Source: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY submitted to
IMPLEMENTATION OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS IN EFSA SCIENTIFIC OUTPUTS WORKFLOW
Sponsoring Institution
Cooperating Schools of Veterinary Medicine
Project Status
COMPLETE
Funding Source
STATE
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0227132
Grant No.
(N/A)
Cumulative Award Amt.
(N/A)
Proposal No.
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Multistate No.
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Jan 1, 2011
Project End Date
Dec 31, 2012
Grant Year
(N/A)
Program Code
[(N/A)]- (N/A)
Recipient Organization
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
2229 Lincoln Way
AMES,IA 50011
Performing Department
Veterinary Medicine
Non Technical Summary
Systematic reviews are a transparent method of synthesizing research, because food safety policy decisions can affect the public, incorporation of the systematic review methodology is of interest to the funding agency.
Animal Health Component
(N/A)
Research Effort Categories
Basic
(N/A)
Applied
(N/A)
Developmental
(N/A)
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
71250101170100%
Knowledge Area
712 - Protect Food from Contamination by Pathogenic Microorganisms, Parasites, and Naturally Occurring Toxins;

Subject Of Investigation
5010 - Food;

Field Of Science
1170 - Epidemiology;
Goals / Objectives
This is a workshop contact with EFSA designed to teach experts at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) about how to conduct and interpret systematic reviews.
Project Methods
3 2-day workshops will be conducted in Parma, Italy to teach EFSA experts about the systematic review process. The project also includes a final report that will describe how EFSA can incorporate the Systematic review methodology into decision making about food-safety in Europe

Progress 01/01/11 to 12/31/12

Outputs
OUTPUTS: The output / deliverables for this project were three workshop trainings about systematic reviews and a report describing the approach to implementing systematic reviews in the European Food Safety Authority workflow. PARTICIPANTS: O'Connor AM- trainer and co-author Lovei GL-- trainer and co-author Eales J-- trainer and co-author Frampton GK-- trainer and co-author Glanville J-- trainer and co-author Pullin AS-- trainer and co-author Sargeant J-- trainer and co-author TARGET AUDIENCES: The target audience for this project were experts who use scientific information to provide advice and opinions to regulator authorities. The workshop and the publications describe how the systematic review process can be used to improve the transparency of the decision making process. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: no modifications

Impacts
The workshops were attended by over 70 participants and the report was presented at a meeting in Parma and published in Dec 2012.

Publications

  • OConnor AM, Lovei GL, Eales J, Frampton GK, Glanville J, Pullin AS, Sargeant J;2012 Implementation of systematic reviews in EFSA scientific outputs workflow. Supporting Publications 2012:EN-367 [36 pp.]. Available online: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/supporting/doc/367e.pdf