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'''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=www.mcmasterhealthforum.org |title=McMaster Health Forum {{!}} John Lavis |url=https://www.mcmasterforum.org/lets-collaborate/people/bio/john-lavis |access-date=2019-03-17 |website=McMaster Health Forum |language=en}}</ref><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>
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'''John Norman Lavis''', MD, PhD is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[physician]] who serves as the director of the [[World Health Organization|World Health Organization's]] Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Informed Policy and the director of [[McMaster University|McMaster University's]] Health Forum, where he also serves as a professor in the Department of Health Evidence and Impact.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcmasterforum.org/lets-collaborate/people/bio/john-lavis|title=McMaster Health Forum {{!}} John Lavis|last=www.mcmasterhealthforum.org|website=McMaster Health Forum|language=en|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://doctors.cpso.on.ca/DoctorDetails/John-Norman-Lavis/0046701-60679|title=Lavis, John Norman|last=|first=|date=|website=The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref> He 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 currently teaches the Health Systems and Health Policy course at McMaster University.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcmasterforum.org/docs/default-source/people-cv/lavis-cv.pdf?sfvrsn=18|title=John Lavis CV|last=Lavis|first=J|date=|website=McMaster Health Forum|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-07}}</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>

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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>

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).

== 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>

=== Education ===
Lavis earned his MD at [[Queen's University at Kingston]] from 1983-1989. 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.<ref name=":0" /> He worked as a research fellow at the [[Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences]] (ICES) then went to [[Harvard University]] for his PhD in Health Policy from 1994-1997.<ref name=":2" />

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== Career ==
Lavis was hired as a professor at [[McMaster University]] in September 1997. He was given the status of Assistant Professor at the [[University of Toronto]] from January 1999 to June 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" />


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== History ==
Lavis' work with the Health Evidence Application and Linkage Network (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>
Lavis' work with the Health Evidence Application and Linkage Network (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>


Lavis was awarded the Tier 1 [[Canada Research Chair]] in Evidence-Informed Health Systems in January 2015.<ref name=":1" />
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.


=== 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>{{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 2020-2022, 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]].<ref>{{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>
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]].<ref>{{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>

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John Norman Lavis, MD, PhD 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]

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).

Background

Lavis was born June 11, 1965 in Montréal, Quebec.[5]

Education

Lavis earned his MD at Queen's University at Kingston from 1983-1989. 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.[5] He worked as a research fellow at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) then went to Harvard University for his PhD in Health Policy from 1994-1997.[6]

Career

Lavis was hired as a professor at McMaster University in September 1997. He was given the status of Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto from January 1999 to June 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 (EVIPNet) alongside the World Health Organization in the mid-2000s, and he remains co-chair of the Global Steering Group.[7] 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.[5]

Lavis' work with the Health Evidence Application and Linkage Network (HEALNet) was featured at the Fourth International Conference on the Scientific Basis of Health Services in Sidney, Australia in September 2001.[8]

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.

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.[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.[9] 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.[10]

Lavis participated as a speaker at the March 2022 Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL) conference.[11]

Work

Lavis' work includes a "taxonomy of health system topics", and "surveys... that directly support the use of research evidence in developing health policy".[12][13][14][15]

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.

References

  1. ^ www.mcmasterhealthforum.org. "McMaster Health Forum | John Lavis". McMaster Health Forum. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  2. ^ "Lavis, John Norman". The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  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 "John Lavis CV" (PDF). McMaster Health Forum. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-02-08. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  6. ^ a b "About Us". Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Archived from the original on 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  7. ^ "EVIPNet". McMaster Health Forum. Archived from the original on 2022-06-14. 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. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ Lavis, John. "Please do not copy, quote or cite without the lead author's permission". Google Scholar. Retrieved 2019-11-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Lavis, John. "Please do not copy, quote or cite without the lead author's permission". Google Scholar. Retrieved 2019-11-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ Lavis, John. "Please do not copy, quote or cite without the lead author's permission". Google Scholar. Retrieved 2019-11-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ Lavis, John. "Please do not copy, quote or cite without the lead author's permission". Google Scholar. Retrieved 2019-11-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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