Davina Ghersi joined the National Health and Medical Research Council as Senior Principle Research Scientist in 2011 after 5 years as Team Leader with the Research Policy and Cooperation Department of the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. At NHMRC she provides advice and guidance across the agency on issues relating to the creation, evaluation and translation of research evidence. Prior to this she led the Systematic Review and Health Care Assessment team of the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre at the University of Sydney. Academic interests are in publication bias, selective reporting, research transparency, systematic reviews and the translation of health and medical research into health care decision making and health policy, and is Adjunct Professor in Sydney Medical School. Davina is involved in a number of clinical practice and public health guideline groups nationally and internationally, and has long been involved with the Cochrane Collaboration.