Independent SAGE as an example of effective public dialogue on scientific research

T Greenhalgh, A Costello, S Cruickshank, S Griffin… - Nature protocols, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a public health
emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020 and then a pandemic on 11 March …

Reflections on epidemiological modeling to inform policy during the covid-19 pandemic in western europe, 2020–23: Commentary reflects on epidemiological …

M Jit, K Ainslie, C Althaus, C Caetano, V Colizza… - Health …, 2023 - healthaffairs.org
We reflect on epidemiological modeling conducted throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in
Western Europe, specifically in Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal …

Role of scientific advice in covid-19 policy

H Jarman, S Rozenblum, M Falkenbach, O Rockwell… - bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Role of scientific advice in covid-19 policy Page 1 COVID INQUIRY Role of scientific advice in
covid-19 policy Holly Jarman and colleagues discuss why scientific advice must be separate …

Lessons from the UK's handling of Covid-19 for the future of scientific advice to government: A contribution to the UK Covid-19 public inquiry

S Michie, P Ball, J Wilsdon, R West - Contemporary Social Science, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Despite strong expertise and a sophisticated scientific advisory system, the UK's response to
the Covid-19 pandemic has been, and continues to be, weak in terms of preventing death …

The Infected Blood Inquiry: we need some honesty and engagement by those in authority

M McKee - bmj, 2024 - bmj.com
The six year long Infected Blood Inquiry has finally reported. 1 The first of its 2,527 pages
contains a quotation from the medical peer Robert Winston, who described the events being …

Overcoming the disconnect between scientific research and the public

M Eberl, N Joseph‐Williams, C Nollett… - … and Cell Biology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In biomedical research, there is no situation where public engagement (PE) and public
involvement (PI) are not possible, important or even expected. Whether we work in the clinic …

Making expert advice public in a time of emergency: Independent SAGE and the contestation of science during the Covid pandemic in the UK

N Marres… - Social Studies of …, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
This article presents a situational analysis of the expert advice offered by Independent
SAGE, a group of scientists that formed in May 2020 in the UK to provide advice on the …

Communicating medicine: new ways, new audiences

M McKee - Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic was a scientific success but, in many countries, a
political failure. Scientists worked round the clock to understand a virus that was spreading …

Guided by the science? Questions for the UK's covid-19 public inquiry

M McKee, K Hanson, K Abbasi - bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Guided by the science? Questions for the UK’s covid-19 public inquiry | The BMJ Skip to main
content Intended for healthcare professionals Access provided by Google Indexer Subscribe …

Equity-focused evidence synthesis-A need to optimise our approach

L McCann, L Johnson, J Ford - Public Health in Practice, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Equity-focused evidence synthesis - A need to optimise our approach - PMC Skip to main
content Here's how you know Official websites use .gov A .gov website belongs to an official …