
| Michelle Quinlan | Citizen Partner | Ontario |
| Rob Reid | Knowledge user | Trillium Health Partners |
| Juanna Ricketts | Citizen Partner | Nova Scotia |
| Kendra Rieger | Co-investigator | Trinity Western University School of Nursing |
| Amanda Ross-White | Co-investigator | Queen's University Library |
| Denis Roy | Knowledge user | Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) |
| Émilie Rufray | Citizen Partner | Québec |
| Marina Salvadori | Co-investigator and knowledge user | Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) |
| Nancy Santesso | Principal Investigator | McMaster University Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact |
| Richard Sawatzky | Co-investigator | Trinity Western University School of Nursing |
| Lynora Saxinger | Co-investigator and knowledge user | University of Alberta Department of Medicine |
| Victoria Schuckel | Knowledge user | British Columbia Ministry of Health |
| Holger Schünemann | Co-investigator and Accessing Working Group Chair | McMaster University Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, Cochrane Canada |
| Kim Sears | Co-investigator | Queen's University School of Nursing |
| Nishan Sharma | Co-investigator | Cumming School of Medicine |
| Sanjay Sharma | Co-investigator | Queen's University Department of Ophthalmology |
| Susan Shaw | Knowledge user | University of Saskatchewan Department of Anesthesiology |
| Bev Shea | Co-investigator | Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) |
| Reed Siemieniuk | Co-investigator | McMaster University Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact |
| Becky Skidmore | Collaborator (search expertise) | Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) |
| Maureen Smith | Knowledge user, Citizen Partner and Citizen Partnership Task Group Chair | Cochrane Consumer Network |
| Danielle Southern | Co-investigator | Centre of Health Informatics (CHI) |
| Nora Spinks | Knowledge user | Vanier Institute of the Family |
| Brian Stafford | Citizen Partner | Australia |
| Tom Stelfox | Co-investigator | O'Brien Institute for Public Health |
| Ruth Stewart | Accessing Working Group Co-chair | Africa Centre for Evidence (ACE) |
| Toby Stewart | Citizen Partner | Canada and Ontario |
| Kimberly Strain | Citizen Partner | British Columbia |
| Sharon Straus | Co-investigator and knowledge user | Unity Health Toronto |
| Brett Thombs | Knowledge user | Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research (LDI) |
| Marcello Tonelli | Co-investigator | Cumming School of Medicine |
| David Tovey | Secretariat - Senior Advisor[1:5] and Synthesizing Working Group Co-Chair | Cochrane Library |
| Natasha Trehan | Citizen Partner | Ontario |
| Andrea Tricco | Principal Investigator | Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute |
| Janice Tufte | Citizen Partner | United States |
| Alexis Turgeon | Co-investigator | Laval University Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care |
| Per-Olav Vandvik | Recommending Working Group Co-chair | MAGIC Evidence Ecosystem Foundation |
| Eva Waldona | Citizen Partner | British Columbia |
| Gaynor Watson-Creed | Knowledge user | Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine |
| Vivian Welch | Co-investigator and Equity Task Group Co-Chair | Bruyère Research Institute, Campbell Collaboration |
| George Wells | Co-investigator | University of Ottawa School of Epidemiology and Public Health (SEPH) |
| Linda Wilhelm | Citizen Partner | New Brunswick |
| Tyler Williamson | Co-investigator | Cumming School of Medicine |
| Mike Wilson | Co-investigator | McMaster University Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact |
| James Wright | Co-investigator | UBC Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics |
| Taryn Young | Synthesizing Working Group Co-chair | Centre for Evidence Based Health Care (CEBHC) |
¶ Partners
COVID-END's organizational partners included:[7]
- Africa Centre for Evidence (ACE)
- Africa Centre for Systematic Reviews and Knowledge Translation
- Africa Evidence Network
- Aga Khan University
- Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI)
- AGREE Enterprise
- AHRQ evidence-based Care Transformation Support Initiative (ACTS)
- American University of Beirut
- Campbell Collaboration
- Center for Rapid Evidence Synthesis (ACRES)
- Centre for Evidence Based Health Care (CEBHC)
- Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM)
- Centre for Implementation Research (CIR)
- Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD)
- Cochrane
- Cochrane Australia
- Cochrane France
- Cochrane Germany
- Cochrane Ireland
- Cochrane Rehabilitation
- Cochrane South Africa
- Collaboration for Environmental Evidence
- COVID-NMA
- eBASE Africa
- Epistemonikos Foundation
- Evidence for Policy and Practice Information Centre (EPPI)
- European Network for Health Technology Assessment (EUnetHTA)
- Evidence Aid
- Evidence Synthesis International
- Evidence Synthesis Ireland
- Evidence-Based Research Center of Social Science and Health
- Global Evidence Synthesis Initiative
- Guidelines International Network (G-I-N)
- Health Information Research Unit (HIRU)
- Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi)
- Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS)
- International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)
- Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI)
- Knowledge to Policy Center (K2P)
- MAGIC Evidence Ecosystem Foundation
- McMaster Health Forum
- McMaster PLUS
- Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN)
- Methods and Applications Group for Indirect Comparisons (MAGIC)
- National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools (NCCMT)
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH)
- Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI)
- Pushpagiri Centre for Evidence Based Practice (PCEBP)
- RIGHT Statement
- South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)
- SPOR Evidence Alliance
- Trip Database
- UNICEF Innocenti
- Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
- University Medical Center Freiburg
- Usher Network for COVID-19 Evidence Reviews (UNCOVER)
- Veterans Affairs Evidence Synthesis Program (ESP)
¶ External links
COVID-END - Secretariat. McMaster Health Forum. Retrieved April 13, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240413025406/https://www.mcmasterforum.org/networks/covid-end/about-covidend/secretariat ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
COVID-END - Legacies. McMaster Health Forum. Retrieved February 25, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240225051822/https://www.mcmasterforum.org/networks/covid-end/about-covidend/legacies ↩︎
COVID-END - Funders. McMaster Health Forum. Retrieved May 31, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210531061636/https://www.mcmasterforum.org/networks/covid-end/about-covid-end/funders ↩︎
COVID-END in Canada evidence synthesis teams. McMaster Health Forum. Retrieved August 17, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220817095347/https://www.mcmasterforum.org/docs/default-source/covidend/covid-end-in-canada-evidence-synthesis-teams.pdf?sfvrsn=83fb59d5_14 ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
COVID-END - Working group co-chairs. McMaster Health Forum. Retrieved February 25, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240225051029/https://www.mcmasterforum.org/networks/covid-end/archive-for-covid-end-global/about-covid-end/working-group-co-chairs ↩︎
COVID-END - Citizen partners. McMaster Health Forum. Retrieved April 13, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240413031346/https://www.mcmasterforum.org/networks/covid-end/archive-for-covid-end-global/about-covid-end/citizen-partners ↩︎
COVID-END - Partners. McMaster Health Forum. Retrieved August 9, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240809000745/https://www.mcmasterforum.org/networks/covid-end/archive-for-covid-end-global/about-covid-end/partners ↩︎