Knowledge Synthesis Librarian & research methodologist with a special interest in realist reviews, meta-analyses and knowledge mobilization.

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Joined March 2009
Very excited about the data sharing capabilities of SRDR+ @saldanha_ian #CochraneLondon
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Vanessa Kitchin, MI retweeted
“White paper” Arising from the racialized terminology, and to heal from the past and support the process of reconciliation, we propose ending the use of The term “white paper”. Learn more: wwest-cwse.ca/deconstructing… Be part of the solution: ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/fo…
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Join @hdrn_rrds on April 25 for Health Data for All of Us: Sharing Ideas & Priorities! Discuss how health data should be used in Canada with experts like Rachel Plachcinski and Identify action items for research priorities and public engagement. Register: ow.ly/i5Gq50NPekG
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Vanessa Kitchin, MI retweeted
Language models have become privately controlled research infrastructure. This week, OpenAI deprecated the Codex model that ~100 papers have used—with 3 days’ notice. It has said that newer models will only be stable for 3 months. Goodbye reproducibility! aisnakeoil.substack.com/p/op…
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Vanessa Kitchin, MI retweeted
As campaigners for effective KT in healthcare, we must consider the usefulness of the research we publish and disseminate. @JBIEBHC @JBI_EI involves clinicians in the evaluation of the questions being asked and answered from a practice perspective. ⬇️⬇️ journals.lww.com/ijebh/Pages…
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Vanessa Kitchin, MI retweeted
Exciting #UBC research opportunity! Ministry of Health @UBCmedicine @ubc_health is offering researchers up to $50,000 for projects that respond to pertinent health-related questions identified by the ministry. Notice of Intent due Dec 9. Learn more: ow.ly/ZlOp50LLtFF
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"Simple mindset shifts: - I'm not hurt, I'm healing. - I'm not losing, I'm learning. - I was not rejected, I was redirected. Negative things happen. Negative mindsets make them harder." – @JamesClear
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RobotReviewer LIVE - our semi-automated living systematic review system, pilot just published in JCE jclinepi.com/article/S0895-4… 1/
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Resources supporting trustworthy, rapid and equitable evidence synthesis and guideline development: results from ... ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article…
"Research widely, select carefully. Broad funnel, tight filter." –@JamesClear
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Potential fabrication in research images threatens key theory of Alzheimer’s disease science.org/content/article/…
Vanessa Kitchin, MI retweeted
"[W]hile progress has been made, there is still a significant mismatch between aspiration and the practice of open science in an important area of the COVID-19 literature." medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…