Joseph L. Mathew

Joseph L. Mathew

Dr. Joseph L. Mathew is Professor and Head of Pediatric Pulmonology at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh, India. He also leads the Advanced Centre for Evidence Based Child Health (ACEBCH) at Chandigarh. Dr. Mathew has been a member of the GIN Board of Trustees (2019-21, 2021-23), and the Founder Chair of the GIN Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) Working Group (2015-2021). He is also a founding member of the South Asian Cochrane Network Centre (currently designated Cochrane India). He has contributed significantly towards capacity building efforts for evidence-informed decision-making, especially in resource-constrained settings in developing countries. He has recently developed a unique economical model for developing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in such settings. Dr. Mathew is a Principal applicant of the global COVID-19 RecMap project, member of the CAN-PCC guideline project, and a member of the ALIVE Council.