Vivian Welch
PhD
Senior Investigator
Editor in Chief
Campbell Collaboration
Associate Professor
School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa
Director
Methods Centre, Bruyère Research Institute
About:
Vivian Welch, PhD, is Editor in Chief of the Campbell Collaboration, Director of the Methods Centre at the Bruyère Research Institute, and Associate Professor at University of Ottawa School of Epidemiology and Public Health. She is a clinical epidemiology methodologist and population health researcher, with research interests in evidence synthesis on health equity and healthy aging.
As Interim CEO of Campbell Collaboration from 2022 to 2023, Welch led the international network of researchers and decision-makers in addressing the world’s greatest health challenges through high-quality evidence synthesis and policy briefs. She spearheaded the international What Works Global Summit of 2023, hosted in Ottawa and involving over 30 knowledge user organizations including United Nations agencies sponsoring the Global SDG Synthesis Coalition and Canadian agencies such as the Public Health Agency of Canada, the International Development Research Centre, and Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Welch sits on the Technical Advisory Panel for the Global SDG Synthesis Coalition’s People Pillar.
She was recognized as one of the top 100 women in Global Health 2018 by The Lancet and Canadian Society for International Health and received an Ontario Early Researcher Award 2014-2019 from the Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science.
She has published over 300 peer-reviewed papers on systematic review methods and health equity and has led international teams in the development of reporting guidelines for how to assess health equity in systematic reviews (PRISMA-Equity 2012), randomized controlled trials (CONSORT-Equity 2017) and public health guidelines. Welch is co-convenor of the Cochrane Thematic Group where she leads methodological development on how to assess whether research applies to vulnerable populations.
Research Interests:
Health equity, guideline development, healthy aging, evidence synthesis, evidence mapping.
Select Publications:
Dewidar O, Allen Kawala B, Antequera A, Tricco AC, Tovey D, Straus S, Glover R, Tufte J, Magwood O, Smith M, Ooi CP, Dion A, Goetghebeur M, Reveiz L, Negrini S, Tugwell P, Petkovic J, Welch V. (2022). Methodological guidance for incorporating equity when informing rapid-policy and guideline development. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.
Barbeau VI, Madani L, Al Ameer A, Tanjong-Ghogomu E, Beecher D, Conde M, Howe TE, Marcus S, Morley R, Nasser M, Smith M, Thompson Coon J, Welch V. (2022). Research priority setting related to older adults: a scoping review to inform the Cochrane-Campbell Global Ageing Partnership work programme. BMJ Open.
Welch V, Tanjong-Ghogomu E, Barbeau VI, Boulton E, Boutin S, Haitas N, Kneale D, Salzwedel D, Simard R, Herbert P, Mikton C. (2022). PROTOCOL: Digital interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness in older adults: An evidence and gap map. Campbell Systematic Reviews.
Scott MM, Mayhew A, Jeong A, Shaver N, Lapenskie J, Hsu AT, Tanjong-Ghogomu E, Tanuseputro P, Huang E, Welch V. (2022). Access to long-term care for minority populations: A systematic review. Canadian Journal on Aging/La Revue canadienne du vieillissement.
Welch V, Mathew CM, Babelmorad P, Li Y, Ghogomu ET, Borg J, Conde M, Kristjansson E, Lyddiatt A, Marcus S, Nickerson JW, Pottie K, Rogers M, Sadana R, Saran A, Shea B, Sheehy L, Sveistrup H, Tanuseputro P, Thompson-Coon J, Walker P, Zhang W, Howe TE. (2021). Health, social care and technological interventions to improve functional ability of older adults living at home: An evidence and gap map. Campbell Systematic Reviews.
Contact:
vwelch@bruyere.org
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