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.
If you have queries, would like to suggest a topic, or to be added to the mailing list to be notified of future sessions, contact: katy.sutcliffe@ucl.ac.uk.
July 2025 Seminar
- Title: Incorporating PPI engagement to inform systematic reviews
- Speaker: Dr Rhiannon Barker, LSHTM
- Date and time: Wednesday 16th July 2025, 12:30 - 13:45 (GMT)
- Admission: Free, accessible online
- In-person attendance: KS-LG08, LSHTM, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT
- Online attendance: https://lshtm.zoom.us/j/95550217072
Session details: In this seminar, Rhiannon Barker will present PPI engagement work as part of evidence synthesis, including the importance, rationale and approaches of engagement, drawing on current work on a qualitative systematic review on youth violence in the UK. She will offer reflections on some of the challenges and ways to involve different groups of participants equitably, the role funding organisation can play, and consider how PPI could be reported within evidence synthesis.
Speaker details: Dr Rhiannon Barker is assistant professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She has particular interest and expertise in mental health, young people, inequalities and developing creative, participative research methods.
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