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Biography
Matthew Page is a Senior Research Fellow, NHMRC Emerging Leadership Investigator Fellow, and Deputy Head of the Methods in Evidence Synthesis Unit in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. He leads a program of research on methods for evidence synthesis, which builds on the research undertaken during his PhD (2011-2015), NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (2015-2019) and ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (2020-2023). He was a visiting postdoctoral fellow at the University of Bristol, UK, from 2015-2017.
Matthew's research aims to improve the quality of systematic reviews of health and medical research. He has led many studies investigating the transparency, reproducibility and risk of bias in systematic reviews and the studies they include, and has developed methods to address these issues. He co-led the development of the PRISMA 2020 statement, a highly cited reporting guideline for systematic reviews, and was a member of the core group who developed the RoB 2 tool for assessing risk of bias in randomized trials. He was an associate scientific editor for the 2019 edition of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. He has collaborated on many systematic reviews and meta-analyses evaluating the effects of various interventions for a range of health conditions, including manual therapy and exercise for shoulder pain, splinting for carpal tunnel syndrome, drug and non-drug therapies for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and testosterone replacement therapy for sexual wellbeing; this applied work often informs his research agenda.
Matthew's expertise has been recognized in leadership and editorial appointments at organizations and journals focused on evidence synthesis methods and improving research quality, including co-chair of the PRISMA Executive, member of the Cochrane Methods Executive, co-convenor of the Cochrane Bias Methods Group and member of the editorial board for the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Novel approaches to enhance the quality of systematic reviews that underpin public health and policy decisions
1/01/25 → 31/12/29
Project: Research
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Update of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) extensions for network metaanalyses, rapid reviews, and scoping reviews
Veroniki, A. A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Hutton, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Stevens, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Tricco, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Aldcroft, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Chang, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Colquhoun, H. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Elsman, E. B. M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Garritty, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Godfrey, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hartling, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Horsley, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kelly, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Khalil, H. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Konstantinidis, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Langlois, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lunny, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McInnes, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McKenzie, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Moher, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Offringa, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Page, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Smith, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Straus, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Welch, V. A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wells, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Wilson, M. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/10/23 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
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Novel methods to improve reporting and peer review of systematic reviews of health evidence
Page, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Moher, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Brennan, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & McKenzie, J. (Associate Investigator (AI))
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia)
1/01/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of interventions to enable modal shift to bike riding and walking
Beck, B. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Page, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Pearson, L. (Chief Investigator (CI))
31/07/23 → 31/01/24
Project: Research
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Improving the Evidence-Base underlying Tranexamic Acid for Preventing Postpartum Hemorrhage
Li, W. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Mol, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wang, R. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Hodges, R. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Page, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Alfirevic, Z. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Coomarasamy, A. (Associate Investigator (AI))
1/02/22 → 31/01/23
Project: Research
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Cancer researchers’ experiences with and perceptions of research data sharing: Results of a cross-sectional survey
Hamilton, D. G., Page, M. J., Everitt, S., Fraser, H. & Fidler, F., 2025, In: Accountability in Research. 32, 4, p. 530-557 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Update to the PRISMA guidelines for network meta-analyses and scoping reviews and development of guidelines for rapid reviews: a scoping review protocol
Veroniki, A. A., Hutton, B., Stevens, A., McKenzie, J. E., Page, M. J., Moher, D., McGowan, J., Straus, S. E., Li, T., Munn, Z., Pollock, D., Colquhoun, H., Godfrey, C., Smith, M., Tufte, J., Logan, S., Catalá-López, F., Tovey, D., Franco, J. V. A. & Chang, S. & 23 others, , Mar 2025, In: JBI Evidence Synthesis. 23, 3, 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Other › peer-review
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Attitudes of people living with cancer towards trial non-publication and research participation
Hamilton, D. G., Everitt, S., Page, M. J., Vazire, S. & Fidler, F., Feb 2024, In: BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. 29, 1, p. 64-66 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Other › peer-review
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Can a replication revolution resolve the duplication crisis in systematic reviews?
Karunananthan, S., Grimshaw, J. M., Maxwell, L., Nguyen, P. Y., Page, M. J., Pardo Pardo, J., Petkovic, J., Vachon, B., Welch, V. A. & Tugwell, P., Oct 2024, In: BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. 29, 5, p. 285-288 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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Development of a search filter to retrieve reports of interrupted time series studies from MEDLINE and PubMed
Nguyen, P.-Y., McKenzie, J. E. (Leading Author), Turner, S. L., Page, M. J. & McDonald, S. (Leading Author), Jul 2024, In: Research Synthesis Methods. 15, 4, p. 627-640 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
Prizes
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Australasian Epidemiological Association (AEA) Prize for Top Student in Introductory Epidemiology
Page, Matthew (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Australasian Epidemiological Association Early Career Researcher Travel Award
Page, Matthew (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Australasian Epidemiological Association Student Conference Award for submitting one of the best abstracts to the 2013 AEA Annual Scientific Meeting
Page, M. (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Bill Silverman Prize (Cochrane) for the best methodological research paper
Page, M. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Cochrane Bill Silverman Prize
Page, M. (Recipient), McKenzie, J. (Recipient), Shamseer, L. (Recipient), Ahmadzai, N. (Recipient), Wolfe, D. (Recipient), Yazdi, F. (Recipient), Catalá-López, F. (Recipient), Tricco, A. C. (Recipient) & Moher, D. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (Journal)
Matthew Page (Editorial board member)
1 Jan 2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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PLoS Medicine (Journal)
Matthew Page (Editorial board member)
2017 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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Co-convenor of Cochrane Bias Methods Group
Matthew Page (Fellow)
2017 → …Activity: External Academic Engagement › Professional association or peak discipline body
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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Journal)
Page, M. (Associate editor)
2017 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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Systematic Reviews (Journal)
Matthew Page (Associate editor)
1 Jan 2015 → 31 Dec 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility