About the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Our team
CRD has around 45 members of staff. We are a welcoming and inclusive department that values the contributions of all colleagues and are committed to nurturing research careers.
Evidence synthesis is inherently interdisciplinary and our researchers have backgrounds in epidemiology, health economics, information science and statistics as well as in social science and sciences subjects, and as practicing NHS clinicians. Our work is supported by a small departmental team with expertise in finance and research administration.
We have a broad network of clinical advisors and partner with stakeholders in policy teams, arm’s length bodies, charities and patient support organisations, and with patients, families and members of the public to ensure that each of our research projects addresses the right questions and produces informative results.
Our work is underpinned by a core set of values that underscore our commitment to excellence and innovation and producing objective, trusted and trustworthy research, as well as valuing inclusivity in all that we do. We are proud that many senior roles in the department are held by women and hold an Athena Swan silver award.
Funding and partners
We have long-standing and successful collaborative partnerships with deparments in the University of York as well as the Hull York Medical School. These constitute a health services research network - a broad, multi-disciplinary grouping that includes academic public health, primary care, and secondary (specialised) health service expertise as well as strengths in epidemiology, trials, evidence synthesis, informatics, bioethics and social policy research.
Externally, we work with relevant groups in the UK and internationally, and have strong links with both the Cochrane and Campbell Collaborations. We have previously hosted the Cochrane Common Mental Disorders Group and co-convene the Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis Methods Group and the Statistical Methods Group.
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