VIDEO: International Women ' s Day Panel on diversity in health evidence synthesis

On International Women ' s Day 2021 we discussed and highlighted minority women and young investigators working in health science and evidence synthesis.  Watch the recording to hear about their career paths, who has inspired them, and what advice they have for other women interested in or working in health evidence synthesis.  Learn about Cochrane’s role in evidence Synthesis and how anyone can get involved.Each year Cochrane hosts an event in the name of Anne Anderson, a pioneering woman in health evidence synthesis.   In the past it ' s been the ' Anne Anderson Walk ' at the Cochrane Colloquium to raise money for theannual Anne Anderson Award. This year, theCochrane US Network  hosted a virtual panel, which highlighted the stories of five amazing women and kick-off a specialvirtual Anne Anderson walk.    Who was Anne Anderson?Anne Anderson was a contributor to the stream of thinking and effort that gave birth to evidence-based health care. A clinically qualified reproductive physiologist, Anne had an active interest in women ’s health, co-editing the first edition of Women’s Problems in General Practice with Ann McPherson and contributed to Effectiveness and Satisfaction in Antenatal Care (1982), edited by Murray Enkin and Iain Chalmers. She was discussing with Marc Keirse and Iain Chalmers the possibility of co-edi ting a companion volume on elective birth, however her premature death from breast cancer in 1983 ended her involvement. Anne Anderson was 46 yea...
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