Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Steve McDonald is a Senior Research Fellow and Co-Director of Cochrane Australia. He is responsible for leading the learning and education program of Cochrane Australia and regularly teaches on evidence synthesis courses in Australia and South East Asia. He has extensive experience in conducting systematic reviews for Cochrane, as well as a range of government agencies, including Australia’s National Health & Medical Research Council.
Steve has a background in information science and his research interests include innovations to enhance the efficiency of evidence synthesis through automation; information retrieval methods and search strategy design; and methods for conducing overviews of reviews. Steve was a co-lead on Project Transform, a three-year flagship health evidence project funded by NHMRC and Cochrane, that developed machine classifiers to improve the efficiency of study identification. He is currently evaluating the application of these new technologies to support living systematic reviews and living guidelines through a part-time PhD.
Steve graduated in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge in 1991. He has a Masters in Information Science from Loughborough University and a Graduate Diploma in International Health from Monash University. In 2015 he graduated from the Asialink Leaders Program. As part of Cochrane Australia's international responsibilities, he has helped establish and support Cochrane networks in South East Asia and East Asia. He was an elected member of Cochrane's Board of Directors from 2008 to 2015, and previously managed Cochrane’s international training program.
External positions
Director, Cochrane (United Kingdom)
Oct 2008 → Oct 2015Advisory Board, University of Adelaide
2003 → Mar 2015Network
Projects
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Evidence evaluations on the clinical effectiveness of aromatherapy
Brennan, S., McDonald, S., McKenzie, J., Green, S. & Murano, M.
9/11/20 → 31/10/21
Project: Research
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WHO Systematic reviews of exposure to radiofrequency fields and cognitive impairment (human observational studies) The
Benke, G., Abramson, M., Brennan, S., McDonald, S., Karipidis, K., Zeleke, B., Kelsall, H. & Kaufmann, J.
4/06/20 → 31/05/21
Project: Research
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2020 National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce
Elliott, J., Green, S., Craig, J. C., Zoungas, S., Buchbinder, R., Wells, L., Tendal, B., Vogel, J., Norris, S., Turner, T., Tate, R., Leder, K., Wark, P. A. B., McGloughlin, S., Morgan, M., McDonald, S., McKenzie, J., McGowan, S., Mitchell, J. A., Tong, A. & Gurry, S.
15/05/20 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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Living clinical guidelines for stroke management
Turner, T., McDonald, S., Elliott, J. & Green, S.
1/07/18 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
Research output
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PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: Updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews
Page, M. J., Moher, D., Bossuyt, P. M., Boutron, I., Hoffmann, T. C., Mulrow, C. D., Shamseer, L., Tetzlaff, J. M., Akl, E. A., Brennan, S. E., Chou, R., Glanville, J., Grimshaw, J. M., Hróbjartsson, A., Lalu, M. M., Li, T., Loder, E. W., Mayo-Wilson, E., Mcdonald, S., Mcguinness, L. A. & 6 others, , 29 Mar 2021, In : BMJ. 372, 36 p., n160.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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The PRISMA 2020 statement: An updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
Page, M. J., McKenzie, J. E., Bossuyt, P. M., Boutron, I., Hoffmann, T. C., Mulrow, C. D., Shamseer, L., Tetzlaff, J. M., Akl, E. A., Brennan, S. E., Chou, R., Glanville, J., Grimshaw, J. M., Hróbjartsson, A., Lalu, M. M., Li, T., Loder, E. W., Mayo-Wilson, E., McDonald, S., McGuinness, L. A. & 6 others, , 29 Mar 2021, In : BMJ. 372, 8 p., n71.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Other › peer-review
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Weekly updates of national living evidence-based guidelines: methods for the Australian living guidelines for care of people with COVID-19
Tendal, B., Vogel, J. P., McDonald, S., Norris, S., Cumpston, M., White, H., Leder, K., Navarro, D. F., Cheyne, S., Chakraborty, S., Murano, M., Millard, T., Callesen, H. E., Islam, R. M., Elliott, J., Turner, T. & on behalf of the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce, 1 Mar 2021, In : Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 131, p. 11-21 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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A search filter to identify pragmatic trials in MEDLINE was highly specific but lacked sensitivity
Taljaard, M., McDonald, S., Nicholls, S. G., Carroll, K., Hey, S. P., Grimshaw, J. M., Fergusson, D. A., Zwarenstein, M. & McKenzie, J. E., Aug 2020, In : Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 124, p. 75-84 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Clinical care of pregnant and postpartum women with COVID-19: Living recommendations from the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce
Vogel, J. P., Tendal, B., Giles, M., Whitehead, C., Burton, W., Chakraborty, S., Cheyne, S., Downton, T., Fraile Navarro, D., Gleeson, G., Gordon, A., Hunt, J., Kitschke, J., McDonald, S., McDonnell, N., Middleton, P., Millard, T., Murano, M., Oats, J., Tate, R. & 5 others, , 29 Oct 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Citations (Scopus)