Kathryn Oliver

Sep 21, 2023 | researchprofessionalnews.com | Kathryn Oliver |Annette Boaz

Areas of research interest offer a window into government, say Kathryn Oliver and Annette BoazIn his 2015 review of UK research councils, Paul Nurse argued that government was not getting value for money from its investment in research. The gap between funders and policymakers was too wide; departments were not getting the evidence they needed.

May 24, 2023 | bmj.com | Warren Pearce |Kathryn Oliver

Dear EditorSander van der Linden’s (SvdL) recent Opinion piece on misinformation argues that more ‘gold standard’ RCTs are required on or about social media in order to "promot[e] vaccine acceptance". Unfortunately, the piece contains three basic misconceptions. First, SvdL argues that improving RCTs would provide “a gold standard for how to conduct research to counter misinformation and vaccine hesitancy on social media”.