John Lavis

John Lavis

John Lavis supports efforts to address health and broader societal challenges using the best-available research evidence and experiences and insights from citizens, professionals, organisational leaders, and government policymakers. He is co-lead of and lead report writer for the Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges, as well as co-lead of Rapid-Improvement Support and Exchange (RISE). He was also co-lead of the COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making (COVID-END).  

John is the Director of the McMaster Health Forum and Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Informed Policy. He is a Professor in the Department of Health Evidence and Impact at McMaster University and the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Evidence-Support Systems. He holds an MD from Queen's University, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a PhD (in Health Policy) from Harvard University. 

"The summit will provide a breakthrough opportunity in our collective efforts to engineer a step-change improvement in how we use evidence to address societal challenges."