Updated on: 26 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?
No

b) Had paid consultancies: any paid work, consulting fees (in cash or kind) from a related organisation?
Yes - I was contracted in March 2018 and Oct 2018 (1-day and 3-day course) by Cochrane Germany to deliver training in Germany. I was contracted in March 2019 by Cochrane Germany to deliver training in Germany. I was contracted in June 2019 by Cochrane Ireland to deliver training in Ireland. I was contracted in Oct 2019 by Cochrane Switzerland to deliver training in Switzerland. I was contracted in Feb 2021 by Cochrane UK to deliver training (virtually) to Cochrane Information Specialists. I was contracted in June 2021 by Cochrane Ireland to deliver training (virtually) for Ireland. I am under contract to deliver training (virtually) for Cochrane Ireland in June 2022. I received speaker's fees from Wiley to deliver the Cochrane Wiley lecture (virtually) at MLA 2020 and MLA 2021 and am under contract for MLA 2022. I am under contract with Wiley to receive speaker's fees to deliver a Cochrane Wiley lecture (virtually) at ICML+AHILA 2022.

c) Received honoraria: one-time payments (in cash or kind) from a related organisation?
Yes - I have received honoraria towards conference expenses from Wiley to deliver the Cochrane Wiley lecture at MLA for the past 10 years to 2019.

d) Served as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or held a position of management with a related organisation?
No

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