Vanessa Kitchin, MI

Knowledge Synthesis Librarian & research methodologist with a special interest in realist reviews, meta-analyses and knowledge mobilization.

[Vanessa Kitchin, MI @vankitch]

Very excited about the data sharing capabilities of SRDR+ @saldanha_ian #CochraneLondon

[WWEST UBCO @WWEST_UBCO]

“White paper”
Arising from the racialized terminology, and to heal from the past and support the process of reconciliation, we propose ending the use of The term “white paper”.

Learn more: https://t.co/EYkXlgsErZ
Be part of the solution: https://t.co/inOR0psrnz

[Women's Health Research Institute @WomensResearch]

Join @hdrn_rrds on April 25 for Health Data for All of Us: Sharing Ideas & Priorities! Discuss how health data should be used in Canada with experts like Rachel Plachcinski and Identify action items for research priorities and public engagement.
Register: https://t.co/BLUWs8SJqI

[Vanessa Kitchin, MI @vankitch]

An accessible and relevant open source tool created at U of T's DSI https://t.co/NlgW4CsjtQ Congrats!

[Vanessa Kitchin, MI @vankitch]

Love coming back to this one ... What every researcher should know about searching - clarified concepts, search advice, and an agenda to ... https://t.co/PfU7Fz1tTL

[Vanessa Kitchin, MI @vankitch]

"Normalization and institutional incentives are essential to promote data-sharing practices in evidence-synthesis research." ... Fantastic read! https://t.co/BoIbpQl1nE

[Arvind Narayanan @random_walker]

Language models have become privately controlled research infrastructure. This week, OpenAI deprecated the Codex model that ~100 papers have used—with 3 days’ notice. It has said that newer models will only be stable for 3 months. Goodbye reproducibility! https://t.co/j9VsNEQ4nJ

[Alex Mignone @AlexJMig]

As campaigners for effective KT in healthcare, we must consider the usefulness of the research we publish and disseminate. @JBIEBHC
@JBI_EI involves clinicians in the evaluation of the questions being asked and answered from a practice perspective.
⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/pYNe051cTl

[CARL / ABRC @carlabrc]

Save the date for Evidence Synthesis Institute Canada 2023! The 2023 version of Evidence Synthesis Institute Canada is brought to you by a partnership between CARL and @UVicLib. #ESICanada
https://t.co/yNJhI7buqM

[Vanessa Kitchin, MI @vankitch]

Study within a review (SWAR) https://t.co/EqpwGB1dyZ

[UBC Health @ubc_health]

Exciting #UBC research opportunity! Ministry of Health @UBCmedicine @ubc_health is offering researchers up to $50,000 for projects that respond to pertinent health-related questions identified by the ministry. Notice of Intent due Dec 9. Learn more: https://t.co/b5FBV8cFAU

[Vanessa Kitchin, MI @vankitch]

"Simple mindset shifts:

- I'm not hurt, I'm healing.
- I'm not losing, I'm learning.
- I was not rejected, I was redirected.

Negative things happen. Negative mindsets make them harder."

– @JamesClear

[Iain Marshall @ijmarshall]

RobotReviewer LIVE - our semi-automated living systematic review system, pilot just published in JCE https://t.co/kogY4MpBQw 1/

[Vanessa Kitchin, MI @vankitch]

Resources supporting trustworthy, rapid and equitable evidence synthesis and guideline development: results from ... https://t.co/7wYwD6mwmh

[Vanessa Kitchin, MI @vankitch]

"Research widely, select carefully.

Broad funnel, tight filter."

–@JamesClear

[Vanessa Kitchin, MI @vankitch]

Great read! Small steps toward improving research reliability https://t.co/m5UhPh9Rif

[Vanessa Kitchin, MI @vankitch]

Potential fabrication in research images threatens key theory of Alzheimer’s disease https://t.co/VnqbsYzmgr

[Vanessa Kitchin, MI @vankitch]

Evaluating prospective study registration and result reporting of trials conducted in Canada from 2009-2019 https://t.co/VvyHuvQFMb

[Retraction Watch @RetractionWatch]

"[W]hile progress has been made, there is still a significant mismatch between aspiration and the practice of open science in an important area of the COVID-19 literature."
https://t.co/vGKJOvY92G

[Vanessa Kitchin, MI @vankitch]

Compounding conflicts of interest: including an author's... : JBI Evidence Synthesis https://t.co/Jh8t6ZZqDk