London Evidence Syntheses and Research Use Seminars
The EPPI Centre and The Centre for Evaluation at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) jointly host the ‘London Evidence Syntheses and Research Use Seminars’. These seminars aim to encourage discussion and information-sharing on challenges and innovations in evidence syntheses methods.
The free of charge hybrid seminars are hosted in London but can be attended online. They take place every other month on a Wednesday between 12.30 and 13.45. They include 25-30 min presentations and plenty of time for discussion. Recordings of previous seminars: https://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default.aspx?tabid=3317.
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December 2025 Seminar
- Title: Applying Bradford Hill to assessing causality in systematic reviews
- Speaker: Michal Shimonovich
- Date and time: Wednesday 3rd December 2025, 12:30 - 13:45 (GMT)
- Admission: Free, accessible online
- In-person attendance: Manson Lecture Theatre, LSHTM, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT
- Online attendance: https://lshtm.zoom.us/j/81713292585
Session details: Bradford Hill viewpoints are among the most commonly used approaches for assessing causality in population health systematic reviews, yet limited guidance on their implementation has led to considerable variation in how they are applied and reported. This seminar describes an example of how Bradford Hill viewpoints were used to assess causality in a systematic review on income inequality and health outcomes. I will describe how the viewpoints incorporated counterfactual principles and how process tracing, a case study research method, was used to weigh evidence for each viewpoint. This structured approach offers practical guidance for improving transparency and rigour in causal assessment using Bradford Hill viewpoints within population health reviews.
Speaker details: Michal is a Research Fellow in the School of Health & Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow. As of October 2025, she is Principal Investigator on a British Academy-funded project exploring the relationship between homes, households, and health using linked address- and individual-level datasets. Previously (August 2022–September 2025), she conducted real-world policy evaluations including the Scottish Child Payment with the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland. Her research focuses on causal methods and evidence synthesis, with her PhD examining causal assessment approaches in population health systematic reviews.
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