(via Nina McHale, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus)
Registration is open for the webinar “Evolving Evidence Review Methods at the World Health Organization”. It will take place via Zoom on Tuesday, August 17, from 10:00 to 11:00 AM CDT. The webinar is part of the Rocky Mountain U.S. Cochrane Network Affiliate/Colorado Evidence Synthesis Program Seminar Series. More information on the presenter, Dr. Lisa Askie, is below.
Professor Lisa Askie (PHD, MPD, FAHMS, FHEA) joined the WHO at Geneva Headquarters in Sept 2020 as Scientist and Methods Lead within the Quality Norms and Standards Dept, Science Division. Her role is to support WHO to adopt and innovate best practice methods and standards, thereby ensuring the evidence underpinning its global guidance is rigorous and timely.
Prior to her WHO appointment Lisa led a large team at the National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Australia, which managed the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, undertook Health Technology Assessments for the Australian Federal Government, hosted two Cochrane Collaboration entities (Breast Cancer Review Group, Prospective Meta-analysis Methods Group) and oversaw an extensive medical test evaluation research program.
Lisa’s clinical background is in perinatology and she has worked as a neonatal nurse and midwife in healthcare systems in Asia, Australia, UK and USA. She has Masters and Doctoral qualifications in epidemiology from Sydney Medical School, is an Honorary Senior Principal Research Fellow at the University of Sydney and has held an NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship, a Sidney Sax Postdoctoral Fellowship, a Career Development Fellowship and a Translating Research Into Practice (TRIP) Fellowship.
To read the full biography, and to register for the webinar, please go here. See a schedule of upcoming and all recorded Rocky Mountain U.S. Cochrane Affiliate webinars here.
Please direct any questions about this event to Nina McHale, at nina.mchale@cuanschutz.edu.