Mission and Vision

Promote equity in evidence synthesis and increase global capacity to consider equity and to promote the use of equity-relevant evidence in health and healthcare decision-making

Governance Structure

Advisory Group: will promote equity, diversity and inclusion across all committees and projects. 

Operations Committee: will manage the day-to-day operation of the equity group.

Convenors
	Elizabeth Kristjansson, PhD	Tamara Lotfi, MD, MPH	Lawrence Mbuagbaw, MD, PhD	Kevin Pottie, MD
	Gabriel Rada, MD	Ashrita Saran, PhD	Peter Tugwell, MD	Vivian Welch, PhD
Associate	Convenors
	Andrea Darzi, MD, PhD	Rebecca Glover, PhD	Roses Parker, PhD
Assistant	Convenors
	Omar Dewidar, MSc	Joanne Khabsa, MSc	Ammar Saad, MSc	Eve Tomlinson, MSc
Fellows
	Miranda Lesperance, PhD Candidate	Olivia Magwood, PhD Candidate	Alison Riddle, PhD Candidate
	Shahab Sayfi, Undergraduate student	Ekta Priya, PhD Candidate
Coordinator
	Jennifer Petkovic, PhD

Training and Mentoring Oversight Committee: will provide oversight of the implementation of the equity mentorship and training opportunities.

Knowledge Mobilization Committee: will help plan and implement knowledge translation, including social media, conferences, posters, webinars, and will tailor the information for the relevant audiences.

Project Working Groups: include all members of the teams working on the various projects to address the group's objectives. 

Objective 1: Promote equity in the evidence base

• equity in evidence synthesis (e.g. equity in all Cochrane reviews)
• equity in other study designs (e.g. STROBE Equity extension)

Objective 2: Ensure equitable processes for interest holder engagement

• stakeholder engagement (e.g. guidance for engagement in evidence synthesis)

Objective 3: Produce high-quality, equity-focused evidence synthesis

• production (e.g. conducting equity-focused systematic reviews on priority topics --- see current list of priorities)
• priority setting (e.g. prioritizing equity-focused systematic reviews)

Objective 4: Build capacity for equity design, analysis, and reporting

• capacity building (e.g. capacity building for evidence synthesis)
• knowledge translation (e.g. collections of plain language summaries of equity-relevant reviews)

Objective 5: Promote equity in implementation tools

• equity in guidelines (e.g. GRADE-equity, guidance for equity in guideline development, equity in specific guidelines)

Equity Group Members: membership is open to any individual interested in health equity and evidence synthesis. These members are invited to join project working groups or committees.