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Biography
Sue is a Senior Research Fellow at Cochrane Australia, in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine where she leads the Melbourne GRADE centre and contributes to Cochrane’s program of work on the translation of research into policy. Her role includes producing and facilitating the use of systematic reviews for health policy decision-making. She has been lead investigator on six reviews commissioned to inform NHMRC national guidelines, and the methodological lead on reviews of public health and healthcare improvement interventions. She conducts research that aims to (i) advance methods for research synthesis and the uptake of these methods, and to (ii) develop practical, evidence-based approaches for enabling decision-makers to use research. Her collaborative research on methods for evidence synthesis has informed workshops and guidance for systematic review authors, including co-authoring four chapters in the 2019 edition of the Cochrane handbook. She is a lead investigator on a project to develop GRADE methods for overviews of systematic reviews, and a member of the NHMRC Health Evidence panel. Through her roles in Cochrane and the GRADE working group, she works with policy-makers and guideline developers to implement GRADE methods for assessing research and making evidence-based recommendations.
As a postdoctoral fellow on the NHMRC funded Centre for Research Excellence in Informing Policy in Health with Evidence from Research (CIPHER), Sue contributed to the development of measures of research use in policy and the evaluation of a program to build capacity for using research in policy agencies.
Sue holds a Doctor of Philosophy in public health from Monash University (awarded 2013) for research on methods for evaluating quality improvement (QI) strategies, a Graduate Diploma of Education from the University of Melbourne, and a Bachelor of Science (Hons) from Monash University. Her doctoral research resulted in two highly accessed systematic reviews (>33K) reporting a framework and measures for evaluating QI in primary care.
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):
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Novel methods to improve reporting and peer review of systematic reviews of health evidence
Page, M., Moher, D., Brennan, S. & McKenzie, J.
1/01/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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CLLiP: Children with Lower Limb Pain (CLLiP): Working with families, community and health care providers to improve outcomes
Williams, C., Pacey, V., Munro, J. E., Munns, C. F., Sturgiss, L., williams, N., Tofts, L., Locke, V., Haines, T., Brennan, S., Maloney, S., Sarkies, M. & Ilhan, E.
Department of Health and Aged Care (Australia)
1/04/22 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
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REFLEXOLOGY EVIDENCE EVALUATION 2021-20RFQ011
Brennan, S., McDonald, S., Murano, M. & McKenzie, J.
15/02/22 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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Training and support for implementing GRADE
Brennan, S., Page, M. & McKenzie, J.
29/03/19 → 30/06/23
Project: Consultancy
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A declaração PRISMA 2020: Diretriz atualizada para relatar revisões sistemáticas
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 , 2022, In: Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude. 31, 2, 20 p., e2022107.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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Australian guidelines for the prevention and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: Updates in the third edition
Phelps, A. J., Lethbridge, R., Brennan, S., Bryant, R. A., Burns, P., Cooper, J. A., Forbes, D., Gardiner, J., Gee, G., Jones, K., Kenardy, J., Kulkarni, J., McDermott, B., McFarlane, A. C., Newman, L., Varker, T., Worth, C. & Silove, D., Mar 2022, In: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 56, 3, p. 230-247 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Australian recommendations on tapering of biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in inflammatory arthritis
Whittle, S. L., Glennon, V., Johnston, R. V., Avery, J. C., Bell, J. S., Brennan, S. E., Fong, C., Hissaria, P., Horgan, B., O'Neill, S., Pisaniello, H. L., Trevena, L., Whittaker, G. A., Wluka, A. & Buchbinder, R., Oct 2022, In: Internal Medicine Journal. 52, 10, p. 1799-1805 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Best evidence for improving function in children with cerebral palsy: Success is within reach
Jackman, M., Sakzewski, L., Morgan, C., Boyd, R. N., Brennan, S. E., Langdon, K., Toovey, R. A. M., Greaves, S., Thorley, M. & Novak, I., Feb 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Other › peer-review
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Changing patterns in reporting and sharing of review data in systematic reviews with meta-analysis of the effects of interventions: cross sectional meta-research study
Nguyen, P. Y., Kanukula, R., McKenzie, J. E., Alqaidoom, Z., Brennan, S. E., Haddaway, N. R., Hamilton, D. G., Karunananthan, S., McDonald, S., Moher, D., Nakagawa, S., Nunan, D., Tugwell, P., Welch, V. A. & Page, M. J., 22 Nov 2022, In: The BMJ. 379, 13 p., e072428.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)