Training & Speaking

Training experience 

• Conference CEC courses, including at SOT, EUROTOX, and ISEE

• Invited lectures and panels, including for Sense About Science, Lancaster University, and the BBC

• Commissioned courses and workshops, including for EU Parliament ECR Group, World Health Organisation, EU Joint Research Centre, Lancaster University

• Student supervision, with experience at undergraduate, Masters and PhD level

• Online symposia and webinars, including for the Evidence-based Toxicology Collaboration and Yordas Group

Conferences, Workshops, Presentations

2023

INVITES-IN: A tool for assessing the internal validity of in vitro studies (4 July 2023) UK PARC Science Day | Speaker

A GRADE Ontology (24 May 2023) GRADE Working Group Annual Meeting | Speaker

Evolution of evidence synthesis in environmental health (16 May 2023) UK Committee on Toxicity | Invited Speaker

How to work with journals: advice for early career researchers (21 April 2023) Workshop at Lancaster University | Co-Organiser

Protocols Clinic: Why researchers should publish their methods before collecting their data (19 April 2023) Webinar | Host

How the FEAT framework can help you select study appraisal tools suitable for your systematic review (30 March 2023) ESMARCONF | Speaker

Shaping the future of toxicology with EBTC 2.0 (20 March 2023) Society of Toxicology Ancillary Meeting | Co-Organiser

Automating standards compliance of research documentation (1 February 2023) Environmental Health Language Collaborative | Invited Speaker

The Six Things Computer Scientists Need to Know about Systematic Review (31 January 2023) Gothenburg University | Invited Speaker

EBTC 2.0: Mission and structure of a new collaboration in toxicology (26 January 2022) | Co-Organiser

PRIVAT: a tool for facilitating peer review of in vitro studies (11 January 2023) Responsible Research in Practice Webinar |  Invited Speaker

2022

EFSA-EBTC workshop on open data standards in support of automation of systematic reviews (5, 6, 12, 13 December 2022) | Co-Organiser

PRIVAT: a tool for facilitating peer review of in vitro studies (1 December 2022) ASCCT / ESTIV Webinar | Invited Speaker

How to Conduct Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses to Improve Environmental Health Policy and Decision-Making (18 September 2022) ISEE 2022 | Speaker

European Food Safety Authority Workshop Series on Data Standards in Support of Automated Evidence Synthesis (3 workshops, Summer 2022) | Co-organiser, session facilitator

Roundtable on strengthening the human environmental health research and policy interface in the UK (13 June 2022) | Co-organiser, speaker, moderator

Automating the documentation of systematic review protocols (9 June 2022) International Community for the Automation of Systematic Review, ICASR | Speaker

Study quality assessment methods in the draft TSCA SR protocol (13 April 2022) US EPA Scientific Advisory Committee on Chemicals | Speaker

IV-CAT: a tool for facilitating peer review of in vitro studies (31 March 2022) Society of Toxicology | Speaker

Four Tips for Success with Evidence Reviews: An Editor’s Strategy (27 March 2022) Society of Toxicology | Speaker

Systematic review: why, what, and how? (22 March 2022) US FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition | Speaker

Ontologies for toxicology and environmental health (16 March 2022) EBTC Scientific Symposium | Organiser, Speaker, Moderator

Recommendations for the conduct of systematic reviews in toxicology and environmental health research (3 March 2022) Lancaster University | Speaker

How to conduct high-quality systematic reviews (11 Feb 2022) University of New England, Australia | Speaker

2021

Environment International’s editorial processes for handling the WHO EMF Systematic Reviews (17 December 2021) Navigation Guide Working Group Webinar | Speaker

From in here to out there: the fascinating challenge of standardizing toxicity assays (14 December 2021) EBTC Scientific Symposium | Moderator

Submitting and peer-reviewing research papers: an editor’s perspective (22 October 2021) Sense About Science VOYS Workshop | Panellist

Recommendations for the conduct of systematic reviews in toxicology and environmental health research (30 September 2021) BioEM | Speaker

Research Standards for Systematic Reviews, and How to Use Them (27 September 2021) EUROTOX | Speaker

Systematic reviews and chemical risk assessment: current challenges and the need for AI in overcoming them (27 September 2021) EUROTOX | Speaker

Maximizing the value of peer review in toxicology (4 August 2021) Toxicology Forum Summer Meeting | Speaker

Overcoming data availability obstacles in the way of evidence-based toxicology (25 June 2021) EBTC Scientific Symposium | Organiser, Moderator

Overcoming the “streetlight effect” in evidence synthesis (4 May 2021) ONTOX Kick-Off Meeting | Speaker

Application of US EPA IRIS systematic review methods to health effects of phthalate exposures (21 Feb 2021) EBTC Scientific Symposium | Organiser, Moderator

2020

The results of a survey of current practices in systematic evidence maps. (6 August 2020) EBTC Scientific Advisory Council

The concept of "biological plausibility" in environmental health systematic reviews (17 June 2020) GRADE Working Group Annual Meeting - Large Group Session

How certain are we? Progress in adapting systematic review methods to environmental health assessments (15 June 2020) Evidence-Based Toxicology Collaboration Satellite Workshop to the GRADE Working Group Annual Meeting

Certainty in Adverse Outcome Pathways (17 June 2020) GRADE Working Group Annual Meeting - Small Group Session

Research Quality and Peer Review Workshop. (20 June 2020) Sense About Science "Voice of Young Science" Network.

Knowledge from Information: Bioinformatics as the Science of the Anthropocene. (14 February) AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting 2020. Seattle, USA

BBC/UKRI: The Future of Artificial Intelligence. (14 February) AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting 2020. Seattle, USA

Applying AI to solve problems more complex than people can understand: the epistemological and ethical implications of "machine knowing" COGITO at Glasgow University, UK 

Conduct and reporting standards for systematic reviews in toxicology and risk assessment. EUROTOX 2020

Systematic reviews and chemical risk assessment: current challenges, and the need for AI in overcoming them EUROTOX 2020

2019

Procedures for reporting and appraising systematic reviews (12 Nov) US EPA Systematic Review Community of Practice Webinar

Overview of SR editorial and peer-review processes for the Editorial Board at Environment International (20 Nov) Environment International Editorial Board Webinar

A Journal Editors’ Guide to Successful Systematic Reviews: Common Challenges Faced by Submitting Authors, and How to Address Them. (25 August 2019) ISEE 2019, Utrecht, NL

International Editor’s Workshop on raising the standard of systematic reviews published in environmental health and toxicology journals. (29-31 May 2019) Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

Practical challenges in assessing the external validity of individual studies, and the implications for integrating multiple streams of evidence in systematic reviews. (2 June 2019) US National Academies of Sciences Workshop on Evidence Integration in Chemical Assessments. Washington DC, USA

Machine Learning and Knowledge Systems for the Anthropocene. (11 January 2019) Lancaster Environment Centre Winter Conference. Lancaster, UK.

SR submission procedures at Environment International (11 April) Second Meeting of Lead Reviewers of Systematic Reviews for the WHO/ILO Joint Methodology for Estimating the Work-Related Burden of Disease and Injury. EU OSHA, Bilbao, Spain

EBTC GRADE Working Group Pre-Meeting: Systematic Methods for Identification, Appraisal and Integration of Mechanistic Data in Systematic Reviews. (11 June) McMaster University, Canada.

EBTC/EFSA International Workshop on Systematic Review Methods and Adverse Outcome Pathways. (2-3 October) Parma, Italy

Lancaster University (training seminar) Authorship Seminar for Early Career Researchers: An Editor’s Dos and Don’ts. Elsevier Early Career Researcher Seminar at Lancaster University. Lancaster, UK

Continuing Education Session PM11: Conducting Systematic Review in Toxicology—Why, When, How? SOT 2019 (Baltimore, MD, USA) Contributing training presentation: “Reporting and Reviewing Systematic Reviews.” General toxicology audience. 

2018

WHO/ILO Systematic Reviews reinforce the value of formal pre-publication of SR protocols. (4 December 2018) Navigation Guide Working Group Quarterly Webinar.

Keynote: Systematic Review, Machine Learning and the Liberation of Knowledge from Information in Environmental Health Research. (15 October 2018) Research Triangle Environmental Health Collaborative Summit on Artificial Intelligence in Environmental Health. Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.

Systematic Reviews, Evidence Maps and a Need for Interactive Data Visualization in Environmental Health Research. (25 August 2018) iLab Calgary Invited Speaker Seminar. University of Calgary, Canada.

From gatekeeper to midwife: how journals can improve the quality of published systematic reviews. (19 April 2018) Collaboration for Environmental Evidence 2nd International Conference. Paris, France.

Areas in which AI could contribute to the conduct of systematic reviews. (3 April 2018) AI4CRA Meeting. EU Joint Researcher Centre, Ispra, Italy.

OECD Level 1 Workshop on Systematic Review of Existing Data of Endocrine Disruptors. (25 October 2018) OECD, Paris, France.

IV International Congress on Safety and Health at Work (Bilbao, Spain). Training on systematic approaches to Assessment of Scientific Evidence session. 

Elsevier Researcher Academy (webinar). Education webinar Systematic Reviews 101. Introduction to SRs, editorial handling thereof, and advice on successful SR project planning. Varied early-career audience. [Link]

EU Joint Research Centre (Ispra, Italy). 2-day training on how to conduct and appraise SRs, with a focus on value for research commissioners

2017

Gatekeeper and midwife: the two roles of the academic editor. (17 December 2017) Lancaster University “New Café”, Lancaster, UK

Ensuring only high-quality systematic reviews get published: New obligations and strategies for environmental health journals (23 November 2017) World Health Organization Global Burden of Disease Estimation Planning Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland.

Invited expert stakeholder: Comments on EFSA’s draft BPA hazard assessment protocol. (12 September 2017) European Food Safety Authority Meeting on Draft BPA Hazard Assessment Protocol. Brussels, Belgium.

Ensuring only high-quality systematic reviews get published: New obligations and strategies for environmental health journals (19 August 2017) US National Toxicology Program 4th International Symposium on Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Laboratory Animal Studies. Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.

The WHO Chemical Risk Assessment Network Systematic Review Framework Document. (21 June 2017) Second Meeting of the WHO Chemical Risk Assessment Network. Parma, Italy.

Appraisal of study quality in environmental health systematic reviews should be based on risk of bias and eschew scores and scales (Zurich, Switzerland). World Health Organization Global Burden of Disease Estimation Planning Meeting. 

Introduction to systematic review of toxicological data (Parma, Italy). WHO Chemical Risk Assessment Network. 

Systematic review methods for environmental health research. (Debrecen, Hungary) DIMOPEX Training School. Debrecen, Hungary. 

Developing Environmental Standards. (London) Sustainability Network for Standardisation. London, UK.

2016

International Expert Workshop: Defining best-practice standards for planning and conducting environmental health and toxicology systematic reviews. (1-2 December 2016) Royal Society of Chemistry, London, UK

Panel Session on “Systematic reviews and preventing the misuse of Bradford Hill criteria” (16 October 2016) Austin Bradford Hill Anniversary Symposium. Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK.

Themed Session “How to Ensure Only High-Quality Systematic Reviews Get Published: Strategies from Medical and Chemical Risk Research”. (16 August 2016) Collaboration for Environmental Evidence 1st International Conference. Stockholm, Sweden.

Improving the quality of systematic evidence synthesis in toxicology. (16 August 2016) Collaboration for Environmental Evidence 1st International Conference. Stockholm, Sweden.

Systematic review as an approach to advancing the transparency and scientific robustness of chemical risk assessment. European Parliament ECR Group

2015

Innovation vs the Precautionary Principle and avoiding market entrenchment of problem products. (15 June 2016) Cereals 2016. Cambridge, UK

Contemporary reporting practices in environmental health systematic reviews (15 December 2015) Navigation Guide Working Group Webinar

Systematic review methods for chemical risk assessment (22 June 2015) Precaution and Innovation Workshop, Brunel University, London

Discussion Leader with Sir Dick Taverne QC. “Better science for better EU regulation.” (26 February 2015) Centre for European Policy Studies Ideas Lab. Brussels, Belgium.

2014

International Expert Workshop: Systematic review methods for chemical risk assessment: challenges and opportunities. (14 November 2014) Royal Society of Chemistry, London, UK

European Food Safety Authority Scientific Opinions on Bisphenol-A: a critical appraisal (3 December 2014) Navigation Guide Working Group Webinar

EFSA’s Opinions on risks to health posed by BPA: methodological considerations (11 Sept 2014) European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility Annual Meeting. Berlin, Germany

Literature review in toxicological research and chemical risk assessment: the state of the science (13 May 2014) Poster Spotlight presentation during session “Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBT) substances – identification, assessment and regulatory decision making with a special focus on socio-economic aspects”

Policy from Science Project Literature Review Appraisal Toolkit (12 February 2014) Highwire Coffee Club, Lancaster University, UK

2013

Systematic review and the future of evidence in chemicals policy (15 October 2013) Report and campaign launch event at European Parliament with Corinne LePage MEP, Brussels, Belgium.

Should I drink out of this? (5 December 2013) SR+ Seminar, Lancaster University

We need to talk about literature reviews (29 November 2013) Postgraduate Seminar, Lancaster University

The Policy from Science Project (19 June 2013) EEB Chemicals Working Group Meeting, Brussels, Belgium

How to evaluate study credibility: the example set by evidence-based medicine (11 June 2013) Royal Society of Chemistry Environmental Health and Safety Committee AGM. RSC, London, UK

How to evaluate study credibility: the example set by evidence-based medicine (12 May 2013) SETAC Europe, Glasgow, Scotland