A brief introduction to the James Lind Alliance Katherine Cowan: Senior Adviser, JLA @katherine_JLA

What is the JLA? Established in 2004 A new way to set priorities for research Patients Carers and families Healthcare professionals Part of the UK’s National Institute for Health Research

Priority Setting Partnerships 45 completed 43 currently ongoing UK, Canada, Netherlands…and beyond

Core values Transparency Inclusion / exclusion Equality Evidence base

The JLA process Steering group Partners Consultation Data analysis

The JLA process Interim prioritisation – long list to short list

The JLA process Final priority setting workshop

Dissemination and awareness raising The JLA process

The JLA process: summary Establish Steering Group Recruit Partners Survey to collect questions Data analysis and checking Prioritisation Interim shortlisting Final workshop Dissemination and publicity

For more information… www.jla.nihr.ac.uk @LindAlliance @Katherine_JLA katherine@katherinecowan.net

Katherine Cowan: Senior Adviser, JLA @katherine_JLA Thank you Katherine Cowan: Senior Adviser, JLA @katherine_JLA