John Lavis
John Norman Lavis, MD, PhD is a Canadian physician who serves as the director of the World Health Organization's Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Informed Policy and the director of McMaster University's Health Forum, where he also serves as a professor in the Department of Health Evidence and Impact.[1][2] He chairs the Advisory Committee on Health Research to the Pan American Health Organization.[3] He currently teaches the Health Systems and Health Policy course at McMaster University.[4] He additionally holds the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Evidence-Informed Health Systems.[5]
History
Lavis was awarded the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Evidence-Informed Health Systems in November 2017.[5]
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.[7]
Work
Lavis' work includes a "taxonomy of health system topics", and "surveys... that directly support the use of research evidence in developing health policy".[8][9][10][11] 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.[5] This work is focused both on COVID-19 and long-standing health crises in Canada.
References
- ^ www.mcmasterhealthforum.org. "McMaster Health Forum | John Lavis". McMaster Health Forum. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- ^ "Lavis, John Norman". The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- ^ PAHO TV (2013-01-11), John Lavis on research for health in the Americas, Hamilton 2012, retrieved 2019-03-17
- ^ Lavis, J. "John Lavis CV" (PDF). McMaster Health Forum. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 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.
- ^ "About Us". Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Archived from the original on 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lavis, John. "Please do not copy, quote or cite without the lead author's permission". Google Scholar. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
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