Professor John N. Lavis

Professor John N. Lavis
International Scientific Advisor
MD, PhD

Concurrent Appointments:

• Director, McMaster Health Forum

• Director, World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Informed Policy

• Co-Lead, Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges

• Co-Lead, COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making (COVID-END)

• Co-Lead, Rapid-Improvement Support and Exchange

• Canada Research Chair in Evidence-Support Systems

• Professor, Department of Health Evidence and Impact (HEI)

Professor John N. Lavis supports policymakers and stakeholders to harness research evidence, citizen values and stakeholder insights to strengthen health and social systems and get the right programmes, services and products to the people who need them.

He founded and continues to direct the McMaster Health Forum. He is Co-Lead of the Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges, the COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making (COVID-END), and Rapid-Improvement Support and Exchange (RISE). He holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Evidence-Support Systems. He is Co-Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Informed Policy and Professor in the Department of Health Evidence and Impact at McMaster University, as well as Adjunct Professor at the Africa Centre for Evidence at the University of Johannesburg.

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.