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{{short description|Physician and medical organization director}}
{{short description|Canadian physician (born 1965)}}
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{{orphan|date=March 2019|att=September 2022}}
| name = John Norman Lavis
'''John Norman Lavis''', MD, PhD is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[physician]] based in [[Toronto, Ontario]]. He is a tenured professor in the Department of Health Evidence and Impact at [[McMaster University]], where he founded and directs the McMaster Health Forum.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Lavis, John Norman |url=https://doctors.cpso.on.ca/DoctorDetails/John-Norman-Lavis/0046701-60679 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2019-03-17 |website=The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=John Lavis |url=https://www.mcmasterforum.org/stay-connected/people/bio/john-lavis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224155126/https://www.mcmasterforum.org/stay-connected/people/bio/john-lavis |archive-date=2021-12-24 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=McMaster Health Forum}}</ref> He is co-lead of Rapid-Improvement Support and Exchange (RISE).
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|6|11}}
| birth_place = [[Montréal, Quebec]]
| nationality = Canadian
| fields = [[Health systems]]
| workplaces = [[McMaster University]], [[University of Toronto]]
| alma_mater = [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]], [[London School of Economics and Political Science]], [[Harvard University]]
| thesis_title = An Inquiry into the Links between Labour-Market Experiences and Health
| awards = [[Procter and Gamble]] Canada Fulbright Scholarship (1994–95)
National Health Ph.D. Fellowship (1994–97)
[[General Motors]]/[[Canadian Institute for Advanced Research]] Fellowship (1996–97)
Canadian Health Services Research Foundation Family Award, 2007
}}


Lavis serves as the director of the [[World Health Organization|World Health Organization's]] Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Informed Policy and chairs the Advisory Committee on Health Research to the [[Pan American Health Organization]].<ref>{{Citation|last=PAHO TV|title=John Lavis on research for health in the Americas, Hamilton 2012|date=2013-01-11|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZT663dtKlw|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref> He additionally holds the Tier 1 [[Canada Research Chair]] in Evidence-Informed Health Systems.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2021-06-25 |title=Canada Research Chair - John Lavis |url=https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/chairholders-titulaires/profile-eng.aspx?profileId=3350 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904211657/https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/chairholders-titulaires/profile-eng.aspx?profileId=3350 |archive-date=2022-09-04 |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=[[Canada Research Chairs]]}}</ref>
'''John Norman Lavis''' (born June 11, 1965) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[physician]] based in [[Toronto, Ontario]]. He is a tenured professor in the Department of Health Evidence and Impact at [[McMaster University]], where he founded and directs the McMaster Health Forum.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Lavis, John Norman |url=https://doctors.cpso.on.ca/DoctorDetails/John-Norman-Lavis/0046701-60679 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2019-03-17 |website=The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=John Lavis |url=https://www.mcmasterforum.org/stay-connected/people/bio/john-lavis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224155126/https://www.mcmasterforum.org/stay-connected/people/bio/john-lavis |archive-date=2021-12-24 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=McMaster Health Forum}}</ref> He is co-lead of Rapid-Improvement Support and Exchange (RISE).

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Lavis serves as the director of the [[World Health Organization]]'s Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Informed Policy and chairs the Advisory Committee on Health Research to the [[Pan American Health Organization]].<ref>{{Citation|last=PAHO TV|title=John Lavis on research for health in the Americas, Hamilton 2012|date=2013-01-11|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZT663dtKlw|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref> He additionally holds the Tier 1 [[Canada Research Chair]] in Evidence-Informed Health Systems.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2021-06-25 |title=Canada Research Chair – John Lavis |url=https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/chairholders-titulaires/profile-eng.aspx?profileId=3350 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904211657/https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/chairholders-titulaires/profile-eng.aspx?profileId=3350 |archive-date=2022-09-04 |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=[[Canada Research Chairs]]}}</ref>


He has co-led various research and policy development activities during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario]], including participation on the [[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]] and the COVID-19 Evidence Network to Support Decision-Making (COVID-END).
He has co-led various research and policy development activities during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario]], including participation on the [[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]] and the COVID-19 Evidence Network to Support Decision-Making (COVID-END).


== Early life and education==
== Background ==
Lavis was born June 11, 1965 in [[Montréal, Quebec]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=John Lavis CV |url=https://www.mcmasterforum.org/docs/default-source/people-cv/lavis-cv.pdf?sfvrsn=48de52d5_30 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208102357/https://www.mcmasterforum.org/docs/default-source/people-cv/lavis-cv.pdf?sfvrsn=48de52d5_30 |archive-date=2022-02-08 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=McMaster Health Forum}}</ref>
Lavis was born June 11, 1965, in [[Montréal, Quebec]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=John Lavis CV |url=https://www.mcmasterforum.org/docs/default-source/people-cv/lavis-cv.pdf?sfvrsn=48de52d5_30 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208102357/https://www.mcmasterforum.org/docs/default-source/people-cv/lavis-cv.pdf?sfvrsn=48de52d5_30 |archive-date=2022-02-08 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=McMaster Health Forum}}</ref> He earned his MD at [[Queen's University at Kingston]] from 1983 to 1989, at which time he joined the [[Canadian Medical Association]] and the [[Ontario Medical Association]].<ref name=":0" /> He did a rotating internship at [[North York General Hospital]] through the [[University of Toronto]] from 1989 to 1990, earning him a certificate in Clinical Traineeship in [[HIV Infection]]. He then completed a Master of Sciences in Health Planning and Financing at the [[London School of Economics and Political Science]] from 1991 to 1992, and briefly worked as a Visiting Research Fellow in the Health Policy Unit at the [[London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1992, he consulted for the [[World Health Organization]]'s Global Programme on AIDS on the cost of [[HIV prevention]] strategies in developing countries.


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He worked as a research fellow at the [[Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences]] (ICES) then attended [[Harvard University]] for his PhD in Health Policy from 1994 to 1997.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=John Lavis |url=https://healthpolicy.fas.harvard.edu/people/john-lavis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905185846/https://healthpolicy.fas.harvard.edu/people/john-lavis |archive-date=2022-09-05 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=[[Harvard University]] |language=en}}</ref> During the summer of 1995 he worked as a research fellow at the [[Institute for Work and Health]], returning again in June 1996 until his Harvard graduation in 1997.<ref name=":0" />
=== Education ===
Lavis earned his MD at [[Queen's University at Kingston]] from 1983-1989, at which time he joined the [[Canadian Medical Association]] and the [[Ontario Medical Association]].<ref name=":0" /> He did a rotating internship at [[North York General Hospital]] through the [[University of Toronto]] from 1989-1990, earning him a certificate in Clinical Traineeship in [[HIV Infection]]. He then completed a Master of Sciences in Health Planning and Financing at the [[London School of Economics and Political Science]] from 1991-1992, and briefly worked as a Visiting Research Fellow in the Health Policy Unit at the [[London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine]].<ref name=":0" />

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He worked as a research fellow at the [[Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences]] (ICES) then attended [[Harvard University]] for his PhD in Health Policy from 1994-1997.<ref name=":2" /> During the summer of 1995 he worked as a research fellow at the [[Institute for Work and Health]], returning again in June 1996 until his Harvard graduation in 1997.<ref name=":0" />


== Career ==
== Career ==
Lavis was hired as a professor at [[McMaster University]] in September 1997.
Lavis was hired as a professor at [[McMaster University]] in September 1997. That same year, he performed consulting work for the [[World Bank]] and the [[Conference Board of Canada]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1998 and 1999, he worked with the [[Department of Canadian Heritage]] on the subject of social cohesion and health.


He was given the status of Assistant Professor at the [[University of Toronto]] from January 1999 to June 2001. He was Principal Investigator for the Health Evidence Applications and Linkage Network (HEAL''Net'') under the National Centres of Excellence from 1999 to 2002.<ref name=":0" /> This work with HEAL''Net'' was featured at the Fourth International Conference on the Scientific Basis of Health Services in [[Sidney, Australia]] in September 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goel |first=Vivek |last2=Royce |first2=Diana |date=Summer 2003 |title=Health Evidence Application and Linkage Network (HEALNet) Accomplishments and Impacts 1995-2002 |url=https://csshescees.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/pf_23_goelroyce.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331182022/https://csshescees.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/pf_23_goelroyce.pdf |archive-date=2022-03-31 |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education}}</ref>
He was given the status of assistant professor at the [[University of Toronto]] from January 1999 to June 2001. He was Principal Investigator for the Health Evidence Applications and Linkage Network (HEAL''Net'') under the National Centres of Excellence from 1999 to 2002.<ref name=":0" /> This work with HEAL''Net'' was featured at the Fourth International Conference on the Scientific Basis of Health Services in [[Sydney, Australia]] in September 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Goel |first1=Vivek |last2=Royce |first2=Diana |date=Summer 2003 |title=Health Evidence Application and Linkage Network (HEALNet) Accomplishments and Impacts 1995–2002 |url=https://csshescees.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/pf_23_goelroyce.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331182022/https://csshescees.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/pf_23_goelroyce.pdf |archive-date=2022-03-31 |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education}}</ref> He assisted the [[Milbank Memorial Fund]] in setting up their population health website in 2000 and 2001.


From 2001-2006, Lavis was a Tier 2 [[Canada Research Chair]] in Knowledge Transfer and Uptake. Lavis co-developed the Evidence-Informed Policy Network (EVIP''Net'') alongside the [[World Health Organization]] in the mid-2000s, and he remains co-chair of the Global Steering Group.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=EVIPNet |url=https://www.mcmasterforum.org/lets-collaborate/networks/evipnet |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614225121/https://www.mcmasterforum.org/lets-collaborate/networks/evipnet |archive-date=2022-06-14 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=McMaster Health Forum |language=en}}</ref> He founded the McMaster Health Forum in April 2009. He was made co-director of the [[WHO Collaborating Centre]] for Evidence-Informed Policy in December 2010. From 2012-2017, Lavis was an Adjunct Professor of Global Health at [[Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health]].<ref name=":0" />
From 2001 to 2006, Lavis was a Tier 2 [[Canada Research Chair]] in Knowledge Transfer and Uptake, and Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Transfer and Exchange from 2006 to 2011.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=John Lavis |url=https://www.commonwealthfund.org/person/john-lavis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906161734/https://www.commonwealthfund.org/person/john-lavis |archive-date=2022-09-06 |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=[[Commonwealth Fund]] |language=en}}</ref> Lavis co-developed the Evidence-Informed Policy Network (EVIP''Net'') alongside the [[World Health Organization]] in the mid-2000s, and he remains co-chair of the Global Steering Group.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=EVIPNet |url=https://www.mcmasterforum.org/lets-collaborate/networks/evipnet |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614225121/https://www.mcmasterforum.org/lets-collaborate/networks/evipnet |archive-date=2022-06-14 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=McMaster Health Forum |language=en}}</ref> He founded the McMaster Health Forum in April 2009. He was made co-director of the [[WHO Collaborating Centre]] for Evidence-Informed Policy in December 2010. From 2012 to 2017, Lavis was an adjunct professor of global health at [[Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health]].<ref name=":0" />


Lavis was awarded the Tier 1 [[Canada Research Chair]] in Evidence-Informed Health Systems in January 2015.<ref name=":1" /> He became a Visiting Adjunct Professor at the [[University of Johannesburg]] in April 2018, and was promoted to Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Informed Policy in December 2018.
Lavis was awarded the Tier 1 [[Canada Research Chair]] in Evidence-Informed Health Systems in January 2015.<ref name=":1" /> He became a visiting adjunct professor at the [[University of Johannesburg]] in April 2018, and was promoted to Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Informed Policy in December 2018. In July 2019, he began co-leading the Rapid-Improvement Support and Exchange (RISE) program.<ref name=":0" />


=== COVID-19 pandemic ===
=== COVID-19 pandemic ===
Lavis participated as a member of the [[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]] from 2020-2022, where he was responsible for contributing to guidance for provincial decision-making during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date= |title=About Us |url=https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/about/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202191824/https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/about/ |archive-date=2022-02-02 |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=[[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]]}}</ref>
Lavis participated as a member of the [[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]] from 2020 to 2022, where he was responsible for contributing to guidance for provincial decision-making during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date= |title=About Us |url=https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/about/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202191824/https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/about/ |archive-date=2022-02-02 |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=[[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]]}}</ref>


He is co-lead investigator for the COVID-19 Evidence Network to Support Decision-Making (COVID-END), through which he has gathered evidence syntheses related to protocols for [[treatment and management of COVID-19]] since April 2020.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Lavis |first=John |date=2020-07-20 |title=Declaration of Interest |url=https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Declaration-of-Interest_Science-Table_John-Lavis.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131024213/https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Declaration-of-Interest_Science-Table_John-Lavis.pdf |archive-date=2022-01-31 |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=[[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]]}}</ref> In this role, he also co-led the Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges, which published the Evidence Commission report in January 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges |date=2022-01-27 |title=The Evidence Commission report: A wake-up call and path forward for decisionmakers, evidence intermediaries, and impact-oriented evidence producers |url=https://www.mcmasterforum.org/docs/default-source/evidence-commission/evidence-commission-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802171210/https://www.mcmasterforum.org/docs/default-source/evidence-commission/evidence-commission-report.pdf |archive-date=2022-08-02 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=McMaster Health Forum}}</ref>
He is co-lead investigator for the COVID-19 Evidence Network to Support Decision-Making (COVID-END), through which he has gathered evidence syntheses related to protocols for [[treatment and management of COVID-19]] since April 2020.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Lavis |first=John |date=2020-07-20 |title=Declaration of Interest |url=https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Declaration-of-Interest_Science-Table_John-Lavis.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131024213/https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Declaration-of-Interest_Science-Table_John-Lavis.pdf |archive-date=2022-01-31 |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=[[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]]}}</ref> In this role, he also co-led the Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges, which published the Evidence Commission report in January 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges |date=2022-01-27 |title=The Evidence Commission report: A wake-up call and path forward for decisionmakers, evidence intermediaries, and impact-oriented evidence producers |url=https://www.mcmasterforum.org/docs/default-source/evidence-commission/evidence-commission-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802171210/https://www.mcmasterforum.org/docs/default-source/evidence-commission/evidence-commission-report.pdf |archive-date=2022-08-02 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=McMaster Health Forum}}</ref>


Lavis participated as a speaker at the March 2022 Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL) conference.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Speaker bio: John Lavis |url=https://cedilprogramme.org/JohnLavis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905061759/https://cedilprogramme.org/JohnLavis |archive-date=2022-09-05 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=CEDIL-Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Lavis participated as a speaker at the March 2022 Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL) conference.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Speaker bio: John Lavis |url=https://cedilprogramme.org/JohnLavis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905061759/https://cedilprogramme.org/JohnLavis |archive-date=2022-09-05 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=CEDIL-Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning |language=en-GB}}</ref>


== Research ==
== Research ==
In 2002, Lavis contributed a discussion paper titled ''Political Elites and Their Influence on Health-Care Reform In Canada'' to the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada (otherwise known as the Romanow Commission).<ref>{{Cite web |last=[[Health Canada]] |date=2009-04-30 |title=Key Commission Documents |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-care-system/commissions-inquiries/federal-commissions-health-care/commission-future-health-care-canada-romanow-commission/key-commission-documents.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905185555/https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-care-system/commissions-inquiries/federal-commissions-health-care/commission-future-health-care-canada-romanow-commission/key-commission-documents.html |archive-date=2022-09-05 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=[[Government of Canada]]}}</ref>
Lavis' work includes a "taxonomy of health system topics", and "surveys... that directly support the use of research evidence in developing health policy".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=12464825530696326304&hl=en&oi=scholarr|title=Please do not copy, quote or cite without the lead author’s permission|last=Lavis|first=John|date=|website=Google Scholar|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=2049090944857572588&hl=en&oi=scholarr|title=Please do not copy, quote or cite without the lead author’s permission|last=Lavis|first=John|date=|website=Google Scholar|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=2049090944857572588&hl=en&oi=scholarr|title=Please do not copy, quote or cite without the lead author's permission|last=Lavis|first=John|date=|website=Google Scholar|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=3037121456558356472&hl=en&oi=scholarr|title=Please do not copy, quote or cite without the lead author's permission|last=Lavis|first=John|date=|website=Google Scholar|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-20}}</ref>

As the Canada Research Chair in Evidence-Informed Health Systems, Lavis is evaluating how governments prepare themselves and make decisions relating to [[public health policy]].<ref name=":1"/> This work is focused both on [[COVID-19]] and long-standing health crises in Canada.


Lavis has published research on the topics of [[international treaties]], [[evidence-based policy]], [[Medical Technology|medical technology]] in [[long-term care]] settings, and [[international health]], among others.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hoffman |first1=Steven J. |last2=Baral |first2=Prativa |last3=Rogers Van Katwyk |first3=Susan |last4=Sritharan |first4=Lathika |last5=Hughsam |first5=Matthew |last6=Randhawa |first6=Harkanwal |last7=Lin |first7=Gigi |last8=Campbell |first8=Sophie |last9=Campus |first9=Brooke |last10=Dantas |first10=Maria |last11=Foroughian |first11=Neda |last12=Groux |first12=Gaëlle |last13=Gunn |first13=Elliot |last14=Guyatt |first14=Gordon |last15=Habibi |first15=Roojin |date=2022-08-09 |title=International treaties have mostly failed to produce their intended effects |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |language=en |volume=119 |issue=32 |pages=e2122854119 |doi=10.1073/pnas.2122854119 |issn=0027-8424 |pmc=9372541 |pmid=35914153|bibcode=2022PNAS..11922854H }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Yu |first1=Xuan |last2=Wang |first2=Qi |last3=Moat |first3=Kaelan |last4=Mansilla |first4=Cristián |last5=Vélez |first5=Claudia Marcela |last6=Patiño-Lugo |first6=Daniel F. |last7=Abraha |first7=Yosef G. |last8=El-Jardali |first8=Fadi |last9=Fadlallah |first9=Racha |last10=He |first10=Jinglin |last11=Kibria |first11=Mohammad |last12=Boeira |first12=Laura |last13=Lee |first13=Myeong Soo |last14=Lavis |first14=John N. |last15=Chen |first15=Yaolong |date=2022-07-23 |title=Development of a STandard reporting guideline for Evidence briefs for Policy (STEP): context and study protocol |journal=Health Research Policy and Systems |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=82 |doi=10.1186/s12961-022-00884-5 |issn=1478-4505 |pmc=9308122 |pmid=35870939 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Wilson |first1=Michael G. |last2=Gauvin |first2=François-Pierre |last3=DeMaio |first3=Peter |last4=Alam |first4=Saif |last5=Drakos |first5=Anastasia |last6=Soueidan |first6=Sarah |last7=Costa |first7=Andrew |last8=Reid |first8=Rob |last9=Simeonov |first9=Dorina |last10=Sixsmith |first10=Andrew |last11=Sveistrup |first11=Heidi |last12=Lavis |first12=John N. |date=2022-09-01 |title=Enhancing the use of technology in the long-term care sector in Canada: Insights from citizen panels and a national stakeholder dialogue |journal=Healthcare Management Forum |language=en |volume=35 |issue=5 |pages=310–317 |doi=10.1177/08404704221108466 |issn=0840-4704 |pmc=9425718 |pmid=35830436}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kuchenmüller |first1=Tanja |last2=Lavis |first2=John |last3=Kheirandish |first3=Mehrnaz |last4=Reveiz |first4=Ludovic |last5=Reinap |first5=Marge |last6=Okeibunor |first6=Joseph |last7=Siswanto |first7=Siswanto |last8=Rashidian |first8=Arash |last9=Sieber |first9=Samuel |last10=Moat |first10=Kaelan |last11=Mansilla |first11=Cristian |last12=El-Jardali |first12=Fadi |last13=Helble |first13=Matthias |last14=Reeder |first14=John |last15=Chapman |first15=Evelina |date=2022-06-23 |editor-last=Robinson |editor-first=Julia |title=Time for a new global roadmap for supporting evidence into action |journal=PLOS Global Public Health |language=en |volume=2 |issue=6 |pages=e0000677 |doi=10.1371/journal.pgph.0000677 |pmid=36962468 |pmc=10022000 |s2cid=250001680 |issn=2767-3375|doi-access=free }}</ref>
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As the Canada Research Chair in Evidence-Informed Health Systems, Lavis is evaluating how governments prepare themselves and make decisions relating to [[public health policy]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2021-06-25 |title=Canada Research Chair - John Lavis |url=https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/chairholders-titulaires/profile-eng.aspx?profileId=3350 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904211657/https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/chairholders-titulaires/profile-eng.aspx?profileId=3350 |archive-date=2022-09-04 |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=[[Canada Research Chairs]]}}</ref> This work is focused both on [[COVID-19]] and long-standing health crises in Canada.


== Other activities ==
== Other activities ==


* [[AcademyHealth]], member<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Lavis, M.D., MS.c., Ph.D. |url=https://academyhealth.org/about/people/john-lavis-md-msc-phd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127011051/https://academyhealth.org/about/people/john-lavis-md-msc-phd |archive-date=2021-01-27 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=[[AcademyHealth]]}}</ref>
* AIDS Committee of Toronto, former Chair<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Rourke |first=Sean B. |date=2005 |title=The OHTN exCHANGE Autumn 2005 |url=https://ohtn.on.ca/Documents/Publications/OHTN_exchange_Autumn_2005.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908163343/https://ohtn.on.ca/Documents/Publications/OHTN_exchange_Autumn_2005.pdf |archive-date=2022-09-08 |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=Ontario HIV Treatment Network}}</ref>
* Africa Centre for Evidence, Adjunct Professor<ref name=":2" />
* Africa Centre for Evidence, Adjunct Professor<ref name=":2" />
* [[Canadian Institute for Advanced Research]], Population Health Program scholar (1998, 2000-2003)<ref name=":0" />
* [[Canadian Institute for Advanced Research]], Population Health Program scholar (1998, 2000–2003)<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":6" />
* Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA), Member (1996-2018)<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0" />
* [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]], Health Policy and Systems Management grants review committee Chair<ref name=":6" />
* Closing the Gap Healthcare, Advisory Board member<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Team & Advisory Board |url=https://www.closingthegap.ca/team-advisory-board/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/2022.09.05-001304/https://www.closingthegap.ca/team-advisory-board/ |archive-date=2022-09-05 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Closing the Gap Healthcare |language=en-CA}}</ref>
* Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA), Member (1996–2018)<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":6" />
* Closing the Gap Healthcare, Advisory Board member<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Team & Advisory Board |url=https://www.closingthegap.ca/team-advisory-board/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220905001304/https://www.closingthegap.ca/team-advisory-board/ |archive-date=2022-09-05 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Closing the Gap Healthcare |language=en-CA}}</ref>
* [[Commonwealth Foundation]], Harkness Fellows program Canadian associate (2001-2002)<ref name=":0" />
* [[Commonwealth Fund]], Harkness Fellows program Canadian associate (2001–2002)<ref name=":6" />
* [[Health Systems Global]], Member (2012-present)<ref name=":0" />
* [[European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies]], Research associate (2007–2010)
* Fife House Foundation, former President<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Lavis |first1=John |last2=Tucker |first2=Ruthann |title=Fife House Annual 2000/2001 |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/36771909/fife-house-annual-2001-f-a |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906162640/https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/36771909/fife-house-annual-2001-f-a |archive-date=2022-09-06 |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=[[Yumpu]] |language=en}}</ref>
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* Michael G. DeGroote Cochrane Canada Centre, Associate Director<ref name=":3" />
* [[Health Systems Global]], Member (2012–present)<ref name=":0" />
* Institut de recherche et de documentation en économie de la santé, Visiting Researcher (2003–2004)
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* Michael G. DeGroote Cochrane Canada Centre, Associate Director (2016–2018)<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0" />
* Ontario HIV Treatment Network, Research Network Advisory Committee chair<ref name=":7" />
* Partnership for Evidence and Equity in Responsive Social Systems, Partner Executive Group Chair<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Partnership for Evidence and Equity in Responsive Social Systems (PEERSS) (previously PERLSS) |url=https://www.idrc.ca/en/project/partnership-evidence-and-equity-responsive-social-systems-peerss-previously-perlss |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123072613/https://www.idrc.ca/en/project/partnership-evidence-and-equity-responsive-social-systems-peerss-previously-perlss |archive-date=2022-01-23 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=[[International Development Research Centre]] |language=en}}</ref>
* Partnership for Evidence and Equity in Responsive Social Systems, Partner Executive Group Chair<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Partnership for Evidence and Equity in Responsive Social Systems (PEERSS) (previously PERLSS) |url=https://www.idrc.ca/en/project/partnership-evidence-and-equity-responsive-social-systems-peerss-previously-perlss |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123072613/https://www.idrc.ca/en/project/partnership-evidence-and-equity-responsive-social-systems-peerss-previously-perlss |archive-date=2022-01-23 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=[[International Development Research Centre]] |language=en}}</ref>


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John Norman Lavis
Born (1965-06-11) June 11, 1965 (age 59)
Montréal, Quebec
NationalityCanadian
Alma materQueen's University, London School of Economics and Political Science, Harvard University
AwardsProcter and Gamble Canada Fulbright Scholarship (1994–95)

National Health Ph.D. Fellowship (1994–97) General Motors/Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Fellowship (1996–97)

Canadian Health Services Research Foundation Family Award, 2007
Scientific career
FieldsHealth systems
InstitutionsMcMaster University, University of Toronto
Thesis An Inquiry into the Links between Labour-Market Experiences and Health

John Norman Lavis (born June 11, 1965) is a Canadian physician based in Toronto, Ontario. He is a tenured professor in the Department of Health Evidence and Impact at McMaster University, where he founded and directs the McMaster Health Forum.[1][2] He is co-lead of Rapid-Improvement Support and Exchange (RISE).

Lavis serves as the director of the World Health Organization's Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Informed Policy and chairs the Advisory Committee on Health Research to the Pan American Health Organization.[3] He additionally holds the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Evidence-Informed Health Systems.[4]

He has co-led various research and policy development activities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, including participation on the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table and the COVID-19 Evidence Network to Support Decision-Making (COVID-END).

Early life and education

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Lavis was born June 11, 1965, in Montréal, Quebec.[5] He earned his MD at Queen's University at Kingston from 1983 to 1989, at which time he joined the Canadian Medical Association and the Ontario Medical Association.[5] He did a rotating internship at North York General Hospital through the University of Toronto from 1989 to 1990, earning him a certificate in Clinical Traineeship in HIV Infection. He then completed a Master of Sciences in Health Planning and Financing at the London School of Economics and Political Science from 1991 to 1992, and briefly worked as a Visiting Research Fellow in the Health Policy Unit at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.[5] In 1992, he consulted for the World Health Organization's Global Programme on AIDS on the cost of HIV prevention strategies in developing countries.

He worked as a research fellow at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) then attended Harvard University for his PhD in Health Policy from 1994 to 1997.[6][7] During the summer of 1995 he worked as a research fellow at the Institute for Work and Health, returning again in June 1996 until his Harvard graduation in 1997.[5]

Career

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Lavis was hired as a professor at McMaster University in September 1997. That same year, he performed consulting work for the World Bank and the Conference Board of Canada.[5] In 1998 and 1999, he worked with the Department of Canadian Heritage on the subject of social cohesion and health.

He was given the status of assistant professor at the University of Toronto from January 1999 to June 2001. He was Principal Investigator for the Health Evidence Applications and Linkage Network (HEALNet) under the National Centres of Excellence from 1999 to 2002.[5] This work with HEALNet was featured at the Fourth International Conference on the Scientific Basis of Health Services in Sydney, Australia in September 2001.[8] He assisted the Milbank Memorial Fund in setting up their population health website in 2000 and 2001.

From 2001 to 2006, Lavis was a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Transfer and Uptake, and Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Transfer and Exchange from 2006 to 2011.[9] Lavis co-developed the Evidence-Informed Policy Network (EVIPNet) alongside the World Health Organization in the mid-2000s, and he remains co-chair of the Global Steering Group.[10] He founded the McMaster Health Forum in April 2009. He was made co-director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Informed Policy in December 2010. From 2012 to 2017, Lavis was an adjunct professor of global health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.[5]

Lavis was awarded the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Evidence-Informed Health Systems in January 2015.[4] He became a visiting adjunct professor at the University of Johannesburg in April 2018, and was promoted to Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Informed Policy in December 2018. In July 2019, he began co-leading the Rapid-Improvement Support and Exchange (RISE) program.[5]

COVID-19 pandemic

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Lavis participated as a member of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table from 2020 to 2022, where he was responsible for contributing to guidance for provincial decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario.[6]

He is co-lead investigator for the COVID-19 Evidence Network to Support Decision-Making (COVID-END), through which he has gathered evidence syntheses related to protocols for treatment and management of COVID-19 since April 2020.[5][11] In this role, he also co-led the Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges, which published the Evidence Commission report in January 2022.[12]

Lavis participated as a speaker at the March 2022 Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL) conference.[13]

Research

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In 2002, Lavis contributed a discussion paper titled Political Elites and Their Influence on Health-Care Reform In Canada to the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada (otherwise known as the Romanow Commission).[14]

As the Canada Research Chair in Evidence-Informed Health Systems, Lavis is evaluating how governments prepare themselves and make decisions relating to public health policy.[4] This work is focused both on COVID-19 and long-standing health crises in Canada.

Lavis has published research on the topics of international treaties, evidence-based policy, medical technology in long-term care settings, and international health, among others.[15][16][17][18]

Other activities

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References

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  1. ^ "Lavis, John Norman". The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  2. ^ a b c "John Lavis". McMaster Health Forum. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  3. ^ PAHO TV (2013-01-11), John Lavis on research for health in the Americas, Hamilton 2012, retrieved 2019-03-17
  4. ^ a b c "Canada Research Chair – John Lavis". Canada Research Chairs. 2021-06-25. Archived from the original on 2022-09-04. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "John Lavis CV" (PDF). McMaster Health Forum. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-02-08. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  6. ^ a b c "About Us". Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Archived from the original on 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  7. ^ "John Lavis". Harvard University. Archived from the original on 2022-09-05. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  8. ^ Goel, Vivek; Royce, Diana (Summer 2003). "Health Evidence Application and Linkage Network (HEALNet) Accomplishments and Impacts 1995–2002" (PDF). Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "John Lavis". Commonwealth Fund. Archived from the original on 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  10. ^ "EVIPNet". McMaster Health Forum. Archived from the original on 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  11. ^ a b Lavis, John (2020-07-20). "Declaration of Interest" (PDF). Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-31. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  12. ^ Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges (2022-01-27). "The Evidence Commission report: A wake-up call and path forward for decisionmakers, evidence intermediaries, and impact-oriented evidence producers" (PDF). McMaster Health Forum. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-08-02. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  13. ^ "Speaker bio: John Lavis". CEDIL-Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning. Archived from the original on 2022-09-05. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  14. ^ Health Canada (2009-04-30). "Key Commission Documents". Government of Canada. Archived from the original on 2022-09-05. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  15. ^ Hoffman, Steven J.; Baral, Prativa; Rogers Van Katwyk, Susan; Sritharan, Lathika; Hughsam, Matthew; Randhawa, Harkanwal; Lin, Gigi; Campbell, Sophie; Campus, Brooke; Dantas, Maria; Foroughian, Neda; Groux, Gaëlle; Gunn, Elliot; Guyatt, Gordon; Habibi, Roojin (2022-08-09). "International treaties have mostly failed to produce their intended effects". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119 (32): e2122854119. Bibcode:2022PNAS..11922854H. doi:10.1073/pnas.2122854119. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 9372541. PMID 35914153.
  16. ^ Yu, Xuan; Wang, Qi; Moat, Kaelan; Mansilla, Cristián; Vélez, Claudia Marcela; Patiño-Lugo, Daniel F.; Abraha, Yosef G.; El-Jardali, Fadi; Fadlallah, Racha; He, Jinglin; Kibria, Mohammad; Boeira, Laura; Lee, Myeong Soo; Lavis, John N.; Chen, Yaolong (2022-07-23). "Development of a STandard reporting guideline for Evidence briefs for Policy (STEP): context and study protocol". Health Research Policy and Systems. 20 (1): 82. doi:10.1186/s12961-022-00884-5. ISSN 1478-4505. PMC 9308122. PMID 35870939.
  17. ^ Wilson, Michael G.; Gauvin, François-Pierre; DeMaio, Peter; Alam, Saif; Drakos, Anastasia; Soueidan, Sarah; Costa, Andrew; Reid, Rob; Simeonov, Dorina; Sixsmith, Andrew; Sveistrup, Heidi; Lavis, John N. (2022-09-01). "Enhancing the use of technology in the long-term care sector in Canada: Insights from citizen panels and a national stakeholder dialogue". Healthcare Management Forum. 35 (5): 310–317. doi:10.1177/08404704221108466. ISSN 0840-4704. PMC 9425718. PMID 35830436.
  18. ^ Kuchenmüller, Tanja; Lavis, John; Kheirandish, Mehrnaz; Reveiz, Ludovic; Reinap, Marge; Okeibunor, Joseph; Siswanto, Siswanto; Rashidian, Arash; Sieber, Samuel; Moat, Kaelan; Mansilla, Cristian; El-Jardali, Fadi; Helble, Matthias; Reeder, John; Chapman, Evelina (2022-06-23). Robinson, Julia (ed.). "Time for a new global roadmap for supporting evidence into action". PLOS Global Public Health. 2 (6): e0000677. doi:10.1371/journal.pgph.0000677. ISSN 2767-3375. PMC 10022000. PMID 36962468. S2CID 250001680.
  19. ^ "John Lavis, M.D., MS.c., Ph.D." AcademyHealth. Archived from the original on 2021-01-27. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  20. ^ a b Rourke, Sean B. (2005). "The OHTN exCHANGE Autumn 2005" (PDF). Ontario HIV Treatment Network. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  21. ^ a b "Team & Advisory Board". Closing the Gap Healthcare. Archived from the original on 2022-09-05. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  22. ^ Lavis, John; Tucker, Ruthann. "Fife House Annual 2000/2001". Yumpu. Archived from the original on 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  23. ^ "Partnership for Evidence and Equity in Responsive Social Systems (PEERSS) (previously PERLSS)". International Development Research Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-01-23. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
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