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John N. Lavis

John Lavis is relied on by governments and stakeholders in many countries to organize and evaluate dialogues that bring together stakeholders to work through a health challenge, options for addressing it, and implementation considerations. His principal research interests include knowledge transfer and exchange in public policymaking environments and the politics of health systems. John wrote the report that underpins the chapter on 'linking research to action' in the World Report on Knowledge for Better Health (WHO, 2004). He is President of the Pan American Health Organization Advisory Committee on Health Research and a member of numerous science and policy committees and research groups, including the World Health Organization (WHO) Advisory Committee on Health Research and the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee. Lavis is co-editor of the Policy Briefs series co-published by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and the WHO-sponsored Health Evidence Network.

John holds an MD from Queen's University, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a PhD from Harvard University.