The Centre supports Cochrane initiatives across the country by conducting education activities, functioning as the communications and knowledge brokering lead for Cochrane Canada, and advocating for the use of evidence in decision-making within Canada. It's activites are inked to the McMaster GRADE Centre, the McMaster WHO Collaborating Center for Infectious Diseases, Research Methods and Recommendations and the GIN-McMaster Guideline Certfication and Credentialing Program INGUIDE (INGUIDE.org).
Michael G. DeGroote Cochrane Canada Centre Team
Dr. Nieuwlaat is an Associate Professor and Director of the clinical epidemiology program in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact at McMaster University. He is a researcher in the MacGRADE and Michael G. DeGroote Cochrane Canada centres, member of the GRADE Working Group, member of the Red Hat Group to promote broader uptake of core outcome sets, and Program Director of the International Guideline Development Credentialing & Certification Program.
His research interest and expertise include health guideline development and systematic review methodology innovations, quality of care assessment, best practice implementation, and medication adherence. He has served as a systematic review and guideline development methodology lead for multiple guidelines for the American Society of Hematology, International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation, and Canadian Rheumatology Association. Dr. Nieuwlaat has been advisor and co-author for the eCOVID recommendation mapping work to date. He provides a unique combination of skills and insights regarding COVID-19 recommendation development methodology, training, mapping, and implementation, including living methods and following transparent reporting practices.
Faculty
Full Members
Robby Nieuwlaat, Director
Nancy Santesso, Deputy Director
Kathryn Bennett
Joseph Beyene
Jan Brozek
Maureen Dobbins
Gordon Guyatt
Grigorios Leontiadis
Alfonso Iorio
Paul Moayyedi
Lehana Thabane
Feng Xie
Bram Rochwerg
Waleed Alhazzani
Lina Santaguida
Lawrence Mbuagbaw
Associate Members
Rebecca Anglin
Karin Dearness
Phillip J Devereaux
Fiona Smaill
Frances Tse
Mohammad Yaghoobi
Diana Schafali
Roman Jaeschke
Wojtek Wiercioch
Scientific Manager
Heather Travis
Research Coordinators
Stephanie Duda
Nisha Kapil
Ashley Motilall
Binu Phillip
Samia Afzal
Research Assistants
Marisa Deodat
Samer Karam
Dana Green-Campbell
Kimia Khoshroo
Coordination, administration and graphics
Sveta Withrow
Melissa Weldon