Updated on: 2 March 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 - Held a contract to provide rapid reviews training and consultancy on rapid reviews with the Public Health Agency of Canada (Canadian federal government), January-March 2021.

c) Received honoraria: one-time payments (in cash or kind) from a related organisation?
Yes - Received an honorarium from the National Institute for Health Technology Assessment, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil for serving as an invited panel speaker for the Brazilian Ministry of Health's symposium on guidelines.

d) Served as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or held a position of management with a related organisation?
Yes - Manager with Public Health Agency of Canada; methods lead for the production of evidence syntheses to support the development of recommendations.

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