Ruairidh Milne, Scientific Director, Wessex Institute for Health Research
and Development, Winchester, Southampton, UK
Mary Ann O’Brien, Senior Research Manager, Supportive Cancer Care
Research Unit, and Associate Clinical Professor, School of Rehabilitation
Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Graham Mowatt, Research Fellow, Health Services Research Unit,
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Sandy Oliver, Research Fellow, Social Science Research Unit, London
University Institute of Education, London, UK
Andy Oxman, Director, Health Services Research Unit, National Institute
of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
S G Pauker, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Medicine,
New England Medical Center,Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Rodrigo Salinas, Neurologist and Director of the Health Technology
Assessement Unit, Ministry of Health, Sarbiago, Chile
Trevor A Sheldon, Professor of Health Studies, University of York,
York, UK
Liz Shirran, Research Fellow, Department of General Practice and
Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Helen Smith, Research Associate, Effective Health Care Alliance
Programme, International Health Division, Liverpool School of Tropical
Medicine, UK
Vivienne van Someren, Consultant Paediatrician and Senior Lecturer in
Child Health, Department of Child Health, Royal Free and University
College Medical School, London, UK
Amanda Sowden, Senior Research Fellow, NHS Centre for Reviews and
Dissemination, University of York,York, UK
Sharon E Straus, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University Health
Network, University of Toronto, Canada
Matthew Sutton, Senior Research Fellow, Department of General
Practice, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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