Updated on: 25 February 2022

1. Financial interests

a) Received research funding: any grant, contract or gift, commissioned research, or fellowship from The Cochrane Collaboration or a related organisation (i.e. any organisation related to health care or medical research) to conduct research?
Yes - My former employer City of Glasgow College, UK received funding from WHO to produce ???Guidance on evidence synthesis methods for research relevant to healthy ageing???

b) Had paid consultancies: any paid work, consulting fees (in cash or kind) from a related organisation?
Yes - Visiting Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. October 2018 and March 2019. Travel and subsistence paid by WHO to Peer Review Meeting of Contributors to the Global Report on Healthy Ageing 10-11 October 2019, WHO Headquarters, Geneva. REF consultant Kingston University, UK Plymouth University, UK University of Central Lancashire,UK Brunel University, UK Cardiff University, UK

c) Received honoraria: one-time payments (in cash or kind) from a related organisation?
No

d) Served as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or held a position of management with a related organisation?
Yes - Employee City of Glasgow College (April 2019-Oct 2020) Employee Glasgow Caledonian University (2005-2018) Member of the Board of Management City of Glasgow College (from August 2016 -2018). Non-Executive Director - Picker Institute Europe (1081688) (from December 2014 ??? Feb 2017). Board Member for local award-winning Social Enterprise ???Gorbals Recycles??? (SC277413) (June 2014- December 2015) Board Member for local award-winning Community Interest Company ???MsMissMrs??? (SC441246) (Jan 2015 -September 2016) Deputy Chair Glasgow City of Science (June 2013 - Sept 2016)

e) Possessed share-holdings, stock, stock options, equity with a related organisation (excludes mutual funds or similar arrangements where the individual has no control over the selection of the shares)?
No

f) Received personal gifts from a related organisation?
No

g) Had an outstanding loan with a related organisation?
No

h) Received royalty payments from a related organisation?
No

2. Do you have any other competing interests that could pose a conflict of interest that would reasonably appear to be related to the primary interest?
No