Updated on: 16 November 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 - National Institute of Health research HS&DR Grant number NIHR128671. August 2020- Jan 2023 World Health Organization contract US$125,000. Dates: Jan –September 2020. Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government, grant number HIPS/18/09. 01/01/2019- 30/06/2021

b) Had paid consultancies: any paid work, consulting fees (in cash or kind) from a related organisation?
No

c) Received honoraria: one-time payments (in cash or kind) from a related organisation?
Yes - -Evidence Synthesis Ireland. Prepared & delivered workshop, September 2022, paid to me £425 -Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway. Prepared & delivered workshop, November 2021, paid to me approx. £500 (6000 NOK) -LMU, University of Munich, Germany Prepared & delivered workshop, July 2021, paid to me approx. £400 (460 euros)

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