CESC is a collaboration between the Specialist Unit for Review Evidence (SURE) and the Wales Centre for Evidence Based Care (WCEBC). In March 2023, the two research units were integrated to work in partnership for Health and Care Research Wales Evidence Centre Work Programme.
Specialist Unit for Review Evidence
Specialist Unit for Review Evidence (SURE), was established in 2000 and is uniquely placed in Cardiff University's library services. The team includes experienced information specialists and systematic reviewers. They conduct systematic and literature reviews in the fields of health and social care, investigate methodological innovation and provide consultancy and training services.
Areas of Expertise
- Advanced search design and implementation
- Experience of conducting all forms of systematic and literature reviews
- Evidence synthesis, critical appraisal and using GRADE
- Use of text mining to improve review efficiency
Meet the team
Mala Mann
Meg Kiseleva
Juliet Hounsome
Visit the SURE website to read the team's biographies.
Wales Centre for Evidence Based Care
Wales Centre for Evidence Based Care (WCEBC) was established in 2006 as a JBI Centre of Excellence. They promote evidence-based practice through the development and evaluation of internationally excellent systems for evidence appraisal, translation and utilisation. The group includes an information specialist and systematic review methodologists.
Areas of expertise
- Health and social care topics
- Experience of a broad range of evidence syntheses types
- Using JBI quality appraisal, implementation and management tools, and using the GRADE approach
Meet the team
Deborah Edwards
Elizabeth Gillen
Judit Csontos
